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Show ; . .Citation for contempt of court issued ,i . fcy Jne;MoTM tina tnambers of the T- , ' City ConncIL . Mayor Thompson Nuid . other city off rials, were expected to be ' ' , - tarred late today when the officials i , were all in cnnrt. The lssnlng of the ', , . cftationa la doe to the suit filed by the Progress company, securing an order for an injunction restraining the city from using the waters ef Big Cottonwood Cotton-wood canyon. The cue was to have been heard, February 20, but on account of the necessity of an early settlement, the city officials decided at a meeting this morning to begin to fight the case at enca. Tha City Attorney waa instructed to appear before Judge Morse and endeavor en-deavor to get an immediate hearing. Doramna on 8taad. Then as the Council committee and other officials decided to take the matter mat-ter into court at once, the persona prea-ent prea-ent appeared before Judge Morse. An appeal was made to the court for aa immediate bearing, and former State Engineer A. P. Doremos was placed on the witness stand to testify as to the rondition of the water supply at Big Cottonwood canyon. Doremus had not finished his testimony when the court adjourned until 2 o'clock this after-i noon. ' The plaintiff claims that the city has ent off its supply and that, it is now in want of water. The ditches, it is contended, con-tended, are filled to overflowing, and there is no immediate necessity for the Progress company interfering with the city. Suit Was Predicted. "The city knew that this suit was coming before the water was turned in," declared a person familiar with city affairs. "It was prophesied several sev-eral months ago that there would be trouble, but" now that the water has been turned into the conduit it will be been turned into the conduit it will be turned out than it waa to build the conduit. The rights of the city would be greatly jeopardized in turning the water out. "The city officials, I believe, will ban on to that water If they all have to go to jail for it. They bay set their minds on the matter, and nothing will turn them as long m they believe that It it for the good of tbe city." The suit that has caused the trouble was filed Monday in the District court. Judge Morse issued a temporary injunction in-junction restaining the city from using the water. Since then the water has continued to run. The complaint cm which the injunction injunc-tion was issued charges that the complainant com-plainant has been in constant use of the waters of the creek since 1S56, and that the rights owned by the city are subsequent and subordinate. It further declares that since that time it has used the whole of tSe stream from October Oc-tober 1 to April 1 each year. Offers a Compromise. In court this afternoon, Waldemar Van Cott, attorney for the Progress company, offered a compromise. His company is willing, he said, that Mr. Doremus and J. P. Cahoon should visit the Big Cottonwood, and the company would permit the city to utilize all the water remaining after the companv has received a sufficient quantity to fill the race to its power plant, this arrangement arrange-ment to be in force until the settlement of the case in court. The city officials were served with tbe citations for contempt early this afternoon- |