Show ANSWER IN IH WILLARD WATER FILED BY CITY it is A now up to the state engineer to decide whether ogden city 1 a corporation is entitled to wate batera ra in wll WIL lard aaril canyon or by failure to chor else the of the application by which the water was obtained lias has lost title and claim to the illings purchase crl d from prank frank Moore anil antl others city attorney devine perLo personally nally billed nn an answer to the M S browning protest with caleb tanner this morning in the answer it Is alleged that spent money to acquire land and make Improve improvements menta in the canyon while ho linow know that the olty city was waa the rightful owner of the water and that therefore if lie he haj ha been put to great expense which ho he assorts ts in his pro protest Eest it is tits its own huilt fault the title to tile the water was obtained regularly from moore loore et al so it is contended whose claims wore were unquestioned and were wen by I 1 the state engineer as valid in short drowning browning is branded in tho illo answer as a trespasser and without lawful right to the water in answer to the affirmation that the city lost its right when it tailed failed to make the improvements required by bv the granting of the recognition ot of the filing the city attorney brings to his ard the contention that arose over the deal at the time the council first realized they had signed a losing contract as reason enough why it was irn impossible to make the expenditures in seasonable time contention s newspaper accusations unforeseen obstacles sta st a host of troubles the city attorney alleges arose to keep the city perfecting its title to the water attorney de vine went to salt lake this morning to file the answer with the state stat engineer A decision is expected within a short time |