Show in ills urn own behalf lie half beaver city july 1887 EDITOR UTO niad with your kind permission I 1 1 would take the liberty cf correcting afaese impression that is liable to be taken by the public fronca local which appeared a short time lime ago in the city column of your va valuable bable paper the local ite question stated that G george eorge g owen lad bad been fined for tampering with gite thereby corive conveying ving tho tha erroneous erad impression that I 1 h had ad been ealing sealing s caling a irrigation water this is I 1 not jot so iwas simply taking the water to which my city lot is eni and that too in its regular order when I 1 was met by the agent az of the c city ty marshal and taken bo fore justice fennemore who imposed upon me a fine of five dollars without going goin ginto into detail details sIwill 1 will simply ly state that I 1 did not knowingly violate any city ordinance or any regulation of the water master but was simply taking what right f feuy 11 belonged 0 ed tome to me iwas unable to employ an attorney at the trial triad and not being acquaint edwith the regular mode of in a justices court omitted malci mahnja a proper defense and nd hente hence was fined ll 11 I 1 however ai afterwards appeared before the city council which body upon hearing the strai straight ht of the affair promptly remitted the fine and fully exonerated me from all blarrie blame in the matter M 1 rusting you will give space to the above so BO as to set me right before my iny friends and the public gine generally rally I 1 would beg loave to remain your obedient servant GEORGE geoage we publish the foregoing 0 with pleasure always being willingto willing Jo to make any corrections of errors that may occur from time to time mr owen is a gentleman gentl man for wh whom om we have great regarded dmd id we are pleased to find hi position was such vs it i is S E beof D |