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\W E. G. T. 2. n It is stock in th is corporation that Cobb Bros, o ffe r to give us and according to their claims, the only safe water right to acquire. However, the mere appropriation of water does not verify the rig h t. The water must he actually and ligitim ately used in cu ltivatin g lands and I do not believe they have substantiated a l l the righ ts they claim. A good deal of water is wasted during the year, except during the months of June, July and August, when the supply is claimed to be fu lly u tiliz e d (but not economically))* There are larger pieces of land being put under cultivation each year which w i ll require water in excess of that now actually used. Actual measurements of the water in the Muddy River, taken by H. H* Church at Logan, (13 miles below Moapa), show an average flow of 2000 inches, with a minimum 5f 1719.50 inches, which would make about 1900 at Moapa (14.48 inches equals about 1 acre-foot per annum) One miners,inch equals a flow of 12 gallons per minute and it is e s ti­mated by most water companies in Southern C aliforn ia that one inch w ill irrig a te from 5 to 10 acres. Therefore 2000 inches should, by judicious use, irrig a te at least 10,000 acres. In other words, during the hot months of June, July and August, there would be about &y88$x 2,365,200,000 gallons of water or 7600 acre-feet, to irrigate 2122 acres. There are several courses fo r us to pursue: 1st: To continue to take water out of the riv e r and in itia te a new appropriation. This might involve us in a legal fight and of course the result would be problematical, but in my opinion, safe. 2nd: A w ell could be sunk on the right of way, and, providing we found su fficien t water, we would be assured of our right (Mosier vs. Caldwell, 7 Hev. 363; "Percolating water is a part of the s o il and it is the righ t of the owner to dig for water in i t ) .