Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-07-23


emitting the settler to continuous no7
Of wafer at the rate Of second foo
for eighty acres. measured al his head
gate. 50 long as aud al such times as
uEdcr the conditions OF the weather
irriga ton season from April LIST "a
October Sist Whether the defendan,
has ovcrsold water rights. therefore
Involves two Inquiries What is the
reasonable duty Of water that Is. con-
sidernE the project SIS whole. how
much water per acre Is reasonably
necessary in the aggregate. during a.
season. must the farmer receive water
80 the rate Of one-eighueth cubic foot
per second per acre 10 properly irri-
gate his iands And second. how much
water measured az the farmers head
GATES can the system deliver AT such
times as ii Is needed during the season.
Little u any question is raised as to
the suniciency Of ditch capacity. and
our consideration viii therefore no
conaned 70 the amount Of water avail
able la the streams and the losses
necessary incident to storage and
transmission through the main canals
In determining the reasonable dntv
of water, We are. Of course. not espec-
ially concerned with any given tract
~ land OF with exceptional conditions
our inquiry relates rather to the pro-
iect rs whole and with the assump- I
ton that the water win be annlied {
under ordinary conditions and accord ?
ing 10 the usagcs Of good irrigation r
practice fer the raising Of such crops 7
as are suitable 10 the project and rs tho n
farmers win probably grow. From the a
wide range Of expert" opinion ex- o
hihited hy the record. II must he h
manifest that the question is not sus- Il
ceptihie 20 scientific demonstration q
or bale Irrigation cases have been ~ s,
unusual frequency ln this Jurisdiction 8,
and generally we have had The same M
experience. The explanation is 10 be a,
found in ihe dearth 81 dependable Inta ia
from which TO make scientific deduo- L,
lions. competant observation of irr, w
cation % actual practice has been do. IL
snltory end unsvsteinaiic and on for d,
mniac have been worked out by which nj
ne results obtained undor the artificial IN
and sometimes ideal conditions n, tr
"snan plat~ s,,o.,,,.u..,,.. % -
u.,,h ,n D' ~
lions Of field irrigation. Accordingly. IN,
while such evidence IS not without IFS
value II il ~ ~. go, US
OF the data u,,on ,.,,o,, ~, WV
sions rest ,,s +. 81 -. -, '''u- acc
rether win tho .,,...,...... 70 II
.eligent farmer ana ,he f,,, - '''s =" san
irrigation n,,otio. r,...,'. que
'itlons upon Tho ,,o,,,.. Urn
bile To bie,, 5pt,. i, 49,, e'e'
4 topoerapbv IA. t.r.,. 'hS'
iyely rough ana i, man, -. NOT
4 rock prois,., ..bo,, a.. 'oS
CONSEQUENCE I'M, sniff - mac
occsaril, aho,e ,or,,t, Sno
disc rroster loss f.. ,-....... Ils'
wing 10 ,o.. incresso ,..,.,..h my
lichcs on the farm tn. ~ ''n'
ery uneven dentb ANA ''''''
ience ihe unavoidable loss from, Iec,
'rooiatien is above mormon ana .,.n
s.. cannot %, ,o,aroa ''''
ltor seapos ioseh sq,s. hi, ','''
,c,,,,., ,,,,., =. ~ % clus
''''''S' 20 deer
'"e sou IS OF fair such
ana upon oihers IT is coarse zion
"a sandy The rainfall IS almost 40"
gleible ana high winds prevail u ''e
altogether probable that annroxi-
'ieN two thirds Of The acreage win i, =,
imateiy be devoted To the rais,ns VI y
bay and root croos r,o,,i,l,.. l.,...s. ''''
W ''tnNA own