Tombstone epitaph., 1919-05-11
AGREEMENT COMPLETED FOR
FLORENCE DAM coNsTRUcrio


officials. land owners committee for
the entire Florence Casa Granre Val
ley and representatives of the Water
Users Association were finally con-
cluded al Los Angeles yesterday mora
ing
An entirely satisfactory settlement
of the whole matter at issue was
reached and the way new is clear for
the government to arrange for the
construction of the Florence diversion
day and canal system to begin at an
early date.
Thirty-fve thousand acres of Indian
land and $1,000 acres in Fiorence-Casa
Grande valley will come under the
project. All prior rights are protected
complete plans for the dam are, ready
and work will begin as soon as the
secretary Of the interior approves the
contract and declares the project
open.
Following is resume of the tenta-
tive agreement signed by the commit
tes OF six in Los Angeles. representing
the land owners. 10 induce the secre-
tary will determine length of these
Florerce-Casa Frande irrigation pro-
jeCt
The project works and structure
shall consist of diversion dam in the
CHA river above Florence. with head
gates and the main south side canal
with a carrying capacity OF loco Sec
oad feet. This main canal will be
constructed to a point to be deter
mined by the secretary OF the interior
at which point q Pima lateral will be
taken Of extending toward the Pima
reservation: from this point also the
canal viii be x.ended 10 the ?icacho
reservation. From the point OF d.
verzion the north side canal will be
constructed al point fixed by the
secretary OF the interior. The secre-
tary will deermine the length of these
branch canals so a. TO equalize as
nearly as m.ay be the project costs and
benefits.
The water rights which shall be az
tached to and used in connection with
the project shall consist of ali water
the waters of the ella river. includ-
ing Indians and whites
The Indian land is 10 be divided .,ii0
10000 acres of a lands and 5000
acres Of b" lands
The white lands are 20 be divided
into 1900 acres of "A" lands and
14.p00 acres ii p lands.
These lands are 20 be selected b.
the secretary Of the interior from the
lands of persons who sign the agree
ment. said selection to be made so as
TO bring into the said project such
property owned lands in he Florence
Casa Crande valley as in the judge
meat OF the sad secretary have the
bss: right to the Use OF the waters
of the Gi,a river. and VIII in coniunc-
ton with the lands in the Pima In
dian reservation best form AZ cccEomi-
cally feasible irrigation project, to be
irrigated from tho project works.
The secretary o. me interior shall
from time 20 lime determine ard fix
the duty OF water for all privately
owned lands in said project, and in
dividing the waters OF the project
shall see that the losses of water in
the whole system of project canals are
shared as equitably as may BE. TO the
end that, with respect to such losses
no water right under the project shall
enjoy any advantage of location, posi-
ton or otherwise. over any other pro-
ject water right but losses occurring
in the Indians and private canals lead
ing from said project canals shall be
disTegarded in the division Of water
and furthermore whenever the guam
fity Of water diverted in the canals
of said project shall, in the aggregate
be SO small that after deducting the
losses of transmission in the project
canal and then dividing the residue
between the Indian lands and the
lands in privat. ownership as herein
above provided tor. the share allotted
to the Indians rights would be small
to reach the Indian reservation, the
secretary Of the interior, or his agent
in charge Of said project shall permit