Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-02
PRICE OF WATER TO
BE DETERMINED
SunwSide Settlers Committee Very Active
In Securing Water For Their
Lands Without Delay

pany and the Twin Falls interests
for the right to build an irrigation
system for our land, was postponed
on account of the sickness of At
torney Hays.
"On November 10, all members Of
the state land board being present,
together with representatives of the
companies interested and their at
torneys, and likewise your COM
mittee, a meeting was held in the
senate chamber of the state house,
at which time Attorney Hays for the
Twin Falls people, stated that in
asmuch as their plans were not COM
plete and as they were unable to say
when they woud be prepared to
proceed with the matter, if at all,
that they would not attempt to pre-
vent the granting of the segrega-
tion for the benefit of the Southern
Idaho Reclamation company. And
after that company had made
ouOW ih6 odbioAdCNOiy " thN AohN
board, it was announced by the
governor as the opinion of the board
that in case the company and the
settlers were able to agree on GER
tain points, the segregation would
be ordered.
"Your committee and the officers
and attorneys for the company there
upon had a long and interesting dis
cussion of all matters bearing upon
the project, and formally entered
into an agreement whereby the fin
ancial standing and the suficiency
Of the water rights of the company
were recognized by your committee,
upon the showing made. by reports
from competent engineers and let
ters from responsible banks. And
to show its good faith and the con-
fdence of its officers in their ability
to construct an adequate irrigation
system and to protct the settlers,
the company agreed that at the time
our relinquishments are filed in the
United States land Office it would
give your committee, for the bene-
fit of all entrymen, good and suf-
ficient bond in the same amount as
given the state, to insure an early
completion of the irrigation system
according to the terms of contract
hereafter to be entered into be-
tween the company and the state
of Idaho. The price of water to be
fixed by the state land board, but
in no case to exceed $40, your COM
mittee insisting upon price of $50
per acre.
"Thus the effort to segregate our
land under the Carey Act has pro-
ceeded so far successfully. The next
move is to file in the United States
land Office the order of the state
land board requesting the federal
government to segregate our land,
accompanied by our relinquish-
ments. For the segregation cannot
take effect until your land is again
government domain.
Company Agrees.
"Entrymen owning 10000 acres of
land have signed an offer agreeing
to relinquish upon the performance
of certain conditions by the company,
The company has agreed to all con-
ditions imposed by the people, and
the land board has approved the ag-
reement And in order that the land
board and the company may be able
to perform their part, the people
must send in their relinquishments
to the committee so that it can act
with the state and the company ac-
cording to the terms of the offer
and consummate the deal This is
positively the most important act OF
the part of each entryman to aid il
securing the segregation, that it is
expected Will result in watering oul
land. Your committee wishes tC
impress upon each land owner the
gravity of the situation, for della,
of few weeks now may prevent oui
securing water for another year.
'It will probably be from three t'
six months after the REIMBURSEMENT
are filed in the United States lans
Office before the segregation is fin
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