Biennial report of the State Water Commissioner to the Governor of Arizona

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STATE OF ARIZONA
FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
STATE WATER COMMISSIONER
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TO THE
GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA
For the Period Beginning July 15, 1919,
Ending December 31, 1920.
W. S. NORVIEL.,
State Water Commissioner
PHOENIX, ARIZONA
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· STATE ,OF I ARIZONA
FIRST BIENNIAL REPORT
OF THE
STATE· WATER COMMISSIONER
TO THE
GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA
For the Period Beginning July 15, 1919,
Ending Decemb~r 31, 1920.
,W. S. NQRVIEL,
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State Water Commissioner
,.- PHOENIX, ARIZONA'
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PERSONNEL OF STATE WATER COMMISSION , , .
w .. S. NORVIEL ............................................ : ....................... : .. :Commissioner
C. C. LEWIS~ ...... ~ ......................... : .. : ...... : ... ~ ...... : .. ,Se~retary, of. Commission
AMY G .. MARSH: .................................. ; ....... : ..... :., ................... Stel1ographcr
FREDERIC J. CORNICK ..... : .................... : .......... Hydrographic Engineer
MILFORD' R. NICHOLS .............. ; ...... : ................. : ........ Assistant,'Engineer
. HOMER',E. TURNER. ....... c., .... " ........................ c ... Hydrographic Engineer
BOYD E. KEITH ............. ~ ............... ; ....... : ......... : ........... : .. Assistant Engineer
'LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL-
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To ,his. Excellency, Thomas R Campbell;
. Governor 6f Arizomi:',' '. '.
De~r Sir:
Phoenix, Arizona;'
.December 31, J920.
In compliance with the Jaw, I have the honor to tran&miL here­with
a full report of.thework'oftile.office'~fStateWater Commissioner,
inclUding a statement df re2eipts arid> disburseri1ents • for tl;e biennial
period frori1thecomrnencement.oftheworkJuly 15; 1919, to ja<nuary
1st, I~2I.· . . , ,
Respectfully submitted,
W. S: NORVIEL,
State Water Commissioner, ;
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"ERRATA"
Page 1, Line 6, paragraph 1, insert the word "within" between
the words "period" and "whICh."
Page 13, ,Line 5, paragraph ,1, insert a comma (,) after the
word "feet."
Line 10, paragraph 3, misspelled "acreage."
Line 7, paragraph 4, misspelled "Avenente."
Page 17, Line App. No. 20 shc;mld read ':Deer Creel{ Spring,"
Page 25, Line 2, paragraph 3, misspelled "Cent'ennia1."
Line 16, paragraph' 3, .misspelled '''project.'·'
Page 26, End of ' line 2 in paragraph 5, ,insert, "to be known."
Line 5, paragraph 5, misspelled '''beneficia1.''
Page 27, Line 3, paragraph 3, "five" instead of "fine."
Page 31, Line 4, paragraph 3, misspelled "questionnaire."
Page 33, Line 20, paragraph 1, misspelled "questIonnaire.'"
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Page 39, I.jine 14, paragraph 1, misspelled "inquiries.'~
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FIRST .BIENNIAL REPORT
OF .. THE
,STATE 'WATERCOMMISSIONER
The office of the State .Water Commiss'ioner was created by the
::tdoption of Chapter' 164, [.awsof Arizona, 19I9/by the Fourth Legisla­ture
of the State in Arizona in 1919, designated as the State Water Code
Act, which became' a law on the26thdaf oLMarcb, 19r'9, but, a? there
was rumor that the law. would berderred to the people, 90 days was al­lowed.
to elapse, the period which. referendum .peHtionsmight ,be per­.£
ected and filed, before action .was taken' by the. Governor on the measure.
: On the 28th d~j ofiJunethewriter.was appointed State Water
Commissioner, his appointment' to take effect on. the. 15th day of July,
1919, and the period from that date to' at1d iiicludingthe 31st day of De­cember,
1920, is .the pe'riodcovered by,thisFirst Biennial Report.
The State,Water CodeAct i~.similar in its general provisions to
the laws of the other so-called "add west" or irrigation states, but fol­lows
more closely, . perhaps, the law of Oregon, and, Arizona was the last
of the irrigation.states,.except. perh.apslVIontana, to adopt a law of this
kind. '.. I.' " .
The Commissioner was authorized by the Water Cocle,'and it be­came
his ~uty; to formula.te ;s,uch ilecess~ry rules and regulations con­,
eerning the appropriation, adjudicati011and distribution of the waters .of
the state as shouldbedeeinedaclvisahle for the orderly administration of
the. office. To thatend,tule's, and .. regulations for. the appropriation of
water. were made andacloptedfor the use of appropriators; applicatIon
blanks or formswereprepared'forthe apptbpriation of water, for stor­age
in reser.voirs,and for the 'enlargement of. existhig enterprises; town­ship
p1a.ts were speciallY printed fo~ filing in bound or. book form to be
used by appropriatorsuponwhichto draw their preliminary maps; blank
receipts, notices, ?-ndyarious other .blankS lvete prepared f~r, use in the
various steps 0'£ appropriations as the work should progress. " ' .
Forthe, ~leter~im(ton' or adj~~dication of existing rights, blank pe­titions
were. prepare~l and blank notices of such determination, and blank
statement of proof of claip1atit in the, 'fann of a deposition; notices of
h~aring and other blanks, to. be used.inthe cours~ of the progress 6f the
adj ttdicationof'rights; and 'finally a Certificate ,of Water Right was pre~
pared to be filed with the Couhty .Recorder orthe Coutity in which the
water.rig-hUs lOcated. " . , . .
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" B1~nk books for the records, booksofa~cou!1t~,ari~other books
for the proper, conduct, of the. office' were prepared, and printed, all record
books being loose"leaf books.' , \' ..
'On the 1st day;of OCtob~r, ,1919.~ffice roo~ waspro~ided at the
Capitol and on that date Mr. C. C, Lewis was appointed Secretary of the "
Commission.Prior to that time the' writer kept a portion of his former
l!lw offices, in the MonihonBuilding, where he' prepared most of the,
forms and bhinks' aDove'rneIlti6ned~' Inquirit~s,f6r,the! appr')priation of
water were, being made, and, as soon as hlanks could be gotten ready and,
printed, the business ofr.eceiving applications commenced., ' '
At the time of the adoption of the Water Code:Act there were a
dew large well regulated.irrigation arid po\\:,er, projects in operation in
the State. Two of these were the results of the, United States, Reclama­tion
Act and constructedu'ncler ,the 'direction of the United ~tates ReCla­mation
Service;, to-wit :'the S}J.1t' River 'Vailey'Proje.ct and' the Yuma'
Project. ',These -are' well ;l>nown projectsiri the West and are well or-ganized,
'Yell conducted irrigation projects; ,: ' ,"
The Sait River Project is ,o11e oithe, iargest and . perhaps one of '
the best of the irrigation. j)1"ojects' bui1(orconstructed by the United
States Rec1aination Service. 'Itimpouncls'in 'a' >reservoir behind tile
Roosevelt .Dam'.on tqe .SaIt River~. little m.ore ' than '1,250,000 acre feet
,:;>f water, which reservbirllaS oeenfilled 'to,', 'ovedlowing several times
:;:ince its completion. ,The·diversiondainat Grariite, Reef diverts tIle
, water into ;two 'canals, one on theN orth bank and ·theother. on th'e South
bank of. the· river. Hence it, serves about 2 I 5,000 acres· of fine Ian d, not
including the Tempe IrrigationDistrict;which)rrigates some, 23,500
acres and which is .within the boundaries"aLthe.' projeCt except on its
South .border but is not a part of ,the Salt River: Project, though itre­reives
its water turned, doyvn to it thtoughthe. GnmiteReef dam. The
land of this projectlies)n the Salt Riveryalley. on ·both the north ane!
. south banks. of the Salt River and, with tlie .,City of Phoenix in the ap­pro:
Ximate.~ent.erof .the vaney;. In additio:~~ot,h'e-ifrigati6n of this'Iancl
the Salt RIver Valley Water Users' ASSOCIatIOn, whIch now controls and
operates the project, has five pow,er plants \\ihich,'furnish lig~t and power
for domestic' and oth~r. uses inthe valley' and, nearby~omm~nities ..
The £af~ers~f thisv~li~y' are'engaged 'in' a gerierally diversified
farming, making asp,ccialty .in theJa~t two or three years 6f long staple
cotton; . There is a considerable ac.reagedevotedto the' growing of citrus
fruits along the foothills, on either side.oUhe valley. '
The Y ~maProj~ct, inY l.lma¢ounty· is the secol1dlargest irriga­tion
project now. in, operation in ArizOna, and, is'theotherproject in the
State constructed by the :Uriited'States Reclamation Service, Jrhe· water
, for this' pro j ect·· is, diverted from ,tli.~ . ColOrado 'Rive~,' by .the, Laguna" dam
aCrOSS the river abol.lt IOmilesabov~ the;~ity of, Yum<+,diverting the
water out otithe California: side of the river"whel'eacon'siderable acre­age
of land ,is irrigated from this diversion'."The·water. is brought across
, the river from the west toth~eas~sideof:the river atYumab:va',siphon
IN SALT RIVER VALLEY
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and there is being irrigated pow' in'the<Y umaValley approximately 37,-
500 acresof land.' The farming in this valley is generallydiversifie<1,
but in the . last two or .. three :Years. has ,centralized" to the producti~n or
long staple cotton; for ,which it appears to be well adapted, both as to
soil and climate. There is also quite a large acreage d~voted to the grow- .
ing of' citrus fruits. ' "
There was alsoin~ourseof co~strhction on the Little Colorado
River about IS miles abov~ the. town 'Of St. Johns in Apache County the
dam known as the LymanDam. ..This dam is yet uncompleted. The
State is interested in the financing of this project and it is expected that
,the dam will be completed.inthe' early part oftheyearI92I. The capacity
of the reservoir formed by this dam will be a littIemore than 45,000 acre
feet and it is intended to bring into cultivation and irrigation 15,000 acres
of new lands, a part' of which is mesa land lying .. south and east of the
town of St. Johns,:inaddition to the irrigation of the lands which have
• been irrigated from theLittleColorado ,River in that vicinity. The Lyman
Reservoir Company has succeeded to the reservoir rights of the St. Johns
Irrigation C.ompany created bywhat was known as the Big Salado Reser­voir
which the latter company had and owned un'til about 1905 when the
,dam washed out..The first; Lyman Dam, which was C011structed on the
site of ". the present, Lyman:Dam' arid some. seven miles above the old
Salado.Dam, was likewise los~ by,Jlood and the second Lyman Dam is
now being built as above stated .. The land under this project is at an
altitude] ofa little morethatl 5,000 feetatid is well adapted to the growing
of grains,alfaJfa, and fi-uit, and. seems espeCially adapted to dairy farming.
. ' . The Snowfiak~ 'amI ,Taylor I'rrigation,Grist MilL & Electric Light
Company have ,a dam across Silver~Creek about,romiles above the town
of Snowflake, forming a reservoir with a capacity of about 7,000 acre feet
o( water . This > dam was comm,enced in 1994 and was three or four years
in building. It furnishes water f.or about 2,500 acre.s of ,land in the com­munities
,'0£ Shumway; Taylor 'anel. Snowflake., Shumway has a popula-,
tion of about, 75 persons. resident therein, and in the year 1919 produced
approximately 65 tonsof.apples ;atthis place is.1ocated the company grist
mill anq. power plant where the 'wheat, corri and other grains are ground
for home consumptiol1 and every year a quantity 'of flour is shipped out.
The small power. plant also furnishesclectric light for the three commu­nitiesras
well as power on~half day two days,in ~ach ':Yeek, Tuesday and
Thursday for "washing and ironing days." The altitude of these com­munities
is' abollt5,ooo feet"and this locality is also well adapted to the
growing of grains, ,'alfalfa,' vegetables and fruit and especially apples. It
is alsO well ada ptedto dairy fanning. ' '. . '.
: Th~re. were many piaceswhereirrigati011 has been carried, on for
many years, without. storing w,ater 'but '.' simply by' diverting it fr'om, the
source of supplyancl taking it ,to lands by gravity~These vary ,in size
from ana'creortwo ~o as many\as 35,000 acres in a body or valley' and
are owned 'and m'~naged byin~ividuals, ,associations, companies or cor·
porations.
ARIZONA/MONEY-MAKING. DAIRY HERD
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The. Safford' Valley> is,. ()ne ,:6f.the largest', best watered and most
highly cultivated: seCtion's Qf.the' state, and one oLthe most prosperous.
This.is'one.,of:the.maryyGilaRiyervalleys.'and.is in Graham County. The
water· is taken! from .the,Gilil'RiverbY· means. of ten or twelve main. canals.
