Show 4 BEAR RIVER MUDDLE Tb The Bear River canal muddle in full of tOI Tens Tm of thousands of oC acres have been brought broucht under cuU vatIn by this Immense C system which practically Wie tbt waters which now n from frem Idaho and lid Cache valley down wn through Bear River canyon cenyon in the di direction direction direction of 01 the Great Greet Salt SaH lake Maey y of o the farms farm taken t to up under this system are improved and anel planted in orchards Many Mamy of the tie farmers have expended all they are able aWe In pear pay paying ing for tot the land laud and aDd water rights in iA erecting buildings in fencing and set setting setting ting out trees They acquired water w t rights right from the original orinal owners of the tile irrigation canal and without these rights their lands dIJ are of little value vahie But the original owners of at the caned can l were unable to carry ot eit it the tM project They became e involved and seul a Hen lieu was wan flied filed and aDd foreclosed ed by the contractors who had bad bunt bum the canal canI Meantime Meant the property had bad been mortgaged to a ata ta Kansas City syndicate syndi tp Pending a settlement of the Ue affair a 4 receiver we was J appointed who continued d to sell water ter I fights The mortgage w wao sold and anda I Ia a new DeW company organized I Then the supreme court of tIm the I United Uni States confirmed con the lien Hen pf pC the contractor sad and the courts finally or ordered ordered ordered I dered a sale ale of the system un under under under der this lien and ant tho the pur purchaser purchaser chaser ch subsequently turned the property over o er to the present pre t Bear River I Water company I There is to be further litigation I Farmers who purchased water rights I i from the receiver and said fm the th original owners claim right to tie the water The new company pany refuses to be bound by byl contracts made when the t question of ownership owners i was 88 awaiting Judicial de do determination det I termination t A lawsuit seems inevitable able While hUe it M i i it kin its weary I I I length I along what are the go goIng Ing ac to do o for water MIter What about abent the I I trees that t will wither and a the stock I that wil il suffer before a final settle settlement settle I ment mont is W reached Cl Or will there ever I be controversy a final adjudication of this vexed I |