American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1907-08-17
CAREY ENTRYMAN
STATES HIS VIEWS
Araigns Canal Company on
Many Counts.
Failvs to Deliver Water. Cebblias Of
Dsst Lad, Cessatiea Of Work
Ansas Alleged Causes for
Dissatidaetisa.

There Is NOT d particle of doubt 4
about cur organizing to protect our in
tercsts, . said Carey land ensryman
who lives near Aberdeen. the first of
the week. I'VE simply have 10 orgsn'
ixe 10 assert our rights or continue 10
suffer lmpositions such as 80 other com
mun,,y In the state has suffered. We
have determined 10 cease trying TO OBJ
tain our rights as individuals and @ili
deniaod shem as an association Of wa
ter ns~rs. We stand ready H. fuitii
our contracts with the company when
ever they fuIiill their sentraets with las.
They threaten to sue for interest. II
they DO ~e viii sue for water. for dam
ages. ard for specific performance Of
contract.
ssNe feel that the company has for
fsi,esi every right 10 oar confidence.
They induced ns. on some Of us. 20
come ard settle on our land under
promise OF having water foe ns. u
year ago the past spring. But they
failed 10 deliver ns water then. and
again this spring. Ne have practically
los, t~e crop seasons, ard the way
things are moving nog We do 30, know
~hnn ~e will get water. They claim
they are furnishing s.s wish wster now.
bat such is mot the case. They are fur
nishing water 10 ihs lsHd owned by
members OF the company. ard insiden.
tally To these whase land latrrsls tnsass
run through In order Ia get water TO
tho eosnp4ny's land The delivery Of
water to others IL = farsss. ard nothing
else. The company rushed work until
they got water oa their own Lara. and
then shut down. Men ard teams that
should be nt work or thr canal are at
~forh an land o~nsd By members Of the
company In orier that they mas prove
up. McanwhiI- the settlers are with
out h~sdgniss. wishou, bridges. with
out water. sIma~t. and see na relief in
s,rhs- In order to water Mr.. Shreck $
land dam MAS thrown serc~s the es-
nal ard the water diverted. preventing
thn~4 below from getting water.
j. X. Shrek proved up recently. r.
A. Sweet il no~ attempting To make
rruof On land on which there is con.
test. and using the same house which
Mr.. Shrek used. simply moving II
ssros4 the road. Not only this. but
through the use Of the names Of rels-
tivcs they are gobbling the best tracts
of land unier the canal for specuIa-
ton. Everything seems to be dome for
the specutstor and nothing for the bon.
sfisd settler.
The company claim that they sill
finish the construction work by Feeru'
ary. that the work remaining to be
done II small and can be quickly accom-
piizhed. ard that water will be on the
entire project in time for crops next
wear. Some of us are not going to b.
fo,i.d by this three year-oId PROMISE
aax longer. We came here under
promise Of protection from the state,
and If necessary we shsll demand thai
protection. No one familiar with tbs
actual conditions believes the work vii
he completed by February in ANY event
and It will not be completed for severa
years at the rate they are now moving,
or at which they have moved during
The psst Two years
EAST of Aberdeen there remains &
he built from five ia seven miles of low
line canal, In which there il q long ans
expensive fill On the high line, about
two miles northwest of Aberdeen. is M
eight foot two-mile Gill. with the cana
to be about thirty feet ON the bottom
This iilI muHt lac made in order tn fur
nish water for settlers now at Aber
deem. some of whom have been ther,
for two crop seasons. 1t will be all th'
company can do to provide water 70
the people around and east of Aberdeen
for next year without extending tn
canals rod toward American Falls
Last fall the company shut dow
work the same as they now have, an
the result is that what water we hav
wAs delivered tao late TO do the settler
. any material good. We do not blam
the employees, who are doing all the
can for the settlers. Mr.. Hardy an
Mr. Lowe are competent, but the
can not build canal with handful 0
men. They generally have confidenc
in Mr.. Shrsck, but the company
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