This valley has an al.titude ofalittle less than 3,000 feet, a rich soil; a solu- ,
brious clil:nate andk idealfo:rgeneral,diversifiedfarming. Portions of'
'the valley beat-the ear, marks:of a little too extravagent use of water at
times, and portions of. it now,ate in n~ed of drainage, and some of it has
already beq)me' useless on tha,taccount. Safford. is the principal town,
is approximatel)" inthemiddle.of.the 'valley and "the county seat of Gra-'
ham County .:. ' ',' . ". . " . '. . .
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Duncan V a,lleyis theu~pe~mostvalleyon the Gila River in Ari-..
zona. It has an irrigated 'area of between six and seven thousand acres.
The water for these lands. is taken from . the Gila River. by means of sev-
, eral canals or ditches, most .. ofwhich hp.ve their heads in the State of New
Mexico. The valley is also ,well adapted, to genenll, diversified farming.
The town of Duncan is in approximately the middle of this valley. , "',,,' ',.' " , .
',' In YavapaiCourity a rCil1forced'concretedam has been constructed
across Gra1).ite Creek"about four ,niiles north of the city of .Pr'escott,.form­'
irig whaUs knDwnas Wa~kinsLake having a capacity ()f about3,DDQ acre
. feet and there is cliltivated'and irrigated from this .source of supply about
2,500 acres, of slightlyrol1ing but fine, farming. land near the tDwn of
'Jerome JunctiDn, about 15 miles northerly from the reservoir site., This
project is known as the Alfalfa Farms GompanyProject. It is prDposed
tocDnstruct another.dam in the vicinity of thEdormerdam btlt on .Willow
,Creek which .would ·form a "reservoir, or.mtlchJarger.capa~ityand would:'
serve to . irrigate. a Jarger' acrage in. the , same. locality iri. Lonesome, Valley. '
At the begini1it~g these two' proj ects :W~l'e)ntended to be, cDnstructecLto­gether
as one·project,.the first'u1l;itbeing the one already:constructed .
but the property.havingchanged:hapds:orice .01' t~ice the present owners
of the' Alfalfa Farms COmpany ;in. all.p;obability,will not. construct this,
seccmd unit but, wil1Jeavethaftoothers, .and a company is'nDw'organized,
as' we are il1formeq,and:is collecting data preliminary' to the. 'construction ,
'work of the 'reservoir .DnWillow"Creek :This .projecthasmeritandan
ideal- c1im~te, the' s()il. is rich ' and:w,ell' s~ited, for' diversified 'i<trmirig, es-'
peciaUy for fruit, grain; hay-and dairying, and by proper conservation of
the water will take care of I (),ooo acres in thecombiried project or the'
two projects separately.".! . ...., ; .. , .' . .. • .. , . \ ~
In the Floreri~e~Casa: GrapdeV~lley.on. the Gila River in Pit1at
County there is avery'large.tract offin~' land stlscept!bte of. irrigation <
from the river .. if.w.ater co\.tld'be·.obtainecl for it. .. However, of ·late ·years.
the river has. beenjvhat·, might be' termed . flashy . tostlch . an:. extent that
only inportiqns:ofthe. year 'was there 'sufficient .water to irrigate any con­sidefabl~
acreage. Thei:Lockwooc!' decision, or decree in the Lobb vs.
Avenete case decreed water . rig-htsin, the original decree 'of 1916 and
several supplementary.decre~s[to approximately.I4,oooacres ofland in the
Florence-Casa Grande. disfrict.' . .
By an act of Congress approved May' 18; I916,:all ctppropriation
was made under the Indian Appropriation, Act.to comtnlct;two . diversion
dams, one at or near Sacaton, and the otl1erto. be located about 12 miles
above Florence on the Gila River f?rthe .'purp:ose ohlivertirig .the waters
of the Gila for irrigation, primarily: for the: Pima Indian· Reservation and
. second for the irrigation of the so-called. "yvhite lands" in the Florence-
Casa Grande Valley.' '., . .
An agreement has been enteied into' bet~e~l~ the ,residents of
the Florence-Casa Grande Val1ey.· and thelndian Service for and on
beh~l!f of the Indians of .the Reservation'whereby.it is agreed that when
this project.is completed and the' water diverted it shall be divided; the
larger portion of it to go to. the Indian Reservation and the smaller por­tion
to the ':white.1.ands"'of the Florence-CasaGrande Valley according to
the specifications in the agreement .. 35,ooo'a~res in the' Reservation and
27,000 acres in the Florence-Casa Grande Valley. 'The . agreement ~lso
specifies by.legal c.lescription the 27,000acres of privately owned lands
which have been set apart as the land to receive water through this project
when completed. . . , ,
. For many years the people of the ;Florence-Casa' GrandeiValley
have been working on the propositionofa storagereservoiratSan Carlos;
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a damsite which has been examineumanytimes by government engineers
and others, 'and by practically all of them pronounced feasible, and it is
hoped by the people of Arizona.and especially, of,Florence and Casa
Grande ,tha't govenmientaid :will be:extended in the near future for ,the
construction of alargeistorage dam at San Carlos,: and if this work is
consummated it is ~xpected that the project will iriclude something over'
100,000 acres of privately 'owned land .besides the' Indian Reservat"ion.
No filings have been made in this office for any water rights concerning
eithertb.e storage or diversion rights of this project. . ,
VIEW OF THE GILLESPIE DAMWHENCOMPLETEDI
One of the largest diversion dams In' the world. The' completion of this ,dam will be
" . the means of bringing under, cultivation 100,000 acres of, desert land
The Gila Water ,Comp'any is constructing a dam across. the.Gila
River near Gila Bend on the site where a dam was once con?tructedby
Governor .Wolfleysome30years ago and which was lostabout the ,saine '
time by a flood. The dam now being built is of reinforceu concrete and
is expected to reclaim from 80,000 to' 100,000 acres: of the Gila River
bottom lands. The cost of this project wi)!' approximate two J,llil1ions of
dollars and, is private capitaL This is known as the Gillespie Proposition.
No application for a permit to appropriate water for this project has been
filed in this office,. it being claimed that the. water right for the project
was perfected prior to the, adoption of the Wat.er Code arid 'that they have
proceeded with ('ue ,diligence ,tocomplete the project. . '
HYDROGRAPHIC AND. HYDROMETRIC DATA.
The o~ly hyd~ographic tlataobtainable by and for the use of this
office at thecommencementof our work was the data tha.thad been kept
by the United Sta'b~s Geological Surveyand'that of the Bniversityof Ari­zona
under the direction of Professor G. E. P; Smith, and some records
which were kept byprcijects inoperation, and.afew instances of private
records kept by companies or individuals, all of them so far as we have
been able to learn of them have been very kindly furnished us, but taking
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the state as,a whole, th~ enti~ehydr6graphiC record lis somewhat frag­iinentary
on' most of, the, important streams;upon,whichthe, records have
been kept,while little 01: po records' at ~l1have~beenkepton either streams,
in localities of considerable importance; \\:This lacko£' complete. records
has' been because of ,the lack of funds.: Tt,is' ou'ri)1tention to co-operate
with the ;UnitedStates Geologica:ISurveY'aridwith:ProfessQr Smith of
the'University to exfend thehydrQgraphicwor~{ as rapidly as qur finances
will permit; The extension ofthisworkis, of vital importance to the state
in the proper conservation ,and the ascert~inn1ent. oftheirrigable land in
, loc;iJities where water is or may be made available, for irrigation,
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'.NEWRIO:FITS.:' '
, ,The,State Water. Cod~establishe~a,~ew6rde/ ofprocedurt!in 'ac­quiring,
aright fotheuse, of water-in our, State. 'Pri()rto, 1893 an 'ap­',
propriator of water in' Ai-izona:toestablish a' right for himself, simply
; tookthe water from its source and applied.the'same tc) some beneficial
use., The fact of the beneficial use wasalltha.t' was, required so lOng as
he did not iJ:1fririge upon another's"prior.righL,'TlieLegislature in i893
, passed a jaw requiring appropriators of water ,to post 'a notice of'iritention
and have a copy ofJhe' ~atne'recorded'with ,the, County Recorder in 'order,
• ", to protect' the apprdpriati9H,'" 'Jlowever, this law Was' not. strictly, adhered
',to and,an application of water to beneficial'usewasdeemed sufficient by
the courtstpestablish a water righ!, and in ,the main this latt~r course has
been pursued by 'appropriators. Some, havetindertaken to follow the .law
and posted a notice but did not have a copy of same recorded. Others
complied'Yith the letter Qfthelaw;butwhenthe,matter was brought to
the attention of ,the courts and it wasshowri that an appropriator had
made a' benef.icial useo£. water, fOfi! number, of y\ars. withiJ:1tention to
establish a permanen tright, thecourtshavet111iformly ,declared that he
had ,established' a' right sll,perior ,tobther later appropriators.
,From this course of procedure; it' will be observed that the records
, of water rights in Ari~()ria can be nomorethanfragmentary as many of
them do not appear, upon any, of ~he~ecords, of ,the state or counties' and
the recOrds that havebeenkept,ar~not such:astci be a very great heIp to
the, public in general as indicating what 'waters "are yet unappropriated.
Lack ,'of general authorized,sLlpervision andth'enatural inclination of,
people to get all they can when' it is free has caused a great deal of waste
of water and a conside,rable,conftiSion among appropriators. ' ,
',The orderiymannerprovidedby the Water, Code forthe acquiring
of new rights is greatly appreciatedbyappropr:iators,'asa long step for­ward
in the development of one of the ,greatest resources of the State by
,the more economical use, of water , and:alsoby: avoidirig in a great 'measure
many of thedifficultiesformerlY'existing ,by est;1blishirig a complete n;!c-,
ord of all the ,rights perfected under.the,Wate'rCode. ," , " , '
, " A' careful persual ~{the' f?llowingtablev\iil1gjv~some' idea of the
activity in ,the State of Arizona in the desire to appropriate: the waters of
the State to a beneficial use; ,
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8.:R. 0.'. Gruwell ,
. '., eCaL:; .'. :: .. : ... Gila'
9. George Hill ..... , •. Lost
10.' J. F. Healy and ..,.. . . ._ c .. H.: Brown .• , .... : Arrastra·, Creek: •..
11.· ThatcI;et;:""Wate~,, Fry .and· Rapier'
. Co.. .. '. . . . • . . . . . •. .' Canyons ........ .
12:'Edw:'B; Franklin. Wolf Hole· Lake: ..
:13: Geo. ,H. ·.Bowler .. ·. Willow Spring.: ....
14. Roy' W. '; Winton .. Salt ,.River ..... ' .. : ..
" 15 .. D. F. Chisholm.'" Castle Creek .. ;.: ...
16. A;' ::8> ~eIi.; ~ .• ,. Centeimial Wash ..
17. Herbert D.' Cav-
., ness co •• ~ •••••••• Portage Spring.: ..
'18.Wm. F. Cavness. Rock Fall Spring ..
19. Wm. F:·.Cavness. Cottonwood . Spring.
20; Wm .. F.' ·Cavness. Deed Creek Spring.
21. Wm. F. Cavness. Little. Rock ·Spg .. .
22. Wm. ·F. Cavness. Banty, Spring ..... .
23. ·J .. W.Jackson· ..
etC al. .. ; .•..... ' .•.. Salt River.· ...... · ..
.24. John F. Tenfert .. Table' Top. Wash ..
'25. A.· .Krell .... :: •.•. Centennial . WasIl. .
26. Thatcher Water. Fry and Rapier
Co. . •.••. : .•.• '.. .. Canyons ... ; .••...
ApPROPRIATE WATE~ :"'-JULY 15,1919, TO DEcEMBER 31, 1920.'
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'Amount
Water
DiP.voeirnsito n . [;'.'
Sec. Tp. R: .,'
·IEstim. ated\1 NO .• ) No.1, No. I NO'.\ ACtion
Cost ... Acres H. P. IPermitlCtf .. Taken
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20 20N. 16W.
'ft. 34 IN. IE.'
ftc (25' 6S:· .. 2E. )
(Unsurveyed)
Stockwater·.. • .•
Irrigation: .. , .. :' ..
Stockwater ... :' .... .
Irrigation ... · ..... :
ft.
ft.
sec. ft:
2. sec:
all water
all water
all water
all water'
all water
all water
'14 sec'. ft.
8 sec. ft.
(25 . 6S. . 2E. )
(Unsurveyed)
(29 6S; ·20E. )
(Unsurveyed)
19.23N.·13W.
12W.
Stockwater ......... :
Domest~c: ....... :
Storage.' .•......•
Irrigation ... ;':: ..
Irrigation •. ; ... : :
Stockwater: .. :. :.
Domestic ........ ':.
30 ··IN .
29 4S.
