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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, April 22, 1905, Image 12

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11 12 TRO T H. I
H ' DUCHESNE WATER SCHEME CRIT-
Bf ICISED.
H -
Br Judging from the expressions of tho
BJ VerhiU Kxpross and otlicr country m-
Bn pers, tjiero la another "nigger in the
Hi woodpile." A plan is on foot to divert
BK tho -waters of the Duchesne river into
Hf Utah county and the pcoplo in the
B eastern portion of the state are an-
H) gry over it. Tlio Express says:
BD, "There Ib evidently something ho-
H neath tho surface In tho matter, be-
BH cause tho government engineers have
BBT ' .reported against government aid to
BDj divert 'any of tho streams except
BHl Strawberry crook, hut tho applicants
Hl ovidently have an idea that they can
Bf secure u prior claim to tho water, and
H will no doubt ask for a change of
BH territory where It is to ho used,
BH should they get a legal claim to it In
Hfl' the stato ' engineer's otllco. It looks
W liko a Smooth game, and It might
BBg . givo Intending Bottlers no little- trouhlo
BBT . ' and should ho blocked beforo the
BJH foundation for a big legal tanglo is
BHj
BHT The ISxprcss in a previous issuo
BH
BHT "It is nothing less than a proposi-
HHJ tlOn to divert water from eastern Utah
HJB and conduct It through a tunnel Into
BBS Utah and Salt Lake counties. Should
BBB tho schemo carry It would rob Ulntnii
BBV Carbon, Emory, Grand and Way no
HBB counties of water that nature Intended
HHf should bo used within their territory.
BBV Especially will all this water bo
BBS needed in eastern Utah within tho
BBS noxt few months. The settlement o.
BBV tho Uintah reservation by thousands
BHB of farmers, and also tho reclamation
BB8 of millions of acres along tho Green
BBS river in both Grand and Emery coun-
IBBJ ' ties, and also some in Wayno county.
BBS rondors this proposition to steal tho
BBflj ' water that naturally flows into Groon
BBB ' river, a serious affair.
BHTj 'I 'r"Tho Bchomo needs Investigating,
BBB ' and In order that ono shall ho mado
BBS I it would bo well that protests should
BB bo filed with tho stato engineer be
BBS ; foro tho IGth day of April,
BBB "Ono seemingly sorpentlnq aspect
BBB about tho wny Frank 0. Kelsey, tho
HHH applicant, and tho stato engineer's
BBS ofllco, under A. F. Doremus, proposes
BBn to railroad this seizure pt water to
BBjEJ a successful conclusion, Is tho fact
BBw that the notice legalizing U,M being
BJBffi published in a Salt Lako paper In-
BHKi - stead of tho Vernal papor, which is
BBflm printed within a few miles of tho
BBB point whoro it is proposed to divort
BBJ tho wator from its nntural channels
BBjnH and send it to soma other points Hint
BJBRjt 'aro already well supplied with water.
BBJtffl - It Is- safo to stato that thoro are 25
BBJHjf copies of the Express (which by tho
BBP way, Is ono of tho very host country
BBjgt nowspapers in tho west) circulated
HBJjjg among tho peoplo most Interested In
IHH this water appropriation to ono copy
HHh of tho paper in which tho water ap-
Hi - - plication is burled amongst a lot of
BWHJKi Snlt I.nko City local advertising
BUnR' which not one country reader ever
BjKJjfli looks at. This mnnner of ndvcrtls-
Sffaj Ing is n scheme originating with Mr.
BHl$if Doromtis, for reasons that ho cannot
Bffln&l defend with any oxcuscs that would
BHbB, bo accoptablo to honest and fair-
HfiWI minded men.
BKtjyijI "Stato Euglncor Caleb Tnnuor owo3
HEEIjI it to himself and those who have rc-
BjlHBjl jioseil confldenco in him, to turn tho
BjBffffl i light of honest Investigation on somo
Hawf of the applications for water appro
BIHIwI , prlatlons now pending in his ofllco. To
HBHJl pcoplo outsldo the clique it looks as
BBjEJa i though thoro wore several efforts un-
HmJI i dor way to graft wator for prsonal ro
IBBai ! munoratlon rnthor than for tho hone-
BJBWa M. of tho common people."
