| Show STATE SIM MAY M BRING CRIMINAL ACTION Fish and Game Inspector Scents Plot to Destroy H Hatchery atch cry CLAIM TURNED ON WATER Attorney General Looking Into Action of Mountain Trout Company The Tho state stale game am anti and fish department made some sensational charges yesterday yesterday yester yester- day as to the cause causa of the tho flow how o of oC water r at nt the tho state fish hatchery Saturday Saturday Sat Sat- urda night which did damage c amounting to several eral hundred dollars dollar and allowed d OOoO fish to escape b by saying that the water was turned 01 on Intentionally b by order of the officers of the Mountain Trout company compau The conviction of or the tho game g-amo an and n h de Ie- Ie Is so stron strong that Attorney General M. M 1 A. A Breeden has he been n asked to bring a criminal action J J. J P P. Cahoon mana manager el of oC the Trout Trou company compan when asked about the matter last night entered a strenuous denial denla to LO the charges charge u He lie continued It was their own fault pure anti simple They dug lug their lr now ditch through which th the water flooded to within a few Cew feet of our ditch through which tho the water from Crom Spring creek creck was running running- Saturday Satur Satur- I lay day night The rue How in our ditch was Increased d by In- one of the tho hatchery r men inca shutting off ore the HIp water in their old ditch nilo allotting InS InS' all the water from Crom Spring creek creel to run through h our channo chan chan- nel no Tho The Increased pressure proved pro too much for tho the weak eak wall that had been left Jett between the ditch and the flO now cana canal not nol yet l completed and the water burst through One of f our men noticed the break at nt 11 p p. p m. m Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day da night and phoned to me m I told toll him to call up tho the hatchery and he did so RO Ono One of ot the hatchery people came cameto to Investigate but allowed the water to run all nil night without making making- an effort ef of- fort Cort to stop 11 it II Jr B. B Cromar state game and ancI fish warden n saul said that he was sure suro the Mountain Trout Front people hail had turned on tho the wat water r intentional Intentionally ly Attorney General Breeden has been heon In In lag ng the case cage but hut a nol as nole yet e will not give o giveout out OLIt whether a n. will vIll follow For some sonic time limo past nast an ill Iii feeling e lIng Between tho the two vo hatcheries has been known cnown to exist the only explanation x that the state fish Osh hatchel hatchery I Is considered as a n. business rival ri by In- Inthe the Mountain Trout company p.- p. t |
