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Show jury in C a '. :" r v-: a ! n the f n H c f IT'IT it re v t ; : re-1 ' '. v u t r f t h o t ro u h ' e op. t h e M.-ford pr-ec-. The i'::' rr;:a settlors who left i.htod tr.at the s;-.':es con". par. y. w'p. .eh ?"''.! ; :.e M : . i 1 r d :;c, h.-.d mr.de r'-:'"'-:".:at if-rj hrcurrh : he ma.'.s which v-;--t uv.'.rue. Jhlr. Mo-dy at ail times, 1 -.re ::v I'rd'ed States d:? trier, attorney attor-ney ano. ffc:-where, nrkr.ow. edged his re-sp'-r.s.b.hty for every thh.jf in connection v.iih the bu-me-ss of the company, but ir.ri mtrur.c-d ih.it no misrepresentations 1 . s.-b o n r. i , d e . " Mr. Allen s'JTeded !n p. mi rig-ins: for a hearing by Robert O'Connor, United States attorney for southern California, later presented the case of Mr. M.'ody and h:s associates to the United Stairs attorn-:", the inttr's as? stant and the chi-f I"" st off ice Inspector sitting as a jury. Atfer a juries of hearings and invent: in-vent: cat ions rovermc a period of six month?. Mr. O'Connor reported to Attorney Attor-ney General Palmer that, in his opinion, none of the df ,nc.an.P was ctiilty of any w ro v. ir d o i n sr .in d r ec c m m ended the d i s -nrssa! of the case. H's report was approved ap-proved by the attorney peneral and the order of dismissal v.-as entered Monday. nil L jjhJLil'J'JLU: Officers of Delta Company; Absolved by Federal Officials. H. C. Alien of the firm cf Thurman &. Allen, attorneys, has received confirmation confir-mation cf nts G.t;,aiches to the etiect ! that an order was er.tercl in the I'm ted States court at l.os A..:--es M.:;Jay d.-missmg' d.-missmg' the fedora! .:. a. ct iaii.st "V. I. Moody and Lloyd S.v.er in connection con-nection with the L't.i Lna a tor coin pa nv suits. 'Mr. Mood-, formerly reside:.! r.f the Delta Land a Water c m-.p.i:.y, has had a not ah. e career in ir:L.-:.t . m the west,' said Mr. Allt-n y.-.-..-rd,.y. "He has invested, or cau-d to be invested, in irrigation projects m the vuri'X:s western west-ern fates a;, proximately $-:.'". no re than S " . 0 -' 1 ) o f w ii 1 oh w ere in -vested in Ftah. "In VjjZ he prom-ted. financed and invested in-vested money in the i'hi;--r 11 "t ;'.l.ey Irnpation com: nry"s project in B.tter Roo-t, Mont. Vhe jr-ject .;;tpnx:rd wiit !:ito the "nanus oi a r-ceiv(.-r. but Mr. Moonv ae:.;:i lim-mcod it ar.d !"-ut it on its fept. In 1.-.-7 he financed the Co mo pro'ect near j'-erby. Mi This entirely w ith his v -a- : - d s . O a t n.s project he developed 23vO acres of archard and cared for it five ye-ir. In I'.'I1.' lie built the Drummond projH-t at Lrummond, Mont. This project was built v::h r. Moody's own fur.ds. H$ later so.d the pr'ic-ot in its entirety. 'in tf'll !:e or.u-an.zed The Delta Land Water company and took over what is now known as the Delta project in Millard Mil-lard cou r. ' v , Tt:ih. v.- h 1 o h w a s t h c n a failure. l:es:d-:-s investir.cr his own funds in t h s r ' s ; e t , JN" a t h a n A 1 1 e n w ri s associated asso-ciated with him. In P-l- himanced and constructed t;ie Payette- c e---n slope priect in Oregon. In lbi he. v.-;th Natiian A"'-::!. llranod the Miliord trn;ct in Pt-..ver co'rity. Xi'h. "In li-l-j'"- he liminoed the Fresno P n i e r t in California. I : i "his he i n -ve si - d his own fx:, d s a n. d i h so of his associate. Mr. AllrU. In I'lT hv sold his interest in this project e-f - aort-s to Mr. Aiion. "Mr. M-.oVs d;:":lcuit:-s in Utah he-pan he-pan with the tr iilie c:t tit-"- M.1 p-ro'ect. In the f.-.l: o: Il-Im a lare-:- V dy of the Mi :"oM settlers. :.tc t of wh'-m had come f r"on Imp rial valley. Cahf-r-nia. became d ssati?:":ed with con-l.tions. and. thr'-uch. tiie pt-rsnasli-?-. ot a firm of California attorneys, i--:"t the : ; "ect and returned to sji"h.ern Cahi'.-ri-.ia. Mr. Moody was not dism .ye 1, but t--ontinued t h. e investment of i" x n 1 s nr. d . after the settlers had left, p ' . n t -:-d t :i'X:; a n d s of a '"-res of land to alfalfa and was rnou-r'.'y rnou-r'.'y putting' the project on its feet, when d s s e n s i o n s within the c r rar.v c a used Mr. Mody to s---ver his c.-!.necions. "The Delta project at P-x'ta is very peat ncces. rv: since M - dy Tp:"t the Delta company, tha Hi -ford project has been unfortunate. 'H 's h" i ot r-- .- It a f ode 'a! et" nd |