The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1909-12-10
THE MARBLE CREEK Land

The Citizen fully advised the case in
which proposed that the rights
IN what IS known the Marble creek settlement
squae settlers 1t would appear that the abstract justice of
proposition could be easily determined If have acted
good faith and have developed the land for the purpose making
their homes should be given equity
case than if they have merely suaed upon the
ultimate purpose OF dsposng of the timber syndicate
In the latter the state should upon any legal rights
that In other words the should vacae in favor
Of actual settlers who ntend build homes for the
the salt OF the earth and for him aof Uncle domains
should be as free possible Upon the other hand respect should
be paid to the mere Spectator who has opportunity profit
by some laches of the
But whatever the bottom Of there is no warrant
nor there what the present administration
purposes do the according the reports in the public
Thus the Ceur ene Sun sturdy Republican paper as
ses that the land has been parceed for political without
any regard TO the merits dement's of the man who
has made claim 100 either lust or un,
as affecting the whole Of such quarter section given forty
FOR such action as this there certainly be neither legal equ
able 1t is whm ayoriteisn thoroughly harac
erse however OF the whole method of procedure by the Brady
land board all OF its actions The board to be chronca
afflicted with what the Caldwell Tribune diagnoses aps from
houghtiuness TO the this particular cocoanu
we give in full editorials from d Aene Sun dealing
with the subject e
The Inconsistency Of Of the legislative homestead
commission shown ITS methods of parcelng the claimed
by settlers in the Marble creek district The settlers were most all
claiming 100 acres each and the commission has parceed ont
tracts OF from 70 TO l6o acres according to its idea of the
each claimant when the fact that any of the
land to all that he she claimed have upon and the
aeuon oi he commission IN parceng out in drbets subjects
members to criticism being unfair and having istr
buted the land as political ps regardless rights of
any one lhoSe VINO were actual settlers and entitled the land
have good cause for protesting against being given when they
the off
the commission and people believe political scheme
to deraud the state OF timber valued 81 600 600 No
doubt many OF the settlers may have had claim to the land
and all these VIII protest the parceng methods of the
commission -
There important feature of whole transaction
which the legislature and all those with this questionable
land deal seem to have overlooked deliberately ignored Our con-
stuon provides the only method dposne of state lands and
that IS by public sale less $40 acre Now the question:
IS that II the state has title sufficient to dispose of the
land how does obtain the right constitution and ve
me land away without compensation? If such title what
s has It to assume authority dispose of land? Ii the eeis
azure may at will ignore the mandatory provisions of the costr
ION we have not law which any individual bound to respc and
ire actually living state of anarchy While we would be pleased
see the settlers who entitled relief made settlement
ood a secure title to their land decisions of the government
ma te organic law OF the state against they have had
er day IN court and would be astonhed if the supreme court
mould ignore these facts rendering in the test case that
III be brought 10 save the land to the state"
And again that paper says:
The Marble settlers are dissatisfied with The
drets OF land to each according ideas of the eise
and they have disappointed If they We're
lued TO any OF the land each should had quarter section
me amount originally claimed and the parcelng out in forty and
ghy acre tracts shows plainly that the whole transaction IN t
ure OF political sop the settlers This idea is strengthened nv IN
lact that The republican state pledged political s,nn
me settlers and IS now attempting pay debt as c1eap
sSiDe Political debts ought be paid full but there are too
any instances ike the 1t opinion of the best eoI
ent IN the state that the settlers will never get their land ecase r