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"ft r - !; ~ -46- system) leased 2 shares of Jackson Lake Reservoir water from Noble Higbee (Lower Platte and Beaver) in the summer of 1966, and Kula said that he received the water. Nevertheless, the records of ~ both the Bijou Irrigation Company and the Jackson Lake Reservoir . Company show ~ deliveries of Jackson Lake Reservoir water for the credi t of the Bijou Canal in 1966. What this must mean is that if John L. Samples tells Clayton . Doney to turn out so many acre-feet of water for the account of the Lower Plntte and Beaver Ditch, it may be delivered to some other ditch entirely and none of the company records will show this. The aCMinstrative implications are far-reaching because of the fact that the Water Commissioner is supposed to impose a tran- sit charge against reservoir water run in the river, depending on river conditions and the distance the water is run. Generally the "value" of a Jackson Lake Reservoir Company share, in acre-feet of water, is held constant throughout the irrigation season despite seepage losses in the reservoir, i.e., a farmer who calls for his water in June will receive the same amount per share as the farmer who calls for his water in . September. Although most of the people we interviewed thought a Jackson Lake right was worth 15 acre-feet per share, the company , records for 1966 show that the value was held at 16 acre-feet per share throughout the season. Clayton Doney said that is the . normal value, and that only very rarely has the reservoir dropped to a point where the value of a share had to be reduced to 15 . acre-feet or less. He has been with the company for 29 years. Most of the Jackson Lake Reservoir owners who irrigate under the Lower Platte and Beaver Canal never run their Jackson Lake WOOOWARO.,cL YOE.SHERARO AND ASSOOATES