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Show -14- in the channel of the stream at their points of diversion at all times when the flow, if not interrupted or interfered with, would be insufficient to reach the Indian lands. There is some contention on behalf of the plaintiff that there is a sub-surface flow of the stream during the summer season, and that it reappears as the water of the springs lower down, but there is no substantial evidence upon which to predicate such a view. If the surface stream has any direct connection with the springs, proofs ought to be available, for defendants have been diverting and using the water for several seasons; but the Government has not attempted to show that such use has materially diminished the flow of the springs. Subject to the superior rights of the Indians as hereinbefore defined, the defendants will be decreed rights as follows: To C. S. Skeem and S. H. Cotterel (the latter substituted in place of defendants LeRoy Lewis and C. L. Bishop) jointly, share and share alike, 2.08 second feet, the right to date from June 1, 1908, the water to be diverted at the present point of diversion, in the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 6, township 8 south, range 36 E. B. M., and to be used upon lot 1 in section 5, lot 4 in section 4, township 8 south, and the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 32, and the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section 33, township 7 south, all in range 36 E. B. M., belonging to the defendant C. S. Skeem; and on lot 3 of section 4, township 8 south, and the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter, and the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter, and the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 33, township |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |