The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-27
Twin FALLS CANAL
TRANSFER REFUSED
Board of Engineers Created to
Report as to Its Com
pletiOn.
TWO COMPANIES WANT
LINCOLN COUNTY LAND
Contest Between Rival Irriga-
ton Companies Is Argued Be-
fore State Land Board.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Dec. 26.-The
State Land Board has rejected tho pro-
posal of the Twin Falls Land g. Water
company TO transfer tho canal system
70 tho settlers BIT tho present time.
Within so days board Of engineers,
eonsiting of ono momhcr selected by
the Land Wator company, sone by the
settlers and q third by tho stnte Land
Board to assist tho State Engineer, will
be selected. These engineers will make
thorough inspection of the entire sys~
TEN and the Land Board will be gov
erned by their report. Should they
and ready for transfer, the Board will
Then tuke the necessary steps to place
the works in the hands OF the settlers.
Both Want the Land.
At a meeting held last week the State
Land Board listened to arguments by
) II. Hays, counsel for the Twin Falls
Land s Water company, and y. NJ.
Ruick. attorney for the Idaho Irrigation
Land company, respecting the appll-
cations of both companies for the seq
regationr of lands on the north side of
:he Snake river opposite the Twin Fails
tract. The Twin Falls Land g. Water
company asks for segregation Of ap-
proXlmately 100000 acres to be watered
from the Miner dam by means of reser
yoirs constructed on the north side The
Idaho Irrigation e. Land company has
applied to have included in its segrea
cation a tract of about 10000 acres
within the segregation asked for by
the Twin Falls company The Idaho Ir"
rigation & Land company is the Boone
1iernshelm project, which proposed TO
use the impounded waters of Big Wood
river,
w. II. Greenhow has been appointed
and confirmed AS postmaster TO succeed
". w. Dunn. Mr., Greenhow will enter
upon his new duties shortly after the
first of the year. He came to Idaho
in 1880 and served as postmaster at
ketatium for the first ten years of that
town's existence.
Right of-Way Secured.
The Oregon Short Line has obtained
right of-way for l3 of the l6 miles be-
tween Twin Falls and Buhl and no
trouble is anticipated in securing the
remainder Many of the farmers knew
nothing of any existing arrangements
with respect to the right of way, hav-
ing purchased their lands from tho
original entrymen. who signed the
agreements and said nothing about
them, As the agreements were not re-
corded and would probably not stand
legal test in any event because the CON
sideration was not paid, matters were
complicated. However, everything has
been Strengthened out satisfactorily
and construction work will now pro-
ceod with Il rush.
Miss Grace Kiersted of Twin Falls
has been selected by Miss Belle Cham
berlain, state Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction elect. as her assistant.
Jesse NJ Burgess, who sold his 100
acre ranch, situated two miles west of
the city, to R. l.. Maupin for some
thing over $4,000, has bought the James
Culton property inst across Rock creek,
for 500 an acre, and is cutting up 40
acres of il into five-acre tracts Six of
these he has disposed of It prices rang
ing from $3.50 to 5000 an acre.
L. j Miller has rented the Messcr
building, adjoining the News building
! on Main street, and is reftting the In
| terror, which he is transforming into
undertaking parlors.
John Austin. ranchman at the Shoe
sole ranch Mt Rock Creek, has taken
| = COYOTES with his hounds since Octo-
| tcr He has a pack of four dogs, two
! steghourds and two crosses between the
stnghound and greyhound. The dogs
have killed every coyote they have
| sighted this season.
Crop Premiums Awarded,
The premiums offered hv the Twin
| Falls Land !S Water company for the
best crops have been awarded as fol
lows:
Oats-Waltcr B, Gordon, Twin Falls,
lOG.3 bushels to the acre, score quality
%, FIRST premium, SIS; F. NJ. Vein
rcimer, Murtaugh, ll9 bushels to the
acre, score quality so, second
Wheat-F. NJ, Weinheimer, Muir
taueh. Blue Stem, 8412 bushels TO the
acre. first, s25; Gotfried Sommers, Filler,
Little Club, 50,S bushels to the acre,
second
sugar beets-F. Lee Johnson, Muir
taugh, 90 9 tons to the acre. and 10 per
cent sugar, first prize, $25; w, S. Starr,
Kimberly. second
Cane-F Lee Johnson, Murtaugh, for
age other than grass, first prize, $40,
Onions-J. r, Newton, Twin Falls,
l7o52 pounds TO the acre. first, $40.
Alfalfa-John Erickson. Twin Falls,
nine tons to the acre, first, $40.
Corn-F NJ. Weinhclmer, Murtaugh,
T b. Perrine has received a number
Of wild Canada geese, which were sent
ia him by W. II Barry from Chicago;
The birds have had thor wings clppcd
aud thcv are partially domesticated The
geese will be taken to the Blue lakes
for propagation.
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