Arizona republican., 1920-07-01

position presented by Judge Sloan Is to create a district of the second class, and with proper restrictions. to safe guard the rights of the older lands such as are proposed in his letter. This is not only safe and wise, but it is the only means of safely utili-irg q vast quantity of water that must otherwise run to waste during a majority or years
 The Eastern canal. from which the Auxiliary district proposes to take its water supply, heads upon the south side of Salt river at Granite Reef dam, and therefore intercepts all waters from both the Salt and the Verde, and | during the current year there is large quantity of water going to waste which can be utilized b such diver sion in the manner proposed
 The nearness to the Granite Reef dam of the. proposed pumping plant means that the main canal expenses will be relatively small The area to be irrigated is very cic~c to the river and most of the canal construction will i be that necessary for distributing the water to the lands without any long transmission between the points of di- version and use.
 i The requirement. for power to per | fOl Ill tue IEttSS1tiN pQltpliiS lS OA
 course an important consideration but i the years in which q large supply will | be available for pumping are years ! which for the same reason are years of surplus power, because the water is | abundant with which to produce this power and the reservoirs are full, thus giving a large head upon the wheels
 and producing large amount Of power per unit of water. In the years when
 the water supply will be scanty and | power supply will. for the same req son, be scanty and will not be re- l quired for pumping the surplus waters 1 because there are not surplus waters
 available for pumping. In other
 words. the fluctuation of a power sup ] ply runs roughly parallel to the fluc-
 tuation of a water supply, and such
 uses of power as here described are
 in considerable degree surplus uses for the above reasons, and tend to-
 ward the utilization of all the resources
 in a peculiarly efficient manner.
 A map showing by hachures the area
 to be served is herewith enclosed.
 Tn some respects the proposition O.
 this association resembles that of thu
 Paradise Verde district, but it differ.
 in three essential particulars: l. It will cover an area most o
 which is known to be underlain witt
 ground water, which can be pumped
 from underground at reasonable ex.
 pense, and though the quantity of this can not be certainly predicted, it il large and will largely supplement the flood waters 1t is proposed to divert. 2. The water will be diverted iron ] the river at Granite Reef dam, which
 intercepts the waters off both the Sal and the Verde. thus having more thar twice the opportunity for a water sup : ply than could be secured from thu Verde alone.
 ! 8. The association is said to b' l willing, and should be required in it contract for water, to limit its devel ] opment to annual crops except in s' far as they can be supplied from under
 ground, and shall agree to have it
 water supply entirely cut off durin; , periods when the river. supply is sui 5 ficient only for the service of lands O l the Salt River project.
 For the above reasons, respectful, recommend that the general proposi I tion submitted by the Auxiliary East
 ern Canal Landowners association, b 5 approved and this office be authorize 2 to join in negotiations between tn Water Users association and the sai
 Landowners association, to the en that the resources of water and powe : can be utilized to the greatest feasibl n extent
 7 Very respectfully,
 7 (Signed) A. P. DAVIS. Director.
 Recommendation approved May ? e 1920.
 : PAYNE, Secretary