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Show Ii Dr. Young lias Been Turning It ) on Waste Land in Par- . J ley's Canyon. ! WANTS THE CITY TO BUY HIS WATER-RIGHT Commissioner Luce Has 'Destroyed 'De-stroyed Two Dams and Left a Giard. There was a sall-iflcd look on Lind and Water Commissioner Luco'b faco yesterday yester-day In spite of tho fact that ho had toeon up most nil of Monday night. J3ut tho water commissioner wns happy becauso his night's work will lncrcaso tho water supply from Parley's canyon fully one million gallons day. Dr. Young's Ranch. Some dlstanco up Parley's canyon thcro are about 600 acres of land owned by Dr. Seymour 13. Young. The greater part of-tho of-tho doctor's land Is mountains and hills. Not over twenty-live acres could possl-j possl-j blv bo used for purposes of cultivation should tho owner desire to farm his land. 1 Tho creek runs through this land for about a half mile. Tho only vegetation on the entire tract fit for animal food Is ! tho sparso , vegetation along tho cr.cek banks. Tho doctor endeavors In no way to cultivate tho soil. In tho few Mats weeds are much In evidence. At present thero are three horses pasturing on tho land. 1 Erected n Dam. A week ago Sunday Commissioner Luce found that the doctor had erected a dam I nnd was converting the larger part of tho 1 creek on and over this barren ground. Tho commissioner Immediately demolished demolish-ed the dam and sent tho water down tho canyon, where It belonged. Tho doctor promised not to divert this water In such a manner a second time. Built Another Dam. i Tast Sunday, however. Commissioner Luco noticed tho unusually email volumo of water llowlng down for tho' city's use, and upon Investigating found that Dr. Young had constructed a second dam and was again sending a Inrge portion of the creek over his ground. Commissioner Luce at once sought legal le-gal advice, and In accordance with the advice of the City Attorney he again demolished de-molished the doctor's dam and placed a gimrd to prevent a third diversion of the crock. Dr. Young's Hights. I "When seen by Tho Tribune yestorday. Mr. Luco said: "It Is true that Dr. Young on two occasions oc-casions sent the waters of the creek across his present worthless ground. The , fact that tho doctor has water rights does z not give hln the rl.ht to wantonly waste the water. If he had agricultural ground and was raising crops ho might bo Justl-Iled Justl-Iled In diverting this water. But under the circumstances It was a useless and objectless performance. "I have had a gang of men working for quite a time to clean out tho creek bed. to dcepon It and remove all rocks and logs possible, In order to reduce tho evaporation evapora-tion to the minimum. Now nil this expensive ex-pensive work has been ruined absolutely by tho act of tho doctor. Wasted for Thirty-six Hours. "A week ago this water ran over the doctor's land for ovor thirty-six hours, and for at least twenty-four hours last SUnday. I have carefully estimated that this action on tho part of Dr. Young diverted di-verted 1.000.000 gallons overy twenty-four hours from the use of the sufforlng city, or 25 per cent of the dally flow from Pnr- ley's canyon. Salt Lake Gets It Today. "I am very glad to say, however, that by tomorrow this million gallons will be accessible to Salt Lako City users instead of being wasted so uselessly. "In one day's time the Doctor has spoiled moro than I cad make up In a month." Wants to Sell Land. u So as far as tho water supply fronv Parley's canyon Is cpneerned tho flow will be fully 25 per cent greater today than for sevoral days past. It has been freely Intimated among thoso who know of thl3 action of Dr. Young that ho wishes to force tho city to purchase his 500 acres of land In Parley's. II has endeavored to sell the land to the city in the post, asking $10,000 for the. property. But the city never .acted, favorably In tho matter. At a tlmo when the authorities claim tho city Is suffering from tho lack of wator. Dr. Young, on two occasions diverts onto worthless ground 23 per cent of tho water flow from ono of the main supplies of tho city. That he hoped to divert as much of the creek as possible before detection Is best evidenced by the fact that both times complained of tho acts were done around " Sunday, when tho watchmen would mOst likely be at home. He acknowledged to Commissioner Luco' that he was responsible respon-sible for tho diversion of the stream. The legal department of the city Is of . the opinion that no moro water can bo diverted for the simple purpose of wasting wast-ing it. Commissioner Luco and his as-, as-, nlBtants aro determined to act according ly. Tho Doctor wns not In tho city last night, therefore his side of the story was r.ot obtainable. |