Show FIGHTING FOR WATER L I L Nunn Sues Grove and State Engineer for Grove Creek Rights Eights Lucien L Nunn of ot Telluride Colo Cob an owner of ot various arbus light and power plants throughout the west we t has brought suit In equity against the city of Pleasant Grovo Grove and Caleb Tanner tate engineer as a result of at the rejection of his appU application application cation for water for tor purposes from Grove Creek in Utah county The com corn In tho the suit was tiled flied yesterday af afternoon afternoon with the clerk cIerI of at the federal fe eral court Mr Ir Nuna In his complaint avers ayers that he flied filed an application on June Juno 7 1906 1006 for I fifteen second feet of water to be 00 taken r from the creek used for power purposes and afterward returned to the creek undiminished undiminished in quantity and unimpaired In quality Mayor Maor James O 0 Bullock acting for tor the citizens of at Pleasant Grove tiled filed a protest with the state engineer stat stating I ing ng that it if the application was granted the tho water supply from this creek which was used by bT the city would be unfit for domestic purposes and that Its quantity would be b so diminished as to interfere with its use u e for Irrigation purposes i The complaint says that Mr Ir Nunn filed tiled nn sin affidavit denying the e allegations allegation set forth in the protest hut that the state engineer without giving him a hearing bearing In the tho matter denied the application giving gling as his reason that it seemed to Interfere with the existing right of Pleasant Grove Grovo Gro ItS m This action was taken on April 2 last Nunn now asks permission to hav have hava havea a hearing on this application and have tho the ruling of at the state engineer set aside He Ue says aars that he had contracted for work to t be done lone on the proposed power plant amounting to and that as a re result suit sult of this action on the part of ot the state hampered engineer his work was seriously |