Souvenir opening of Bonneville Irrigation system, Bountiful, July 4th, 1921 . lties, and the two north streams taking their names fromearly settlers on them. Mr. Stone, who settled near the old Zahlerhomestead, being one of Bountifuls first blacksmiths. These fourstreams furnish the only available supply of water for the early set-tlers of the land of Bountiful. Water from these streams had onlyto be diverted from these creek channels through lateral to the ad-joining fields to make the vegetation flourish. It was a simple opera-tion; yet it required rare judgment and laborious efforts to esta
Souvenir opening of Bonneville Irrigation system, Bountiful, July 4th, 1921 . lties, and the two north streams taking their names fromearly settlers on them. Mr. Stone, who settled near the old Zahlerhomestead, being one of Bountifuls first blacksmiths. These fourstreams furnish the only available supply of water for the early set-tlers of the land of Bountiful. Water from these streams had onlyto be diverted from these creek channels through lateral to the ad-joining fields to make the vegetation flourish. It was a simple opera-tion; yet it required rare judgment and laborious efforts to estab-lish the first ditches, many of which still serve the present generationof farmers. Perregrine Sessionsearly acquired a priorright to Barton Creek,Judge Holbrook toStone Creek and the,Kimballs to Mill early settlementgrew up on the NorthCanyon stream and itwas known for a longtime as the North Can-yon Ward. Soon others settledbelow on Stone Creek, _ , D. „ . .„ __ _ . _. , . , , Home of Pioneer Barton, After Whom Barton Creek and, as one might sur- was Named. Page Twelve mise, they had some disputes over the ownership of the water. Un-doubtedly such disputes arose on all the streams, an early problem andone which is still with us in some of it sphases. Fortunately, how-ever, there was then existant the ecclesiastical machinery, by whichthese temporal affairs might be adjusted, and above all there werethos brotherly rligious principles by which justice and mutual welfarecould be arrived at. The settlers soon perceived that if each wasto live and prosper, there must be water for each mans acres, a justand sound principle in irrigation custom. As long as there was waterin the creek, each settler was to have his part or share, according tohis acres. A low stream meant mutual loss to all the settlers, hencethe creek bcame the common concrn of all the farmers; it was theircommon problem and still remains so. The water supply of Bountiful remained constant, as did the n
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