The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-01
BITS FROM BOISE.
Matters Of Interest to the Idaho
People and Others.
GREAT WATER DITCH PROBLEM.
The Party Of Alleged New Workers who
Have Their Eyes on Boise-Some
Paper bitches.

Paper bitches.
BOISE CITY, Idaho, May 30, 1S90.-TCor-
respondence of THE HERALD. IA Repub
lican club containing many of the personal
as well is political enemies OF Fred T. Du-
bois, has been organized in this city The
friends of Dubois, of whom the Statesman
is the exponent, claim that it was gotten up
to ''down'' that gentleman politically,
and that it was secret society
in its inception, conducted upon
the dark lantern principle and
anti-Republican in its tendencies. 1t has
engendered a great deal of i'll feeling, which
is becoming more apparent each day.
There is nothing that can effect recon
Citation save square back down upon one
side or the other. A new Republican paper
is to be started in the city, II will be the
office of the Bellevue Press moved to this
city. 1t viii be conducted by gospel
FOUNDER of the name of Smith,
who was elected chaplain of the late con-
stltutlonal convention upon the express
condition that his petitions to the Throne
OF Grace should be short, which agree
ment, be it said to his credit, he kept in
ulolate. His entrance upon public life in
this manner
HAS FORCED HIS AMBITION
to a remarkable extent. A few weeks ex-
perience in the editorial chair at Bellevue
inspired his mind to become one of the
greatest of mankind and casting his eyes
over the vast field the Pacific coast af-
forded for the dissemination of political
literary pabulum, he has decided to swoop
down upon this city, that never did him an
injury, and deluge the town with style of
polltlcal literature peculiarly his own.
Great events are foreshadowed.
The friends of the statehood move
ment are feeling less sanguine than
they did of the passage of the bill
The dispatch from Washington printed
In IHE HERALD not long since say
ing in effect that Delegate Dubois had be-
come lukeWarm on the subject on account
OF the state of affairs at home was copied
and commented upon by the press of the
territory in general. 1t looked reasonable
upon Its face and was generally believed.
DUBOIS IS INTENSELY SELFISH
in all things. 1t is leading trait of his
character. To oppose him in any matter
touching his interest or ambition is to make
a life long enemy. AS he has neither trade,
profession or wealth he depends upon poll
tics for his means of subsistence He is
the last man on earth to place honors or
preferment in the reach of those who have
stood in his way.
STREET RAILWAY FRANCHISE.
On Wednesday night last the common
council held meeting at their rooms in the
city building and granted the franchise for
a street railroad to Charles Himrod,
George Ainslie, Timothy Regain, William
Janmann, Ben Wilson and John Hunter.
Another proposition was made by A. L.
Angola, Of San Francisco, and a gentleman
from Salt Lake city of the name of Dudolph
Hatfield, wished the council to wait a
month for him to prepare a proposition for
but public opinion would not
have justified the council in making
further delay, and it was the general |
opinion OF the people that it was best to
grant the franchise to such as resided
within the city or at least county, so
anything of value in it our
own cities would derive the benefit. !
to the terms of the franchise
work must be commenced within four
months and continued with reasonable dill
igence until two miles and a half of the
road shall be completed and such compile
ton must be limited to one year.
THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN VERY CAREFUL
in granting this franchise for the reason
that the county has been kept back. by the
operations of a class of impecunious spec
ulators, the like of whom may be found in
all western communities. AS soon as the
price of Boise City lots began to rise in the |
market the county lands rose in value |
also, and men with glistening diamond |
shirt studs. clothed in the most fashionable |
of no,
Of the land register in this city and filed |
claims. These were from Salt Lake City, |
Ogden and other points on the Pacific |
coast. Another organized party came from |
New York city. They were composed of |
both men and women. Arrayed like Solo |
mon in all his glory they stopped at the |
hotel, rode about the city in car |
rages and before they left visited the land |
office and entered nearly a township of |
land located under Hypothetical ditches or |
canals. Then in turn the latter have been |
in some cases with fraud. |
The most striking instance of this kind has |
been the case of the New York canal. This |
was filed upon 1888 and the people |
felt encouraged, particularly the bust |
ness men OF the city, but instead |
Of proving benefit it has been one of the |
greatest drawbacks the surrounding |
country ever had, for it kept other bitches
nenced from being completed. The filing |
was for 900 inches of water, all there IS
n the Boise river at usual stages, when |
many others had filings antidating this and
asst season,
THE NEW YORK CANAL
would not have had drop of water run
hing through it even if they had not for |
,eited all rights in the premises which thew /
nave done long ago. During the whole |
seven years that this filing for water |
light has been made but twelve hundred
dollars worth of work has been done on the |
New York canal as appears from an |
lffidavit recently made by E. 1T. |
desse, county surveyor of Ada |
county and competent engineer. The |
manner of procedure of this incorporation |
las been to issue bonds and place them in
he hands of trust companies for sale at
my rate so that it could realize fifty cents
IN the dollar. In this manner it raised |
like one hundred and twenty
i've thousand dollars from time to time.
he trust company guaranteeing interest. |
The amount expended in surveying. plats.
building house for their superintendent.
md in all matters except Matchmaking. is |
something appalling. They purchased the
Phyllis ditch and have it completed from a
Joint fourteen miles below this CITY to