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<br />-25- <br />III-C, THE NICK DEMITROFF EPISODE <br /> <br />1. Allegation <br />It was alleged that Nie~ Demitroff sold his water in 1964 <br />through John L. Samples and that Samples later delivered water to <br />Demitroff from the river. <br />2, Conclusions <br />We arrived at no conclu@ion about this allegation. We found <br />no evidence to support it and no evidence to disp~ove it, <br />3. Investigation <br />We asked Cecil Osborne 3bout the Demitroff episode. He <br />stated that Demitroff owns a "beer joint in Snyde:r." Osborne "had <br />an order for Demitroff's water in 1964." He did pot believe that <br />Demitroff had run any water to his place during recent years. <br />Records of the Riverside Company show that they rented all of <br />Demitrof~'s water in 1964. osborne was unable to say whether this <br />water wae rented through John L. Samples. <br />On April 6, 1967 we interviewed Nick Demitroff at his res- <br />taurant-Uar in Snyder. Demitroff does not speak English well and <br />was reluctant to discuss water matters. He told US that he owned <br />one Riverside right but had leased it the past two years. He <br />stated that John L. Samples h~ndled the transaction for him, al- <br />though he did not know who bought the water. The water was sold <br />only because the Snyder Ditch was in such bad shape that it could <br />not run any water. He hopes the company will repair the ditch <br />this year so that he can use his water instead of selling it, We <br />were unable to obtain any further information from Demitroff. <br />(Interview, Nick Demitroff, 4/6/67.) <br /> <br />WOOOWARQ.CLYOE.SHoRARO AND ASSOCIATES <br /> <br />-,-----I <br /> <br />- <br />