The herald., 1895-07-24
H. M. Ames Continues Firing
BrOadsideS
HIS PEN NAME is RIPARIAN
The Latest Effuslon From the Alleged
Water Owner
rr. Ames Quotes the Law and Hurls Pointed
Shafts at Those Who He Claims Arc
Robbing Him

H. M. Ames, who claims the ownership
OF all the water in the river below Vernon.
is making the life of the average coun-
Gilman burden these days. Under the
nom de plume Riparian" Ames shoots
daily shafts of defiance at the members OF
the municipal government, who, he
claims. are daily robbing him of thous-
ands of dollars for water sold, which he
claims by right and by legal court deci-
siops to himself. Riparian" has created
q scare among the members OF the coun-
Gil, several Of whom are afraid that some
day the old gentleman will do some
of them bodily injury. Ames' latest
effusion, circulated about the city hall
yesterday. reads as follows:
For wholesale robbery our city coun-
ellis take the cake. This and former coun-
ellis have taken unlawfully more than
$250,0 worth of water of the river.
When the Off cials OF city like ours per-
sistently and continuously trample under
foot the rights of the riparian owners to
the surplus water of the river, ana un-
lawfully take it all and sell it for gain
outside of the city, they are setting an ex.
ample to robbers and outlaws and law
tIeakers that is pernicious IN the ex-
treme. Law breakers should not be
law makers. While former city officials
may have acted gnorantly in this matter.
supposing the city had right to the
surplus waters of the river. the present
officials have no such excuse, the law has
been published in the newspapers and
has been repeatedly called to the decision
of the supreme court. showing beyond all
question or dispute that the city officials
are knowingly and willfully defying the
law, and without any right robbing the
real owners of every drop of the water
and by subterfuges Of one kind and an
other trying ITO protect them selves from
all legal responsibility to the riparian
theii rights by these contemplate subter-
fuges that are made to evade the law and
the legal responsibility of the unlawful
and illegal acts. This is not what might
be expected of high minded honorable
men that are making laws for the city
which they expect all good citizens to
obey. Not head of water has been given
to the riparian owners below the city this
year, or any other year when it could be
wasted through the outfall sewer or vast
ed in any other way. Quite quantity
of water was let out of the ditch on the
east,side of the river into the old river
wash east of and outside the levee, to
sink into the sand il fact every means
has been resorted to to sell, waste or get
rid of in some way all the water of the
river. SO the riparian rlhe real owners of
it, should be deprived of all their rights.
Can 1t be that we, IS a people, are as
represented by the Portland Oregonian?
Can it be possible we are the rascals there
represented? This wholesale robbery of
Ill the waters Of the river by our city
would seem to confirm that We are, for |
eel sure no city officials in the east would
20 party to such wholesale, bare-faced
!obbery as our city Officials are perpetrat.
n, is I n la fuI T. n nf of 1aos npo
hundred dollars worth OF water per day
without any right. after they have tried
to cover up the crime OF taking it by
passing resolutions not to take it. to pre-
vent criminal proceedings being institut-
ed against them. Can 1t be that We as q
people have become so dishonest as that
we are properly represented by men that
do not blush at taking 800 per day, or
more, Of property belonging to others and
contiscating it to the city gain without
blushing. and when all these facts are
presented to them try to cover it up and
still keep on doing the same thing. If
this is upheld by public sentiment no
wonder the Oregonian should form so low
an ssimatte of us. l would recommend
our .cyy city OFFICIALS to read that article above
A letter from Del Monte. dated July 1st,
Says the race track, which cost $75, 600.
will be the finest on the coast The grand
stand. with capacity of about 600. was
completed yesterday. The interior ar
langements are very com plete. The club
house. wulch is well under progress. is
being built somewhat on the same plan
az the one already on the Del Monte
grounds. The track is within a short and
pleasant walk from the hotel. A detach-
ment OF men have been engaged the last
three weeks putting the roads between
the track and the hotel in trim. The
racing will commence early in August.
Walter Hobart. who is expected here this
week. will bring a string of forty horses,
and the track will be Kept lively after
that time. Arrangements are now being
made for grand opening field day, the
date of which has not yet been derterm-
ned. There will be pony and hurdle ra
eng. polo playing, etc.. and in the even
Ing there will be a cotillion. Arrange
ments will be completed soon and the
programme published.
kilograms for the following persons are
at the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany's Office in this city: Mrs. A. l..