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Show HIIADOATI HAVK HKtXMIV m:i:s iiuum:i) iiv somiotm: From Altonah tome word thnt "all tho government headgate on I-ako Fork river nbovn Altonah have been burned, supposedly the work of Oerman Oer-man sple." It I thought that n fer-ence fer-ence I made to tho headgate on the Irrigation )tom operated by tho Indian In-dian bureau for Irrigating lands owned own-ed by Indian and operated by Indian or their lessee. There are many of these, stretching over a distance of possibly forty or fifty mile nf ranvl and stream, tho government ha several ditches running out of tho Ijiko Fork of tho Duchesne, Tho cost of replacing the hoactgates on some of the dltche might run up Into tho hundreds of dollar. In moat cases, however, once the lumber I an hand a headgate ma bo Installed In a du, and at n total expense or posdlhl) fifty dollar. Absonco of tho headgate, nf course, does not mean that there will bo no water for Irrigation purposes. Inns-much Inns-much a tho headgitto dor not divert tho flow, but slmpl) controls Is. W. W Ha), United Htates nttorne), ha heard of tho case, but up to yesterday yes-terday there seemed to be no Indication Indica-tion of Oermun spy work |