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Show 248 IBRIGATION INVESTIGATIONS IN UTAH. ON LA VERKIN CREEK. The only use of La Verkin Creek is made 1 mile east of Toquerville. The watered area is small and the only difficulties over water rights have been due to enlargements of the watered area since the selectmen of Kane County in early days divided the creek into 30 shares primary right and 20 shares secondary right. One claim to water is on file for this creek, that of H. J. Jackson, filed November 5,1898, for sufficient of the unappropriated water of the creek to irrigate the SW. i of the SE. i sec. 14, T. 42 S., R. 13 W. MISCELLANEOUS CLAIMS TO WATER IN THE CENTRAL DIVISION. Resides the awards and claims to water in the central division of Virgin River Basin already mentioned, a number are on record which should be considered. They are given in the summary following: October 10, 1890, the city of St. George claimed 125 miner's inches, more or less, of Cottonwood Creek, for manufacturing, irrigation, and domestic purposes. April 15, 1896, the city of St. George claimed all the water of Cottonwood Creek 2 miles north-went from Prince's farm, amounting to 1,500 miner's inches, for domestic and all ordinary uses, including irrigation, manufacturing, mining, and other useful purposes, on lands which are described in the notice, and "any other place." November 25, 1892, S. G. Higgins and F. R. Bentley claimed all of Goat Spring, 3 miles west of Klake & Carter's place, for ranching, grazing, and other purpose*. June 3, 1896, Alowise Bauer, jr., claimed all of the water in Cottonwood Spring, on the west eide of Cottonwood Bench, amounting to 8 inches, for domestic and all ordinary usen, including i-rigation, inininjc,*am1 other useful purposes, to be used on lands described in the notice, and "any other place.'' June 9, 1896, W. and W. B. J. Carter claimed all of Carters Spring, e S a Clara Field, amounting to 4 inches, more or less, to be used for domestic, irrigation, and other purposes, on any land. August 10, 189H, W. Hamilton claimed all of the North Valley Springs, in Pine Valley Mountains, amounting to 3 miner's inches, for domestic, irrigation, stock, and other purposes. August 10, 189H, M. K. Paris claimed all of the West Valley Springs, in Pine Valley Mountains, amounting to 4 miner's inches, for domestic, irrigation, stock, and other purposes. March 27, 1899, James Andrus claimed all of Meeks Springs, for domestic and culinary purposes, at his residence in St. George. May 10, 1901, J. L. Bunting claimed the seepage water flowing down Maple, Main, Locust, and Washington .streets, in St. George, for irrigating 20 acres. August 24, 1902, I. H. I^angston and W. Reusch claimed all of Birch Creek, 3 miles northeast of Springdale, in Zion Canyon, for culinary, irrigation, and other purposes. THE LOWER DIVISION OF THE BASIN. From the narrows below St. George to the junction of the Virgin River with the Colorado is the lower agricultural division of the basin. In this division are the settlements of Littlofiold, on Virgin River, in Arizona; Mesquite and Bunkerville, on Virgin River, in Nevada; and St. Thomas, Overton, and Logan, on Muddy Creok. in Nevada. LITTLEFIELD. Although on the banks of Virgin River, the settlement of Littlefield does not take its water from the river, but from two springs/' one-half mile above the settie- « April 23, 1902, the south spring was discharging 3.76 cubic feet per second when the ditch was heavily grown with water grass. On the same day the north spring was discharging 1.30 cubic feet per second. |