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<br /> <br />needs of each particular petitioner tor tho number or acres ot <br />land irrigated. <br />As to the quantity ot w~ter required per acre. it ap- <br />pears trom thQ tosttmony that tlw nature ot the 8011 and crops <br />raised thereon, ditfers~terlally ind1fferent 889tiona ot the <br />Distriot. and a standard which will apply equally well to 311 <br />soot10ns ot' the DistrIot can not, in the op1n1cm of your Reteree. <br />be tJ.X~i but <br />He haS. as a basis. a1lowe~ role (1) cubic toot of water <br />per S60ald of time for torty (110) acres of land. on thO Horth <br />I~rk of the South Platte RIver, &\0. one cubic foot of water pe~ <br />Bacont ot Ume tor t.e."l.ty (20) o,cr08 of land, ( ,of!- the SOuth fork <br />ot the South Platte R1ver. <br />Your Referee is of the op1nion that in D1!ltrlct mamaI' <br />Twenty-three (23). the Plnceto cgmmenQe th9 Btorage &~d appll~a- <br /> <br />tlon or water tor the irrigation or the arid l~d8 ot tho State, <br />. . <br />la at the hea~s ~r tho atraans: water does not run uphill. and no <br />vt olence oan be dona, either to the law or tl\O rights of user') ot' <br />water below. ~i awarding a 11bGral all~1anco to the irrigator and <br />ueer above. If your Hereroe shall appC:J.I' to have alfardM, 1n some <br />few caeBs, mora tr~~ u liberal supp1Y ror tho actual needs 01' the <br />user and appropr1ator, 1t i3 by reason 01' the fact tnat it j~wup~rt- <br />ed by the tssttmOllY. anl1 beoauoe ot sorne unusual ~Olldit1on; by giv- <br />ing the irrigator a full h6a4 of water to work With, he thus 8ends <br />the return waters dom ~ho stream moro rap1c1l.y, to the U8& ana bene- <br />fit or the irrigator bel~\1: tllereby the tfatar 18 again more qutCk- <br />ly ava1lable for v~e ovpr and over again. and made to perform 'an <br />enlarged and greater duty. <br />In awarding pr10r1ty and 'ditch numbers. your Referee <br />baa oOllllllenc&d w1tb tho next nWllber trOll\ the last supplemant&il De- <br />,L." <br />(\ ~ <br />'-/,63 <br /> <br /> <br />n <br />.:> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />