American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1907-10-12
ANNUAL MEETING
CANAL ASSOCIATION
Governing Board and Officers
Reelected for Full Year.
Annual Address Of President Brown
Deals With The Work Of the As
sociatioa- -lsterest Question
Receives Consideration.

The annual meeting of tine American
Falls Canal association was held at Alb
erieen Saturday afternoon. The Off
GERS elected at the organization Of the
association. recently, We're reelected
for the full year. The attendance was
smaller than Was hoped for, but inter
est was keen throughout. preslden,
Browns annual address. which is pub
llshed in full. foreshadows what the
association will probably undertake TO
accomplish. The governing board sill.
il rs said. enter into negotiations with
the canal company In the hops of set"
,ling the interest question IN manner
satisfactory TO all. presiden, Browns
address was AS follows:
Ladies ard Gentlemen: Al this. the
first annual meeting of the American
Falls Canal Association. We must make
that which. in after years, will be
known az precedent, and the most @e
can hop. Is that this preeeaicn, made
shall prove beneficial. The members
OF TINS aAStStsttota aAA W hs NNHk SesS
lated ON the unexpected advance IN the
selling price Of real estate caused by
the price paid for school lands at the
recent sale at Blackfooi. and also on
the general course Of Improvement in
the establishment Of poStof'iccs and
post roads. ARID the organization of
sshools and churches throughout this
newly settled region.
COMPLETION 90 ptrcn.
Il Is matter Of much regret that
the month of July. August and septsm.
ber. the three most favorable months
e. coussrus ton ~sorss. should have
been practically iost IN construction
work which wiil doubtless cause quite a
little of the csnal system Ia be ineem-
plet. for the beginning Of the issds irri.
eating season. The water company
ard not the water uacrs should be the
ores to suffer Pccunisry loss. If ioas
there be. frum this cause. for such de-
lay couid certainly not bc called un-
Avoidable. Vet the people should aid
the company whcre practicable. in the
work Of establishing ard constructing
of the canal system. Especially in the
systematic establishment of latarsis
ard small bitches IL Is safe to predict
that more loss will occur from the inn
proper location and construction Of
small bitches and lsterals in the next
year or two than from any other source.
unless the water company shall lend
their aid in the proper location of the
main latersls.
ESTABLISHMENT or LsTERALs
The proper establishment of latersls
and small bitches and their proper con-
struction Ia not receiving that system
attic attention that great irrigating
system such as this should receive.
since the Canal and Power company
have agreed To deliver water to within
one-half mile Of each legal division of
leo acres. natural inference would be
that 1t should locate the place where
this water would he delivered. and see
to it that this place should be at the
n ,~t advantageous point and at
light that water can be spread as
hcarly over the entire region ny prsc-
ticabc. II left to each individual wat
er user to locate his own laterals. the
systematic working of the system must
necessarily be interfered with and
much needless labor expended. The
canal company and water users should
get together on this subject and estab
lish some plan by which serious mis-
takes along this line may be averted.
ROADS AND BRIDGES.
One of the first things to be con-
sidered by this organization is the es-
tablishment of permanent highways
and their improvement. At the pres
ent time the roads along the lines Of
the bitches are well nigh impossible by
reason of the lack Of bridges and the
escape of water from control by the
first experiments at irrigation. This
emphasizes the necessity Of making the
public improvements Of roads Of a per-
manent character, by having them
Legally recognized rs public highways,
BY having them cleared, graded where
necessary, and suitable bridges con-.
structed over all canals, laterals and
irrigating bitches. And especially by
the establishment and enforcement of
regulations to prevent the flooding Of
.pubxc ron<is by waste water from our
tk6tion. The making Of roads
- ! natter Of pride to the citi-