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Show - 20 Wnulaticn 30,030 whites, 1,164, Indians, ti_o Chinas* and one n^gro. of the Easin. ' t Bvery -shite man and every Indian in the Basin Is interested, vitally, in the distribution of wator through tho pany irrigation canals which have boon constructed. In addition to ' tho Government canals, sovoral privately owned wator companies have constructed cystous of irrigation ditches, through whioh they 3upply water to purchasers. Ths source of this water Is the saxe aa that oi* tho Indian water, carried by the Government ditches. If any cf tha privately owned canals are above tho C-overnr^tnt canals, In times of shcrtaga cf water they Are able to irav water from the ri79rs to the disadvantage of tha Indian allottees. t-'nd6r the provisions of tho Utah law, through which tho water supply is conirollad, henaficial use of tha water for all Indian allotnents mtr3t bo made before July 1, 1313. Cn bshalf of the Indian allottees, prixary filings for an adaquata supply of wator with which to Irrigate thair allotments, wero sad© oy x- ' •••yf'0\/ the Government. ' Thi3 primary filing, however, is only tho ' 7 i first step towards tho completed wator right. It confers no i right unless certain other stops aro taken. The land, pro-- posed to be irrigated, nnjst be subdusd, fsncod, plowed and placed under cultivation by the raising of at least one crop before final i proof of beneficial usa, under tho Utah law, can be madia. whatever ,7. i aca £ -. Ti.T.s - i___ |