. tW . .Ir~igation ........ :
28E. Stockwater. ... : ..
Domestic ......... :.
27 hN. 4W. Mining ........ : ... .
3;47S; 25E.
24 39N. 12W.
24 39N: 16W.
23 IN. ,3E.
23 ;8N .. · 2W,
Storage for ..... o •
Domestic ....... : •
liTigation •......•
irrigation •. '. " .: ..
Irrigation .. : .... .
Irrigation'.: . : ... .
D~~estic ....... : .
MmJng .......... .
5 4N. 12W. ,Trrigation, ........ :
7 SN.
30 9N.
30 9N.
30 9N.
30 9N.
30 9N.
lW.
1W.
lW.
lW ..
1W.
1W.
Stockwater ...... .
Stockwater .•.....
Stockwater ...... .
Btockwa ter ...... .
Stockwater ...... .
Stockwater .•.... :
24 IN. 2E: Irrigation ....... .
6 . 7S. 4E. Irrigation ........ .
32 5N: 12W. Irrigation ....... .
~ .. 3 sec. ft. ·35 ·.78: 25E. Domestic .•..•.•.•
$5Q.OO I I) ~i I
2,000.00 '2' . ; ,' ..
. I
4,000.001
.l00.00l
40,000.001
" 2,000.0&1
2,000.001
. 800.001
500.00/
10:000.00\
• I
,300.001
300.001
300.00 I
. 300.001
300.00/
300.00
25,000.001
1,000.001
I
See App.1
,11 I
I
,I
400
160
I
I
/ ./
I
18131
640
1
160
I,
3
4
31,
6 I
.1 1 II
I '10 II
. ,\ 12 . Cancelled
11 l' ,i! I '\'
\ 15 \ \
I
j\:
16 I 17
U 21 1\
22
23
24 I
\
'II Cancelled ,Rejected
I,
APPLICATIONS TO APPROPRIATE WAT~R-JULY 15, ·1919, TO DECEMBER 31, 1920.-(Continued)
App.
No.
Name of ~ ~
-~Applicant
Source of
~ Appropriation
27. Thomas :i'aylor ... Del.Monte Canyon.
28. Standiford. Bros .. Gila River ........ ..
29. A .. ex.- Clark .... -.•• Oak Spririg ....... .
3(). ~ Earl C. ~ McBride .. Mesquite Spring .. .
~ 31. A. Y.Clark.· .. -.... Cottonwood Spring.
32. Geo . ��� A. Bonelli.-.. Quail Spring ...... .
33. Geo. ,A. Bonelli: .. Detrital Wash ... ..
34. ~ Geo. A. Bonelli... Marble Wash ... ; .- .
35. ,Geo. A. 'Bonelli ... Lower Drip .. Spgs.
36. ,Geo. A.- Bonelli.' .. Drip. & Sacaton"
--37. Geo.' A. -Bon\'lli .. ·. Mud Springs ...... .
38.- Geo.· >A>~ Bonelli.;. Mountain Springs.
39. Geo.· A; BoneIli... Mesa'~Wash ... .- ... .
~40.· Geo., A. BoneIli.' .. Antelope Spring .. .
41. Geo. A: BoneIli..-; White Ro'ck and.
Marble~" Springs.:
. 42; Geo:A.· Bonelli... Pine Springs. .. ~. ...
43. ,Geo. ',A. BoneIli ... Ariz. I_sabeIl -Spgs ..
44: G!,o.' A. BoneIlL.. Indian· Springs .. ; ..
45. Geo.A. - BaneIli ... Putman Springs::.
46. Geo. A.~· Bonelli ... Detrital Wash.: ..•
47. Geo. A; BoneIli;, .. UriknownWash:, .-.
48.'Geo. A.·'BoneIli.:. Unknown·_Wash ....
I Amount
_ Water
2 sec. ft.
,44
1-10
1
1-8
1-2
1-2
1-2
, 1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
sec. ft.
sec. ft.
sec. ft.
sec. ft.
sec: ft.
sec: ft.
sec. ft.
sec. ft.
sec. ft.
sec; -ft.
sec. ft.
sec. ft:
sec. ft.
1-2 sec. ft:
1-2. sec. ft.
1-2 sec. ft.
'1-2 sec. ft.
1-2 sec: ft,
1-2 sec. ft.
-1-2 sec. ft.
. 1:2 sec. ·ft.
49. ~ Harrisburg W.· U.
.-, 'Assn., ~:: ......... . Centennial Wash. .138 sec. ft .
50. Anna~E .• Kelso .. . Santa Cruz­Arizola
.Wash ....
'51;. Ro bt:'Phillips ," '. ',.
~ eCaI. .... ;:;;.:;~ .. " .. Sherman Spring ...
Chas. L. S'Innier- Nugget, ,Willow &~
&~~ Frank E. GiIIis. Cottonwood Spgs.
53. CasimeroBravo :
-:et aI. ••.. ~ ..• : ...•• Pantano Wash ... ;'.
,54.~Ariz. Power Co~ .. Little ~~ Sycamore .. .
55. P.· G. Kirkendall .. Agua Fria RiYer .. .
56, Paradise-Verde
- Irr. District ....... Verde RiYer .......
57. S.· H. Headet aI.. Agua Fria' RiYer ..
4 sec. ft.
1 inch
'lc2 sec .. ft:
2% sec.- ft.
1-8 sec. ft;
1 sec. ft.
Diversion \
Point
Sec. Tp. R.
Use
6 15N. 3E. Domestic ........ .
Smelting .....•.•.
8 IS. 2W . .Irrigation ....... .
35 42N. 6W. Stockwater ...... .
13 5S.,28E. Stockwater ...... .
34 42N. 6W. Irrigation, ...... .
2 24N. 19W, Stockwa ter, ..... .
11 25N. 20W. Irr. & Stock .....•
. 36 25N. 19W. Irr. & Stock ..... :
35. 20N: 20W. Stockwater. .... :.
20N. 20W. Irr. & Stock .... ::
34 26N. 19W. Stockwater ..... ..
20 _26N. 19W. Stockwater ...... :
~3 26N.,18W. Irr. & Stock ..... .
34 26N. 18W. Stockwater ....... .
33 to
35 25N. 19W. Stockwa~ter ...... :
4 25N. 18W. Stockwater ....... .
27 25N. 18W. Btockwater ..... -;.
15 25N. 18W. Stockwater ...... :
9-
17 24N. 18W. Stockwater .... ,,::
11 24N. 20W. Irrigation ...... ..
1 24N. 20W. lrrigatiori: . .- ....•
1 24N. 20W. Irrigation ..... ~ .. .
32 5N. ·12W. Irrigation .... , .. .
24 .7S.6E. Irrigation ....... :
24. 5S. 28E. Stock'vater ...... .
610N. 3W. lr~;~~ti~n.:.:.· .. .
23 i6S. 16E. Irrigation. ...... :.
- 5 UN. '4E. Irr:--"'J?om<;stic .. .-
12 9N. . 2E. IrrIgatIOn .. _: .... .
Irr. & Power ... .
32 _6N: IE. Irr . ....:.Stock.; ... ..
/
EStimatedl No.~ I No. 1 N~ .. \ NO.)
Cost ~ Acres H. P. IPermitICt!.
I ~ I - ~ ~ 1 I
I I
1,297.001 -,
85,00().00 .2677
300.00 . I'
. 50.0()! 1
2,500.00 10 I
700.00 -I
, 24,,000000..0000[ , 24001
250.00 .
5,000.00 _ 40
500.001
500.001
5,00().00/ .
700.00 ;
3,0'00.001
3,000.001
~ 1,00'0.00 c-
3,000.001.
I
2,000.001
10,00Q.00j
'.200.00\-'
~ 250.00
I
1
25
26
63
28
100
I' I
",_,1 1 I , II,'
1 ! I
127'\ ! '.
Action
Taken
-10(),()()0.00 I
I
1,000.001
'I
50.001
1 I I.--
I
250.001
I
750.00 I
500.001
150.001
J
25,000.00 I
I'
I 48\ I
I
49
1 I I . 5 h I
I g 1- 2 \1
I 53'1 .
37800 I I II
-I 1I - Ir
APPLICATIONS TO APPRO~RIATE WATER-JULY 15, 1919, TO DECEMBER 31; :1920.-=-(Continued)·
Name of
Applicant 'I:. Source of • '
Appropriation
~-: ' _. -. > '- ,'" :: '. ,-'. 5S: .Wm. Pike .... · .... Cox Spring ........ .
59: Robt: L: & . • .
. ·Wm.·DavhL •.... Gila River.~~, .... .
. 60. G. L .. Herring •.. , Gila River ..... ~· .. .
.. 61. A .. H. Stout..;,;·. Quilitoza. Wash ... :
',62: CaH·A:,. Hardy. ,; Montrose Canyon.,
63 .. Guy· Monthan ...... Pantano .Wash ... "
64.' A.' H. Miller .. : .:. Tucker Flat praw.
:65.' Stene· Con. Cop-' ..
•. per Co.·· ....... : .... Williams River ... ,
.' .:66. 'J.' L:.Warner . • . ~ .
etal, ; .......... ;. Cunningham Wash
67:. Geo. A. Bonelli.;; Mud' Spgs .. Wash.'.
6S: Amos. A: 'Betts:. . ...
et al;' .• ;: .... , .. ; Williams River .. ..
:'69. Geu;' E:Vines .. ;; Salt, River; ....... ;
'70. Fre.d ·Powers.; .. ; Santa Cruz.Wash,.;
71.F.W. Rosenbaum; Santa Cruz Wash ..
72:' Loyd· H: Richards. Gila River: .... : ....
73. Gifford ·Allaire •.. ·: FQur Mile'Creek; ..
74. E, Brown,Trustee McMullen. Valley ...
75. ArthurC: Young. Buckhorn Spring ..
76. James M; Hen-' Barnes'; Young's,
dricks et ux...... Allen Creeks ...••
77. John:K. Owens W. Terminus U.S.
,et al: ............ ·R.S. Lateral 16 .. .
78. San Francisco Mt.
Scenic Boulevard
Co ............. : ..... Arnold Spring .... .
79. ·Francis:L. Pat-
' .. ton Reclam. Co ... Bouse Wash ...... .
SO: Talbert Hicklin ... Quitovaquita' Spg ..
S1. C 'J~ Tryon ...... Santa CIUZ' Wash.
82. W.·· H.· Dagg ..... Little Colo.rado R.
.83. Joseph Banegas .. Big Sandy River .. ,
84. H. E. Carnes
et al. ............ Gila River ........ .
:85. Auxiliary . Eastern
Canal ,Landown- Salt & Verde
ers' Assn. ....... Rivers: ......... .
Amount
Water
Dl.·ve:sion '. \ '
Pomt
Sec. Tp. R •
use
1 sec. it. 13 iON. 5W. Stockwater .......
iv.sec. ft.
1 sec. ft.
. 2 sec. ft.
·2 sec. ft.
. 1 sec. ft.
4 sec. ft.
34 IN.
24 5S.
14 6S.
4 128.
14 16S.
18 19N.
1W.
15E.
5W:
HE.
16E.
15E.
trrigation ... : ....
IrrigatIOn ... : . , ..
frrigation .: ..... .
Irrigation .•... ' .. .
Irrigation ...•.••.
Irr.-Sto'ck ....••.
. 7 ION. 13W. Irr., etc .... : ..... .
3~8 sec. ft .. 20' 7N. 15W. lrr.-=-Millinz ... ; ..
1-2 sec. ft. 7 25N. 19W. Irr. &. Stock. ...•.
l2S0 sec. ft.
3 sec. ft.
10 sec. ft.
7% sec. ft.
'12 sec. ft.
1 sec. ft.
200 sec. ft.
l'inch
4
3 sec.
1-2 se'c. ft.
300 sec. ft.
10 sec. ft.
10 sec. ft.
2000 sec. ft.
60 sec. ft.
7 ION. 13W. Irr. & Domestic ..
29· IN. ··2E. Irrigation ....... .
3r 7S. ,8E. Irrigation .... ~. : .
14 ·7S. ·7E. Irrigation : ...... .
15 " 5S. 5W. Irrigation; ' ...... .
:27 7S. 19E. Irr. & Stock .... ..
27. 7N.10W. liTIgation •.......
5·14N. }W. Stockwater ... ~ ...
6N. 2W. Irr. & Stock •.....
7 2S. 5E . .trrigation ....... :
15 22N.
17 1~~:
5 8S.
11 17N.
13 15N.
7E. Domestic_ ......•
Irrigation ......•.
17W. Domestic.; •. ' ..• ; .
7W. Irr., Mfg., etc ....
8E. frrigation ...•.. ' •.
17E. Storage .. , ...•....
13W. lrrigation. •.. :-; ...
