Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-09-23

81 otoitu VIII More lnan lffi9atc
All Land In the Project.
The segregation of $4,000 acres Of
Gilmore county lands, in the vicinity
of Sunnyside, has been practically
assured through the action of the
settlers and water users holding land
in unanimously agreeing at a mass
meeting held recently to cooperate
with the company composed of Seat
tie capitalists in placing the lands
under the provisions of the Carey act.
the settlers to relinquish their lands
on agreement with the company that
prior right of entry under the pro-
visions of the Carey act will be given .
to the settlers under the desert and
homestead laws.
From information given out by
Senator Carl A. Davis, who is in the
city from Sunnyside where he has
been working on the conversion of
the private project into a Carey act
project it would seem that the hope
of the settlers will be realized and ap-
plication made to the state board of
land commissioners for segregation
of the lands
Carey Act Project Assured
Through the action of the water
users and settlers of the land to be
embraced by the project, in unani-
mously determining to cooperate
the company and receive rights to the
same land, as relinquished, under the
Carey project, assurance is given that
so far as the settlers and water us
ers are concerned the project will be
consummated
This has been the principle diff
Guilty confronting the company which
for the past year has sought to have
the lands segregated under the pro-
visions of the Carey act, the settlers
being 10th to relinquish their lands
until definitely informed that pref
erence right to file on the same un
der the Carey act is extended to
them. The company of Seattle cap
jtalists has secured rights to Fall
creek and TO Long Tom reservoir,
part of the system Of the Great West
d ern Beet Sugar company. The state
engineer has inspected and measur-
ed the water supply of the proposed
Carey act project and has expressed
the opinion that more flood water
can be stored than is necessary for ir-
rgation of the Sunnyside tract.
Committee Appointed by settlers.
A committee Of five water users
was appointed at the meeting held.
the committee being composed Of
land owners of Sunnyside. This COM
mittee viii prepare a letter setting
forth the status of affairs with the
offer made by the Water Users asso-
citation and mail same to each land
owner of the sunnyside tract. re-
questing him to examine and approve
the same. About 10000 of land have
already been signed up. The pro-
ject will embrace about $4,000 acres.
There has been a great deal Of
comment relative to the intentions
of the company and of the settlers
during the past year but the ultimate
conclusion is that the settlers and
company will cooperate to place the
lands under the Carey act. There is
: now no question of good intention.
z Land values have taken on definite
form. offers Of $40 per acre for land
5 without water being made and prac-
: tically all available land taken up.
: In fact several thousand acres of
land above the canals have been ta-
: ken up by entrymen who anticipate
= that water will be delivered to their
2 lands by the company in the event
that a Carey act project is launched.
, zone peculiarity Of that section, -
said Mr.. Davis sis the soil in the val
z ley which is about 40 feet deep. The
} valley in which the sunnyside tract
} is situated is about 10 miles wide
/ and from - to 5 miles long. The
soil once irrigated will readily retain
= moisture and require less irrigation
than much Of the land Of Southern
Idaho. Capital News.
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