Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-10-07
Mr.. HAILEY'S BILL.
RY WHICH HE PROPOSED TO GRE.
ATE A GIGANTIC MONOPOLY.

ALE A GlGANl1C MONOFOLY,
That Would Own Ali the Water in th'
Great Snake River and Its Tribu
taries.
lOfhcial copy.l
a7th Congress-1st Session. Printers No., 1910
In the House of Representatives
January 80, 1882. Read twice, re
ferred to the Committee on the Public
Lands, and ordered to be printed.
Mr.. Ainslie introduced the follow,
ing bill:
A bill relating to the Idaho Land and
Irrigation Company, and providing
for the reclamation of arid lands in
Idaho Territory.
WHEREAS, The Idaho Land and
Irrigation Company has been incor-
porated under the laws of Idaho Ter
rtorv for the purpose of digging.
owning, aud maintaining canals and
bitches in the Territory of Idaho, and
OF directing thereto, from living and
natural streams, water courses, and
springs, water, and of selling or other
wise disposing of and utilizing the
me in the reclamation of arid lands,
and for such other uses and purposes
as may be deemed practicable and ad-
visabIe, and of acquiring and re-
claiming waste lands, and improving,
selling or otherwise disposing of the
same; therefore,
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States of America in Congress as
sembled, That the right is hereby
granted to the said Idaho Land and
Irrigation Company to locate, con
struct, and forever maintain canal or
canals, with lateral branches running
therefrom. on both sides of Snake
river, including the streams putting
into said Snake river, also Boise river
and streams putting into said Boise
river, at such points on said Snake
river and Boise river as from the to-
pog'aphy of the country may be
deemed most suitable for diverting the
waters of said rivers and streams; said
canal to commence at or near the
American Falls, on Snake river, so as
to irrigate all the arid lands lying on
the south side Of said Snake river
from point known as American
Falls, on said Snake river, down to the
mouth of Malheur river, below old
Fort Boise; also from living streams
and Springs and Boise river, to flow
and reclaim all arid lands living be-
tween said Snake river and the Middle
Fork of Boise river down to where the
main Boise river puts into the Snake
river, bitches aud canals to be taken
cut OF said streams and Boise river at
such points as may be practicable to
irrgate and reclaim said arid lands
lying between said Snake and Boise
FLYERS from the American Falls, on
snake river, north to a point on the
Middle Fork of Boise river known as
Atlanta, down said streams and west
to the confluence of said Snake and
BOISE rivers; and the said company
shall have the right to locate, con
struct, and maintain lateral or branch
canals from the main or head canal
wherever water may be needed for
I,rrlgating the desert lands in said val
leys as above described; and said COM
pany shall have the exclusive right to
appropriate, flow, divert and distribute
the waters of said rivers and streams
Tor the purpose Of irrgating the lands
OF said valleys, and to charge and col
'ect from parties using such water
reasonable tolls; and also the right to
construct and maintain such dams,
s'u'ces, and locks in said rivers and
streams, and such aqueducts, tunnels
ana iiumes in said canals and lateral
branches as may be necessary to flow,
"lvert and distribute said waters; and
said company shall have the right to
enter upon and take from the public
lands any rock, earth. and other ma
'enai that may be required for the
construction of said dams, canals,
"omes, aqueducts, or in the main
!enance thereof; and shall also have
,he right, wherever the said canals and
ranches pass through the public
lands, to take, occupy and use .he
pubic lands as right of way for said
canals and branches, not exceeding
TWO hundred feet in width on eithe,
s'"e thereof, and also the like right of
way over and through any lands
owned by individuals; and in case the