The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-11
BARE QUEER ACTS
IN DAM SCANDAL
Witness Testifes to Brady's
Unwillingness to Right
Glaring Defects.
READS MANY REPORTS,
ALL C0NDEMNING WORK
Former Governor Is Declared to
Have Admitted That Dam
Leaked Like Sieve.
Snecial 10 The Tribune.

BOISE, Ida, Feb, 1o-The legislative
committee in the investigation OF the
Mackay dam and the state land boards
connection Herewith was continued to-
day the members OF the Brady state ad-
mnistration being present.
a. l.. Fowler was recalled TO continue
his statement. He explained a visit Of
Miss Chamberlain TO Mackay carly in
August and her accompanying him TO the
dam and her criticism OF the work In his
presence to w. S. Corey Of Ogden. one
of the contractors.
the newly appointed Republican or the
state land board, appeared and the
Mackay citizens asked him for n spillWay
for the protection of the citizens OF
Fowler then read letter from Gogon
to the board recommending the immedi-
ate construction OF illway. that the
lives and property Of the citizens OF
Mackay might be protected. He also
recommended repayment to the citizens
s. SIT .-"'Na' '' '''e'' sNp'''''' i'N'O N'
Tells Of Chasing Brady.
Fowler then read kilograms from Brady
Miss Chamberlain and Hale, the latter
chief clerk OF the state land board. Hale
asked the citizens TO name one OF three
engineers TO be chosen as members OF
u
dam and the Lippincott report,
Then Fowler read kilograms from Brady
stating that j. II. Quinton and State En-
gineer D. G. Martin had been appointed
third member of the committee.
Fowler stated that Brady requested a
delegation Of the Mackay citizens to
meet the governor at Pocatello and Fow- =
and they went TO Pocatelo to meet him.
Arriving there the governors secretary
advised the committee that the governor
was In Salt Lake.
After remaining there two days and
not seeing Brady, they returned home
disappointed Arriving home Saturday.
said Fowler, we received q telegram
stating that Brady would be In Mackay
TO see us and from the message we con-
cuded the governor had been in Poca-
tello before we left; so we wired The Salt
Lake Tribune as to when Governor Brady
left Salt Lake and In short time received
reply from The Tribune stating that he
had left Salt Lake City at 11:45 p. m. on
Friday evening"
Brady Admitted Defects.
Fowler stated that while on the dam
with Brady the latter, said: This dam
I'VE had public ao meeting @ fS: q for him
which he addressed and reassured the
mothers and children that the sptllwas
would be built during the fall OF 1910,
added Fowler
"At Pocatello on his return Brady gave
out an interview that the reports OF the
Mackay dam had been greatly exag-
gerated.'
Secretary OF State Lansdon interjected
his denial Of knowledge of a lot OF the
letters and kilograms which Fowler hai
read to the investigating committee.
FoW'er r pto then read excerpts pit o from & the
report verified In every material partlcu-
lar the report Of ]. II. Lippincott read II
full at yesterday evenings hearing.
l.
commission stated that there was porou.
strata under sixteen hundred feet OF the
dam.
ALI Reports Condemn DAM
Fowler presented a mass Of reports
| from c. w, Fell. the Carey act agent OF
the ground. showing his regular report.
Of the inefficient construction OF th'
Mackay dam. He stated that Fell tolt
him today that he had asked for a trans
fer from the Mackay dam works because
evils TO which he called attention MIR
| Fowler this is all new to US" declared
Miss Chamberlain
Lansdon and McDougall were boil
either Brady or State Engineer Stephen
| son,
Engineer Felrs reports sent to the stat,
land board were read. showing condemna
Fowler read letter from Engineer L
| p. Ellicott, dated August, 1910. statint
that he had made a report the previous
year on the dam for George NJ Bacon
capitalist from Salt Lake City. condemn
ing the location Of the dam and shown.
! that Bacon exercised more nrecautIoi
than the state land board Eiicott's re
! port to Bacon was made in 1908.
j. w. Porterf1eld OF Sioux City Ia. ;
| land purchaser and settler under the Bi,
Lost River project. testified that he In
duced e number OF his friends TO inves
! $4,000 In the purchase OF this land, be
cause he was told that the state lane
| board was back Of the project. Later. n,
| took An agency and located on 1900 acres
| They spent $4,000 on development work OF
these lands only to meet with disap
! pointment
Il wish the committee to know tina
| the state of Idaho has lost Its reputatio,
with my friends in Iowa" said Mr.. Por
terfeld. Our people do not know whom
to blame. but they condemn the condi
ton which exists. which they. under
stand the state of Idaho Is back of"
Porterfeld stated that men sold thei
farms and business in Iowa and came OF,
! to the Big Lost River project. and som
OF them lost all they had on account o
the projects failure.