Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-09-10

was applicable, were in a position to
avail themselves of its benefits.
To carry into effect the terms OF
the law required much new state Leg
islation and the creation of the neces-
sary administrative machinery and q
number of years elapsed before the
real import and benefits of the law
came to be generally recognized and
understood, and it is only within the
last few years that the stamp Of pop
ular approval has been placed upon
this act of propitious legislation.
Those most familiar with its prac-
teal operation. and who have had the
best opportunity to study its scope
and field of usefulness, are its most
enthusiastic advocates and predict
that in the end the development of
the state viii be better promoted and
the interests of the communities con-
cerned better conserved through the
agencies of the Carey Act than
through the National Reclamation
Act
Without effort or expense the ma
tional government passes over its
desert land to the settler with all
possible assurance of it's being inn
proved and made productive and
thereby contributing it's share to the
public welfare. 1t transfers the re-
sponsibility of providing the means
for retaining the land, protecting the
investor who furnishes the money to
accomplish this and also of safe
guarding the interests of the settler
to the state. which is the proper GUS
todian of this responsibility.
While it may be admitted that the
national government has some meas
ure of responsibility in securing the
best results in utilization and
has by Indifference and negligence
shirked this responsibility so long
that other agencies more directly and
intimately concerned have acquired
vested right in that responsibility.
The pioneers in the field Of irrigation
after struggling with the most adj
verse conditions and hardships, and
after expanding hundreds Of millions
of dollars have created conditions, de-
yeloped communities, established sys-
TENS of local laws and have acquir-
ed a practical knowledge and expert
ence that entities them to a prior
right in the exercise of jurisdiction
and control In the work Of reclama-
ton. Therefore. any plan or scheme
that seeks to transfer the control and
administration of irrigation affairs
from the several states to the general
government at Washington is regard
ed as an encroachment upon the right
OF the state and an interference with
individual perrogative acquired under
local custom and law and meets with
more or less hostility on the part of
those interested In irrigation affairs.
The popularity of the Carey Act ar
ises from the fact that it seems to
conserve to the best advantage all
varying interests involved in the
problem OF reclamation.
Procedure under the Carey Act in
Idaho is as follows: An association.
corporation or community of set
tiers may apply to the state board of
land commissioners for the segrega-
ton of the area of public land that is
desired to reclaim. In doing this 1t is
necessary to file with the board
statement accompanied by maps,
plans, ETC., showing the source Of the
water supply, it's character and the
manner of Its diversion, description
OF the works proposed. an estimate OF
the cost, the price per acre that will
be charged for the water-right and
the legal subdivisions to which the
water is to be applied and such other
information as the board may REQUIRE
for full and complete understanding
Of the case. The application is then
submitted to the state engineer for
investigation and If reported on ia
vorably the board then considers II
In relation to its various legal re-
quirements and II 1t meets with all of
the state requirements it is then sent
A~'-N SSSASeoAS VI Tic iulerlOr WITH
the, request that the land be segresat-
ed and placed under the provisions of
the Carey Act and again 1. passes I'M
der official scrutiny. II favorably re-
ceived by the interior department the
state board enters into a contract
with the parties interested in the con-
struction of the works.. The contract
provides not only for the construction.
which must be done under the super.
vision Of the state Engineer and to the
satisfaction Of the board, but it also
provides for the payments by the
settlers, as the work will belong to
the settlers when fully paid for the
time for the final payment being 10
years. The control and administra-
ton of the works shall remain in the
hands of the construction companv
for such time as may be prescribed
by the board, when it shall be turned
over to the water users.
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