[jimtorr]

To my knowledge he was never accused of diverting a river or a stream, was he?

Yes, he was, and that was the entire point. He was diverting one of the tributaries of the stream that Medford gets it's drinking water from.

[Larry - Moe and Curly]

“Yes, he was, and that was the entire point. He was diverting one of the tributaries of the stream that Medford gets it’s drinking water from.”

This was not the stories I read. If this is what he was doing, then he was wrong.