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<br />{9::~ <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />" <br />~ ' <br />i. <br /> <br />'000326 <br /> <br />......:. <br /> <br />73. Mycrs and Phelps Canal, headgate in 34-l5-39 (169 miles) <br /> <br />wooden headworks, ;>oor condition, earth dyke to.stop lee.k:age, no dam, ditch <br /> <br /> <br />in good oondition but no evidenoe of recent use. Mr. Wight (hElllloyne) says <br /> <br />oenal not used for 3-4 years. <br /> <br />74. F'erclstrOlll and ~lissen Canal. headgate in 25-5-39 (110 miles) wooden <br /> <br />heaclgate in poor ropair, carth dyke across narrow ohannel for l'iversian dlllll, <br /> <br />ohannel dry (Maroh 19l2}j ditch in good caodition. <br /> <br />Page (22) <br /> <br />15. Sutherland and Puton Canal, heaclgate lB-l.l~36 (l84 miles), <br /> <br />condition of canal and struotures and testimony of farmers point to <br /> <br />sUBoesef;.>l irrigation season (1911) nearly all 01' zood upland ie cultivated <br /> <br />end irrigated. Very little lend has old latl'rale not used recently. Chief <br />orops corn, alfalfa and beets. Very little SlDall grain is raised. <br />76. Sheridan and l'Iilac" Canal. headgate in 20-14-35 (192) ditch <br /> <br />entirely al''mdO!!ed. no river headgates orerc fOlmd, appearances indicate water <br /> <br />was at. ane ti",e taken fr<:m:. a slough. From the river to the slough the di tah <br /> <br />is overgrown with liillaws and rushes. Di toh in fair oondition below slough <br /> <br />but dam a.t slough is fallen i!J and decayed and there 1& no evidenoe of <br /> <br />recent irrigation. <br /> <br />77. South Side Canal, haadgate14-14-3l.~ (202 miles) ""oden <br /> <br />hsao.;;p,te 100 ft,. wIde: 20 panels (5 ft.) olosed by oheok flank, in <br /> <br />good oor..dition. No d!ll1' and river wide at this point. Canal said to bave <br /> <br />been abandoned for about 8 years. Bottom near head is badly filled with <br /> <br />sand IlJld overgrolill with grass and trees. Highway bridges filled in _ <br />