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Show EQUAL ASSESSMENT FOR I HIGHLAND WATER USERS I Tho Lohl Board of Directors of tho Lohl Irrigation Company nnd tho water itsors ot Highland failed to got togethor on tho question ot nsBOss-mont nsBOss-mont of stock nt a mooting In Highland High-land Saturday, called for that purpose pur-pose Tho matter was dlBcusscd and finally shifted to tho question ot tho weir assessment which It was claimed claim-ed had not boen paid by thorn. Tho mooting adjourned attor It was do-cldod do-cldod to hnvo tho booka audited to dotormluo It tho lnttor assoasmont had beon paid by tho bench water users. Tho" controvoraoy botween tho Lohl and bonch farmers has boon ono that sprang up oarly ln tho eighties. Tho bonch farmors have beon paying only ono-tblrd as much labor maintenance main-tenance tax aB tho Lohl district farmors farm-ors and yot it Is claimed thoy rocolvo tho snmo privileges. Tho Lohl fnrmors contend that Uio othors should boar their proportion ot tho expenses and It Is likely a court decision de-cision will bo necessary . boforo tho mattor Is finally settled. Tho Highland farmors camo Into tho company In March ot 1880 following follow-ing flvo or six years of controvorsoy which wns finally decided by tho High Council ot tho Latterday Saints church. Tho combination wns affected affect-ed nnd tho assessment proportion fixed fix-ed by a motion In part saying. "And aftor tho year 188C Alplno and American Ameri-can Fork bench bo onlv ronulrnd In work onotlilrd as much por aero as H ' thoso owning lands below, to koop main ditch ln repair." K This ngrocmout fixed tho labor part B nt ono-third for thoso farmors and tho snmo proportion ot cash, in luto K years thu secondary wator ot which H tho bench portion was madi up was B all Changed to primary wator and u B cash tax only Is now lavlod, Any B labor Is paid for at a fixed prlco, It B is thoroforo contondod that tho bonch B peoplo aro now on tho sama basis as Sj tho Lehl farmers In stock and should H boar tho snmo assessment ns tholr shares woro reduced ono-fltth In tho H chango from secondary to primary. B However tho bonch follows soo things H otherwise and tho dtfferonco Booms B to bo widening rathor than dlmln- B Ishlng and flomo futuro court doclstbn B is llkoly to bo necessary boforo a sat B Isfnctory sottlomont can bo obtatnod. B o B |