54 sec. ft. 15 8S. 26E. Irrigation ....... .
• , +.'"i.~1
522 sec. ft. 13 2N. 6E. Irrigation ....... .
/
EStimatedl N~. ,\ .. No: I No. I No.1
.Cost IAcres H. P. IPermitlCtf.\
1 . 1 \. 1
'100.00 \ . ~
1,700.001 '1211
. .. 500.0D 1 251
1,200.00 1241
.3,000.001 1001
1,ODO.00\ 851
5,ODO.00 . 2001
I '
. ,. I
300,000.00\ 16215\
2,00Q.00\ 20\
.' .. \125834\'
1,000.00' 240
315.001 3471
50.001 801
15,000.001 4781
, 650.00 5
500,000.00 224401
125.00\ . \'
3011.00\ 3201'
600.0°\1
140
I
250.00 . I
876801
5,0<)().00
300.00
218,260.00
6Q.O.O()
3,000.00
.1
717,230.0()1
I
50!
319,
501
1
2901
I
417711
! 29 1,1
'1
I 55!
I ~1 !
\ '1! I
\ .J \: i 1 9 I
I. 65 I I. ~~ 1
I 57 1 l '" I
I 61 II I I .62 1
I
I
1
64
67
68
I I
I
1
3 I
I
-,
I
1
I I
. I
I
II
AI
j
.I
I.
I Cone,ll"
\
1 I I
I
APPLICATIONS TO APPROPRIATE WATER---':JULY 15, 1919, TO DECEMBER 31, 1920.-(Coritiriued)
App.
No.
Name of
'Applicant
86. Auxiliary Eastern
Canal Landown-
Source of
Appropriation,
,Amount 1 Water ,.
ers" Assn. . .....• Salt River......... 1500 sec. ft.
87. 'Jose Mendosa .... Consolidated Canal 5 sec. ft.
','88. ',J. Chambers ...... Buckeye Canyon... 5 sec. ft.'
'89. Alex. Hudsqn:: ... Lulie :Spring.' .... ' .. 1-4 sec. ft.
, 90. 'Alex. Hudson .. : .. Black, Canyon Spg. 1-10 sec. ft.
,;9LAlex. Hudson;.; .. Turkey Creek .. , "', 1-H) sec. ft.
92.,·Alex.' Hudson .. :.: Warm ,spring .... c. 1-2, ~ec. it.
93.,Alex:"Hudson .. ' ... Williamson' Spg ... : 1-10 slle. ,ft.
94.' Alex. Hudson .. ; .. Anderson Spring.. . 1-4 sec. ft.
95: Alex. Hudson.,.;. Black Butte Spg •.. 1-10 seC. ft.
96.,Alex.'HudsorL ... Buggar Spring .. ' ... 1-80 sec. ft.
97. Alex. 'Hudson; .... Boulder Spring •... 1-40 'sec. ft.
,98."Alex.', Hudson ... ,. Cottonwood Spg ... 1-80 sec. ft.
: 99. Alex."Hudson:.,·,. Bo:.; Seep SIlring.;. I-SO sec. ft.
'10!); Alex.,' Hudson .. ". Oale Spring.,.:.: .. 1c70 sec. ft.
10LAlex.,-Hudson .• ;' .. Juniper, Spring .... 1-100 sec.Jt.
102. Alex. Hudson.'; ... Cottonwood SeeP;,. 1~10() sec.ft.
;'10,3. Leo'VeVages' , '
, et' al. '; ...... '. .. ':; Consolidated Canal
104. 'J: E. RempeL .... Heaton. Canal. ..... .
105. C;' S> Steward .. '.'. Mt. View ,Spring .. .
,;':'106., B., F., Youngl<:er ... Flood,' waters .. ; ... .
, 1C·7. C .. N; Puterbaugh~ Baker, 'Spring ..... .
"3 sec.
2 sec;
1-2 sec.
·3 sec.
l-SO'sec.
1(l8. D.: V. McCourt.; .. Aravaipa ·Creek: : ..
109. C.' N: Puterbaugh. Gibson Spg. No, 2 •• i-so' sec., ft.
110. C.N:· Puterbaugli. Gibson Spg., No.3 .. 1-40 sec; ft.
111.: J. ,W,' Etter 'et aL Jack Smith' Cany'n '.3 sec. ft.
. 112. J. L; Jolley ... ,,,;. Rock Canyon.:.... 10 seC. ft.
113. K'.Payne;Palmer. Hassay~mpa'River. 1 sec. ft.
Diversion j , Point
Sec. Tp. R.
33 2S. 5E.
13 13S. 27E.
31 5S. ,20E.
21 5S. 19K
5 7S. 19K
24 5S. 19K
19 '5S. 20E.
16 5S.19K
6, 7S. 19E.
8, 6S. ISK
16 5S. 19E.
21 5S. 19K
21 5S.19E.
21 5S. 19E.
16 .' 5S; 19E.
6 ,7S. 19E.
34 2S.5E.
22. 13S. 27E.
16' 6N. lOW.
12 ,IN. 2W.
17 6S. 17K
24 6S. 18E.
17 . 6S. 17K
17 '6S. 17K
36 24N. 7E.
7 41N. 9W.
22 .6N. 4W.
,,115:U~ V. Copper Co. Walnu( Springs ... 5 sE!c. ft. 28 l6N. 2E.
116. U. V.' Copper Co. BaItimoreSpriiig~. l~S sec. rt. 2 15N. '2K
117. U; V. Copper Co. Allen, Cliff,. Blow­out,
Haskell Spgs.
30·". 3K
5 sec. ft. ·3216N; .2E.
Use j
EStimated! No. i)" No: I No .• \ N~.I\ Action
. cO,st, , Acres ',H. P. IPe, rmitlCtf: , Taken
1 '" I, I I'
Irr. & Power .... '
lrrigation ....... .
{rrigation ... .'. : .. .
Stockwater ...... .
Btockwater ....•. ;
Stockwater ..... ; ..
Stockwater ...... .
Stockwater .... : ..
Stockwater ...... .
Stockwater ...•...
Stockwater ...... .
Btockwater ... :.: .
Stockwater ...... .
Stockwater ...... .
Iltockwater .. ; ... .
Stockwater ...... .
Stockwater ..... ' ..
Irrigation .. :.: .. .
Irrigation ....... .
Stockwater •... : ..
Irrigation ...... :.
Stockwater.: ,' .... .
Power: .......... .
Stockwater ...... .
Stockwater ...... :
Irrigation . .o, ••••••
Irrigation : ...... .
Mining ....... ; • : . '.
Domestic ... ,' .. , ..
Domestic. ;': ..... .
Stockwater'; ..... .
Mining ... ; ....... .
Domestic:: ...... .
Mining .......•. ; ..
Domestic:' ... ; ... ' ..
Mining ... :: ....•.
Domestic .. ~ ....•.•
1 1
I '\
170.riO/'
17ml 500.00 ,200
250.00' 1
100.00\ 1
250.00 I
350.001 I
250.001 I 20..00 I
250.00 'I 250.00 .'
75.001 ,
50.001' I 15.00 .
25.00
40.0011
50.00\. ,1
. 750.001 '200/
2,OOO.OO! 801
·l,OOl).OO
'500.00 . 200,
50.00L .'j,','
75.00
75.00 ,
1,000.00 1601
2,000.00 640
3,500.001 .' I
~'500.0011 ,:
26,455.00J' I
< 500.00 I
," , I I,',.,
COlnpletedand:in use
.for several years
I I
I
I 70
)
69
71
, 72
I . 73
74
75
76
,77
78
79
.80
81
82
83
84
Source' of ~I
~ppropriation .
118. Hull Copper. Co.; Huli Springs .• , .•• , .•
119. C.H. Brownetal. Arrastra Creek ....
. 120,1/M. Me~rili:: ... ~ntelope Creek: .. :
·121..W. S.Finicum·.. Silver Creek;
et al.:.; .. :: . .-: .. Trough Springs.::.
,122. Richard Day ... :~. Esho!ll's Cienaga.;·
,123. Three Links Cat-·, . .
tie. Co.': .. :.~.: ... PollY' Springs.: .. · ....
, .124. Three: Links Cat- -.' '.
. '. tIe Co. .; ...... -; .. Tussock Springs ...
125.·Three-Links:Cat- ' ..... ' ",
,: - tie Co:·;.;.· ..... · . .-; Iron Springs ..... :.
. 126 •. Chas. W;· Burkett. Well (Public Lfl,nd)
127.·Amandus Peters.': Honeda:Wash; . .- .'.
128.'-A. H .. Jenkins ..... VekaF Wash •... .- . .-
. 129 .. Barkley &. .•..
,.:.-.• ':.: Steward ...... ' ......• Coffee:.Flat,Spg .. .
·:~l'30.Barkley&.: ___ .... ",::,'
'.' ... _.--Steward::·. . .•... Lebarge' Spring.: ..
'131; 'Barkley-& . ...., ..
.. : Steward ::: ..•..•••. Big':. Spring.- ...... .
132., W.',T.Jones .... :, Secret Spring ..... .
.133. Geo .. Swingle ....• San··Pedro River: .•
134 .. :W .. T: McClenden ._. - -
' .. 'et al.· .•..... :' .. :. Queen Cr·eek ...•...
135. S.:R. _V.,W .. U,
Assn. ': ... ,; ..... Salt ·River .........
'136. S. R..V: .W. U: '
.. Assn: ; -;:": ...... Salt River:.' ...... :
Amount P . t
\
-Diversion
. Water.. .Sec .. ;: H.
1 sec. ft. 21 . 16N.' . 2E.
8 sec. ft. .11N.: 4W.
15 se'c. ft. ION: 5W.
1 sec. ft.
31E.
sec. ft. 16W.
·sec; ft. .2W.
sec, 2W.
:3W.
2E.
7E.
IE.
IS.
IS.
20N.
6S.
!to 3'6 IS.
1000,.8e'c. ft.
350 sec. ft.
1919, TO DECEMBER 31, 1920.---c(Continued)
Use .. \E stimate' d ( No.I. ' No. . I, No. tt No. t
.' Cost. Acres ).H. ~:lIPerrniltCtf.~
I t I
Mining ..•........ Completed and in UBe I: Domestic. ~ ....... . for several years
Mining •.••... · .... 20,000.001 .1
Domestic ..••.... ~ I
Hyd. -Mining ..•.• 10{),OOO.OO ! 1
rrrigatio~ .:; ... , .. 5,000.00 I
irrigation, .. :; ... 60,00{).0{) 290001 I
1 . I I
Completed &.ih use for yrs. 94
'.' I' '1 . I
Completed & in use for yrs.· 95
qt-ockwater:;~::: .
..... '. t .J .... 1
Completed & in-use for yrs .
Stockwater .... -.. '. .1,12{).OOt t· 1 .
frrigation , .. .- ; .. ~ . 250.0{)! 1501' I
Storag&-Irr .• ' ... -50{).00 . I
: I I
·.125.0()j' r I.
I I
. ,200.00\ I I
I I
360.001 I I
: 2,OO{).O()I· 1 I
5O()'OOI: 71 1
160l, I· ..7,OO{).()()\ I
t
500,00{).OOI ' .. 1 22701
. 700;000.001. 1 40001
I , I
RES E R V 0 LR S
! App.
No.~-
Name of Applicant I~ Source of
Appropriation
~ I Amount- 'I' Diversion I Water "Point ~
Sec. Tp. R.
Use I 1 . ~ I ~ ~ !
. E. St.iC moatset"~ d 1P'~eNr0m~i"t1 CNtOf. .. ~ I
Action
Taken
1" pa:adise." -Verde Irr.'Dist .. '" 'I~ew Rive~r .. :: ..... 1
. 2 ArIzona Stock Co ............. Unknown. Sprmg .. .
3 Arizona: Stock~ Co ..... ; •...... Unknown Wash ... .
4 ~ Arizona~ Stock Co ...... .- ..... Unknown Wash ... .
~5"Paradise-Verde Irr. Dist. ..•.. Skunk Creek .. ' .... .
6 '. Paradise-Verde Irr. ~DisL ..... Verde River ..•....
7 Paradise-Verde _Irr. Dist .. : .. : Verde River~ .. ~ .....
8 . Thatcher Water Co .... .- .... ;. Fry and Rapier
T~atcher watei Co ... : ....... F~a~it~n'R;':Pi"e';'"
~ Canyon ... : ...... .
Greenview Irr. Ass'n ... :~:.; .•. ::.luojota Creek ...•.
Chas. W. Burkett.:.<. ; •...... ~.~. Burkett W'lsh .....
Geo." lL ~Bonelli. ..... ~.,.- .. : ... Detrital Wash .•..•
Geo.;;A.~Boneni. ......... : .... Mud-Spgs. Wash .. .
