INDEX. 



Page. 



Acknowledgments of assistance 5, 6 



Adams Ditch 179 



Adams, Frank, assistance of, acknowledged 5 



Adjudication of water rights — 



a public matter 190 



beneficial use basis of, Wyoming 105 



favorable conditions for 66 



Honey Lake Valley W 



Kings River 58,60 



present method unsatisfactory 128, 254, 256, 207 



should be left to administrative board 256 



uncertainties of 60 



Administration of irrigation law. State should pro- 

 vide 190,191 



Administration of streams — 



Canada 57 



difficulties of. under California law 61 



need of, California 58,397 



Wyoming 55 



Agricultural situation in California, report by Elwood 



Mead 17 



Agriculture in California, no limit to profitable exten- 

 sion 28 



Alabama Bar Ditch 148 



Alfalfa, value of, to California 28 



Aliso Canal 223 



Alta Irrigation District 89,276,293,294 



American irrigation, Australian report on, quoted 39 



American River — 



value of land irrigated from 27 



value of water supplied by 27 



American River Basin, irrigation 130 



Appropriation by Congress limited to irrigation 24 



Appropriation law of California 81,228,269,272 



at work 83 



discussion 36, 84, 103, 104, 119, 164, 274, 318, 323, 332, 347 



provisions 81,228,235,273,332 



Appropriation rights contrary to riparian rights 46 



Appropriations of water 64, 80, 228 



abuse of 48 



attached to land irrigated 38, 40, 



4] , 49, 55, 106, 318, 323, 348, 349, 384, 394 



beginnings of, in mining customs 118 



for sale, rental, or distribution 38 



laxity of method 103 



limited by power of supervisors to fix rates 106 



method of, prescribed by law 119 



natureof 384 



necessity for public protection 81,318 



need for curtailment 54 



new method recommended 255 



no public authority over 81 



no restriction placed on amount 334 



notice of, not necessary 197 



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permitted by California statute 81 



permitted by United States statute 120 



protected by penal laws 119' 



provided for in mining laws 36 



public authority over, Wyoming 104 



recording of 68, 104, 



128, 129, 164, 191, 197, 207, 255, 257, 270, 323, 331, 367, 377, 397 



regulation of,not provided 335 



rights of, voided by nonuser 119 



State should regtilate 189,191,323,393,397 



Arkansas Flat people, litigation affecting 58 



Arroyo Seco, claims to water 196,197 



Artesian water supply 210 



Ashley, P. N., assistance of, acknowledged 5 



Associated colonies 100 



Attorneys not responsible for litigation 62 



Auburn- 

 duty ol water 136 



practice of irrigation 136 



Australia — 



riparian rights in New South Wales 52 



riparian rights in Victoria 51 



Australian irrigation, report on, quoted..". 39 



Balls Canyon Creek 75 



adjudications of water rights 96 



water supply, estimate 76 



Balls Canyon Valley, storage 78 



Batchelder and Adams Canal 93 



Baxter Creek — 



adjudication of water rights 95 



claims to water 87,88 



watershed 77 



Bay Counties Power Company 128,132,153 



Bear River Basin, irrigation 130 



Bear Valley Reservoir 124,140 



Beneficial use of water — 



l>asis of adjudications in Wyoming 105 



should be limit of appropriations . 41, 81, 119, 322, 394, 398 



State should define 189 



BlissCanal 250 



Bloomfleld Ditch , 146,147 



Blyth Canal 224,247 



Board of control — 



recommended for California 112, 191, 



206, 264, 267, 321 , 347, 349, 393, 397 



Wyoming 65,104 



appeals from, seldom taken 105 



composed of experts 105 



jurisdiction 65 



notajudicial body 63 



Board of public works, recommended for California. . 129 

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field of investigations 5 



report on Los Angeles River ._ 327 



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