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INDEX, 



Bonanza fanning — Page. 



compared to range stock busineag 32 



Sacramento Valley 30 



Bowman Lake Reservoir 124, 145 



Boyer Ditch 149 



Boyer Reservoir 151 



Browns Valley Irrigation District — 



cost of raising olives 137 



cost of raising peaches 138 



crops irrigated 132 



■ duty of water 132 



irrigated lands 130 



Irrigation season 135 



organization 131 



works, description 131 



Buena Vista Lake, evaporation (note) 75 



Buggy town, irrigation situation 93 



Burrell Ditch 307 



Butte Creek, owned by Stanford estate 34 



Byrd Ditch 285 



Cache Creek- 

 claims to water — 



discussion 170 



table 165 



contribution for investigation on, from California 



Water and Forest Association 6 



description 156 



duty of water 187 



flow 156,157 



irrigation 171 



litigation 176 



power 160,191 



report on, by J. M. Wilson 155 



storage 171 



Cache Creek Valley- 

 condition and possibilities 187 



products 1 161 



pumping plants 183 



soil 160 



waterrates 76 



wheat growing 163 



winter irrigation 174 



Cacheville Agricultural Ditch Company 176 



Calamity Ditch 312 



California — 



agricultural situation in, report by El wood Mead.. 17 



area of irrigated land 19 



climate favorable to agriculture 17 



compared with Egypt and Italy 29 



compared with Utah 31 



early water laws 216 



irrigation laws — 



reform of , needed lOS 



reform of, a State matter 20 



irrigation not everywhere a necessity 17 



northern, irrigation in 26 



problem of 18 



products 17,217 



southern — 



dependent on Irrigation 26 



irrigation in 25 



returns from citrus fruits 25,26 



value of irrigated land 25 



value of irrigation water 25 



value of land and water 19, 20 



California Water and Forest Association, financial aid 



extended by 19 



Camanetti act, hydraulic mining resumed under 127 



Fage. 

 Cameron Ditch 284 



Canada, riparian rights 49 



Canal management 318 



Cache Creek 173,174 



ordinance regarding 176 



cost of — 



Alta Irrigation District 296 



Calamity Ditch 312 



Carmelita Ditch 297 



Centerville and Kingsburg Canal 291 



Crescent Canal su 



Emigrant Ditch 305 



Fresno Canal 288 



Last Chance Ditch 301 



Lower Kings River Canal 303 



Peoples Ditch 299 



Stimson Canal 311 



Kings River 286,288,289,290,291,292,293, 



294, 295, 296, 299, 300, 301, 303, 305, 306, 310, 311, 314, 318 



Los Angeles River 343 



Canals- 

 Cache Creek 173,176,179,180,181,187 



Chowchilla Creek 249 



Fresno River 249 



Kings River 282 



Los Angeles River 243 



Salinas River 197,201,202,203 



San Joaquin Valley 218,223,246 



Yuba River 139,152 



Capay Ditch Company isO 



Capital for irrigation works, difficulty of acquiring . . . 108 

 Carey law — 



acceptance of land under, recommended 113 



possibilities of, in California 109 



Caribou Lake 78 



Carmelita Ditch 297 



Cecil, Lord Robert, discussion of underground waters . 198 



Centerville and Kingsburg Canal 291 



water rates 292 



Centerville and Kingsburg Ditch Company, litigation 



affecting 58, 60 



Centerville bottoms, canals 283 



Centerville Ditch 289 



Central California Electric Company 153 



Central Canal 33 



area covered 33 



cost SS 



reasons for failure 33 



Central Irrigation District 33 



China Slough 224,248 



Chowchilla Canal 223,247 



Chowchilla Creek — 



canal systems 226 



claims to water 228 



description and watershed 226 



flow ; 226,227,232 



riparian rights 233 



Chandler, A. E 156,157 



Chico — 



population decreased 34 



rainfall 30 



visited 29 



Chico Creek, owned by Bid well estate 34 



ChinaDitch 149 



Citrus fruits, returns from, southern California 25, 26 



Claims to water- 

 Arroyo Seco 196,197 



