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J . -38- transfers by his uncle, John L. Samples, the Water Commissioner. There is a discrepancy on the Bijou books as to the ownership of Jackson Lake rights under the Bijou system; the Bijou books show 24.0 Jackson Lake rights so owned. The Jackson Lake books, on the other hand, show 21.0 rights so owned. According to John W. "Bill" Samples, the Riverside system books are not kept as well as the Bijou's. Furthermore, the Lower Platte and Beaver and Upper platte and Beaver Canals do not keep track of all of the water delivered to farmers under their systems. There has been considerable dissension under the system as of late, over control of the two Boards of Directors. One faction (the anti-Narrows faction) controlled the District board (and thus the Company board) for many years. In the last three elec- tions they have all been voted out and replaced by pro-Narrows men. Despite this fact the new pro-Narrows District Board has retained two of the old anti-Narrows men on the Company board (Snodgrass and Ambrose). We heard a number of complaints that Snodgrass, George Epper- son (the Bijou attorney) and John W. "Bill" Samples completely control the Bijou system and that they "keep everyone else in the dark". These complainers were not pleased when the new pro-Narrows District Board retained Snodgrass on the Company Board in 1967. There was considerable dissension at the 1967 Company stockholders' meeting at which time the meeting was once adjourned. At a second meeting Snodgrass and Ambrose were named to the Company Board and Epperson was continued as Company attorney. Farmers complained to us that notices of District elections were posted in inconspicuous places and that very few of them ever . . . . . WOODWARD.CLYDE.SHERARD AND ASSOOATES