, 1912-12-05
THE WATER SITUATION.
b,,1 Made on Bushwhaoking for Informa-
ton. References and Suggestions
Not Asked sts by Judge
Kuyksndall.
Saratoga, Wyo., Dec. 3. 1912

1o .
For the purpose of attempting
to break up political Gunshot
Bushwhacking' methods generally
and especially as the same relates
to the water question in this the
upper Platte valley, l wrote an
article which was published in the
Sun of Nov. 21st last in which
invited such Gumshoers to get out
pf the brush long enough to pub.
lish in that paper over their sigma
tures a statement of facts and not
assertions backing up the secret
contentious of a few men that all
the water flowing in the North
Platte river and it's tributaries has
been lost to this valley through the
fault of our Congressional delega-
ton for the benefit of Nebraska.
Instead of responding as reques-
ted an article or editorial appeared
fnthe Encampment Herald of Nov
R9th, in which the Editor says ::
1--WE are requested to cite the
writer to information that will set
him right" Again the editorial.
pays: IF Judge Kuykendall will
call at the Office of Land COMMITS
bioner Hopkins he will find IN file
letter written by the Commits
B%ioner of the General Land Office,
Washington, D. O., under date of
March 81, 1912, which will proba-
ply convince him hat he is speak
ing, or writing, without due in
formation" Barrying the fattery
personal to myself for which /
hank the Editor the article closed
With: He (Kuykendall) means
% do the right thing, and when he
8 in error as in this case, it is due
% lack of correct information;
hats ALL"
In the foregoing quotations 1
have presented everything in said
article relating to the subject mat
ter of my challenge to my Gum
bhoers who it seems from the first
quotation are still in the brush and
in this case hiding behind the
Editor of said paper.
In answer to the second quota
tion will say that 1 do not have ito
call at the Office of Land Commits
sioner Hopkins" for the letter of
the Commissioner of the General
Land Office of March q, 1872" as
have a copy Of said letter from
Washington and not from our
State Land Commissioners Office
from which it seems copies were
Issued for political purposes the
letter of which has and should not
have anything to do with the ques-
ton at issue as it is a two edged
sword
L also have several other docu-
ments ready for use whenever any
bushwhacker gets out of the brush
long enough to comply over his
signature with my request to pub
ilsh n the Sun a statement of facts
and not assertions establishing
now, when and who is RESPONSE
Die for the loss (if any, of said
water to Nebraska. Along this
line several things happened dir
ectly after the letter of March 21st
was written and locally used
Tor political pusposes about which
nothing is said.
The Sun will no doubt grant
reasonable space to any truthful
james to present such a full state
ment OF facts so that the same and
not inherent people of the valley
who may read both sides of the
question may judge as to the facts
when stripped of assertions.
AS stated in my former letter I
S'ana ready to answer any state
ment OF facts published IN the Sun
showing how, when and by whom
'ne water was lost to Nebraska as
claimed otherwise it is proftless
90 everybody can clearly see to