Circumstances alter cases. There is no more common expression than "free as air and water," and yet in California any one who can secure a good water right, has property that is worth $1000 an hour. It is much better than a gold mine. The San Francisco Chronicle says that in distributing water for irrigating purposes in Southern California, it is calculated that one inch of water will suffice for ten acres. One thousand dollars per inch is the average value affixed to the title to water, or at the rate of $100 per acre, although sales are daily made at from $150 to $400 per acre, said lands being absolutely worthless without water. At this figure, the value of water in San Diego county aggregates the enormous sum of $1,300,000,000; while the water of Los Angeles county, where the value is $3000 per inch, is worth $2,400,000,000.