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Show ride both, so each company hired a man. He rode on horseback at least every other day, making a check as he rode- or walked along the ditch. He measured the water at a given point at 12 o'clock noon on each ride in order to compute the second-feet of water carried in the ditch. When the water was taken out of the creek at a lower point, the rider determined the proper amount as it flowed over the weir, and discounted ten percent for evaporation before diverting any water from the creek. In hot weather he rode every day as a precaution. John K's primary and high water rights in Pleasant Creek were insufficient to meet his irrigation needs until crops could mature, so the water brought from the mountains by Coal Fork was a boon to him and worth the effort he took in planning and working to get the supplemental water from the higher snowbanks. He gave the same thought and effort u 2 to the Mountain Tunnel supplementary water farther south. FRANK In the early spring of 1922, John K's brother Frank, arrived in Mt. Pleasant from Rupert, Idaho, where he had lived for several years. He went directly to John K's home and asked for a job. Misfortunes had heaped upon him, financially and maritally, and he had turned toward home and his older brother for understanding and help. He was not disappointed, as John K had a tender feeling for his brother. They had been very close to each other in 187 |
