Brown v. Chase

A project was organized for the purpose of irrigating approximately forty thousand acres of arid land in Chelan county, in the vicinity of Wenatchee, by appropriating and diverting some 625 second feet of the waters of Wenatchee river, a non-navigable stream. The plan provided for the storage of water, during the winter and high-water season, in Wenatchee Lake, which is a part of the Wenatchee river’s system, and diverting the water from the river a short distance below the lake through an artificial canal, during the irrigation season, to the lands in question. There is sufficient water in…