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Show [48] Ans. Situated between dry beds of Salton & New Rivers, on Colorado Desert, San Diego Co. Cat. There are no natural bodies of water of any kind on the land. Ques. 5.-Do you own and control, or have you a clear right to, the use of water sufficient to irrigate the whole of the land and for keeping the same permanently irrigated ? Ans. Yes. Ques. 6.-State the source and volume of the water supply, how acquired by you, and how maintained, and at what cost. (Record evidence of the claimant's right to the use of the water, or other satisfactory evidence, in accordance with local laws, must be furnished.) Ans. Source of water supply is the Colorado River. My right to use of water is acquired by membership in Imperial Water Co. No. 1. My stock cost $3200.00. I file herewith and make a part of my proof my supplemental affidavit setting out more fully my right to use of that water. Ques. 7.-State from personal knowledge whether such water has been conducted during any one season upon all the land embraced in your entry, and if the same has been irrigated and reclaimed from its desert condition to such an extent that it will now produce an agricultural crop or a paying crop of hay. Ans. It has-The whole 320 acres is in crop at present. Ques. 8.-State also the number, dimensions, and carrying capacity of the main ditch or ditches, and also of all the ditches on each legal subdivision of the land which are used in irrigating the same; also the cost of the dams and ditches and the amount expended in the aggregate, in compliance with the legal requirements, whether it equals $3 per acre of the entire area or not. |
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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] : |