AnnaE. Kelso .. ;.: .....•.. ;.~ .. Santa Cruz~Ari~·
'8;1. ~ sh~~p-ell et aJ... . ... " Ri~c;!~ '6~~~k:::::: I
s: A. Shappell ~et aJ.: ....... :. Rincon Creek ..... .
W.~H, Dagg.:.'.. . Little Colorado R.
- . - . ", ~ & Silver Creek .•
W; H.. B~ardSley ........ : ... :. Agua Fria River .. .
.Paradise-Verde Irr. Dist .•. • ... Cave Creek .... : .. .
. A. ~~H. J.\Iiller. .· • •.. : ..... ~. ........ Tu'cker Flat~Draw ..
Fred A.Lydy •....... , ... ~. .. :. Truxton ~Wash .. : .•
Stene ConsolidatedC()pperCo. Williams River .....
23 Brigham H: Cluff. ........ ' ...... Shingle, Ash &
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25
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27
~.~ ~ .' ~ . ~ ~ . ~', ~ . White Streak Crk.
Joseph L. Warner et al. ...... Cunningharh~ Wash:
N. ·W.Haggard ... : ........... Williams River .... .
W. W. Gierhart. ... : ........... Bullrush·Wash ...•.
:James M.Hendricks et ux; .. Barnes, Young&~
Allen Creeks ....•
28 ~ W. H. Dagg.-.;................ Chevelon Creek.: ..
~ ~29 H.~E.Carnes et al. ........... Seneca Wash .. , .. .
30 Aux. Eastern ~~ Canal Ass'n ..... Salt River. ' .•......
~31 J. Chambers .... : ............. Buckeye Canyon ..•
51500~a. ft. 35 5N. IE. Irrigation ...........
2 a. ft. 19 ~ 5S. 2E. rr. ~ 8tockwater ..•.
2 a. ft: 10 6S. 2E. ·~opkwater .........
2 a. ft. 36 68. 2E. 8tockwater ....... :.
25000 a. ft. 36 6N.· 2E. Irriga Hon ...... ~ .....
440000 a. ft. 11 12N. ~5E" frr .. Power ... : ....•..
205000 a. ft. 22 SN. 6E. frr. Power ...... , .•.
24 a. ft. 34 .78. 25E. Domestic ....... , ...
172 a: fL 35 7S. 25E. Domestic ..... : .....
13200 a.: ft.. 98. 6E. Irrigation ....•... : ..
~ 9~a.·ft. 30 58.~· 2E. Stockwater.: ...•...
all ~ "2 26N: 20W. Irr. Stockwat<;r ... .
all T 25N. 19W. frr. Stockwater ... .
$ 800,000.00
250.00
75.00
250.00
200,000.00
3,000,000.CO
2,000,~000.00 :~
~ 2,000.00
3,000.!)0) ~ 200,000.00
~ 900.00
~ 2,000.001
2,000.001
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·90a.:fL 11~ ~ 7S.~ '6E. Irrigation;;.:....... 2,OOO'OOI~
25000 a; ft. 18 15S.~ 17E. Irrigation........... 250,000.00
30oo ·a. ft. 24 15S. ,16E. Irrigation ... : .... : .... " 125,000.001
~ 300000 a .. ft.
~145679 a .. ft.
2400 a. ft.
480 a. ft:
. 1850 a: 'ft:
1000oo·a. ft:
1500 a. ft:
960 ~~a.ft.
200000 a, ft.
32000 a. ft.
32 16N.
16 6N.·
29 6N.
18 19N.
11 23N.
7 ION.
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22E .. Irr., Power, I I
Domestic .. .-... .. ... 500,000.001
~ IE. Trr!g-"t!on.: .. u..... 1,828,561.001
4E. IrrIgatIOn ......... :. I 15E. frr. Stockwater .... ~. 5,000.'00.
14W. Irrigation....... .... '100.000.00
13W. Power, Mining, . ~ ~
~. Irr. & Domestic..... 1,081,242.00
24E. Irrigation .... · ...... .
15W. Irr., Power, Mine .. .
13W. Irrigation .. .- ...... :.
5W. Irrigation .... : ...... .
10,000.00
135,000.00
500,000.00
12,000.00
640 a. fLi6 6N. 2W. Irr. Stockwater. I
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10
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18 I l.
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I . I Returned
I I Returned~
. ~Returned
90000 a.- ft. .17
150 a. ft. 10
400000 a. ft ..
581h a. ft.
Domestic ........... :
I8N. ~ 18E. Irrigation ........ " .. :
8S. 26E. Trrigation.· ......... .
2,000..!)01
627,431.00~. 22
3,000.001
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Returned
Returned
I 500.00 23 [rr; Power ... : ...... . I
7 13S. 28E. Irrigation ......... ..
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App.
No.
Name of Applicant Source of
Appropriation -
32 Ariz. Cotton Growers' Ass'n .. Quojota Creek: ....
33 L. V. McCourt.·:.;:· ... c ••••• :. Aravaipa Creek ...•
34 Paradise-Verde Irr. Dist ...... Verde ·River ......•.
.35 Paradise-Verde-Irr.Dist .. · ..•. Cave' Creek.: ..... .
36 Howard Sheep' Co .. ~ ....... : .• Howard Wash:., ..
37 Samue1.Y.Satathite ......•... Mud Spgs.Creek:.
38 Ben F:·Snure; .... ; ..•..... ,:. Starvation Canyon.
39 U .. V. Copper. Co .............. WaIimt Springs. :-:.
40 R:l\LMerrill ... : ..• :.:.;.: .•.. o-'..ntelope·Cree\{ .. :.
41' R. M. MerriIl..;· .. ; •. : ...... ~· .. Antelope Cr2ek ....
42· _A.-P~: Jenkins': :.-. c •• -., ...... _~ VekoL.\Vash::: ':'.:
43 Lotu,;; .VaIley W.o U. Ass'n .. ,;- Williams River .... ;
44. L. L.Harm~n.7:: ..... .
45 ·S,-R. V."W. U. Ass'n ...... ,
'46'. S::R. V. W.- U.C Ass'n .. :.: ;-".
Sou~ce of
Appropriation
. u. ·S.I~dian S';~vice ...... - _. . .
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A.n{ount-·/ pi~~r~~on I'- Use ' . '\. Estit;'at~d j No: II No.1 Action
Water .... . Cost IPermltjCtf.1 - Taken -
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15000 a. ·ft. 30. 9S. 7E. Irrigation ...... :.... 250,000.00 I I I
all. .24 6S. 18E. Power.............. 350,000.00 'I Returned
·200000 ·it. ft. 33 6N.' 7E.. [rr. Power~ .•... c... 2,100,000.001 I 1
20000 a. ft .• 4 4N. : 3E. [rrigation ....... :... 600,000.00 __ I I
~ ~:n: g m:1~:" ~l~~~:!i:~::: :-:::::' ' .. l,g~g:~L ~~. I ./1
6·a. ft. 30 21S. 32E. Stock-Domestic... --:. 500.001 - I
2 ·a. ft. 28 16N.· 2E. Mining ...... r;omestic:. '26,455.00 . I
50¥" a. ft. 25 10N. 5W. Hydrau!i'c Mining.. 30,OOO.OOr I. I
411,(, a: ft. 25 -ION. 5W.··" - ". ." -30,000.001. I
500 a: ft. 26 8S. fE. Irrigation:.~ ...... ;. .2,OO().00 . I!
1600000 a. ft. 7 . 10N. 13W. Domestic. In. . 1 ·1·
_ 8 sec. ftC 25 16N.
_ 46800() a.- ft. 31 3N:
6000() a: ft.
. Power, Stockwater. 5,000,000.001'- I
8W. Stockwater ........ -. 1,500.001 .,\.. 1
7E. (rr. Power .......... 4·,OOO,OO().001 I
. :rr. Power .. c·....... 2,OOO,OO().00 I.
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Amount I Diversion - \ .•
. Water _ Point_
~st. I N~. I N~.\ No.1 Action
Cost I Abres I :rermit I CU. I Taken
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White River Domestic, Trr. I I k I 1-
Trr.Dist. No.4 ......... " ....... White River........... 40 sec. ft. Indian Res. Power ..... " $35,000.00 I 700 I 1 I -Cancelled
sec. ft. 27 8S. 25E. Irr; Domestic.. 3,OOO.0()1 3108 L - I
sec. ft. 8 IS. 2W. lrr. Domestic. 20,OOO.0()1 796 I· 2 I
. Lebanon Reservoir & Ditch Co .. }ferijilda Wash ........ 78
Clark Standiford et aI.: :' • .- ...... ::ma River ........... .-. 10
sec. ft. 22 IN. 1W. Irrigation ... 1,500.001' 160 I I
sec. ft. 28 19S. 29E. Irr. Domestic. 475.001 35 I 3 I
sec. ft. 15 5S. 5W. Irrigation ... ]5,000.00-1 1560 I - 4 .. \ I
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-H:' H.' Humphreys ... .- .......... : "-gua' Fria River.. ..... 3
OttoP. Schoenberg .. :, ....... .- .. Rucker Canyon Creek. 3
.Lloyd H. Richards ...........•... C}ilaRiver ............. 25
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. It will be noted that these applicati~i1scome fromalLpartsof the
stata and are of various magnitudes, from the appropriationofsprings
affording one miners inchof wat~r or.less for stock water toth~ apfJropri­at
ion of large quaJ.ltities· of water for irrigation arid power projects; some
of which are of quite large prop'ortions and for the storage of:,immense.
bodies ofw,ater .. Of thoseabov~menti?,ned, so~e' orih; more iinp.ortant
are: '. . .,'"
_ AppliCatioh for Appropriation ',No';6,Reservoir Appli'c'ation No.
2I,comprisestheLydy. projed .in the Truxton, Wash near Hackberry in'
Mohave Courity .. This is nota large .project.lt'wilI'consist of a small
. reservoir to catch the floodwater',andiritowhich may also be turned'
water diverted from .thewashby a .partially.subrrierged dam some distance
above the. reservoir topiCk up and divert the underground flow. ,!tis ex­pected
to r.edaim several thousand acres of land, extending from the
town of Hackberry south'westward:' .' .
R~servoi~ Application 'N().' I 7 ,propo~~s 'the conitru'dion·of 'adam
across the Little Colorado Rive~just above .the towrlof Woodruff in
Navajo County and below the confluence of Silver Creek with the Little,
Colorado. The c~pacity of the reservoiristo.he 300,obo .acrefeeL. It is
the .intention of the promoters of this proj ectt6 construct another dam' for
a second reservoir in a natural reservoir site some '.teri or twelve miles east
of Winslow, which is to bec'alled the Apache.Reservoir, having a.capacity
of 90,000 acre feet. and a ,diversion dam on Chevalon.Creekis tobe .. cori­structed
to divertthe.waters of that stream int'othe Apache Reservoir for
storage, the watedromboth these storage reservoirs to be turn'ed into the
Little Colorado River above a diversion dam to be construded which \vill
divert the water into canals for. irrigation/.'The secondary application for
the benefiCial use of the waters . from these reservoirs .. has. not yet bt.en
filed. Ids intended,. however, toredaim as much land as the water will
cover, approximately IOo;oooacres, andextendingfrorria few miles west
of Holbrook down the'rivernorthwestward.a 'distance 'of'15 01'.20 miles
and to reclaimthe.1an'ds arotlnd the town of ,Winslow. Complete surveys
, and plans,specifications, <mdeost,estimates. of this, project have not yet
been· filed in this office .. IUs 'thehope 6f'the.promoters of this project' .
that· the government reclamation 'service. may, take up .the work and put
this. project irito ()peration. If ... unsuccessfulin .that. they' ~ill, no doubt,
seek private capital for the work.,· .
. ". Reservoif',Applicatioi! 'No;.IC>,the13eardsley project, . proposes' to
construct a dam for a storage. reseryoir. on theAgua Fda River at what
is known as.' "Frog Tanks." This ,reservoir will have a capacity of 14,6,000
acre feet. The'secoridal:yapplicaticinwhichwill specify the acreage and
other uses, iftherebe any,h,as not yet. been filed 'in this office, but it is
intended,imd expected to reclail11 approximately 50,000 acres of land situ':
ilar.to ,that of thi;Salt River VaIleY'and lying,'adjacent to and northwest
of thcMarinette ~ection ofthevi:tlley., Thecost.6f this dam and reservoir
will. be approximately' $2;ooolooo'Yh~n<:orppleted and will be ,financed
withpriv\l~e c'apitaL ....
