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* ©fpy o f w M a h iwm iwfett to ysm, m d In v?hioh sfo# represented that, tiler# were three aai twenty acre* o f craltivsted. land t one hundred ana nixty fceisg in e-rchearde,. vin«~ytar<la and alfalfa* I n i* letter uo iarif?.in©@r ?f«Oarin©y it was el so r tr p r & m n t #d by Mrs. that the flow of %ttm&r m im m tv ti to t&urat four h m d r e d m d forty inches* It appears .fsrapt tit# report of Mr. that there are 3,one them one TiimdPed acres of land tmdor cultivation 8&d that, a recant measure* of. the: tmt#r made wider hi» **upervi e l m ohoars only t&out two hundred incase. ffe# representat1 on a contained in the statement 6 of* Mr®. s %®,/art esm h© eontid-ored i.ri the nature of a mrranty, m & '?"a r o f tuott fcuat - to i*?i« of ctiXt1vatad land Mid flea Of -water tooe correct, 'em he made tins basin Of a dioaf-fimanto of the contract* Stewart ohalierigos t.hl carroot»eo.i of Mr* S-S&lDomQti** report on both of these pointe, . vet..Inslots that all of t '. o cultivated land nan not survey ad and that the water vsaa not proporly measured. SAs.. stated In my ltfttsr /iOh'^ ou fra.-: h. i- eobe, there has probably hoop ?& e©.a»id«r«&l© decrease in tin*'flow' fro-.: %h* & p rim gn duo to the long oentinued drought * It muni aloo ho rttoojshored that &h# waior is lowcuit :.at t M o iimo of the y»ai** | recent hoary a t o m s in that region will- mi doifet materially increase fcho flow of ras er by Serine * Srig-ioeer' McCartney is confident that the flow of water c m he further p| Increased by cleaning out the aar.d raid by further davelolyu-mi. He believes .also the prospects of developing artosiui water are excellent * t t before deciding finally whether to complete the ..urehaae of t M a property or to disaffirm the m \la you. dcoiro a more ‘ accurate measurement of the water, I c m arrange to have t!?.•-# %ork promptly dona by engineer McC&w’iricy who will shortly have m m p l n m r party in that vicinity*