Eureka Reporter | 1917-08-03 | Page 3 | County Attorney Bryan Refuses to Prosecute

county attorney bryan refuses to prosecute i william A bryan juab county at torney lias written to ira R brown ins ing secretary of the state road com kisslo olt 0 ll 11 denying that farmers near hive irive purposely allowed their irrigation Irrig atlon ditches to into the road so that the agriculturists might be paid ter for rescuing bogged in the f muddy roads bryun bryan declares charges that he himself has failed in his official du ties by not prosecuting certain farm ers are ridiculous he ile points out that at many points the ditches are much higher than the roads and that during the rainy season the lincoln highway is naturally in a boggy c con on dicion with only a solid crust of six in inches c he or so aver a soggy base As to ov overflows from the ditches mr bryan says they are accidental and Bryal have pc cured only when freshet wat er filled the ditches beyond their ca pacify bryan further scores browning for demanding that the alleged of fenders be prosecuted declaring that he will not institute any prosecutions unless he shall be furnished better evidence than browning has so tar far presented