Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-01-22
lNTERVENORS
REST THEIR CASE
WASHINGTON WATER POWER
COMPANY To REGIN ITS
SIDE or STORY.
Jack" Iiaillager Has DropVca ous q
the Case.

]. s. Byrne testified that be llves
~ Dudley on the Coeur d'Alene river:
that he was familiar with the lamds
IN the vicinity OF Dudley. parslcu-
laFiy the tract a. proxlmately eco
acres 81 meadow land known ID the
Dudley meadow" The glst Of mo
witness testimony vna that the Dud-
Ley meadows were practically de-
stroyed by water h-eked 40 ~ the
Post Falls dam Had also observed
county roads overlooked hy tho back
water.
Titus blessing. whose residence Is
on the coenr d'AIene river. testified
70 his knowledge Of the lands over-
flowed end the extent of damage
sustained On croas-cxamlnatloa
witness testified that he II q party
% q suit for damages against the
Washington Wat Powcr company.
nov pending in the Kootenal county
court. Testified thar 10 had raised
Slid Or slough has aud tame Dr. TIM
othy hay. Had ftd the former To
his cattle. the latter he sold. vii.
ness did not remember designating
Wild hay A. sWamp grass III his
Testimony In the Gaskell case.
Fed 10 OF IL mitch cows III 1898
this so-calied swamp hay and shipped
the milk 10 Wsrducr aud Wallace.
Also fed them bran and shorts. The
public Highways between Medlmont
and Lane and one running south are
overlooked by baekwatar from the
Post Falls dam
Witness testified that his claim
for damages did NOT include land
now damaged. because the Washing.
ton Water Power eompany'a bear
trap dam had been recently raised
and backed the water over more
land than formerly Had put hia 30
acres 70 oats In 1888 aad had SEED
ed II 10 red top the next year. Land
too low 10 grow timothy Witness
corrected counsel in designating third
class slid hay a. eat tails and
PUSHES" admitting that this hay
contained Joint Fushea. not bull
rushes. Cut one and a hair tons
u third class OF wila hay 70 the acre
prior to 1907 Got less in 1898 and
atiii less In 1899 probably two tons
IN 1893. About 20 acres q total
loss IN 1868. Witness testified that
the Washington Mater Power COM
pany had INSTRUCTED the natural fov
Of the water By The Post Fails dam
since 1907.
Witnesses fIErne and Blessings
testimony furnish the hrst sworn
evidence thai county roads and prop
erty have been orerfowed. thereby
giving the county commissioners au-
thorlty to appropriate fteoo 20 pro-
teei the eonnty's Interest
William Doty as REALIZED on re-
direct examination and testified that
Ar. Rainy cut 80 acres Of hay 10
1897 and aboat two acres 10 1903
He stated that hay had been cut bat
It rained and before he eoald gath
81 Il the water raised.
| Attorney Post has kept his eye
open for the appearance Of the ex-
peeted health witnesses the last three
days and has rot faiid TO improve
every opportunity faeetioasiy to In
quire for the sstaEaatIon. disease
and death experts
BaIIinger ouits Ca>e.
On account OF 3 previous engage
meat John II. Baiilnger. junior
counsel for the iatsryenors in the
oYsFaow case. left for Seattle last
evening permanently seyeFing bis
connection with the hearing Attos-
ney A. G. Elstoa continues the case
for the interTeHors.
After hearing the testimony OF
Frank Waters. Johe Waters and ].