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, ',' Application'N~.:,28/.~~lar~ementApPlication, NO.3, covers the
• ( ,Standiford' project."This is; a pumping proposition from. a large well or
sumpaf the. south. ec1geof' the,:GilaRiver aoout' 25 miles southwest of
Phoenix. Thispraject p~oposes.to r'eclaim 3,473 acres of bench lands 011
'. the south side of the river and for this purpose three pumping plants will .
be installed; the first toboostthewater through a pipe two th6usandfeet
in le';1gthto areservoii'60 fed above the river whence a canal will be con­structed
tqcarry: water,' i:C(approximateJy half the project; from this'
reservoir anoth~r lift or: boost through): second pipe line two thousand
feet above reseFoir humbe'1;twc),20 feet above reservoir number I, whence
another 'canalwillcarry water' toiri-igatealmost half the acreage of the
project ; from 'a, surnpar reservoir in 'this canal and a third lift or boost
will carry w~terthrougha pipeline five hundred .feet in length to a ditch
or canaL25 feet above' reservoir' number 2, to irrigate about two hundred
aCres. This. project, when completed, will' cost approximately $105,000
and is,to be financedwithpfivate capitaL. The land of the project is first
class in quality but to() high for gravity, water from the river. '
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" ':R~servoirApplicaHon No. 22, filed by. the Stene Consolidated Cop­per.
Company; proposes to. construct a dam and reservoir on the Williams
Riverinthe northern part of Yuma County for hydroelectric power, irri- ' ..
gation and mining purposes .. 'Investigations are being made to determine
whether o(notit would' be feasible to. utilize the water for irrigation. A
secondary 'applicatianwill. be necessary in this connectiOn which will set
forth the amoU1~tof horse .pow~r to be developed and if for irrigation,
thenthe~creagewi11 beparticuIady .. spedfied and ·described. It is pro-
. posedtoconstrlJdthis work,byprivate capita1.. ' .
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Application iN 0; 49 is an· interesting proposition. It proposes to
pump thewater . .from the underground flow ()f Centinnial Wash near
Hafrisbl1rg·. in" Yuma County: "The: application' proposes the' sinking of
40 wells, or ani. lesser number that will furnish sufficient water to re­.
claim 7,3°8 acres 'ofland similar to ,the land :in the Salt River, Valley.
Onewell.six feet ip diameter, sunk. approximately 38 feet to or near bed-
'rock; from which a pumping test was made to determine as far as possible
. something Of the' flow Clrquantity, b'Lwafer'that might be expected, and
12Sil)chesof waterf()r24 hourspumpedfronl this well did not appred­ably
16werthe water plane'in thewell .. ,The' promoters of this proposition,
, thillk they ·\Vill·.be·'i:tble'to 'devClop. an.abu'ndance .. of water to take care of
the acreage ll1entiot1(~d. abov~ .' and perhaps' ,materially increase that acre­"
age.>Thi~is.als·o a private enterprise being now incorporated and fi~
nancedby.private capita1. i Arrangementshave been made for the work
..... and the finances provided, as! am informed. I shall w,.'ltch the progress
oUhis projestwith interest as, it, wili be·oneof.the first enterprises of the,
kiridin the State of any cons\derable size~' , .
. ,..APpliC~tio~jor,AppropriationN ~/66,,'Reservoir , Application No.
24,: filed by Joseph L::Warner,et aLproposes to ,construct a dam and
reservoir' at the mouth ',of asanyon lea~ing .hit()Cullllingham Valley and
inadditionta ,sink and equip . a battery:oL2o wells 'on a line. across the
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Cunningham Wash and' a .. portion 'of,the valley .frol-ri . east to: west from
wlJich to pump water and from these twosour~esitisproposed.to reclaim
approximately 18,000 acres of land .. TI~is: project lies a few miles east
of the town of Bouse and north oLtheSanta Fe Railroad. It is 'on the
public domain, unsurveyed land, and. it is . propqsed to Jinance the proj ect
with private capital. IN 0 wells haye asyet been sun~., ' .. '. •. . '. '.
. Application No. '74 filed byE. Brown"Trustee, is als~a pUmPing
proposition and proposes to pl11np the. waters of McMullen Valley lying
in the northwest corner of Maricopa Countyartd it is pr6posedtorec1aim
approximatdy 22,000 acres of land. '. This project is likewise to be .fi­nanced
with private capital. This project is yet in itsprdiminary stage.
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Reservoir Application No.· 9 :proposes·, to construct. two reservoirs
on Frey and Rapier Canyons .on the northeast'slope of Pin ale no or Gra- . '
ham Mountain. This :water is to be used for the domestic 'supply .for the
towns of Thatcher, Central and Hubbard in the Safford Valley in Graham
County. The first unit or reservoir of this plant is already' constructed
and in operation and the second reservoir is now being constructed .. , It is
privately owned and financed with privilte capital. , ., ..
Application No. 72, filed by Leroy H. Richardsforhi~self and
others, proposes to pump water from the Gila River in Section 15, Town­ship
5 South, Range 5 West, to irrigate 2038 acres of .lahd .. ·Thisis rust
below· Gila Valley Water Company's Diversion Dam, or Gillespie Dam.
ReservoirApplication No. 46, the Salt Riv~r Vall~yWate~!Uders' .
Association has .also made a resrvoirfilingfor a dam at Morin6n;Flats
on the Salt River to form a reservoir havii1g a capaCity 'Of 60,000 acre
feet. The estimated cost of this dam is two. millions' of, dollars. . The
beneficial use stated is to supplement the present irrigation supply of the
Salt River Project and for hydro-electric. power. This filing. is in <:on- .
flict with the filing made ,by the Auxiliary Eastern Canal Land. Owners'
Association for a dam at the same. place.' '
Reser~oir Application No. 45,·t1~e Salt River·Valley'.WaterUsers'
Association has also made a reservoir filing for a dam'a.t . Mormon Flats
as the McDowell Reser-voir on the Verde River below the .lower dam site'
of the Paradise-Verde' Irrigation District, . the. estimated capaCity of the
reservoir being 468,000 acre. feet, the. benificial. use stated being irriga­tion
and hydro-electric power to be. used in con~ection with the Salt River
Proj ed. The estimated cost oithis part of the project 'i~$4,o00,ooo and
. the .power to be developed is estimatedat2,27ol10rse~p?wer: ': "',.
Application No .. I 36; the Salt: River V alleyW~te'r 1:J sers' Associa~
tion has also filed an applicationior permit to appropriate from the Salt ..
River 350 second feet of ",ater ata point:near.the confluence.' of Pine
Creek with Salt River; a few miles below the Roosevdt Reservoir, into. a .
canal and carry the water"d0ir'ntheiitreamabout'S miles .. The :beneficial
use as named ishydro~electriC'.power,thewater to'be turnedbackintothe
river. .The power to be. de~eloped is statecias4,oClohoise power and .the
estimated cost of this proj ectis $700,000...' . .
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Api)licationN 6.135, the Salt Riv'er Va.\leyW ;ter. U sei-s' Associa­tion
has also filed all ,application to appropriate. water from Salt River
abov.e the . Granite.Reef . Darn. by means of.a(~iversion, dam and carry the
water .thr6ugha canal to and into the McDo\Vell Reservoir on the Verde
River. The purpose being to store. the ex:cess,'floodwaters 'passing' the
Roosevelt Dam rendering the Salt Riyer ProjecttrlOfeflexible alld better
·able tostipplythedemands of the .stockholdef~ of the project. The esti-matecicostof.
thispart.of.the proj ectis $50o,oqa..' <.: ... ' , "
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:;IriftI'GA.TIQN,DISTRIpTS.' .'.
.• '.. "'fheni~s{~lifficultproblem'tl1at c011fr6nts those who desire to (k­:
volop bY,ii-rigationaQiconsiderable tract. ofda.nd is the finaricing' of the
,projeCt. TheJi:rigatiohpistrict'I;.awoLA:riiotia iS,a good workable law
butinour'opinionthere should be some chan'~esmade .in<or additions to
• our Irrigation.DistrictLaw to brihgthe state: and' the, irrigation' district
intodoser:financial relation:' Aetheprese~tJin;iethereare three, irriga­tion
distri~ts)¥ hichare,Jul1y org~niz,ed or, . ~rein'proce~s of qrganization'
• for, the purp0ge,of ,~i}iancing' inltl~at:~anri~r .rrojec~sOf gre~t interest and
:value to the state.'" .I he largest and most advanced of these IS the-
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PARADISE:'VERDEIRRIGATION'r"DISTRICT.
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This district ,'is full yhrga11ized,!1as :P;1ade.~pplications to·. this office
and. beengral.1ted permits, 'for, the. construction. of.five dams to impound
water in fine.res~rvoirs, two oHl1elri ·bd)1g On the Verde River, one 011
New River, one on.Cave·Creek,!arid otlcon:Skunk,Creek, .having a total
storage capacity .of 736,506acre.: feet: anCl,the number of acres included in
this proj ectt~ receive water)s approxinmtely., 95,000 acres.. This district
lies immediatelynorth()fthe~oosevelfprojec(in the Salt River Valley
:. and is two' or.three htlndrcdfeet higher and has' a slightly more tempered
climate .. " It: will,have.a'~onsiderable acreage along the foothills especially
adapted tothegro",itlgofcitrlisfn~its. The estimated cost of this project
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.D'AM SITE 'AI30VEP;H. No,'l, VERDE RIVER, APRIL. 15; 1920 '
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is $1 S,ooo,ooo'al1d'upwarcis'andwil1: inclttdC a., hydro-electrIC' plant on the
,Verde River which will develop approximately 38,QQO horse power, The
financing-of this project iswellupder way' and it is expected that the
bonds will issue, and be sold and the, actual construction work commenced
within the nextfewmonths> Tentativearrangements'have been made for
the sale of the power to:bedeveloped:' " '
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, 'A UXILIARY·EASTERN {JANAL'IRRIGATION
, 'DISTRIGT.,' " '
, ,This district isin/pro~es~()f, for~ati()l1 and applications have been
made for perinitsfor the appropriation afwater and one application to
, construct a'dam at Mormon Flats to form the ':Mormon 'Flats Reservoir
onthe SaltRiver having, a capacity of approximately 400000 acre feet,
This reservoir'is tO,be located about midway between the Roosevelt and
tbe Granite Reef pam: It lsii,ttendedthat the water appropriated by these
,applieations for, permits shall' be used upon a strip of' land bordering, UpOtl"
and lying immediately east oftheSalt River Project on the south side of
the Salt River, andineltides, approximately 60,000 acres of l;].nd of the
'same qualityas that in the Salt River Valley and isiri fact a part of it It
is also expected to develop hydro~eleetricpower within this distrietbut
no application hasas yet been filed in this office forthat purpose,
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THE SAN:PEDROWAT~R' USERS' ASSOCIATION.,
The San PedroWate; Users~ • .A~s()ci~tion is the third of the irri­gation
distriets, now in process of fornlatiori, This proj ect includes the
valley of theSanPedroR,ivcr from the town: of Benson up the river ten
or twelve milesinCochis-eCounty and includes within its limits the towns
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3.0 Fiil.s'l' BLI<;NNIAL . REPaId.
of St. D~vid 8.11d Benson. " It is p~oposed to constrncta dam,acros,sthe
San Pedro River at Charleston forming a reservoir to store water for the
irrigation of about 3S,ooo.ncres of land. This district is well located and
climatically adapted to diversified fanning' at an' altitude of ab()tlt'3,S.oO'.
feet. .No applications haVe as yet been filed in this office: for any part
of this'proje<;t .. TentatiVe estimates of the cost of this project:.shpwthat
it will·probablyexceed twtlmillionsofdollars.') ",", .. ,,:':: '
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: DETERMINATION. O'Fr;r'HE RELATIVE,t'E2cISTING
RIGHTS~
. As the waters' 6£ the State arebein'g eagehysot~ght.aft~tby\api
propriators, it has becol1i.e nece~sary to,take anil1ventoFyofthe,water,re7
sources of the State to ascertain what water; ifany,isyet ~ubj ect to appro­priation.
To that" enda :determinationcif:tht;existi1~g' relativeirightsto
the use of water. is 11CC(~~sary; ••.. Prior to the adoption' of. the presentW ater
, Code sucli determinatiohsweie made by,the cottrbfarid:thes'e adjudications
wer,e principally based lipon the.testimony submitted.by the parties to the
suits, and the. records of these' cases' rarely disclose . any 'maps, or' hydro-.
graphic data that seen1to be necessaryuponwhich to base a decreewhich
can be properly administered, anclin some casescollsiderable confusion
has resulted in the ascertainment of .theexact land, in the. c01-1rseof the
administratio,n .of tl~e decrees; to which decre~d water rights . applied. ,.
