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same lands that were formerly watered by some of the old ditches, construe them as 

 entitling the present owners to the original rights, in some cases even when, after 

 the great freshet of 1867-68, years of disuse have intervened. 



KICK DITCH. 



This is an old ditch which has its head at the dam of the Centerville and Kings- 

 burg Canal. Its water is supplied through a culvert in the westerly end of the dam. 

 The ditch has a width of about 10 feet, having a capacit}' of 10 to 20 cubic feet per 

 second. The ditch has a length of about 2 miles. 



JACOBIE DITCH. 



This is a small ditch, less than a mile in length, on the south side of the main 

 channel of Kings River, about a mile below the head of the Centerville and Kings- 

 liurg Canal. It was built within the last few years, has a width of about 3 feet, and 

 supplies water to about 200 acres of land. 



THE DUNNIGAN-BTRD DITCH. 



This ditch was built in 1892 and receives water from one of the high-water 

 channels of Kings River which connects Moody Slough with Patterson Slough. The 

 ditch is about 2 miles long and about 3 feet wide", and has a capacity of about 5 cubic 

 feet per second. A small cobble dam is maintained in the channel, from which it 

 diverts water. The lands served by it have an area of about 300 acres. 



HANKE DITCH. 



This ditch was constnicted in 1895 to irrigate lands previously watered by the 

 old Barton Ditch, the headgate of which was washed out in 1867-68. The ditch 

 receives water from the south bank of Moody Slough, which is one of the channels 

 of Kings River. The ditch headgate is located somewhat farther downstream than 

 the original headgate of the Barton Ditch. The ditch is about 12 feet wide, carrying 

 about 25 cubic feet of water per second, with a possible extreme capacity of twice 

 this amount. It is the largest of the ditches irrigating lands in the Centerville 

 Bottoms. The lands served by it have an area of about 1,200 acres. 



CAMERON DITCH. 



This ditch was constructed about 1885. It receives its water from the west side 

 of Patterson Slough and occupies a position nearly parallel with the Hanke Ditch, 

 but from one-fourth to one half mile farther east. It has a width of about 6 feet 

 and carries about 10 cubic feet of water per second. Its owners claim that its right 

 to take water dates back to 1865, when Hiram Dennis filed a notice of intention to 

 construct a ditch 20 feet wide. It has a southwesterly direction, is a little over a 

 mile long, and supplies water to about 300 acres of land. A brush dam is maintained 

 in Patterson Slough at its head to assist in the diversion of water. 



DENNIS DITCH. 



This ditch is reported to have been built in 1859. It takes water from the west 

 side of a high-water channel .vhich leaves Patterson Slough near the head of the 



