The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1905-04-11

so much money and was one which
presented no very great difficulties.
and it was considered for the best in
terests of the state to present that
proposition and to ask that there be
set aside 100000 for Idaho 1t was
not understood here that of necessity
this full amount would be used at
Minidoka. We were DESTROYS. how
ever, of securing this generous sum
for use in Idaho. ! myself would have
been perfectly willing, and would be
perfectly willing at the present time.
il the entire Mididoka project could
charge of irrigation works through
out the entire United States and who
are responsible and will be accounta-
BILE for the proper as well as the best
and most useful distribution of the
reclamation fund. have come to the
should be held in allegiance until the
most feasible gravity system can be
completed. This is their fixed determi-
nation, az l understand it. and APP
plies not only to Minidoka but to all
other places i'm all other states and ter
ritories where the pumping system is
necessary for reclamation. Neither
myself nor Senator Hepburn nor Con-
gresham French had anything what
ever to do with the department reach
ing this conclusion. Taking everything
into consideration they thought it pro-
per. From the estimates which have
been made. million and half dol
lars at the outside could only be ex-
pended on the Mididoka project. the
pumping system being eliminated by
their matured determinations; the bal
ance Of the 100000 which was ap-
propriated for Minidoka would have
been expended in some other state If
not in Idaho.
Originally. / myself, favored maxi
ing the Boise-Payette proposition, the
first proposition in the state, and so
informed those in authority person.
ally and in addition to that filed let
ter with the secretary of the interior
asking that the Boise Payette be. made
the first proposition. The situation
would not permit Of this, however,
cred first. If the $4,000 900 had been
set aside for the Boise -Payette pro-
ject instead of the Minidoka l would
have favored taking part of that fund
and applying it to Minidoka or some
other Idaho project. The Minidoka pro-
ject will be completed in due time, be-
cause it is anchored with the work
that is being done there. and the Boise
Payette project in it's entirety will also
be completed in time. because it is
anchored with the money which will
be expended there.
The aim of the representatives of
the state here should be the greatest
OF the state and not the
greatest development of any particular
locality of the state 1t Is our duty,
not having any personal interest in
the section. to endeavor to do the best
for all sections and in this way aid
as much as we can in the development
and growth of the entire state.
wish it were so that we could have
four or five projects in different parts
of the state under operation at the
same time.
Il have written you thus fully in Or
der to explain the situation as under
stand 1t. The main fact, which stands
forth prominently, is that those who
have charge and who are responsible
have concluded to defer extensive irri-
CATION under the pumping system for
the present.
You must admit with us that there
Is no finer section OF land anywhere
in the entire west than that which
will be reclaimed under the Boise Pay
cite proposition.
Il regret the disappointment which
has come to many people around Min
idoka. hope certainly. however.
that eventually their land will be wat
cred by the government will somewha,
mitigate their disappointment"