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Show 7487 Sheley- C 5466 CROSS EXAMINATION BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q How much of the water in Mill creek, Mr. Sheley, is not subject to rights of prior appropriation? A The flood season, sir. Q So that the one to five thousand acres which you have mentioned here only can be irrigated during the excess coming down in the flood season? A And during summer rain thereafter. Q So that whether or not you get any use of that acreage up there depends upon the rain? A No sir, that is not so. Q What goes it depend upon? A There is always flood water there. Q Beg pardon? A There is flood water there during the snow- melting season. Q After the snow- melting season is over, then whatever you get from then on for the purpose of irrigation depends on whether or not you get any rain, doesn't it? MR. FARNSWORTH: You mean without any storage? MR. BLACKMAR: Yes. A That is true, yes. MR. BLACKMAR: That is all, sir. MR. FARNSWORTH: That is all. |