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Show mam sues 8EAVER PROJECT FOR RETURN OF LANDS . Kpt Satisfied With Develop, ment WorK Done by Irri-v Irri-v Ration Company. The Beaver River Irrigation company, a corporation ; the Beaver Land and Irrigation Irriga-tion company, a ' corporation; V. P. Strang. James D. , Pardee. J. K. Dooly. Wells Fargo A Co.. a corporation; Mrs. William H. West fail and Kate W. Ho tonkin, ton-kin, heirs of William H. Westfsll. deceased, de-ceased, are made defendants In a suit filed tn the circuit court this morning by the ITnlted M tales to autet title to the greater pert of townahlpa 27 and 3 south range Is weat. It Is allcaed In the complaint that on May I, lasi, the Beaver River Irrigation company secured a title for the land for the purpoae of establishing and maintaining maintain-ing a reservoir site: that In 1894 the dam I on the reservoir wss washed out and destroyed. de-stroyed. It Is further aseerted that no attempt has been made to restore the dam nor to complete the reservoir. The partlee to the suit other than tha first named defendant company are aald tn have secured part title to the property prop-erty through mortgage The United Statea now wants the land In question restored re-stored to the government. The land surrounds Mllford and Opal on the Beaver river. |