A prop~r determination.ofwater,rights necessarily involves many
questions aside fro111 the. testimpnyoftlie water users as to whathas.been
done intheappliCatibn of.water to abeneficial use; A comprehensive
study of the .stream;andof'the lands served with water, which involves
considerable engineeringandhydrographic.work; accurate surveys of the
cultivated and irrigated lands and other lands 'adjacent that are susceptible
to irrigation; of the· carials andditclles'forming\theirrigCltion system; of
roads and railroads and any other thing that would in any wise affect the
irrigation system, and all these accurately delineated on maps, so far as'
may be, done, which will also. show the ownership and actual individual
acreage of the irrigated lands; the capacity and physical condition·of. the
canals and ditches must be noted and taken into' consideration ancr, an ob­servation
of the methods used in the :handling of the ,water and of the
. waste water, if there be. any ; the climatic conditions and precipitation so
far as, such records can be obtained ; the depth, character a\ld 'classification
of the soil and the kind of crops' proc!uced; the length of the irdgation
season; the source of .water: supply; the topography .ofthevicinity. and the
possibility of thestorageofflo()d waters all combine to make a.compre­hensive
study of the subject and ilec~ssadl)' 'entails considerable field work
and much expense, yet perhapsil() more. expensive .than the old method
of court procedure, and the determinatkmmore. scientificaIty, arrived at
All,this is done: not solely for the purpose of thedeterminati,oJl .of C'xisting
relative rights but .to ascertain whether or.notJhe w~t~rappropriated'is
all beneficially used and whether.there is yet available water to enlarge
the presentl irrigated areas where landis available., This work, as well as
,~ '\ I' '"
theadjudi~ation ()f'ap;lications fornew~ater rights, involves agr~at deal,
,of careful study and.sorrie techriicaltraining; anclas the State Engineer of
Oregon says, in his 7th ;Bienni~lReport: '
•. "',"~dj {iclication,worknlusfDe do'ne' by some one who
can 'de~ote his time to such work as a specialty. It reqtlires. '
judicial training,'exIJerit:!rice,and' a large amount of work
upon details . in;order to makethe'decreesupon the old
water righfs\yorl<able,.lastingandfull of benefit to the
peopl~.'" .' '.' ,', , I • • •
'., ,For the Deterl11ination of~e1ative Rights three petitions have
been filed in this .office: .
·CAVE,CREEK.:riETERMINATION.
"A petiti~n\Vas filed asking for a determination of relative ;ights of
the users of water on Cave Creek anclthe matter, of adjudication is now
well under way. A s~rveyHas been ,made and a,mappr~pared showing
the irrigatsd landsandthe canal ?ystem;The depositions or questionaires
,have beerisent out and were taken up at a hearing at Portal onthe 15th
and 16thdays\)f.July, 1920, at which time some oral testimony was taken.
The r.ecord was prepared, andsubinitted for inspection for a period of
30 days. ',' .
Som~protest~01'c6ntests have been filed with this office and the
he'arinKof these contests is serior the 7th and 8th. days of January, 1921.
CaveCre~k heads' in the Chiric~hua Mountains and flows in a
general northeasterly direction,to San Simon Ciencga. The hydrographic
records of this. stream show it to be flashy, floods in the winter and in the
spring from melting'. snow, and light flow in July and August, furnishing
sufficient water, if aIr the watcr' could be conserved, to properly irrigate
and cultiyate mOre land than is now being irrigated; whereas, with the
methods now used no one appears to h~LVe water enough. There appears
to be no good location for a reservoir on or near this stream. ' The land
has an altitude of about 5,000 feet. is favorably situated at the mouth' of
a canyon of the mountains and especially adapted to the growing of fruit,
especially peaches. and apples. kfailme of these crops is rare;
The follQwing table sets fortll the rights as claimed from Cave
Creek:, '
. '
IN .THE MATTER OF THE DETERMINATION OF THE RELATIVE
Name
C.W. Bush. & S. W. Keeling"; ....... :, .. ; ..... , ... .
.C.·'N: CatIin .. : ... ~.· ...... " ................ ;.'~ ........ .
Chenoweth Brothers ........ '.' ., .. , .. , .. .- ....... '; •..
. Sarah ·F. Herrell ........ >. ; ..... ' ...... ;'.:. : ... :. ; .... .
·R. L. ,.Herrell ...... ;.; ............ ; •. ,' ,:'.-:.: .. ~ .' .. '-
~'m~efii!g~~~~:·::::::::: ~:::::~::::: ::::: ~ :::: :::~::
';Powers & McCord;.,::::., -:.::"., .. ~,.,., .. ,.;, ,.:
i:t::~~eR~.aYR';~:V:: :::::: ::::::: ~~:::::):::::f:::::.
__ . u. S,· Forest Service":;" .... ,,., ,'.'; ....... ;: .... '.'
;.Mary P .. Shirtz:.;.'.:.: :;: ........ : ::'o' ,'.- ;;'. ::.;;
.. '. Edward,W: Stuart.: _. : : .c ....... : ...... ,,~~;,:: ., ..... .
" Elsie. Toles & 'Helen . L.' Brown .... : ;' ..... :., ... .- .'. ~.'.
Bush & Keeling: ........ , ::~7~i5~20::: ...
Portal ;, ........ ;.; ....... \.'.·7-15-20' •... :
Page-Gilbert :; .......... ;.' .;. 7-15"20'-".: .•
Portal-Herren .... ; ..... .- :::7-15:20: .. ;'.: ...
Portal· .. '. :.; ..... ;.: .... ·;· ... <7-15c20';;·.: :.'
Reed No .. 3, Saunders; .. :.·;'7c16-20\,:;;
Powers .'.' ... : .. /.: ... .'; .. ;' ... '7-15-20".: ...
Powers' &··McCord ... : .. , : . .7:15-20'
Port::iI:Reay ';.;:. : •. ;' ... , ".".7-15-20
Portal-Reay-Reay :' .. .- .. '.·:.-'.7c15:20 :,"
Portal ., ' ...• ;,,: ; .;'. "0 .• ;;;",7 -15-20 .....
Portal-Herrell ~:;:. :.: .. .' .. ~:.'7;15:20 ..•...
PortaL: .. ; ... ';';:'; .. c:.. " 7-15-20
Finnicum .. .-... ;;-: ... .-. 7~15-'20
. ;.
, '
33;
LITTLE' . cotORADORIVER. " . ,
The LittleColodldo River headson:the, north· slope of the White
, Mouu'tainsand has several tributaries also taki~g their rise'in the White
Mountains: It 'flows northwesterly through Apache; Navajo and Coco­nino
counties and empties' into, the Colorado River. . Along all of these
upper tribtltary streams ,farms 'have been made, cultivated and irrigated
for a number of years. Some years ago,a: suit was instituted by the St.
John's Irrigation Company against the Round Valley Water, Storage and
Ditch Company to determine the rela:tiveright~ofthe users of water of
these two communities from the Little .Colorado River. ' The writer was
I appointed Commissionerto:taket~e tes!iil1o'nyand make tIP the record in
that case which was done in the . summer of, 1906. The decree of the'
Court was not finally prepared and. published until Apri129th, I9i8. It
appears now that this suit did .notinclude the ;lands irrigated and. culti­vated.
on the tributaries of the upper reaches of, the Little Colorado River, ,
hence the relative rights oUhe farms on these tributaries were not decreed
in that suit and it is'for the ,puqjoseofdeterminingtheserights that a
petition was filed in this office: '. A surveywa~ made of these lands,.Mr.
W. D. Rencher.oiSt. Johns beingeniployed to do this,work and prepare
the maps. ,This survey has been made and,the:q1aps filed in this office.
Depositions or. questionaires were', sent', to the ,water. users and" a hearing
, was had at Springerville on the 15th '1nd 16th' days of October, at which
time the depositions '. were received and oral testimony taken. At that·
time it was reported'that there were others interested at various places
along the tributaries and ,the Little Colorvlio River itself down to and be­low
s.t..] ohns whose rights had not been decreed, whose lands had not
been surveyed and who had not been sent the blank forms to fill Qut and
,who, were interested. in this determination. Blank depositions have been
sent"toall such claimants of whom it could be learned and the record is
being prepared to be submitted. for inspection at.an early date.
" , These lands lie at an altitude of about 7,500 feet but the climate is
more favorable· to' the prodttCtion of' crops' at this altitude than in most lo­calities
of the same altitude and are highly productive of wheat, oats, al-falfa
and wild hay. ' ,
, ,The following table,shows a.1istof the cl~ima~ts whos~ rights are
no'w inC(mrse'of adjudication, andtherights claimed. I '
'IN THE MATTER OF. THE DETERMINATION OF THE RELATIVE RIGHTS.
OF LITTLE COLORADO AND TRIBUTARIES'
Source Ditch
Jay Burgess .......... : ......... ;" ........... : ....... 'Water Canyon ... Wiltbank' ............ .
Geo." A:' Eagar ............... : ............ :.......... . "S. S. Wiltbank .. , .. ; ..
J os. H. Pearce.: .. : .......................... · ....... .
Jesse 'V:-Slade.: ................... <0 ••••••••••••••••
H .. J. Slade ......... : ...•...........................
Joseph' K.Udall ........•............................
Henry G. Udall.. ..................... ""' ............ ,
'. C. E. ··Wiltbank.... ............. .......... ...... ..... '". .... Water Qimyon ........ .
AshaeIBurk.... .. . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .... Nutrioso North Town:&·Lund:.
........ South.& .North. Town:
' .... , ... Private ... :':: ... ';' .. : ..
·Jos. ,S. 'Burk. ......................... " ........... c ... ,.'.
. Melvin Brown ..•..... , .............. " ............ .
Wm.>T., Greenwood .. · ......... , . : .... : ........ .
,.Carl .Hamblin::.' .......... " .... " ................ '.: :..... . ..... ,. Lund ...... · .. ·.:, ..•....
. " ·,.WilIard O.·Hamblin ...... : ........ :. : : ........ : ...• ,. 'Colter Creek .. : .• South .Town, Colter Cr.
Marcellus Hulsey .. :.: ..... : ...... : .... : :... ... ...... Nu~;ioso .:.~ .. ',' J. L. Hulsey ... :' ... :.:.
Sylvester.Hulsey .............. ; ..... ',' .......... ~.; . . . ' ........ Lund ................ .
.H." G. Knowlton.: : ... :., .... : ............... : ... '. ... . . . ....... : J. L: Hulsey ....... ;.· ..
John·oW. Lee ... ~. :' .. : .' ......................... : .. , .: .. : ... Colter Creek.:: .. ~ ..... .
'Marion, Lee. ":. :.:: ..... : .................. : .. :..... . .... : •. Private .......... ': ... :.
Claude ·Lee .. ;';.: ... , .. : ......... : .... .-... .. ......... ...... . South Town ...•..... :-.
Garland:-'Lee.:.'~: ..... ·_.' .. ~ ... _.'-................ :~.'.... " ... '~ ...•. S.-'Nutrioso.· .. :·.-...... .
Thos. R.· Lee. ':.- .... c .•.. .' .......... :: ...• ' ....•••.. ' .•. " ....... :. Lower' Town' &" South.
·David Love .......... : .. · ................... :· ... ·: ... ..
William . Lund ........................ : ............. ,.
Lund -Lee. Martin' Reservoir ..... :: ........ : ...... ' .. .
Archibald & Lydia E.Maxwell.: .. : ............... .
Mrs .. Bernice Reagan Murray ................ : .... ..
~~c~~~~:~~l~ .. ~~~:~.~~::::: ~:: :'::::::::::::::~:::::
:. J. E. ·Nelson. & W. T· .. Greenwood ........ : .. : ..... .
M.L. OdelL: .. : .. : .. :.:: .... : .... : ................. .
. James P. Reagan ... : .. · .... : ....... · ..... " .......... .
.. Jlllius' S.Reagan ......................... : ......... .
21e~ i:~a~:ri~li:::::::::::::::::~: ::':::::::::::: :.::::
i A,' & B. Schuster Co .............. " : ....... :' ..... :.
. .. ~ ...... Lu·nd ... :' .. , ........ ;'.
- • • ". OJ' •• Reseryoir' .. -~ .. -' ........ .
; ... ,:.: South.& North Town.
Davis \,;reek. : ... ;:;. '.: c'. . ,
Rudd Creek .. :: .• Rudd Creek .... ", .•. ::.
"" -"
~iggs Creek ... :. Riggs Creek ... ; ...... .
Nutrioso ...... : .. M. L.Odell ......... : ..
Davis Creek .... : Davis Creek ..........•
Nutrioso , .. : •. :. Reagan . .- ............ .
Reservoir : .....• Reagan Lake ......... .
Nutrioso
. ....... Wakefield
. Statement
Proof filed
10-15-20
10-15-20
10-15-20
10-14-20
10-14-20
10-14-20
10-14-20
10-15-20'
10-13-20
....
10-13c20 . ~ .... ~
10-14-20
10-15-20
10-13-20
10-13-20 .....
10-14-20
10-14-20
10-13-20 < •••• .... 10-13-20
..... 10-13-2!1 .
