Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-08-20
Idaho Irrigation Co. VIII Not
Ask for Maintenance Fee
For Present Season
FIRST DEFERRED PINT APR. 10
Delivery of Water on Richfield and South
Gooding Tracts Delayed by the
Severe Winter Weather

Manager Charles E. Fitch of the Idaho
Irrigation Co., Limited, made the fol-
lowing statement at his Office at Rich
field yesterday:
AS many of the settlers on the
Company's Richfeld and South Gooding
segregations seemed to be in doubt as
to when the first deferred payments
will be due on their water contracts and
also were anxious to know what the
attitude of the Company was as to
collecting maintenance for the season
OF 1909, Mr.. Green, the superintendent
of construction, and l recently sub
nitted to the directors in New York
statement of the conditions, showing
the extent to which the weather con-
dltions last winter delayed ditch work
and consequently delayed the delivery
of water in the spring. The matter
was taken up by the Board, and l am
now in receipt of its decision thereon,
which is in the form of resolution
reading as follows:
Whereas, the Idaho Irrigation Co,
Limited, owing to the serverity of the
winter and consequent delay in work,
did not deliver water to the land IN Its
Richfeld and South Gooding segrega-
tions on or before April l, 1909, and,
Whereas. many of the settlers are
desirous of receiving express advice
from the Company as to their obligations
as to making their first deferred pay
nent and paying maintance under the
aforesaid circumstances:
Resolved, that the manager of the
company at Richfield, Idaho, be IN
structed to notify such settlers that
their first deferred payments on the
contracts of the Richfield and South
Gooding segregations will not be due
until April 1910:
Further resolved, that no maintenance
charges be levied or assessed against
or collected from the settlers on said
segregations for the season of 1909.
This action of the company will be
of great assistance to the settlers, and
/ am very glad to be able to announce
it at this time so that all settlers on
these segregations may know without
delay what is expected of them.
Water has now been delivered on
both of these segregations for some
time and will be delivered on all the
other segregations of the company, in
cluding the North Gooding and Dietrich
segregations on or before April l, 1910.
1T should be noted that in addition
TO the instructions relative to the first |
deferred payments on the. Richfield and
South Goodiug contracts, the company !
decides to collect no maintenance charge
for the use of water on those segre-
cations for the present season. Main /
tenance charges win begin on April l,
1910, the date when the first deferred |
payments will be collected.
Settlers should understand that |
this action of the company in no way
controls the question of settling upon
and prov ng up on the Richfield and
South Gooding segregations. That is a
matter between the Land Board and |
the settlers. The land Board has ex-
tended the time during which settlers
must move on those segregations to
December l, 1909, and has stated that 1
q further extension to April l, 1910, viii I
be granted upon satisfactory showing
bv affidavits. Communications with 1
regard to this matter should be ad-
dressed to the Honorable NJ. |. Church, I
register of the State Board of Land |
Commissioners of Idaho, Boise, Idaho, (
as the matter is one which the company (
cannot decide or interfere with. +"