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Show 127 necessarily be diverted to those poasesaed of a prior rl dit or at laaat shared between the two. Hence, it ia not to be wondered at thnt the 3ppoint-meat of a Y.ater Goumi3sioner was delayed. The fact that in Daohesne County the bo sard of County Commissioners, waa ocmposed of men who were largely intaraatcd in corporations holding filings secondary to the Indians, undoubtedly contributed to the delinquency in acting on this subject GO vital to t h a Pro j eo t. In 1915, a Goamlssioner ««s appointed for the first time, hut ho started ?*ork so late in the season that he did little more thin make a* hasty reconnaissance to familiarise himself with conditions. It would naturally h» supposed that the next year conditions would improve, hut such was not tha case, for It was no t until the mry end o f the irrigation season that a Commissioner arrived. Be started work on Sep terrier 12, 1916, and all that he wa3 able to accomplish at this late date was to turn down emi a water for the U. S. Dry C-uloh Canal. Parly in 1917!, it became apparent that conditions would be intolerable unlass steps were taken to insure tha early appointment of a Commissioner who would start at tha beginning of the irrigation season. |
