Show COMPROMISE n POINT MURRAY July 5 1894 In the report of or a meeting held beld at Provo last Thursday J June ne 28 uTo To Todeal deal publicly with Salt SaU L Likes Like's Like ke latest move to establish h a n new new w compromise point for tor the water of Utah lake ap- ap appears appears peara ap-peara pears some ome statements which in jus- jus justice ju tice to Sake Lake parties require some ome explanation For example Tug Wilson is reported to have bave told of ot the trials he be and a brother commissioner at Lehi Lebi had bad endured last winter to keep the plank out of ot the J Jordan dams dame For Por twenty seven days day day be he said lad they bad had watched the dam and fre- fre frequently frequently fre frequently had bad to show abow light fight even brute force to maintain the rights of ot Utah county The facts are that on the of ot Oc- Oc October October Oc October tober the five commissioners met to adjust the boards in the dam Mr Wilson wanted to take the boards board out of the bottom of ot the dam while I under understand that that the commissioners had nothing to te do with the boards below the level of ef the Denver A Rio Bio Grande GraDde cut at the time of ot the agreement be- be between be tween the gait Rait alt Lake canal companies and parties along alone Utah lake my position tion tion was wai confirmed b by a late ruling ruline of Judge Smith in the case caie The commissioners removed the boards board to the level of the cut cue and then by the consent of the presidents of ot two canal companies two other boards boar live five and one half inches wide were taken out and have remained out ever since Now if it there has bas been any obstruction placed in the dam since that d date te it was without my knowledge and further if It Mr Wilson on knew of ot any obstruction obstruction ob- ob it was wa his bia duty as a commie commie- commie to report to the commissioners of Salt Lake county As A to the statement that Salt Lake parties partie had tampered with the Lehi Lebl monument raised it 7 inches I 1 need only state tate that if It the monument has been moved it can cao easily be hown shown by a survey urvey mark made on one of the logs loga in a fisher fisher- fisherman's mans man's cabin near the lake at the time the survey lurvey was wa made and com com- compromise compromise corn promise polut point determined from which the monument was wai established from flOm the low water mark made on 00 the Lehi Lebi bridge by Israel Evans Evan in 1879 by three of at the Utah lake commission commission- commissioners en ers I Israel rael Evans Evana and an James Jamea Aiken of Utah county and Francis Armstrong of Salt Lake City Again AgaiD Andrew Knudsen said aid after we have bave been robbed of ot all the rights they want us u to keep our mouths mouth shut butI I think tha that as a a community we should hould not stand this IA last lait t aggression loD W We tt have bave treated them as a brethren and now DOW ow they want to go ao back on their agreement Salt Bait Lake seems to want it all an and we must take nothing and be satisfied When the agreement referred towal to was wai made Salt Lake canal companies paid parties partiN along alone Utah lake for tor forthe forthe the privilege of raising the water 8 3 feet teet i inches above low water mark marka as al shown bown on 00 7 the Lehi Lebl monument The Utah county people have disputed this monument and having claimed damages from the canal companies the recent injunction was served on 00 parties Interested along the lake re- re restraining re straining them from any further action until the he mon monument could be established by the courts court and our rights determined according to the agree agree- agreement agreement agreement ment J S RAWLINS BA |