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Show lO 3. • •'/; Under conditions such as described above tha man in charge is entitled to loyal support of hia helpers, and should have public support. In this no man has bean successful for many years. Thara ha3 always been defection in the employee force, and the praaence of"' such men-as Supervisor Baker .has tended, to foatar it. I never met vy Mrs. Bonneman, the financial clerk, but I fear she has added to the unreat. The lease clerk, Mr. Maclnstadt, would doubtless be " . . . j "•, --.. loyal himself, but.his wife (not • employed) is a source of anxiety and doubtisas gives trouble. Mr. Bishop, tha chief clerk, is quits a good man, but was demoted whan sent thara and ia rather disconsolate. Hi3 wife ia a good woman but seldom let3 a bit of gos3ip gat still. Mr. Bonnin and wife (Indiana) financial dark and property clar1-, respectively, are delightful people, but I fsar thair promotion thara ha3 been a mistake. Tha surrounding public is largely made up of Mormon homeataadsrs on the residua tribal lands. Tha warfare over water rights has always caused tension and always will. Tha 3attler3 have takan out mora water hypothecations than there i3 water to he had. The Indian right3 are paramount, but a3 tha Indians were a-*% using but a small portion of thair hypothecations tha 3ettlar3 ware allowed to use. ~: first gratuitously, later a charge was required, and in sevvral instances they hold rights in the same canals and laterals. Tha 3ettlers in that way put under cultivation, and each year plant, lands for which there ia not sufficient water in the dry season, if the Indians are to have their first shars. It has occurred that when attempt was made to shut off tha water from the settlers they forcibly resisted. Tha military |
