The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-03
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GOI1al TAKEN 1IOu INC 1uauO ASduCA.
We most sincerely commend the
sentiment there expressed. The
Leader is taking a wise and bust
ness1ike view of affairs, and its
counsel is entitled TO serious consid-
Grafton. Those who have been in
timate1y connected with the organ
ization and development of the
Pioneer Irrigation District realize
that many mistakes have been made.
They can all look back and see
where they could have done better,
but they have also learned how to
avoid many mistakes into which
new men will almost inevitably fall.
One of the important things which
yet remains for completion is sys-
tenn of distribution which shall be
in harmony with, and adapted to,
the underlying principle of the
District Irrigation law. People, in
general, see the same physical con-
ditions that existed before the Dis
trict was organized. The canals
have not changed their features,
but the fundamental idea of man
agement has been revolutionized.
Heretofore, it was purely question
of selling water at so much an inch.
Now it is not a question of selling
water at all, but a question of divid-
ing the available supply among the
owners in the most just and eco
nomical manner possible. People
have been in the habit of going to
the water merchant, so to speak,
ordering what they wanted and
holding the dealer responsible for
delivery. The dealer made his own
terms and conditions, having in
view only the resulting profit to
himself. Now, the people select
from themselves certain individuals
and impose on them not the delivery
of so much water to each customer,
but an equitable division OF what
ever water there may be among all
the people OF the District. This
involves not alone economy of man
agement, but economical use q
water supply, as we'll. One of the
greatest obstacles to be overcome in
the establishment of new system
OF distribution is the unwillingneSs
OF the people themselves to submi,
to a change of habit or custom
They say, we have always done i
this way, or that way, and we pro
pose to stick to it. During tn,
past year, every effort of the Direc
tors to establish a system in har
uony with the plans adopted, which
were first recommended and ap
proved by the State Engineer, wa
met by determined opposition. TIL,
Directors have been greatly embar
raised and the progress of the Dis
trict seriously impeded because Q
the indisposition of people to cheer
fully acquiesce in necessary changes
but these changes must be made
The plans adopted must stand; no
only because they are the founda
ton upon which rests the entir
District structure, but because the
are an embodiment of correct an
lasting principles. Let a new boar
of directors come in without a
adequate knowledge of these thing.
and the chances are that they wi
yield to the opposition of misguide
and un:nformed people,, and instea
of pushing directly onward, hesitat,
halt and mayhap turn back, thu
retarding rather than facilitatiu
progress to ultimate ends.
Other potent reasons could |
given for charging the people to a
with great caution and deliberate
in the matter of selecting directo
at this time. No doubt they wi
hear many criticisms of the prese'
management, some of them Jus