The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-12-23
Protest of Carson Valley Water Users
Receives Favorable Action by State Engineer

Through their attorney, Geo. A.
Montrose, thirty-fiye farmers of the
East Fork, filed a protest this week
with the State Engineer of Nevada in
relation to the duty of water and the
length of time or season to be used,
as set forth in the preliminary order
of determination of the relative rights
of the water users of the Carson river
and its forks in the counties of Orms-
by, Douglas, and Lyon.
The two points raised by the water
users as being unfair to them is the
amount of water to be used on all
classes of land which has been stipu-
lated by the State Engineer at 3.6
acre-feet per acre during the season.
1t is set forth by the farmers that the
land in Carson Valley vary as to char
acter, some. requiring more water
than has been stipulated, while in a
few cases less amount Is used under
ordinary conditions. The water users
also contend that the length of the
irrigation season should be longer
than 1s0 days as set forth by the
State Engineer.
Following is a complete copy of the
protest filed by the farmers with the
State Engineer, as we'll as a signed
statement by the State Engineer, In
which that official has taken due con-
sideration of the points raised in
which he grants to the protestants, un-
der certain sections of the water law,
the right TO make certain recommenda-
tions favorable to the wishes of the
farmers:
ITO THE HONORABLE, THE STATE
ENGINEER:
We, the undersigned water users of
Douglas county, state of Nevada.
whose water rights are now in course
of adjudication and determination by
the State Engineer of the state of Ne.
vada, do hereby most respectfully pro-
test the findings of the said State
Engineer, as set forth in the Pre-
limfnary Order of Determination of
the Relative Rights to the Waters of
the Carson River and its Forks in the
Counties of Ormsby, Douglas, and
Lyon" in as far as the same applies
to the county of Douglas, in the fol-
lowing particulars and for the follow
ing reasons
Duty of Water
The duty of water on the Car
son river stream-system for all
types of lands shall be Sc acre.
feet per acre, extending over
season of $50 days, and the
amount measured IN close prox-
unity to the land to be irrigated.
Your protestants respectfully pro-
test the above duty of water in the
amount set of 3.6 acre-feet per acre,
for the following reasons:
(a) That the said duty of water of
3.6 aere-feet per acre is an arbitrary
figure, or amount, set without justice
to your petitioners;
(b) That said figure of 3.6 acre-feet
per acre was an amount set without
proper investigation of the conditions
prevailing in Carson Valley, and set
without consultation with, or the TAX
ing of evidence of the water users of
said Carson Valley, your petitioners; !;
(cl That the said amount of water
is far insufficient to cover the needs
of the water users of Carson Valley
as long years of experience has taught
them, and will not under any circum-
stances irrigate the said lands as
they have necessarily been irrigated
In the past;
Id That in dry years it would be-
come actually necessary to use the
total amount of water of SO acre-feet
per acre to save the first crop and
would mean no water for further irri-
gation
(e) That the lands along the Car
son river are gravelly and rocky and a
small amount of water placed thereon