Show BEAR LAKE WATER AND LAND RIGHTS We publish the following communication communi-cation because It Ix a mosl Important matter and all sldea should have a hearing At the same time the question ques-tion involved la strictly a legal one and will doubtless turn on the wordIng word-Ing of the decrees yhlch have transferred l I trans-ferred the lllle since the former owners j I own-ers and managers lost control and at the sumo time as to whether the r original transfers to setters relieved their holdings from any lens that might be filed against the fed company properly I Is something which the pourts 1 not the newspapers must decide de-cide The communication Is I as follows t Thntchel Box Elder County Utah I I Editor Tribune Your paper has always I been tho fnrers I I craMcnil and wo ask you 1 uot l gIve publication to the grievous i wronb which a hicartijg corporation IH I eching to Inlct on us Al various time I I I hClecn 1 1 nll tho present time lmen 1 i rormers of the Bear bouiht I pf ln9 lUvcr valley hough alc houJhl I J watcr rights nu they ir > called in tho Bear car River canal as reprcetlt b I Its J canll iK c1ed s i t olccn for tim time being and pale for I I 5fllfl to SIC tttrVrlfes P0r months nero Wing ngo H Kvndlcalo fro n 10 I mainly represented by D Evains formerly rCIJrocntelll I nlOInc for thc various nscormcrIY I 1 who 5oi lI those dtct orfanhmUont IH 1 1 M bought I < iiviWclon > U no1 the canal for l lI nh < 1 now > in Jl t l WJraVvof hch 11 enclose i R cop pr ° ceedH to UeV thovi 1 I Hdl ot thu rwater ll WtbOifBht and paid I for by UK nrmors mid rmrr practically de RI I mann that t wo pay them for a new water right at < j tho t10 rate of 15 per acre As over 20000 acres of water rights probably hovo been OVOI purchased Mr paid for i re qulrca ben knowledge of decimal fracUons to calculate that with tho nearly SWOooo already paid and tho S3WOOO now demanded demand-ed wo aro asked to pay 30 a nero for tho conveyance of water to our lands on to proposition of furnishing tho public 0 water of the Suite to us through u canal which cost Its present owner only 125000 or Jlvo times tho cost of tho entire canal and the Lhuggrlsm doos not stop hero for thcro Is a further demand of 1 per I aero per year for ordinary acrlcullural lands 250 for orchards which require 1 less water than any other cropped lands and which If thin corporation had any I regard for the development of tim vul loy ought to bo supplied gratis 3 per I annum for little town lots In the various villages of lUlo vnllcy These annual demands I de-mands will probably bring an Income of 2oOCO 0 year or nearly u per cent per annum on tho entire purchase price I Strango to say the man who acted for Iho various organizations which old us theso water rights Is I now tho accredited accred-ited representative of the corporation I making tho fresh demand on UH Ono j would think In this land of fair plav and 111 freedom that If tiny moneys had been I collected from us Improperly by the various va-rious orgnnlxnllnntf which ronlrollwi tho eannl since UB Inception that these or Kunizatlons and their succoxsors ought to I be the parties compelled by law to Immi 1 j over to tho Dooly and Evans syndicate I the money paid for these water rights It I JIB they pll It belonged to them and i II alcJc thai wo who bought and jmld fnr the water rIghts In good faith from the onlY I fulh rlhls tLfl1 I thorn for disposal nUl parties having thor hl llg Ji without on the part of Dool > any protest 01 wlhoul IIY their pndncnasors in in Evans and or Ilrllcnsors EIIS tl rot should leave our rights and out I homes unmolested A great < t oxcltlment has been caused In the valley bv thin circular and meetings I valo 1 aro called In evnry hamlet to prolc lllcll practically means the con aeralnMi what b lCln aLln practcnl takf stich homon and to RI J llbcailoli l of our homC Ind lcgni l lpH as 011 wo mav bo advised to pi o toct our Interests J nhull be glad to keep lec we the Informed ol prohr your paper Inforll progress plllr < make In the light for our homes it you Itht we bel evn you art willing to all us as bele wlii l wlln obtain justice from this mcr cllcs corporation Yotti truly clc lon AIJAN nOCH I Secretary Farmer Protective Association of Bear Illver Valley i I April 2S 1300 I |