8 CONTENTS. 



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The irrigation problems of Honey Lake Basfn, Cal. B\' William E. Smythe 71 



Introductory 71 



History and resources 71 



Description of the country , 72 



Climate and products 72 



Surrounding resources, 73 



A variety of problems 73 



Tlie water supply of Honej' Lake Basin 74 



Honey Lake serves to measure tlie sup])l y 75 



Character of watershed 76 



Storage sites 77 



Eagle I^ake 78 



Recent water measurements 80 



Appropriation and distribution of water 80 



The law of appropriation at work 83 



Claims on Susan River 84 



Claims to Willow Creek 85 



Balls Canyon claims 86 



Claims to Long Valley Creek 86 



The Lake district 87 



Claims to waters of Eagle Lake 87 



Recapitulation and review 88 



The duty of water 89 



The distribution of water 90 



Litigation 91 



The Susan River communities 92 



Cause and character of lawsuits 94 



The "Big water suit" 95 



Some bewildering decisions 96 



The stipulation as to storage 98 



The building of the "Colony Dam " 99 



Merits and lessons of the controversy 100 



Contracts of irrigation companies 102 



The needed reform of California laws 103 



Private or public ownership of water 105 



The larger irrigation problem of the basin 107 



The failure of past enterprises 107 



The water-right system. 108 



The cooperative canal 109 



Possibilities of the Carey law 109 



State and national works 110 



Hope in the district system 110 



Conclusions Ill 



Features and water rights of Yuba River, Cal. By Marsden Manson 115 



Watershed of Yuba River 115 



Physical features and geology 1 16 



Nature, origin, and acquisition of water rights in the basin of Yuba River 118 



Claims filed on Yuba River and its tributaries 121 



Storage of water in tlie basin of Yuba River 121 



Artificial storage facilities on Yuba River 123 



South Fork 123 



Middle Yuba 125 



North Yuba 125 



