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THE AMITY MUTUAL IRRIGATION COMPANY 1581 l Headgate diversions of the Amity totaled 72,000 acre feet. most of which was durIng the first four months. lA1ly 7000 acre feet was available during August. September and October. This reflects the drought condition that existed in the latter part of the season so the Amity and other ditches below John Martin dam, in accordance with provisions of the .Arkansas River Compact. re. quested 100 cu. ft. per second of water which nonMIty belongs to District 157 to be passed through the dam afterrthe storage season started November 1st. Some effort was made by the River Adminis- tration to deliver this water, but on November 8th, water which was on demand both above and below the dam was sluiced to make 8 small pond of water above the dam. Immunity was then claimed to .. Pessing Instructions", and all 67 district prioritIes including the 100 c.f.s. was used above. Before anything was done about the situation, cold weather caused the ditches below the dam to withdraw their demand. During the 12 years that the Compact has been in effect, water has been called to the full 100 c.(.s. very few times. If water has been available in storage later in the season. it is not called for. This water IS called for on prior- ity basis. Ordinarily the Amity must wElit on more senior approp- erators before they can participate in the 100 c. f. s. delivery. The delivery of this water is important to down stream users and should be settled with all possible speed. Our Reservoir system is now in very good working condition. Work started two years ago on widening the upper end of the Kicking-Bird and re-aligning this canal was carried on thr<?lJgh the Lone Wolf canal and Mud Lake to the Nee No She. Additional work was done on the Commanche to bring it back to proper carry- ing capacity. The Pawnee had to be reconstructed, havina been com- pletely filled with blow dirt. Maintenance on the canals tlhat SR' used infrequently in this area is difficult on account of wind erosion. The flow of the Arkansas River at Les Animas was measured at 92,500 acre feet qnd the Purgatoire at Las Animas at 31,770 acre feet, making a total of 124,300 acre feet at the intake of th~ Reservoir. Water measured at the outlet guage below John Mar- tIn dam totaled 149.500 acre feet, about 25,000 acre feet unac. counted for. Rule Creek, which is not regularly measured arid win- ter flow, may account for some of this over-run but the gauging stations at Las Animas might be improved. This discrepancy is citeCl to show what some of the problems would be with a permanent pool in John Martin and should be kept in mind when negotiations are opened on the Purgatoire and Pueblo storages. Ditehes innDis- trict 67 this year diverted a total of 157,085 acre feet, and" the flow across the State Line during,irdgation season was approxi- mately 83,000 acre feet and for the year 124,000 acre feet. Regarding the Purgatoire proJect, negotiations for the trans- fer of the Model Storage decree for 20,000 acre feet of water to the anticipated Purgatoire Olannel reservoirha, been delayed pend- ing settlement of some differences on distribution among: local,wa- ter users. Several dawn stream ditches includuhg the Amit)r have indicated that they would oppose this transfer. -5-