The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1895-07-20

TO be prescribed by the board.
No one person may file on more than
100 acres Of land. The eniryman must
certify that he makes the entry Tor the
purpose Of reclamation and actual cult
walton before fling
lie must have made arrangements
with the parties constructing the works
for the purchase Of perpetual right for
sufficient water 10 insure the perma-
nent cultivation Of the land entered by
him.
The land as soon as entered becomes
security FOR the payment Of the price
for the water right This lien is para
mount to any other lieL or mortgage.
The right to the use Of the water be-
comes attached to the land for which
IL was purchased and can never be sew
cred from t.
Some Of the advantages which this
new law offers to the investor are:
First-IIe will deal directly with the
state
Second An details as to price per
acre Of water right, times Of payment.
annual charges for maintenance, meth
DDS Of enforcing payment, 'the ultimate
interest Of the settler in the works, are
all definitely settled by law or by con
tract with the state before even an APP
plication for hling on the land can be- con.
sidered, so that no well founded dissatis-
faction can ever arise on the part Of the
settler.
Third The land will remain open for
entry by actual settlers or IL will ha, e
been taken up by settlers who have
purchased water rights and who are
compelled by their contracts TO contrib
ute to the cost Of operating the irriga-
ton works, who. IN pure self defense.
will be compelled to keep their lands
in cultivation In order TO get from them
the means TO pay what may be termed
the fixed charges on their lands.
These fixed charges will attach to the
whole land owned. whether in cultiva-
tion or not This payment on the
whole land owned, instead Of only on
the land actually cultivated, VIII cor
rect one Of the worst features Of the
present condition of canal properties as
investments. viz; the ownership of lands
by individuals, who do not cultivate IT,.
who use no water on IL, and who are
not compelled to contribute anything
for the maintenance of tn" works from
which their lands derive their principal.
IL not their sole value.
Fourth-The absolute certainty that
the water rights sold will be paid for, no
better security can be made than the
land with the water attached.
Fifth The low price $50 cents per
acre. fixed by the law for the lands.
will induce rapid settlement. and will
insure TO the constructors of the work
quick returns on their investment As
soon AS the lands are an filed on. the
constructing companies will have been
fully paid either in cash or by abso-
lutely first lem on the land and the
water necessary TO cultivate il: these
liens will undoubtedly command par.
probably a premium in the money
market When the water rights have
all been sold aud paid for. the interest
of the parties constructing the works in
the works themselves will have passed
out Of their hands and will have become
attached 10 the lands for whose rcclama-
tion the works were constructed.
Under this law the settler will secure:
First Cheap land go cents per acre..
Second-Cerlainty Of water supply
No contract will be entered into
under this law until after thorough
examination of the plans and country
has been made under the supervision
OF the state officers and they have sat
ished themselves that AN ample supply
of water is available for the reclama.
tion of the land included in the con
tract. that the works proposed to be
constructed are fully adequate for all
time To deliver tho amount Of water
necessary for the reclamation and con.
slant cultivation OF an the lands en-
braced in the district covered by IN,
contract An plans for these work,
must be submitted to the state engineer
for his approval before they can ever
be considered by the state board Of Ian,
commissioners.
rhird-ln each district the cost o
water will be- uniform to AN. whethe
near or remote from the main canal
free from any ADDITIONAL cost for later
ais. The water will be delivered to SOM
convenieIt point ON the land for whicl
the water right Is purchased
This will obivate fruitful cause o
trouble and dissatisfaction. VIZ: tn
ownership aud management of the dis
e tributing laterals by the Individual ia
, rigators. Under the law the distribul
ing laterals will be part Of the genera
E system. their construction. maintenance
q and management will be provided 10
T ont Of what may be termed the genera
e fund Of two district
I Fourlh-The title % the land am
I. water viii be inseperable; the irrig,
. zion works will finally heroine the rr,