The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 17, 1927, Page 7

Dl)l’! L. !s NEWS bl [CELEBRATION [ ] lnh 3 reports of the FOR DOUG \lm.c\ Is Assured for 'lunv n Island on July Fourth. - Ny AS50C¢ Blrevealed that ibeen collected fized ure a fration Committees and en ) to as ful « were named ements: N Ander Joe Riedi; A. Sh allwas, Mrs. Cha and Of Shudshift 8 0. Kirkham, W Bonner, Cashe ich, Ric d G Decoration J. G di d Entert 5, chairman vinm W rary ereises: 8. C. Lives at Stake and Civil Warfare Looms In Fight Over Walers “ Owens Valley The feud between residents of Owens Valley, from which Los Angeles’ water and the city has broken ont again, The 250-mile aquednct from the valley to the city has T“WILD, WILD SUSAN" JARNEY GOOG NOU ARE AVGT e * LEFT. SIUE (¢ € A MOLE I\ ’ QR _AND oR N(A’ Committ to > oo AT THE LIBERTY TONIGHT Para | wili by night Bebe Daniels been dy namited twice, and blont]shcd is not an improbability. tained over one of the reserve water tanks in Los An"du '\ml a spot on (hc d'l\lul\th that was dynamited in the feud several years ago. 08 ANGELES (L1 ley is on again! . . N sli‘c'cinl (International Newereel ) e Battle, of 0\\. ens Val Farmers along the 0\vens River, in Inyo Coumy, ars massed again in the defense of their life blood—t!m water that runs off the Sierras into the valley that is their homeland. Within twenty-four hours the Los Angeles Aqueduct, Los 'Angeles s chief source of water, was dynamited twice. Owens Valley farmers believe that the aqueduet was drawing off water that nature had given them and for which they, had not bcul reimbursed, and took this means of resistance. .4 The city 0! Los Angeles is taking retaliatory measures. The battle between the city ard farmers is one of long standing. It .was years ago that the city of T.os "Angeles awoke to the knowledge that 1t it was to grow as it hoped it must have a dependable, plentiful source of water. Engineers conceived the idea of reaching 2560 miles out in‘o the Sierra Mofintains and bringing in water to supplement that of the gast diminishing Los Angeles River. The water department, under the @irection of William Mulholland, noted engineer, sccretly bought up water rights inr the Owens River Val- ley. Even the City Council did not know what was golng on until pur- _chases had been made. The secrecy, it was explained, was resorted to keep holders from boosting the price of rights. In 1905 the ‘purchases were ane nounced, and work was under way {fwithin two years, The aqueduct is # sthe largest in the world. Water ‘drained from the Owens River was earried up and down mountains, in pipes, tunnels apd ditches. In 1913 the city celebrated the completion of a project that would bring 209, 000,000 gallons of water a day to the metropol The cost @€ the project ,000, Huge generators power of the drop of the water into electricity. But farmers and business men in Owens Valley were dissatisfied with ' ‘plan, It was taking water that they needed for the crops of the valley, they malintained. Long litigation was " entered into. Adjustment after ad- ., Austment seemed near, but never | ‘materialized. il feeling mounted In the valley, - dntensitied by several dry years that made the need for irrigation water zore acute, “Then In May, 1924, a section of Ji4 the agqueduct near Lone Pine was dynamited. The break was quickly repaired, The grand jury investis ,gma it S 5 A few months later a Los An- geles attorney, L. C. Hall, belleved to be on business for the city, was kidnaped at Bishop, In the valley and set free on his promise never to enter the valley again. Then oa a November morning in the same year a band of sixty men, composed of farmers and Bishop business men took possession of the aqueduct at Lone Pine and threw open the flood gates, Peace officers who appreached. were driven off with the statement that the men would treat oniy with 1-presentatives of the city of Los Angeles. Injunctions wore hurriedly drawn and served on the raiders. They accepted service, made no attempt to conceal their identity, 1 ked with Sheriff Charlie Collins, and refused