BlKwsfl Tll l0Il,) Times makes roam for
Mra tho following comment:
HHl i "Tho Uintah reservation opening
BlBllri seems to havo many schemes for prl-
MHlwri vntc Interests connected with It.
Kfjit Somo mining companlos seem to
I HrclM havo 80cur0(l n noIrt that tho govern-
D HJpjtjt mont proiwses to recognlzo, and now
,' . f
comes a proposition to divert tho
waters that will ho needed to irrigate
the lands that aro to be opened for
settlers over tho range. Tho land will
bo worth nothing without this water,
and it cannot be appropriated for tho
land until tho reservation is opened
up. Tho citizens of Uintah country
iro protesting against this move, and
Justly. No appropriation of water
should bo recognized that diverts tho
wntor from land on which it naturally
belongs when there Is use for it on
such lands. The United States land
officials ought to aid in sustaining the
protest of tho Uintah county people."
n
COMES HIGH, BUT HAVE TO
HAVE IT.
nends aggregating $790,000,000
must bo marketed by tho Union Pa
cific to consummate Its merger with
tho New York Central and North
western, according to details of the
underwriting mado public yostonlay
for tho first time. Tho total miloago
of tho system will be 3G.244. The plan
of consolidation Is all underwritten
and tho promoters aro merely waltin
for a favorablo time to announce the
consummation of tho scheme. There
13 to he nn Issuo of 15 per cent of
stock made by each of tho roads to b
absorbed. That Issued by tho North
western Is to go as an extra dividem'
to stockholders. That Issued by the
Now York Central will bo sold t"
stockholders at 125, producing $28
125,000 cash with which to make im
provomonts already planned on tho
system. Tho total stock of both road
Is then to ho purchased by Union Pa
cific with bonds. The Central stoc'1
will be taken nt 200 in a 4 per cent
bond, and the Chicago & Nort'-we3'
em at 300, 3 per cent bonJ. Al
thoso bonds havo been underwritten
and enough stock of both systems 1e
pledged to vote for the plan to carry
it through.
o
IS IT A BURLINGTON ROAD?
From th signs of tho times, wo In
for that despite Moffat's denials, Jim
Hill Is backing tho Denver North
western and Pacific, and wo hope he
is. Burlington cars and engines are
being used In constructing tho road
and It has plenty of Burlington ear
marks. Then, too, the following from
tho Boston News Bureau looks signi
ficant: "Groat Noithern It. It. officials say
that It is determined by President
IH1J that tho ousting of Ilarrlman
from tho Northern Securities Com
pany shall be followed by invasion of
tho Colorado territory. A lino with
300 miles now construction Is to bo
completed nt once, giving Hill n di
rect routo between St. Paul, Minne
apolis and Duluth in tho Northwest
mid Denver In tho Southwest. It will
bo tho shortest lino between those ter
minals. Tho present Great Northern
line from the Twin Cities to O'Nell
Nob., via Sioux City, will bo extended
from O'Nell southwest to connect with
the Denver main Hue of tho Burling
ton system, thus supplying the last
link In tho system from Northeast to
Southwest. Tho road, it Is expected,
will be begun this year."
TRUTH
Thoro nro no strings on tho Truth.
W. . MOOQnNIOK. 4. 4. DALY.
PMBIDBNT VtOB-FMMT.
H. LYNOH. MtxtHII M.
Dial) Savings 4 Trust Co.
ALT LAKI OITV.
CAPtTAt PAID UP 1150.000
SURPLUS AND UNDIVIDED PROFITS.. 144.000
Intareit paid on depoilu. Loans on ap-
prOTo4 teourltv. AoU h axaontor, tdinln-
Till 0Jtrnui.DprtineBi Ioaaru
TIUm and makM Abate.
8000"l
TELE PHONIC I
IN SALT LAKE CITY. ""
They are all in tailed.
They are all in the Directory I
Except those installed since F b. 1st. I
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and make sure you are getting- all the solicitors proir, .,el you
Next Time I
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and jl
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106 West 2nd So. St., Salt Lake City, Utah. I
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