AZ vs. CA:20 California Exhibits, Vol. XX; Nos. 4050-4092

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covered by stock and as it is only necessary to extend the main and sub-lateral canals, the entire valley will be covered by the system just as rapidly as the land owners and entrymen purchase stock. The Palo Verde Valley is approximately twenty-five miles long and ten miles wide, lying west of the Colorado River. The land is practically level and is covered with alluvium and sandy soil which ranges from fifteen to fifty feet in depth. The average annual rainfall is about two and one-half inches. The climate of the valley is similar to that of Yuma, Arizona, the temperature ranging from 22 degrees in the winter to 120 degrees in the summer and the principal crops produced are alfalfa, grain and cotton. Lands without irrigation, rough and unimproved, have a valuation of from $10.00 to $35.00 per acre. Unimproved lands under a ditch are valued at from $45.00 to $85.00 per acre; while improved, irrigated lands are worth from $75.00 to $150.00 per acre. Irrigation System. The system consists of an intake from the Colorado River in the ~NWy4, NE>4, Sec. 19, T. 5 S,, R. 24 E., a main canal and laterals. The intake is cut in solid rock at a point where the river makes a sharp bend against a narrow rocky point, forming a most desirable means of diverting the water. It is 16 feet wide in the clear and 15 feet deep. The main canal is $y2 miles long, and through most of its length it is 30 feet wide on the bottom with side slopes of 2 to 1 and a water depth of 7 feet and a grade of 1 foot to the mile. It extends to the N.E. corner of Sec. 16, T. 6 S., R. 23 E., where it divides into two laterals, which take care of the central part of the valley. Near the N. E. corner of