Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-11-11
ACTIVITY OF MOUNTAIN
HOME WATER USERS
Draw Resolutions FdvOring Twin Falls Com
yany and Refuse to Recognize
Any Other.

A mass meeting Of water users was +
held at the Standard opera house
on last Saturday. the purpose of the
meeting, as stated in the CALL being
to consider the proposition of the
Twin Falls Company" to irrigate
the lands in the vicinity of Mountain
Home.
The meeting organized by electing
B. p Thompson chairman and o. e.
Norell secretary. Mr.. Thompson
stated that he had only general
idea of the matter to be considered;
and called upon Attorney Watts for
statement as to the proposition
which the Twin Falls Company had
TO offer. Mr. Watts stated that he
had been in Boise for several days
and had conferred with Mr.. /. b.
Perrine and Mr.. s. II. Hays; and that
these gentlemen had submitted to
him their plans. so far as developed.
for irrigating this section, and that
they had proposed to ask for a seq
regation embracing lands from Med
bury Hill on the east to the Govern
ment project, near Mora and Kuna,
on the west Conflicting with their
plans was the application OF the
Southern Idaho Reclamation Com
pany. then pending before the State
Land Board, for the segregation Of.
$4,000 acres in the Sunnyside coun-
try. Messrs. Perrine and Hays had
stated to Mr. Watts that unless their
people could get the entire tract,
they would not apply for any of It;
that their project was such an expen-
sive one that they could not afford to
go ahead with 1t unless they were as
sured of watering at least 25O.0O0
acres; and that If the separate seq
regation was granted at Sunnyside,
II would cut into the tract, leaving a
body of land on the east and body
on the west, which they would not
be justified in seeking to reclaim.
Mr. Watts stated, therefore, that
Mountain Home was vitally interest
ed, insofar as the segregation at Sun
nyside would prevent the Twin Falls
Company from pursuing further its
plans to reclaim the lands immedi-
ately tributary to Mountain Home.
Mr. Watts was asked by water users
present if he could give any idea as
to what the Twin Falls Company
would charge for water rights; when
il would deliver water and what it
would do with reference to the old
water rights He was unable to an
swer these questions. as they had not
been brought up in his discussion
with Messrs. Perrine and Hays. DR..
Tobey then moved that a committee
of two be appointed to go 70 Boise
and interview the members II The
land Board and representatives OF
the land board and representatives
OF the Twin Falls company. to obtain
if possible. the information desired
and to report at an adjourned meet
ing to be held on Tuesday afternoon.
This motion prevailed and B. P.
Thompson and J. f. schoenecke
we're appointed to go to Boise.
At the adjourned meeting on Tues
day, Mr.. Thompson explained that he
and Mr.. schoenecke had interviewed
7tMr. Hays. but he was unable to tell
3 Them anything definite as to what
, price would be charged for water,
when water would be delivered, or
to furnish any Of the information ask
ed for at the meeting on Saturday
Mr.. Thompson stated, However, that
r he had confidence in the Twin Falls
I company" coming in here and re-
= Claiming the land Mr.. Watts there
y. upon moved that the meeting ad-
{ opt resolutions encouraging the
T Twin Falls Company to segregate
the lands surrounding Mountain
r Home This motion provoked con.
s siderable discussion; Mr.. Howie
r moving to amend it SO as to read the
{ Twin Falls Company or any Other
e company OF individual acting IN
s good faith to the same end. This
y amendment was lost and the origin
al motion was adopted Mr. Thomp-