..... 10-15-20
10-13-20 ....
10-13-20
10-12-20 ....
10-15-20
10-13-20
10-15-20
10-15-20
10-15~20
. 10-14-20
10-14-20
10-14-20'
11-15-20
:10-15-20
1()-14-20
40
150·
20
45
26
70
20
20
30
21
40
10
65%: .. : ..
.49.6
113.28 .. · .. ; .
38.5
31.87 .... :.
72.25.: •. : ..
6
144 rodS: ..
288 rods._.
22
206. ' . ~ ....
120
33
23.
251.74. .....
50
50
28.25 ......
43
73.35::::: :
'.
•• or 62.81
25
92.86
IN THE MATTER OF THE DETERMINATION OF THE RELATIVE RIGHTS
OF LITTLE COLORADO AND .TRIBUTARIES':"" (Co~tinu~d)
Source Ditch I Statement
, " Proof filed '
Irrigated
Proof
C. II.'-Sharp:.~ ........ ; ....... :' ........... , ....... . Lower Town ... -....... .... 10-13-20
North and South Town 1-0-13-20
10-14-20
William'-: Swaim ..• : .......•... : ..•... -......... ' .... ;.
_ B.-A. Thomason. ;.: ... ; ... ; ................. :.:.... . ..................... .
'Henry, Thompson ....... :: .... .. i ....... ; .. : .-.. -.. ;.: Ortega & Thompson .. .
Orson &, Ernest' Wilkins ........ : .-' ......... -.-.. : .. ,. South -Town.......... 10-13-20 -
O. & E.\yiI.kins,S. HulseY,Wm. Ll!nd& A.Burk Reservoir ............•. -... 10c13-20
93.06. ,_,,;~
33.62 ..•...
l,i .•....
50
·64
~~~~t~~~f~~: ;i:: ::::.:;; ::::::~::::::::::::: :.::.:: g':l{:i~s~r~~~:,:::: ~~dV:;Il~~~til; T~~,',~,': :1:::: ~g=~t~g,
Lucinda:Wilkins: ....... ';:.-: ... : .. ; .•......... :' ... :. . ....... N. Ntr.& Dry Valley ..•. ; -10~13-20
~r~~Y~i~~~~~.s:::::::::~:·~::::::::: ::::::::: :::::, :~::::: :i~ri~~~~ ~.::~~~.~.i~~~: :::: ~tit~~-: ...
_M. L. & Alzina HalL .. ' ..•. ;:-... :;:.";.~: .... : ...... _Fish Creek .... c. Fi,~h:Cr~,ek ... :., .. :.~... -10-14-20 '
- ·-FerdinandHofman .. ,;-: .... ' ... : ......... -.......... '.. -" ........•... 10-14-20,
". ¥~~~~~h!i~;e &iI;~~~'Ph~ip~:~:: ~:; .. :~: ::: :':: ::::: c:>,~"r;'.Cr;,;~k~::: Phelps & RObinson; .. :
W.'L. & Lena Robinson;·. ............ :c-.;.:.: .. :.. ' ' , .... Robinson & ,Phelps. • _. .
'EliisW. Wiltbankc ... : ..•.. ' ... : .... : ... .-: ... :':.;' .... Fish Creek .....•. Reservoir_ .. -........ :.;
f:. iiT':;:;li~~~~:\:::::: :.: :::::::::::: ::::;:::::: ::1 Fish Creek
Mllford J. ,WIltbank ....... , ....................... ' \ Irrigation Co ..... Fish Creek: ......... ' ..
Marion,Lund ............... ; .. -.;' ........ : ....... -.. '
Thomas R: Irwin.. ..... .. . .................... -.... Li~~le Col?,~ado.: East Side Co. & Irwin.
Daniel J. Sherwood........ . .... .- ....... .-........ .. Irwin &: Alfonso •. :-;: ..
-J. J. Baca .... -................ " .. '.-.............. :.... E'lst Side & Brewer ..
John: W. ,S_herwood ...................... .- .... : .. '.... _ " <\.lfonso, E.Side, Irwin,
J, B. Jolly; Estate,-......... , ............... : ...... ;. Jolly.; .-.............. ;
Jos. J. Jarvis ................. ' ...................... , Old Isaacson ........ :.,
C. ,H.- Odell ......................... : ....... ;........ _ .. Private .. ;co ......... .
C. E. ,.Wiltbank ...... : ..... -.: .. :.: ............ ; .:.;; ,-. Water' Canyon;-:. Water' Canyon .... ; :;.
Edmund Nelson ..................... : ........•....... Nutrioso Creek .. Nutrioso Ditch ...... ' ..
'Marcellus Hulsey .............. ; ........ , ............. ,Little_ Colorado .. Reservoir- ....... : .... .
Fred '1'. Colter .............. : ...... , .......... ,,_ ..... -Nutrioso Creek .. N. Nutrioso Town .... .
Geo. A. Eagar ........................................ Water Canyon
J. W.Lee, T. R. Lee; C. H. Sharp ......•..........
McKay Cattle Company .... " .. , ....................... .
Creek ..... ; .... 4 -Reservoirs ...... -....•
Colter Creek .. :., !arvis Re.servoir .....•
Rudd Creek ..... } ReservOlrs ........... '
10~14~20
'10-14-20
... " 11- ,8-20
10-15-20
lOC15~20
1()-15-20
10-15-20
10-15c20
10-15-20
10-15-20
10-15-20
11~ 4-20
10-16-20
11- 3-20
12- 9-20
12-11-20
12-15-20
12-17-20
12- 9-20
12- 9-20
11~11-20
:58.81 •.•...
.33-
-33.8 ; .... .
55.25 ..... .
96
,45.7
10 _.:; ...
-76.75 ... : ..
28;3 ..... .
33;1 .... ..
-27.88: ... :.
54.65 .... ..
44.2
.... 140
.... 50
•..• 30B
11
90
3 lots ....
. .. '.201.94 '
. . 33.61
88.M
35.7
61.83
38
53.85
26.5
25:8
50.25
96.75'-
45:7
32_
9
76.05
28.3
64.1
'27.88
.. .. 107.65
59.24
S'l'A'l'WW A'l'lm ,COMMISSION .'
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
'From June, 1919, to June 30, 1920.
Dis bnrsements
Appropriati011 , ................ ;.: ..... : .... ~ ... :.: .. .
Fees ..................... ; ................................... .
Salary, office : .......... : ..... , .............. : ....... $
Expense, office ....................... : ............. .
Sg,lary, field ................. ~ ........................ :.
Expense, ·field ......... : .. : .......................... .
,Supplies and Postage, office .............. ..
Supplies and, Postage, field .~~ ............ : ..
Office Rent .......................................... :.
Printing and Binding .......................... ..
Photo Supplies .......... : ...... : .. ~ ............... ..
Auto 'and Upkeep ..................... : .......... ..
Miscellaneous ....................... : ................ .
5,674.3°
50 4.5 1
2,347.50
109.50
129.83.
104.34
30 .00 '
1,092 .48
2.85
874.10
43·43
Receipts
$15,000.00
. 2,205.68
37
Balance
Total 'of ........... : ..................... :; ... $10,912.84 '$17,205.68 $6,292.84'
FromJ{lIYI, 1920, to December 31, I920.
, Balance' ............................................. :., .. .
Appropriation .c .............. : .... , ........ : .... : .. ..
Fees ....................................................... .
Salary, office ....................................... : .. $ 3,655.75
Expen'se, office .... ; .............. :., ...... : ... ,~.: 184.88
Salary, field ..... :.................................... 3,759.00
Expense, field ............................. : ... ;...... 23.50
Supplies and Postage, office ...... :......... 255.35
Supplies and Postage, field ........ : ......... ' 32.23
Freight and Express :........................... 1.89
Printing and Binding .......................... :. 142.52
Photo Supplies:"................................... 31.81
Auto Exnense ....... :................................ 15.0,?
Miscellaneous ....................................... , . 24:50
$ 6,29;;l·84
,15,000.00
2,147·35
------------------~------- Total of .... :: .......................... : .. : .... , .. $ 8,126-43
S11ecial appropriatiol1 for ~ollecting data for the ,
, adjudication' of the Gilq , River.: ...................... $lO,OOO.OO
Operating expenses to Nov 30, 1920.: .. : ................... , 4,541.77
$ 5-458.23 '
NOTE: :"":'-If the saia~ies for two:engineersdridtwo assistants collecting data' ,
.for this adj udicatiol1 werechargeCl against this special appropria­tion
the: entire sUllwoulCl'llow' be exhausted. These salaries are in-cluded'
in: the, above general. stat~111ent . '
",
.' 1,
.t ; .
IfmST BmNNIAI,Rn;poRT ..
j\. petition has been filed in this office for the determination of
relative rights on the Gila River,. and its tributaries. The Gila River
enters the State of Arizona from New ,Mexico and flows across the State
in a generally westerly direction, and empties into the ColoraddRiver on
practically the same parallel of latitude as that on which it enters the.
State. It has many important tributaries, the, most important of which
are the Salt River, the San Francisco River; which also rises· ih New
Mexico, Bonita Creek, the San Carlos, San Pedro,.Hassayampa and the
Agua Fria rivers. There was a special appropriation of $ro,ooo made in
the Water Code Act for the commencement of the work of determining
.the rights on the Gila. This 'work is now in progress. Hydrographical
surveys are being made as' rapidly as the appropriation will permit and
the work will be pushed along as fast as possible, consistent with ,the
proper study of the SUbject. In this connection I desire to say that we
have been furnished, through the kindness of Mr. Herbert 0. Clotts, Chief
Irrigation Engineer of the Indian Service, with township maps' or plats
prepared by the Indian Service in the years 1913 and 1914 of the irri­gated
and c)1ltivated lands along the Gila River and, its tributaries which
have been of great value. to us in checking up this work. We have also
been furnished hydrographic data by the United States Geological Survey
showing the run-off of the river itself and of various tributaries, and all
of these are being compiled and new m~asuring stations are being fixed'
where a more accurate checkilJg up of thewater flow.will bebbtainec1.
WATER SUPERV1SION.
The fundamental proposition that the waters belong to the public
being accepted as tn'te, we must recognize the fact that ,while there may
be sufficient water for our needs at this time, ,'ere long there. will not be
enough to go 'round, if water be sought after in the. future as it has been
during the' past year. A cursory survey of the water situation over the
State of Arizona brings to mind the advice given by Mrs. Means to her
son Bud, in the Hoosier Schoolmaster, "get aplenty while you're gettin',"
has apparently been accepted by people as good advice and especially in .
making appropriations of water and'weare persuaded that a more orderly
system of dist6bution and public control of the waters of the state would
have a tendency to lessen private'111onopolies. The old, rule of "first in '
time, first in right", take all you can' and. keep all you take, should be
modified so that the man first' in time shall belirriitedto the amount of
water he may actually apply to a beneficial use.
In the earlier days of irrigation in this state and territory when,
water was plentiful and farmers few, and the appropriation of water cost
nothing but the trouble of'taking the water upon. the land, it was extra va­gently
used inmany)ocalitiesandthehabit has been persisted.in by many
who have claimed a right to take all they want regardless of their. needs
or that of others. While each appropriator should have the ful1 arpount of
".
"
, .
S'I'A'tE W A'l'ERCOMMISSION 39
water necessary for hjsrightfttl needs, subject always to prior rights,
. waste of water. should not be permitted and only a general, authorized
supervision and control will be adequate to curtail and eventually pre-
,'vent waste. .
·CONCLUSION.
In this report I have attempted to set forth, in as much detail as I
have felt jllstified, the workings ofthis office during the time of its ex­istence,
as well as the mentioning of a few' of the more important irrigated
sections, and 'projects in the state at the time of the creation of the Water
Code. It will be noted that no mention has heretofore been made of the
segregation of lands under the Carey Act. There has been no application
field in this office by or on behalf of any Carey Act project, thoLtgh there
is one proposed proj ect in the state'that has made some filings of maps,
etc., with the State Land Board,.lll1cler the Carey Act. This project pro­poses
to utilize the water of the HassayampaRiver and to reconstruct the
old Walnut Grove dam or build a new dam at the old site to reclaim sev­eral
thousand acres of land in, the proximity of Hot Springs Junction.
This project has been brought to our attention only incidentally by in~
suiries made' concerning it. .
I take this opporhinity also to atte'st to the keen and far reaching
interest whicli you, as Governor, have taken, not only in this department
but in the matter of reclamation of lands 'and the conservation of the
water resources in, general' to beneficial lise, and not only in this State
but in the entire west and particularly the Southwest where there arc
gr~at rower possibilities as well as great possibilities for the reclamation of
and land ..
Respectfully. su bmittecl,
W. S. NORVIEL~
State Water Commissioner.