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Show r tvl- - w - t - v w Jji vO w THE JOUK1IA1. inch; 3 above low water mark up to which height the halt Lake people were allowed to impound the waters PUBLISHED B- Yof the lake and store them for use EARL & ENGLAND PUBLISHING C0 during the irrigating season. For lessees.' several years past the waters have never risen as high as comproEntered &t the every Tuesday, mise point," hence there has been a Thursday and Saturday, at Logan, Utah, scarcity of water. The Salt Lake matter. as second-clapeople claim that having made Utah Lake a reservoir, all waters Editor. Augustus Gordon, appropri ated upon t he stream s tributary to that alleged reservoir 1901' 13 November Thcr.day subsequent to its establishirient. were illegally appropriated. . Of the immeuse interests inLogan went RsrnT.iMu; but, judged from the State papers,' it volved, the Herald savs: , s had plenty of company. The magnitude of the ease that is to be thus opened is almost stagAccording to the Nation, Mayor gering. It will take in many! of Elect Hansen is already besieged of the leading people of . Lebi, by a large number of applicants American Fork, Pleasant Grove, Fork It is Provo, Spriagviile, Spanish for appointive positions. and Payson, but the land owuers understood that the street super on Provo bench and Spanish Frirk visorship is receiving the indivi- will be the most directly affected dual and divided attention, re by reason of having more recently spectively, pf Benjamin WillmOre, appropriated and diverted the two leading feeders waters of Joseph Knowles, D., K. Roberts, of the lakethe reservoir." Joseph Tarbet and several others. 0 nly one of this boquet?of appliThis case may seem somewhat cants will ultimately think 6s remote as regards Cache valley, and much ef Mr. Hansen as of yore, yet: Post-ofil- ce ( ss , i As we have previously had occasion to remark and that opinion has received abundant confirmation from the results of the recent city and town elections Republicans, when in the majority, have never yet, so far as we are able to learn advocated a fusion ticket. It is only where where they are in a minority that they are found advocating one. Another thing: A ticket arouses no enthusiasm; The esprit de corps of the Democratic party is partially non-partisa- n' destroyed upon every such occasions, arid that uselessly. Better to' made a hard fight and, ,if necessary, go down with flying colors, than to take part in movements and vote like sheep. . 4. j , i j i jl and Hat is suf;.c.c:.S. rub The Nation claims that not even the foundation could be laid this year, which is foolish. But supnot be pose that the brick could obtained nor the- foundation laid: would it not he wisdom to let the contract so that tlm city building would be the first on the list next ' year! The Nation objects to the site, and that 'is possibly the most foolish objection of 'all.' It is an ideal site, immediately adjacent to the connty court house, and will render abutting business property - 4 instead of jess, valuable. When the U. S. government purchases a site for a federal building, it buys as near the business center as possible. Then, again, if the land is worth $3,000 now, it will be worth many times that sum twenty years hence. , High interest compounded every six months, ; wouldnt equal it. Then the Nation qnestidns whether Logan really needs a city hall. In the past, the same paper used to object to the payment of rent, which it now claims to be the more, . . cheaper. t In figuriug the amount of rent Is it not possible that at 6ome time in the future, in . case this now paid, and the cost of the prosuit shall le successful, when there posed city hall, the Nation, probis a shortage of water in Bear ably cutting its own 'interest charriver, that the Bothwell Canal Co. ges in two, figures ten per cent.' as and Ogden city might unite, inji the, interest charge Logan city suit against those who have, since wmld have to pay. This slows that canal was dug, diverted water its ignorance. The city would !rom streams tributary to Bear have to pay no more than four per river, as all of the streams in Cache cent. At that rate, provided the city county areT No claim is made that the Salt Lake companies filed upon all unappropriated waters of all .of the streams that discharge into Utah lake; but still they claim them nowj It might be well for all Cache county; canal owners to get together, agree upon their rights and enter into a friendly suit to MAY INTEREST CACHE. have those rights judicially determined in the District court, before The greatest water suit ever in- some similar claim may be sprung stituted in the history of the West, upon .them. is about to be inaugurated in Salt Lake city. The Herald says of it: CHILDISH FOLLY. A water suit that, ifor the magnitude of the interests and lor the Above is of an artinumber of people involved, will take rank as one of the greatest in cle in the Nation of .yesterday,' and the history of this country, was the object of its spleen is the new practically decided upon in this city city hall, so wisely provided and yesterday, when the presidents of paid for by the present Demothe four great Salt Lake valley cratic city administration. canal companies and officers of The Nation is foolish. ' Thats Salt Lake City informally agreed to bring suit against all the people no joke," nor is it new3; but yesand corporations that have appro- terdays effusiou is so much ir.o.e tl:e priated water from the streams flow- than ordinarily foolish, and since into Utah lake the waters man behind the gun" so much ing of that lake were appropriated by more plainly visible than usual, the canal companies metitionejl that we condescend to notice it twenty to thirty years ago. Some idea of the magnitude of this im- briefly, and reply seriatim. . pending suit may be obtained from The Nation thinks the idea foolish, the statement that it will involve because it claims there is not as defendants all the canal compan- a brick to be purchased in Cache ies, all the individuals and all the county Well, Mr. Bowman, the cities and towns that have in thirA. C. of U. 'contractor, says that ty years appropriated water from fire wa started under the the Provo river, the Spanish' Fork, Big Spring creek, Little Spring last kiln of brick needed to supply creek and all the other streams the college, on Saturday last, and that naturally would flow into there is still plenty of time to make Utah lake." brick. Besides, the provision of summed Briefly up, many years brick is a question for the conago the canal companies of Salt tractor. Logan has. built some with in Lake county, conjunction new sidewalks. It might have the Salt Lake city corporation . ap- been objected that not a pound of propriated all, ot the waters of the Cement could have been purchased Jordan river. Later, finding the in Cache eourity; but we have the supply insufficient in times of drouth, a dam . was built at the head of the river, where it emerges from Utah Lake, and it was sought to use the lake as a storage reservoir. This Was objected to by landowners along the edge of the lake, as it flooded and rendered useless their lands. Litigation was entered into, and as a result a compromise point" was estab lished three feet three arid a half non-partis- r y t i u:i ecJj the ect cf th? equal the present rental. There are several other of this question which we will review in connection with the economic side of the situation. r'Yi. r v In order to obtain the money with which to build the city hall, the city sold twelve lots in the outskirts of the city, These lots were unproductive, but now twelve homes will be' built thereon, and both homes and land will pay taxes; at a modest calculation, $1,000 . 4 , ' K - f. A? , JKO h , each. The land that the new Eagle Block was built on brought more than $3,000, and, with the building, will pay taxes on at least $10, 000. Figure the tax valuation on " H 7 ;jr r- ; - I. t ill A1 thousand dollars worth of property; try to offset it in any way you choose, and the great advantage from a monetary point of view, must still still rest with . the twenty-tw- o city. - , . lmM TidqKK I hAse I I. vi '..s.'J.i meorjH! fciSW . But over and above all of these considerations, lies the obvious Republican disappointment that it can neither spend the fund already peated for the building, nor sell the land upon which it is to be erected. It is plain that the figured on having $12,000 to spend in creating an era of Republican prosperity, and is disappointed because it cant do it. But the fact remains that Logan city will own its own conveniently arranged building, and future generations will arise to call the present administration blessed. . incom-ingadministrati- on Cache "Valley .Mcicantilfl Co., Solo Agents. We; have the Finest Store Building and the most stock of Mens, Boys and Childrens Clothing in Cache Co. complete an I Mens Blue arid Black s Cheviot Suits with, white and Very. Nobby and red stripes. Fine the-capti- on , SIO to $12-00- . F 1 Mens Black Clay worsted suits, best i in the state pchaffiicrt 1 Mar f7 Tailor, L XMadt b $10.00 $1200 $15.00 V--- - -- Hart Schauner 1 ail or Wade Clothes SK Clothes Bargains In Boys and drens- - Snltsnnd Chll- - . Overcoats. wnHAMtH MB Htumutla,' Wo cuarenteo satisfaction, and aro undersold by none. 0. L TIT II pi, Mili. SI ZiWITTING 'W'OEES. 7 i 7 |