Los Angeles, Nov, 17.
As the result of a long drawn water rights controversy, 60 men to-day stormed the guards of the Tos Angeles aqueduct and diverted practically the entire flow into Owen's River, 200 miles to the north of the City. The' raiders announce that they will continue to spill water until the Los Angeles authorities settle the controversy. The aqueduct is the chief source of water supply of Los Angeles. The governor has been asked to send troops to. the scene.—Reuter's American Service.
Lone Pines, Cal., Nov. 18, Hordes of ranchers, accompanied by their families, all of whom were unarmed, camped lust night at the Alabama gate of the Los Angeles aqueduct, vowing to continue to spill water until the authori settle the "water war." The men defied the Sheriff's o: der declaring—that nobody except the militia could force them to withdraw. The to vouchers d that when the aqueduct was built it was agreed that they should get 40 per cent. of the water for irrigation purposes whereas they got nothing—and suffered great damage—Reuter's American Service,
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