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Show NOW RELIEVED THE RESERVOIR WAS SHOT OUT ! ! oi'i'KiKs or 'i nr toMi'.vsv HH MMUMl INMtslllJ V1IOV. t H ICnglntt i uml PrrMili-nt iimIii In tint I H OiMM-lMrry HiHtlou Oolng Intti H Mntlcnt Mliiultl) Itchullillug Ta- H km t'p Willi Slut. Uiml Ikinrtl H Mc!iiiiiikIo ltiMirilug lo (liiirnmr. H H Most of Hip illrtHtora of thn Price H lllvtr Irrigation rompauy Inttudlng VH tlcorge Austin It president, nnd J. C. j -H Wheel. in. tnglmr of the project, aro J H tnnklug a visit to tho (lotispborry thla , j H week Official of the tompati) slain I H that the) wire Im Until to disregard H Hie pxploslvo tht or) at first, after the i B visit of Austin and Wluelon to tho H dam break, nnd whin Hlierlff llurna , ! H or Hnnpete county dcclart d that the H ilnm hud not bleu tamptrcd with H Ultir It devt loped Kay officer of H mo t timpan), nun iiip Hiiupcto mnn , fH tunile thla atati incut purely na the re- Jv suit of pi ronnl supposition, ha Imv- ill Ing matte no personal examination 'f t H ' When r. gnrded from n standpoint t of powder or dynamite, the report of 1 JB the blowing out of the dam seemed ij somewhat wlerd," eiiys J A Hooper, II BhVJ assistant setrilnr) of Ihe compan). ll,. VAVM Howtvir tutuol nnd minlher ex- J. kWMBjl plosive whlih n spy might llse would 'f BVJ nnder the thought ipille sensible. ijt BmVJ Tin re would have la ell ll poaslblllt)' 'Tj HhI or Inserting a small bit or exception- ,H nil) high txploslvi down thn core- 1 j wall, tauslng u brwik " I H lie fore miythlug ileflnlt. I done In . ( ll Hie iniiHi r of rebuilding the reservoir r the proposlllou would nnlurully'como f, l foro the storklilil.l.rs or the com H pan) Austin nnd Wheelon are ex- petted In Prim today or tomorrow. .H MiIJ.iiiiikIo MiiUim Hi mrl. H luadeiUat')' or thn spillway nt tho ' north end or the dam lo tarry tli. f H riood vvulera wna responsible for thn jH going out of the Mummoth reservoir L j JH ilnm la the textor ll eeinl-nfflclal re- Ij nH IMirt to (lov Hlmou Ibimbergtr b) r iil (letirge I' Midonngle slate engineer, V fH uflir mi Insp.H tf.ui of thn broken res H ervolr A detailed report on the sub- i H J.h t la being prewred by Mtdonagle f H for preaentatlon to the goeruor H in tonueciion Willi ine repori, tue fH stain engineer will muke uso of pho- H togrtidia taken or (he ruined dam l H II I', ICIilnstliml.lt. a Halt Uiko City '.H engineer, who la tousldvrrtl till nil- I B 11) on mallera pertulnlng lo Irrigation j . H mid dam ituwtruill.iii t ,H Kellnmhmldt waa tletegatetl by thn j j, JH slate engineer to make photugrapha f, H mid h Ihortoigh Inspection or tha roe j '$ H trvolr and the dam, and th pictures, 'H aa well aa hie rinding, will be In- j H iludid In the of filial report lo the '.' governor j f 'IH IhmuutU An liivcvllgulloii. 4'i rH (liwirge Austin, president of the I . H Prl'i. lllver Irrlgutlou isniipun), re It turned In Hult Uike Clt) Wedm s.luy I ; , H of lust wtek from thn (loom lurry , (H dam In compan) with J C Wheelon I H of (larland, the nuiipan)' consulting I 'H engineer "The water inever witit t . JH ovtr the dam at mi) time," declare ' i H Auatln "II la the most mysterious i M otcurreuce In in) experleute nnd we j H want mi luvestlgnllon, not only (Vi i H sutlsly ourstlvta, but for the mike of ) 1 othura who may build dam In the m- I M rultiro we want to gnow vvuat wa n uH wrong und other will want to Know il Ihe some thing fl iM At the lime of Ihe hreuK Ihe wuter H wu receding In tho reatrvolr not I jB rising und wua being released ut tho I'd ill rule or three liundrid stuond-rtttt, i ft ji whllo the Intake waa about u hundreil v I H '1 seciuid-fcet At 11 o'cloik of Hundu)' ' , 4 morning, when the dum wna Inapt ut- i i i4 id, It waa ua dry und sound aa ut any iH time since It wua built There wua not , m Ihe sign of moisture ut mi) point In ' 'jH the eoiit rele Where tha trouble or- H Iglnated we do not know, but It I j :H ubaolutely certain that the water did I not overflow Ihe wull ' I H lliM)Mr la M)llfltil. 'j))))))V The di termination of the director fcl "H or the Price Itlvir Irrlgnllon company WT -H to i onduit an exhaustive Investigation Iff jH luio tlia taiisu or the dam brinik I ex- HI lB priwaed b) Jamea A Hooper, uwtlst- ant aetretary or the compaijy H6opr IE IHf aaya that tho director ore positive K inB that the break did not octur through n SD natural cuusea other than u condition M i B that haa never lieforu been encoun- HL ' ' eH teretl In dam construction KSEi tH Several well known engineers, who KM; IH ure not Interested In thl company," jfffc, tH say Hooper, ' have expresaed them- fifjkv jkH selves ua complately mystified over Wb; M the break Our Inveatlgatlon will bo W,l laH Importuut If we determine tho cause HHh 'lH mid will he or benefit to otheru who U4S49H may Inillil dam We are certain that ljSltB more water wa being released IKtltlill through. the tower than waa bolug tu- Hfnllllil ken In and that the break wu not HwHLI dun to the Inability of tho spillway t &. uurry off tha water" KiH Tho stability of the company ill ft' maM version dam near Prise, whluh with RLIil stood the pressure of tho flood, ha V MIH (Continued on page two) HfrlSI I0W BELIEVED RESEHVOIR IMS SHOT iHII ii'inillniied from pag one InmirMltoTheTarmer the neteeaary ter for all Irrlgatton. aciordlng t Hietier Arnigment lw ! le-en tntfo with other lrrtth)n com-iwnlee com-iwnlee in the illrtrht to uw thHr ur-phi ur-phi water. I Iguilng to llcbiilld. It. preeentatlvc or the Irrigation mpan ent eeral hour at Sail Ike Pity laet Tueialay with member or the Mate land board The .ompanv I wlhe to eee It It ha' any proepecl of b. Ing able to borrow from twent to fort Ihmiaaiid dollar from the rtat having In mind the recomtrmtlon of 'the cnllapeed tlwawbrrry itam In the Uer near rutiire. Member or the board gave no an- i-urme. Intimating that Ihe legal i ietatu r the applh-allon wa In doubt i The representative of the i-ompanv wro told to eee Dant Shield, Mate) nttorn. general, and eotire rrotn , him written opinion a a prcllmln-ar prcllmln-ar to any rurther rfort to inter Into, negotiation ror a kmh from thi elate While much mote than foti thou-, mnd dollar would he nei-ceear) fori the .ntlre recmt tint ln or thi Mam- I moth dam. according to Arthur Kuhn. aei retary or the land hnard. Hint, amount, or even eomethlng leen, would suffice to put It In uch .ondl-j tlmi that It could ! utllled. |