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s&di fctonaX amount o f irrig a tio n water such as would resu lt in tii® event another artesian w ell i® d rille d . Mr, erac&en*® le t t e r to Mr. Jeffers* dated /a*gnet S$th* l93o> la not correct in making statement that our lease with tenant on ranch requires delivery o f 100 inches o f water to the ranch et e l l times. i t are to d eliver water only a® i t i s available. Tenant ha® the right to cancel lease in event water delivered become® le s s than 100 inches. However* as stated above, tenant i s using the efflu en t from City septic tan* and we doubt that he has any intentions o f cancelling le a st because o f may decrease la water flowing to the ranch during summer months. m attaching hereto statement showing amount o f water produced toy months during period January 1st to August 31®t, 1935, in i amount used by the City, If® Company and the various f a c ilit ie s , torn w ill note that a large amount of water is used in irrig a tin g the ranch, except during the summer months. There has not been a night during the summer that the reservoir has not been f i lle d to capacity and water going over the overflow before daylight. The w ell near roundhouse produces TOO gallons per minute. Cost o f operating the pump in this w ell i s approximately $5.00 per 84 hour day* and the expense involved in pumping this w ell fo r some two or three months during the summer could toe held down to a nominal amount, i f Lae Vegas would cooperate with u® in use o f water.