The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-11-21
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pa' !, ,,as clearly designed TO pro-
aa a,s stupendous scheme Of land
nO, st;ng We explained the Carey
I'D It's benevolent purpose and
I'D how the Legislature Of Ida
. sa9 s'd sought to pervert the Ma
'i.,., law, by enabling construction
p'. .n.ujes to secure title to hun
co., ~, Of thousands of acres Of land.
u.noilv, an exposure came IN
- I ~ interrupt, and, it may be
' aon,d, prevent the working out Of
~ Mans of the spoliators'
g Came years ago-it is not neces-
.,rr 10 be precise as to date-some
~. s.,,s AGO a number of prominent
,,,ho Gentlemen, who for the pres
. ont may be nameless, conceived the
b., that there was good money In
...,.tions under the Carey Act, so
,s.v proceeded to have Withdrawn
some 900, 900 acres more or less OF
,L,t snleudid sagebrush plain in the
,ppon of Twin Falls, Snake River.
Rsfore having the withdrawal made,
,owever, they fortified themselves
,nder the Desert land laws by each
hr himself entering a section, and
s,ch having all his relatives and
bOsOm friends enter a section.
more or less, of the most desirable
lands, Their idea, very ingenious
ma along the line of the higher
finance, was first to get hold of as
much as possible of the very best
land, then have Withdrawn under
The Carey Act all the balance, then
DISPOSE Of their Carey Act right"
for ali they could get in cash money
with water right to their Desert
land holdings thrown in. But when
they came to sell the Carey Act
right there we're no buyers exactly
10 their liking, and time was press
ing, because, to perfect title to the
Desert land holdings, water had to
be put upon the land within a given
!. date. Presently a purchaser was
found but conditions were not to
bis fancy. The Carey Act put linn
itations upon profits. 1t said that
The construction company shall re-
ciVe only tair profit on the cost
Of building the irrigation plant.
Fair profit" is quite elastic, but it
| does have limitations. Time passed
on and the original Idaho promoters
beheld that they could not hold
their Desert land entries unless they
could get the water out, and they
were not financially able to get the
water out. They could not sci
their Carey Act right" because the
profit prospects did not satisfy
Now, those prominent Idaho gen
temen did a turn in higher finance
that would make Charles Matthew
Schwab 60 way back and sit down
They wormed an amendment into
The Idaho law creating a State En-
. glneer, which said, in effect, th'
man who builds a canal to diver
the water of Snake River out upo1
Inc plains in the region of Twin
rails, may have all the land unde
The canal for so cents an acre, whicl
. Snot settled upon within two year
after the beginning of work. An,
lucy Wormed in another amendmen
which relieved the State land boar
HOm publishing the fact that wor'
was begun and therefore the Ian
unoer 1t open for settlement. No,
'OeSe prominent Idaho gentleme
uao something good to offer til
''"la capitalist. They said to hin
Ouy us out, and you get a contra
nun the State authorizing you
Nu"fse good round sum for wat'
''Suts and presently the land wi
Unknown in. That did look pl ell
SO0o to the capitalist and he bega
" encourage heart to heart talk
'Ds upshot of which was that ii
prominent gentlemen from Idat
DeSfmnde