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Show FARMERS BUSY IN l' I 'ITER SUPPLY u! ' QUESTION I ii:im.(i vr ntici: umkihi.y jH 1 .VrmXIIHI) WIIDNILSDAY. i H H Itlrrclor nml Otritrm or I'rhv Itltrr tM I Irrigation t'oinpmi) Akiil to Conic 1 Item unit itirer Willi IniiI Own- H I cm -or Until nml Wnlrr Hindi Mar iWt Take Hold If IV-ople Art- Agm-ahle. jH I : " " D ( Wednrsilny nftrrnoon last there was 1JH ii meeting of stockrtntdrr of I'rlco 'M nnd Milnlly of the l'rlce Itlver Irrlga- , .tlon conipany It object was to see JxB where wo are at" since the breaking Inf the Mammoth resen'olr dam, Home jH lthlrt).rive or forty person were pros- . M rut while numerou one held prox- ' M li for or represented other stock- (S lholiler. Henry tl. Mnthls wn chosen j H 'rhalrmnn of the gallierlng nnd Hen- , H ton Itnndolph, secretary. The meet- H ling wa first suggested by lirn tlun- Iderson of l'rlce . ', IB INuuieroii person talked of the , 'm roiiditloiis that now imperil the own- 1 'ijH er or hind nnd water under tho JB Item, It seemed to be the nlmost IB unanimous sentiment that thn statu , jB ,be Induced. If possible, to laku over ' JB 'the proposlrrnn. Talk went made ,, i jH nlong these line hy t'hrl K. Jensen ?' and olher. Jensen stating that he h, Q I had talk with two member, of the ., 'slate land hoard while lu Halt !.nko V Icily the first of Hit week. These j M memher. he said, looked Willi favor i) 1 I upon the plan. I ',M On motion of Carbw (lunderson thn L AM chair iininnl n committee of three to i UH ask the ofricem and directors, both or L. JH either, lo come to l'rlce nt their rnrll- I' fsH est convenlenie to talk iimttir over 1 iM with settler under the system nnd tho f 2M user 4ir water, ir the dlrcetor nnd 1 Ji offlirr nf l'rlce HUer Irrigation com- , I ') nnny tmiiiot come lure a committee e, "aH I to go to Hall Uik City und confer 9 "'.B with Ihrtii. Thl committee I torn- M JM pimrd or Carlo Oondersun, UhrU K. S, JH Jensen and K. M. Humnrr. '! All of Hie innal iHimpaule on the ty H I'rhe rlier have agreed to loan water j! 'JH to thoNe requiring It under the l'rlce P river Irrigation system four dny of the i; ! week Krlday. Haturday. Hundny L ! and Monday. Surplus water of the FT l.lltle (loosoherry reservoir owned by I '1H I'nlrvlew people. Imve also been prof- r H fired, a well UN Hint of the K)line n ,' B reervolt of the Hulled Slates I'll el j , jB company. Knough water I going t M down the big canal for nil culinary i nHJ purpose, so that resident under It J? ii.HJ are not suffrtlnr. " SlHj J. II. Iiutaiid, n member nf l'rlce ?H lllver Irrigation company' hoard of -." .HJ dlreelnr. will nttend a board mretlng V W or the company at Halt IaUo City to- ' 11 morrow (Haturday) forenoon. At this JH meeting it dale will be fixed for com- . flH lug to l'rlce. When the date I known . H Chairman Mathl will call tho second IHJ meeting of those who convened Wed- Kl nesday afternoon, nnd at which ru- . ' 3HJ lure plan or tho company und stock- & holder lu the project "III he an- A i nounced. ,' B Krom present ludlcnllun It looks J( WH a ir l'rlce Itlver Irrigation company f I soon to be h thing or the past. ( HJ HITXIAIi ACJILST IH IAKIN(J H iNViTKJ.vrio. or hiu-mc l H Information that ttjnamlte nxplo- j j.!H slou took place In tho vicinity of the f, 1 I H Mammoth reservoir dam a short time ! I tlH boforo It broke, causing more than I C tH one and h half million dollar In dam- . " a B age. ha been placed lu the hand (if 4,,' 1 W the federal official at Halt ltke City. Kl ,W Investigation are being conducted nt is j t(H thl time and from what ha been jV,i; 'IWM learned by special agents of the gov- ijfjj eminent It I reported on good uu- V? It thorlty thot dynnmllo wu used In the f r iB spillway to the dam. !eon Hone, spe- ; jfj clal agent In charge or luvestlgatluiis. v JHJ ha received report on tho uo of t i'fHJ d)namlte In connection with the if M breaking of tho dam, but as to how Ii dB far the report go he would not state l . ! when approached last Monday. He It .HJ iidmltted. however, that ho I making li ! a thorough Investigation or tho Infor- t i U mutlon he bus received mid that th I H Information ha been substantiated to 1 KM the effect that dynamite wa used. a-; 9B Oeorgu Austin, president of the 4 v. ,l l'rlce Itlver Irrigation company, when m IflJJ asked concerning the reports that the ' , federal gov ernment officials had found p IH evidence showing tho Mammoth dam fl ,BJ) had been blown up. said that the M MW1 company had had this Information for , ' BB some time. The engineers' report Hi " BI statu that exploilve were uod, he fa lHJ say. "The director are assured by Kb fM the report of tho engineer that the KB1 IHJ dam wa destroyed hy dynamite," dE 'SLfl Austin said. "Tho report of tho dl- Wf ;HJ Nctora will give Hie fait. We know ftti'tUfl some things which we are not at lib- SflHtiHs! erty to give out as )ct. Tho dam was CsislvlHJ destroyed and on Wednesday (July fsiilHl 25th) tho complete report will bo tWJWltlHl given to the public." wHllHJ lluno Is secretive In regard to the if WiHjl Mammoth dam Inveallgatlon and de- fltUBvfHJ sired to know from what source the SPmliHl report originated that he wa lines- jLjHsHJ Uniting tho matter und from what -Biwail source the Information ramo that hi A'Hssl agent had found that dynamite had R HcHj (Continued on pago eight.) T''SrBVJ FARMERS BUSY III THE WATER SUPPLY QUESTION (Continued from page ono.) hen tixed III the tlclnlt) of the dam. lie edited Ihnt he could not Kit 1 out the delnlU or the report which hud been made lo hlx of f li e In connection with ibnnmlle belnir uxed In the brenkliiR or the Mntntnoth dam, uml nxxerled that while the Information won relkible tip ilexlred 11 roll nnd loin plete Inteetlcutlon In i-oiiiiptllnn with Hip reportx mndn b) blx nueiitx. When nuked hn lo whether or not an agent of the department of Jimtlnt had receltrd proofx that dynnmlle had 1 mixed the dam to break. Hone re fllxed to iiimwer |
