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Show NYE OPPOSES PURCHASE, City Attorney's Attitude In Mattress Factory Matter. (Sjn lay's Pilly) Many pcrBnna nre under tho Imprea-slon, Imprea-slon, It Beems. that Clt) Attorne) Nye either adtotated or failed to oppnse the tecent purchase b) the city nf tho Utah Mattress nnd Manufacturing com-pan) com-pan) a water rlghta In the Jnrdan rlter Thla digression does Mr N)e great Injustice, us he lealousl) and cnnslst-cntly cnnslst-cntly opposed the purchase frnm tho time the matter was llrst suggestel until the deal was tlnall) closed The fnct that n number nf people hae been boiling the City Attorney In some degrees lesjonslble tor n transaction trans-action which cost the city tCifm In cash, and for which noUilngjhns been re-celt re-celt ed so fnr, beciTme knnwn to Mr N)e yesterday for the llrst time Inasmuch In-asmuch na he wrote two letters In op-rosltlon op-rosltlon to tho proposed transfer while (he offer of the mattress mmpany waa pending before the Council bnth nf which were publlshel In the newspa-peu newspa-peu Mr Nye la Inclined to think th it the public la sometimes too careless In tho mitter of attaching blame to their offlelil aertants for nllege 1 neglect of HUNTING A SCAPEOOAT er N)e wns nlo disposed at first tn think snme mnllclnusly disposed person wns tr) Ing tn dn him nn Injury hy circulating cir-culating tho report that he had fa-nrcd fa-nrcd the deal with th, mnttress coin-pan) coin-pan) Hut ns he knows of nn one who owes him a gru Ige." ho did not hold this opinion ter) Inng ..kf-k'".'0 '.'",H "l,nnl n " In which the publh was Inoklng for n sonpegoat sill he. "nnd tho tholce fell uron me Now I do nnt as a rule pay much attention to reports and rumors ru-mors which misrepresent me but In thla Instance I do not care to remain quiet while I know that icituln people nn. sa)lng that I cither fatnred the mattrcBB mmpany denl or was not openl) opposed to It. The truth la that I did oter) thing In ni) power tn pretent that deal from go-Ing go-Ing through It wna so palpably nne-I nne-I led. J prnposltlon that I coul I not understand un-derstand how an) body hating the Interests In-terests of the clt) nt heart could fat or It When the mnltress compin) mude the offer I ndt le I the Klnnnco commlt-t,e commlt-t,e of the Council against adopting It After the Count II had nppinprlitcd tho mnnet tn pa) ot r tn the mattress cnmpaii) I wr. le n letter tn Ma)or Thompson daiel May j.'nj in which I used this language ADVIM t AOAINST I P 'In tlew of th pnnilsca nnd In eon Monition nf ih. fa, t that the i.j ri1"hl1.'il,l"'" p' ''rl 'nl a pr mdu-. r ght tn the tt ,i rlnquestlm nnlet,n . that irnbnhlj would be .nuile I wtth long lontlnufd ai I expcnsiie legism tlon I ltiommenl that )on refer Hie I whole matter hark to the Citt c uncll wdh the request tint the) r ind at once their former resolution droning the purchase of this water 'Again whin the Council hid de clined tn res. In 1 ihe resolution nn I hi 1 aoecond time npirorrltted the amount needed to close the onl I wrore ,h Mnor another letter dated July tnth ' In rniitliiBlnn Ihe un ermntt of what the, It) win quire nn I hi i Bimahle certaintt thai It will hv our chase bring on nn unnecessir) and ox penalte lawsuit t.. m the chief nbje tlona to be IT. i.l tn thla prninsel purchnse 'I regret thit i In umatnni. s sei m in mnke It nenssii) fm me to enie, tmo this explatintl ut Inn I am ten atixmiio that in) i oaltlon In this niutei ..hall bo clear b iin.lt mt mil CITY OETTINd NOTIUNO Up In this lime ih, illy hla nnt ip celled the eloi.n mnn,! fe.t nf i i for which It pah! th Utah Muiuca compun) 6o0n in u), Nm In. th cnurt enininlal.iiir J ronton Smith Jl nfferel am i x I inatlnn nf his on duct In innn, tlon with this tr.nai , tltin Mr Smiih h, fore the pur hi -e waa oniianinin it, ,1 i.aureil ih, mem hers of the Council Irrigation committee commit-tee that he wnuld turn the wnter nter to the city Just ob soon na tho trnde was closed He ha" not onlv filled to keep hi" promise, but has declined to offer an) oxi use or explanation SURPLUS WATER The farmers all through the city north of Ninth South streeet were supplied sup-plied with all the water thet neeled for Irrigation turposes )eterdiy The amount ot water In the canal In excess of that needed to supply the farmers iindtr the exchange contract was frnm 2 000 000 tn .100)000 gnllnns Measurements Measure-ments wrre taken seternl limes )ester-da) )ester-da) anl the figures will be compared this mnrntng h) I M risher Iind and wnter commissioner who will then be nble to determine Just how much witer the clt) I" getting from tho lump" In Utin like The third pump nt Ihe Utah lake pumping Untlon wns stnrtcd up )es-terdt) )es-terdt) morning Tin three pump" now In optiutlon are sen ling nbout 175 cubic feet or SSlfi gallons nf water per second Into the Jordan rlter It la expected ex-pected that tho fourth pump will be In-stalled In-stalled In about two wteka |