It is reported that tempers flared and a few sages were uprooted in anger before a settlement was reached. Thus was born the North West Irrigation Company. The Rollins family, Warner family, France family and the Parrish family were the original numbers. Joel Parrish, Bishop Parrish's father, gave shares in the use of his reser¬voir site for rights in the ditch that filled the reservoir. It was determined by the government that two thirds of Cottonwood Creek water would go south to the Williams... later Wilinson--ranch and one third to the newly organized company. The justice of this division I never could figure out. Water was sufficient to fill the reservoir, however, and work on building the dam was soon begun. Work was divided among the families and all went well—even to this day. Over the years many changes transpired until now one can see a vastly improv¬ed system as the result of folks working together—with appropriate government aid. To get the water out of the reservoir and on to the land was a big job—one that called for the digging of a tunnel through a large hill south of the 'pond' as it came to be known. A man was hired to dig the tunnel, but in order to easily get rid of the acc¬ess dirt, he slanted the tunnel too high. The result was that the tunnel came out half way up the hill on the north side. "It made things easy for my mule to pull the dirt cart out," was his explanation. The entire tunnel had to be re-dug and and the first one abandoned. In fact, the first tunnel created a dangerous situation because it kept caving in. My father the Bishop, who spent many hours of hard labor on the tunnel, said he often had nightmares of being trapped by a cave-in. After many months of long, tedious work, the pipe was finally installed to the correct level to properly drain the pond. None of us really appreciated the hard work of the men who installed the pipeline. We were too busy harvesting enormous crops of grain, hay, potatoes, row crops and green pastures. It made Oscar Rollins and his family potato kings of Morgan County. Coddy France ran his ditch right behind the Parrish home and it was always enjoyable watching that good farmer watering his lush fields of alfalfa and grain. Bishop Parrish irrigated over 100 acres of excellent crops, but there never seemed to be enough water to go around. When everyone wanted to irrigate at the same time some amusing situations ar¬ose. Bishop Parrish was appointed perennial water boss for two reasons—he had more water rights and being Bishop he could soothe anxious tempers from down the road. 80