The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1908-07-22
Official Paper Of Valley County
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET
THO IS BlRUM, THE DlSTURBER
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when he finds that after all his
land is really under the Dodson
Malta South Side Canal, for it is
there in spite of him after all
and he can't help it. 1t is the
only canal from which he can
get water. There never has
been any other canal contempla'
ted by the Reclamation Service
to water Mr.. BRUINS land.
These are the facts
The Dodson- Malta Canal ex-
tends from the Dodson dam to
Nelson Reservoir and will be
about 100 feet wide that it may
carry a great flow of the river
when it is in flood and empty
the same into this reservoir,
from which it will be taken
when needed for the north side
as we'll as the south side of the
river. This reservoir has a ca
pacity of 10000 acre feet and is
located7 miles due north of
Ashtield station on the Great
Northern Railroad, and from it
the canal crosses over Milk kiv-
err a little to the northwest of
Henry Hedges river ranch near
the northeast corner of Town
ship 80 North, of Range 30 East,
and covers the land which lies
below it on the north side of the
river. Mr.. Birum has told us
repeatedly that his land is on
the north side of the river and
we have carefully looked it up
and find that in all probability
he is right. 1t seems to be To-
Gated in Township 80 North of
Range 33 East about 6 miles be
low where the canal crosses the
river. He can get water from
this canal and may make up his
mind to take it. Up to date,
however, there is no evidence tc
show that he has any such in
tentien as he has never sig NED
up for water and is not mem
Der of the Water Users Associ
alton.
There IS. however, no othel
canal under contemplation o.
construct from which he cal
get water, so that if he gets it a
all, it will come from the mucl
reviled Dodson-Malta Soutl
Side Canal. The Dodson Malt
| North Side Canal will only ex
tend a short distance below
Malta Ito about the Circle Dia
mond Ranch), as from there o.
down the river the constructed
will be very expensive and diff
cult. and for about 40 mile
there is only a very little Ian
to cover. It was never contem
plated to extend the canal fal
\ Their than this point.
Mr.. Birum says:
"They promised it faithful
at the start, but they never in
tended going down the mort
side at ALL"
1t was never promised by an!
one who knew anything about
or had any authority, for it wa
never contemplated; it was a
ways intended to get the waite
for that country from a can;
which would cross the river nes
the point heretofore desert bet
The cost of continuing the Doc
son. Malta North Side Can
down into Mr.. BRUINS count1
was so great that no engineer {
other person have ever conside
ed it for a moment. If M
: Birum would spend little tin
!, in informing himself and lie.
< time in informing his neighbol
s (about the things of which l
: knows nothing) how much nic'
!. it would be. To quote from M
+ Birum:
( Zone member of the bOal
( living near Malta has land {
( the north side; when he heal
= that the ditch was not goll
= down on the north side he MAJ
: an awful roar. He went to Ma
: ia with blood in his eye tellir
& his farmer friends that it W;