Show TROUBLE IN PARLEYS CANYON Pleasant View Ditch People Tore Out Citys Dams and Befouled WaterMayor Says Arrests Will Follow Serious trouble has broken out In Barleys canyon over possession of the writer of the creek with the city officials of-ficials arrayed on one side and a nuin her of the property owners members oC the Pleasant View Ditch company on the other Thursday night a party of men under the leadership of TomS Tom-S Fry went up the canyon to the point where the city had constructed dams In the creek for the purpose of flooding he land recently purchased by the city from the ranchmen The object has been to ilootl thin land and hold the water back for the dry season These dams were torn out by Fry and his companions The result was that the water rushed down filling the reservoir reser-voir at Thirteenth East with mud and befouling all the water In the lower city system Jn addition to this the land down the canyon was Hooded In all directions putting a stop to considerable consid-erable work The prime movers In the disturbance ire the olllcers and stockholders of the Pleasant View Ditch company This company under Its charter him a right 10 Ihe surplus waters of the creek Jhey hold that the action of the t city In damming the creek to Hood the farms hair 1 cut ofT all the surplus ands and-s therefore interfering with the rights of the farmers ry was recently elec ted walcrmaster for the ditch company and he evidently ban taken the matter Inlo hiss own hands to hrlnt the city to time Ho and the men acting with him have tried for some time past toi i gut George Crlsmon W C A Smoot and others to Institute suit against the city for their primary rights to the wiitcrjj of the crock They have failed In this and this failure was the cause = ol the raid of Thursday night Ben Harries was a member of the raiding lug ty Lund nod Water Commissioner Flsh cr has been at his wits end for days past In his efforts to protect the rights of the city and yesterday Superintendent Superinten-dent Illnes was compelled to cut out the Parleys creek water altogether because be-cause It was HO foul lie was also forced to empty the Thirteenth Bust reservoir because of the large quantity of mud that had settled In It Mayor I Thompson was asked what would be done In the matter by the city Ills reply re-ply was that all responsible for the action ac-tion of Thursday night would be arrested I ar-rested for befouling the water and interfering In-terfering with the citys prdperly Ills I honor had a consultation on the matter mat-ter yesterday with Assistant City Attorney t At-torney Shotip and the decision reached waii that prompt action ould be laken along the lines Indicated 12 B Wicks Is president of the Pleasant View Ditch company |