Show ous OU Water Wafer Hole l Case s gs I Is Won W an by y United o ye ment won in its conten- conten he famous Wolf Hole lake jand and suit instituted in the tates district court at Pres- Pres n the district of Arizona dge e William H. H Sawtelle to he right of to it Ir locks flocks in that lake accord- accord v ces ces es received today by H. H richs chief of ot the tenth Ton on United States general generale e with headquarters at Salt I I se vis is of vital importance to southern Utah and north- north Em n ria as sheep are wa- wa f Hole lake for six months I Iby of each year The lake has been used by the for t thirty years In the decision of Judge Sawtelle a I temporary restraining order is issued against Edward B. B Franklin homesteader homesteader homesteader home home- forbidding him to the I lake by fence or otherwise or to drain the lake Authority is given government government government govern govern- ment agents to close a drain that Franklin had dug to remove the waters of the lake thus preventing from availing themselves of ot that sup sup- ply The Wolf Yol Hole lake case is the outcome outcome outcome out out- come of a war between and I cattlemen in the region The lake isone isone is isone one and quarter one-quarter miles tong long and a al 1 quarter of ot a mile wide For ten months of each year there is a good supply of water The range is declared to be bethe bethe bethe I the best open range in America today Cattlemen use ute the water of the lake all the year and use it during during dur dur- ing the fall and winter I dur-I In the summer of ot 1912 Edward B. B I Franklin who it is said is isan an I or is acting solely in the interests of the cattlemen settled on the shore of I Wolf Vol Hole lake and built a small cabin I He filed his intention of ot homesteading I Ithe the land though government reports I show that better land is available near nearby nearby by that will not interfere with the use I. I of the lake by stock and I He fenced or more acres including I Ithe the area covered by the lake When I endeavored to water their I I flocks Franklin defended his fences with a rifle and forbade the I using the water unless they would pay him 10 for foI each herd each time they I were watered forced their way to the lake by removing his fences In order to beat the Franklin and others dug a drain ditch The lake was drained effectively filled the drain dram at certain points tore out Franklins Franklin's fences and buried the wire in the drain They also burned his fence posts On recommendation of the field force of the general land office the president on February 20 60 1915 designated the lake as a public watering place and withdrew the land covered by it from entry under any condition as a home home- st stead d T combat Franklins Franklin's It was as in order to entry that the suit was Instituted against him by government agents i |