Show franklin loses wolf hole suit H stanley chief of the silt lake field divizio divisi oi i of the gen eril enl united states and land office re a mes message age yesterday that the federal government ins been giann the decision in the wolf hole I 1 ike water and land suit chich v inch was heard before judge william 11 sawtelle in the federal district court at prescott ariz the contention of the gov eram nt was to the effect that sheep men had right to water their flocks in ID the lake in handing banding down ins us decision judge sawtelle is reported to have issued a temporary restraining cestr aning order against edwar edinar I 1 B franklin home st eader borbi forbidding ming him to enclose the lake by fence or to drain th e lake to prevent sheep men from wat ering peir flocks the lake or water hole hai haq been used by sheep men of the northern not noi them thern arizona strip and southern utah for more than thirty years homesteading Homestead mg the lake in 1912 franklin proceeded to exact a toll of 10 a flock horn sheep men for wit ering their stock in the lake flock masters finally forced their way through the homesteader s fence when he be proceeded t drain the lake in handing banding down big decision judge sawtelle authorized govern ment went agents to close these drains herald republican |