The daily sentinel., 1909-07-27
AN ABRUPT CONCLUSION
TO INJUNCTION CASE
Is sssnse~aed e4s.s rsrse pxs.s.s.:ss.

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had quietly visited the county, court
and hadthe application for a perma Y
nent INJUNCTION dismissed, and agreed
to have the costs ofvtfie case attached
TO the plaintiff. The costs are not \
very heavy
1t is reported that the attorneys
for President Cropsey had found out
that under the circumstances and ow-
| ing. to certain conditions the, appli-
| cation in its present form would not
stand much show of being granted.
and. TO save a useless and expensive
| controversy in the court, the applica-
tion was dismissed.
This leaves the Palisade Irrigation
| fight Just where il was before the
temporary injunction was secured
| No settlement has been effected. no
| compromise made: and. for this rea-
son. many of the growers today were
heard to express dissatisfaction over
the dismissal of the case without
compromise or a settlement that
would do away with any further
| trouble.
However. from all accounts and
from what can be CLEANED today by
The Sentinel. some very interesting
developments may follow soon. in
spite of the fact that the Injunction
| feature has been dropped
| The Palisade growers and many of
the growers from the lower end of
the Price ditch tthe district toward
| Grand Junction. came to the city ex-
pecting to be in attendance at the
hearing all day, and when they found
| that there was to be no hearing they
| had the whole day in which to enter
| tain themselves here. On the corner
| of Fifth and Main, in front of the
| Fair store, there was a group of. men
at times made up of 80 or 40 growers
| and again made up of 20 or less, and
this group was constantly discussing
the irrigation controversy. Usually
men backing up Mr.. Cropsey's con
tention that the upper-valley men
We're taking more water than they
are entitled to. and men opposing
| President Cropsey's stand, were en-
| gagged in heated discussion. and at
times there promised to be something
| livelier than mere words All day
| these informal discussions on the
street have gone on and the question
| has been discussed pro and con.
Much feeling has been aroused
One prominent Palisade grower de-
clared today that the injunction pro-
ceedings had been dismissed because
President Cropsey had found that the
order of the board of directors to the
| effect that water would be assigned
ON the rotation system Zone set of
growers getting water today and an
other the next day had been done
IaWay with after a meeting on JULY
| .. and that therefore the up-valley
| growers who would not let the ditch
| riders put down their headgates were
violating no regulation
| Some of the up-valley growers
| were telling today how they stayed
for hours on their headgates and
dared the ditch riders to attempt to
put them down and cut off the water.
These growers declare that there is
plenty of water for all three of the
districts OF the Palisade Irrigation
District and that they in the upper
VALLEY took no more than they were
entitled to take.
On the other hand. prominent
growers in this end of the valley,
| whose orchards are in the Palisade
Irrigation district. declared that the
proceedings Were dismissed because
OF certain technical matters; that the
,upper-valley growers, or the most of
them, under the Price ditch. have not
acted fairly and have insisted on hav-
ing water every day. while the or
chards below them were suffering
These growers declared that. in spite
of the fact that at one time 2,700
inches of water was running in the
big ditch, the water did not get two
thirds of the way down the ditch
yet last year. with 1000 inches run
ming, every grower from the upper
to the lower end could get plenty of
water.
Sensational charges aud counter
charges are being made, and develop
ments Will be awaited with interest.
1t is certainly to be hoped, for the
good of all, that the trouble may soon
he amicably adjusted and every or
chardist cared for in right and Just
manner and with no room for com
plant.
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