Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-10-15
Mr.. HAILEY'S BILL.
RY WHICH HE PROPOSED TO GRE
ATE A GIGANTIC MONOPOLY,
That Would Own All the Water In the
Great Snake River and Its Tribu-

That Would Own All the Water In the
Great snake River and Its Tribu.
taries.
s7th Congress--lst Session. Printers No., 4O1O.
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
ritory for the purpose of digging,
owning, and 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 utiliz,ng the
me in the reclamation of arid lands,
and for such other uses and purposes
as NAV be deemed practicable and ad-
visable, 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 ol
canals, with lateral branches running
therefrom, on both sides of Snake
river, including the streams putting
into said Snake river, also Boise rive
and streams putting into said Boise
river, at such points on said Snake
river and Boise river as from the to
biography of the country may b'
deemed most suitable Tor diverting th'
waters of said rivers and streams; sait
canal to commence at or near tn
American Falls, on Snake river, so a
to irrigace all the arid lands lying Oh
the south side of said Snake rive
from a point known as American
Falls, on said Snake river, down to tn
mouth of Malheur river, below oil
Fort Boise; also from living stream
and springs and Boise river, to flo,
and reclaim all arid lands lying be
tween said Snake river and the Middl
Fork of Boise river down to where tn
main Roise river puts into the Snak
river, bitches and canals to be take
cut of said streams and Boise river a
such points as may be practicable t
irrigate and reclaim said arid land
lying between said Snake and Bols
rivers from the American Falls, o
Snake river, north to point on tn
Middle Fork of Boise river known
Atlanta, down said streams and Yves
to the confluence of said Snake an
Boise rivers; and the said compan
shall have the right to locate, COZ
struct, and maintain lateral or pranc
canals from the main or head can'
wherever water may be needed tt
irrigating the desert lands in said va
leys as above described; and said con
pany shall have the exclusive right
appropriate, flow, divert and distribu
the waters of said rivers and stream
for the purpose of irrigating the ian'
of said valleys, and to charge and &C
lect from parties using such wat
reasonable tolls; and also the right
construct and maintain such dam
sluices, and locks in said rivers al
streams, and such aqueducts, tunne
and fumes in said canals and later
branches as may be necessary to no
divert and distribute said waters; al
said company shall have the right
enter upon and take from the pub
lands any rock, earth, and other m
terial that may be required for
construction of said dams, cana
aumes, aqueducts, or in the maj
tenance thereof; and shall also ha
the right, wherever the said canals a
branches Oass through the pub