The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-13
MUST HAVE WATER
People Interested in Arkansas
Valley Meet in Convention.
MANIC PROCURE EVIDENCE
Request Made to Attorney
General 10 Appoint One.

The Arkansas Valley Protective Associ-
alton met yesterday in the council cham
Der of the city hall. The delegates were
very enthusiastic over the meeting. T. S.
Eckert, of Arkansas City, chairman of
the association, called the meeting 10
order at o'clock He stated the pur-
pose Of the convention TO the delegates,
that they were to find some way to
gather evidence for the use Of Attorney
General Goddard in his plea before the
United States supreme court this winter.
Some very interesting and enthusiastic
speeches were made by various delegate ties.
The first business that was transacted
was the election Of Major Sleeth, of Ar
kansas City, as secretary of the conven-
ton.
Captain Ashbaugh, of this city, was
called upon for a speech. as he has been
working upon this case for a number of
years and had had several conversations
with the attorney general in regard to
it. In his opinion the best way to get
testimony on this case was to have some
man appointed who should go to the old
est residents along the Arkansas river.
from the Colorado line to Fort Gibson,
Arkansas, and take dispositions of those
residents. He said that anyone would find
in this work that a great many who lived
along the river and had not observed the
different features Of the river from time
to time and would not make good wit
nesses. Some men who were very close
observers and had made a study of the
river, could make some very definite
statements in regard to it. de said that
it would be necessary to get very large
nunbe rof witnesses. The man appoint
ed to do this work should take the testi-
Tnony of these persons and tabulate il in
such a way that the attorney general
would have no trouble in making his plea.
The case will come before the supreme
court this winter and the evidence should
be in the hands of the Kansas attorneys
as soon as possible. Mr.. Ashbaugh fav
ored the passing of a resolution instruct
ing the attorney general to appoint some
capable man TO do this work and pay
him out of the fund appropriated for this
work by the last legislature. Mr.. Ash
baugh worked before the last legislature
to get an appropriation for fighting this
case and was successful TO the amount of
$500. He was in favor of using some of
this in getting the information desired.
He stated that this was not going to be
a little fight, but that the people along
the Arkansas river in Colorado We're go
ing to fight this thing from the word
go and there was no Iet-up to them.
They have everything at stake and have
plenty of money TO fight with.
Col. G. S. Hartley of Arkansas City,
moved that a committee of three be ap-
pointed TO draft a set CT resolutions, in
structing Attorney General Goddard to
appoint some person to collect the evil
dence needed. The motion was carried
unanimously and Chairman Eckert ap-
pointed the following delegates as men,
hers Of that committee: G. S. Hartley,
Senator John Kelly and F. NJ. Deffimyer.
The convention then adjourned while the
committee was working on the resolu-
ton. The following is the resolution
darfted:
Resolved, That it is the Judgment of
the delegates attending this meeting of
the Arkansas Valley Protective Associa-
ton, that Attorney General Goddard be
requested 70 APPOINT some suitable person
TO collect and tabulate the evidence that
may be needed TO sustain the facts al
legged in the bill Of complaints filed in the
case Of the state of Kansas versus the
state of Colorado.
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