Hutchinson v. Stricklin

North Powder river, a branch of Powder river, runs between Baker and Union counties. The water rights of the river and its tributaries were duly adjudicated by the circuit court and confirmed in part by this court in 1915. See In Re North Powder River, 75 Or. 83 (144 P. 485, 146 P. 475). The North Powder Milling & Mercantile Company has a mill near the lower- part of North Powder river, with a right to 25 second feet of water and a date of relative priority of 1870. This water for power is taken from the river a short distance above the mill and conducted to the mill in a canal. It is then…