| Show WIH BEING IN CONTEMPT Division of Waters Waters Waters Wa Wa- of Jordan Takes TakesI I New A Angle gle Tho The fight of ot rival duck clubs over the waters of or tho the Jordan river which mis hus involved tho the city In litigation for five or si six months took a new turn yesterday when an affidavit charging the tho city with contempt of court was WIS ru a before Judge M. M lL r L. L Richie Ritchie Hearing HearinG on this and on tho the suit Bult of or John L. L Lawson against Salt SLake to prevent It constructing a a. dam darn across the intake of of the tho surplus canal was continued until ne next t Tues Tuesday a ar after r the plaintiff had been required to put out up bond of oC After Atter tho the city spent O OO dredging ing In an and lowering tho the surplus surplus' canal canai for tho the purpose of handling flood Waters waters wa wa- tood of ot tho the Jordan it I was found toun that the canal was lower than the tho bed of or tho river and that In low water the tho entre cn- cn tire tre flow ow of or th the river would go down tho the canal leaving the New State Gun club at the mouth of tho the river high and andr dry r Tho The te gun club rals raised i a protest protest Then rhen It was announced b by the tho en engineering en- en department that It would bo necessary to build a 0 controlling dam am across tho the surplus canal to protect the tho water rights o of property owners owners Tho The dam am was wa ordered constructed A temporary darn dam am was thrown practically practically ally aly across I tho the head o of the canal so that that the the permanent controlling gate gato could be Installed Then Law Lawson 15 n who owns o property along the canal brought suit Hult to prevent work on tho the dam am It I was claimed that re residents lents along tho canal ba had bad water rights and would bo damaged i If h tho the water were ant turned out by a darn dam The Tho cl city protested that no noone noone one ono had nn any rights save tho the North NorthPoint NorthPoint orth Point Irrigation company compan which did Id not object to the city's work How How- ever a a. a restraining order was issued In July Juh when the water was low lowIn lowin lown In n tho the canal canal plaintiff went vent before the district court an and secured an order that the city open Its temporary dam and let one half the flow oW of at tho the Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan go down lown the canal Now it is claimed that only about third one-third is running down tho the canal and that tho city cir is guilty of ot contempt for tor taUD falling failing to turn in fifty per cent The Tho city argued yesterday that It has complied with the tho order of oC tho the court tul fully It I contended that heretofore hereto- hereto taro fore on only about ten per cent of or the flow JIow has gone down don the tho canal and ono that hat IB in all al the people along alon It arc en entitled entitled en- en titled to but the they have havo o ha been receiving fifty ly per cent cent |
