The document Local Fights To Use Water in Far Cry 5 appears to be a short article from a local newspaper, and can be found on an end table next a white chair in the kitchen of Richard "Dutch" Roosevelt's underground bunker. It can be found as soon as The Junior Deputy is free to explore the location.
The article details Dutch Roosevelt's detention on contempt of court charges relating to statements he made during his 2014 trial for illegal rainwater collection.
Local Fights To Use Water[]
- Richard "Dutch" Roosevelt served two nights in jail for
contempt of court after contesting his right to collect
rainwater in what the state has defined as a reservoir.
"Mr. Roosevelt has operated this rainwater collection
without a proper permit, in flagrant violation of
Montana laws," said the Water Resource Department
deputy director, Edwin Garcia. Mr. Roosevelt is
contesting the charges.
Trivia[]
- Dutch's trial is reminiscent of the State of Oregon v. Gary Harrington[1] case
- Gary A. Harrington was sentenced to 30 days in jail for illegally collecting rainwater in three reservoirs on his property. Harrington had also appealed the conviction to the Oregon Court of Appeals.
- On December 24, 2014, the Court affirmed the ruling of the Jackson County Circuit Court. The similarity is even more evident after reading the statement of Oregon Water Resources Department Deputy Director Tom Paul: "Mr. Harrington has operated these three reservoirs in flagrant violation of Oregon law for more than a decade”.
- This article would seem to have been written around roughly the same time as Hope County Chronicle reporter Jeb Boydt's letter, and given the extremely provincial nature of both the charges and the case, may have even been written by Boydt for the Chronicle.
- Like Boydt's letter, this article predates the events of the game by several years.