10 CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Irrigation investigations on Cache Creek. By J. M. Wilson 155 



Introduction 155 



Cache Creek 156 



Storage 158 



Power possibilities of Cache Creek 160 



Soil '. 160 



Wheat growing 163 



Appropriation laws of California 164 



Irrigation from Cache Creek 171 



History of other attempted appropriations and consequent litigation 176 



Pumping plants 183 



Duty of water 187 



Present conditions and possibilities of Yolo County 187 



Definitions of titles to water 189 



Report on irrigation problems in the Salinas Valley. By Charles D. Marx 193 



Irrigation problems in the Salinas Valley 193 



Claims to the waters of Salinas River and its tributaries 195 



Storage 198 



Use of underground waters 198 



Duty of water 199 



Methods of distribution 199 



Irrigation in Salinas Valley 201 



Cases on irrigation and water rights arising in the counties of Monterey, San Benito, and 



San Luis Obispo, decided by the California supreme court 204 



Zimmler r. San Luis Water Company 204 



Green v. Carotta 204 



Burrows v. Burrows 205 



Smith c. Corbit 205 



San Luis Water Company v. Estrada 206 



Summary 206 



Appendix 208 



Water-bearing gravels and formations tributary to the underground water supply of 



the Salinas Valley in Monterey County. By Edward H. Nutter 208 



Conclusions 212 



Irrigation from the San Joaquin River. By Frank Socle 215 



Introduction 215 



A brief history of the development of irrigation in California and in the San Joaquin Valley. 216 



Physical features of the San Joaquin Valley 218 



The San Joaquin River ., 218 



The soils in the drainage area of San Joaquin River 220 



Rainfall 222 



Flow of the river 222 



Climate 222 



Products 223 



Irrigated tracts in the valley and possible extensions 223 



Fresno River 225 



Chowchilla Creek 226 



Estimate of total area of land which might be irrigated from San Joaquin and Fresno rivers 



and Chowchilla Creek 226 



Appropriation and di8tri\)ution of water 228 



Summary 232 



Evolution of water laws in California 234 



Statutory laws relating to water rights 235 



Rights of riparian proprietors 235 