t> budge, One of their number was Frank Butler, a deputy sheriff, ‘Women folk relayed food to the raiders, and recrulls were brought up to spall those on guard. Among the raiders were doctors, lawyers, and a Baptinst minister, “Most of my congrega'lon is here,” he explained. For four days Los Angeles depend- ed upon its reservoirs for water, Then a delegation representing civie | organizations treated with the rald- ers and promised a prompt and satis. factory adjustment of the trouble, and the raiders shut the gates, But settlements were not satisfac- tory. More dry years followed and the feud broke out again in May, 1926, with the dynamiting of the aqueduct sixty miles south of Bishop, Again adjustmetits were offered, For a while the matter sluwmbered, per- sons in Los Angeles and the outside world believing that Owens Valley- ites wera satistied. . Now it has broken out again. Charges have been set off in the huge siphon below Halwee Reservor, the principal storage point along the stream, tearing a 450-foot gap, and at 8lg Pine, flowing out 300 !oot ot the intake leading to the Rig Pine MUST BEL v To PERMYT (¥ OUR CLE & ERIC VAN dOki : York sc withou There every must be some minute of the h a ho n manipulated a cripple wild rida dodides 1o becom a little 1life uneventful and tor car in a sk tive to inject otherwisc in ex R is drawn, Pictures show a guard main- | ¥ N\ fl/.[ ARE (N Hoiwee Reservairs] | | 1 i the more sinister significance taan the| other raids. The first is so tar down the valley that the purpose scems to | have been to cripple the aystem,! rather than preserve water for the| valley., The.second appenrs to be largely a blow at the power phase of the project. supply of water {n reserva, Those in Owens Valley fear that their lives are at stake, too. Without water they eannot prosper, their | farms, businesses and homes are | rendered valueless, and they W starve. Armed n-ra- patroling the aque- to_kill, and a civik Auct may shoot | minder of his poc | made ,ord of 49 | collegiate /// O¥. TWHAT AN 1 GONNA D02 WHY O T EVER FALL FOR TS T 308 2 VAN HORN ABOUY _ THAT eatures Syndieate, Inc .« Great leads ted house at midn ok and all around ignment her it funny ereupon h an out life a bi with inyvestor L novelty funny and exeiti Wild. Wild i picture, : for th in the Henry lelen H od e ren O ed Ryan O RITOLA T SEEK MARK IN 6- MILE 17 the s tood for ne will be Ritola in a plot, intere world YORK, record ich y-three June The mile rly for has twen years, Willie ampaign the target of sum mer ¢ the C. distance Hugo x-mile event ed out for trail Qui in bo'h an A A, T June 18, and tional A. A. U. champ at Lincoln, Neb., July zoing after the district il titles, R will world mark of 24 59 4-10 Al wember 4 hip here and ek to the ) min which Shrubb in En 1905 In the national event Ritola will he mark v 1 field which Philip f, the young ma Indian, who now holds » have fought it out the Indian runniy to Ritola in the crogs-country event by land lud th title befor ocond senjor year -~ o JUNEAU BOY TIES COAST RECORD IN 440-YARD DASH Edward Peltret, son of Mr Mrs. Peter G. Peltrot, well Juneauites, who resided h and 1own far tiy tied record fin {1 tho Coast a number th wific Coas 140-yard dash ¢ in Los Angeles, He captured firs honors in the race to equal rec seconds, Peltret is a graduate of Juneau Grammar School and vear in the | school, Tater moving to Seattle * he mad | a fine rocord on the track for Lin | u;lll High School. He entered the ty of Washington - thre and has been a mem track team during that meci | the pent one ber of the time, Peltret was picked six members of the University of | Washington to attend the Inter-| Meet at Chicago. The | meet was held last Saturday and | the latest information received | of the meet named Peltret to win | t40-yard dash, | | s one of the | Peltret ed from the Uni versity this y and was select ed 28 a member of Oval Club an | hono ined through work ren- | | . LIBERTY TON IGHT Bebe Daniels Wild Wild Susan Comedy Drama Also OUR GANG _ Comedy MO . 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