The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1909-03-11
WATER RIGHTS
MAY EXPIRE.
Use Of Water Within Five Years
Implied.
MAY CAUSE SPECULATORS TO I'M
PROVE THEIR LAND.
Judge St0ckslager Put Up New
Problem for the Consideration Of the
Settlers At Recent Meeting.

lWln rails luduO, MARCH o, lSUJ.
This being the first Saturday in the
month, the governing board met at
their office in Twin Falls, at 300 p m.
Present: George E. Harlan, presi-
dent; M. Koppelman, Frank Bower,
John Costello, Ebert R. Hobbs, A. H.
Sonner, M. A. Thometz, Samuel Far
low, Walter Parish, H. c. Vanausdeln
rand Merritt Shotwell.
l Minutes of meeting of February 18th
Xwere read and approved as read.
n Question as to time of payment of
maintenance charge came up and dis
cussed.
Judge Stockslager gave as his opin-
ion that the maintenance charges, ac-
cording to the contract, were due and
payable March 1st, and that If they
were not paid at that time, the water
company could either turn off the
water or collect interest from the time
the payments were due until they were
paid.
The matter Of measuring devices
came up and was discussed at length.
Mr. KOppelman made motion that
it was the sense of this meeting that
Judge Stockslager be empowered to
agree on the commencing OF suit
with the Land & Water company to as
certain as to where measuring devices
Ton this system should be- placed and
who should put them in. Motion being
duly seconded, on vote was unan-
imously adopted.
Mr.. Farlow made motion that this
meeting express willingness to meet
the water company or its representa-
tives in an effort to make some salts
factory arrangements in regard to the
measuring devices, following to some
exent the line suggested by Mr.. Voigt,
which is that the question should be
submitted in friendly proceeding to
the supreme court, and that in the
mean time the water company should
put in the headgates at the expense of
the land owners, and If the supreme
court holds that the water company
should b. to this expense, then the
money paid by the land owner for the
gates should be refunded, and that the
water company should put up proper
bond to make this refund.
Motion being duly seconded, on vote
carried,
Motion was made, seconded and car
ried that, the chair appoint commit
tee of three to wait upon Mr.. Voigt this
afternoon and present him copy of
the resolutions passed. Motion being
duly seconded, upon vote was carried
and the chair appointed: Judge
Stockslager, Mr. Koppelman and Mr..
Vanausdeln.
Mr.. Bower made motion that plan
or blueprint of the measuring device
proposed by the water company be Sc
cured and presented to Professor Wal
ler for his opinion of this device as
compared with the weir system. Mo-
ton seconded and on vote carried.
The matter of the length of time
the land on the tract could be allowed
to remain in sage brush and the water
not used without endangering the
water-right for that land came up and
was thoroughly discussed, not only by
the governing board, but by Judge
Stockslager and interested land own
ers.
After lengthy discussion, the Judge
said: These land owners who are neg.
lecting to use water are certainly TAX
ing grave chances. 1t Is a plain sta
tutory provision that IL they do not
use the water within five years, they
lose their rights, and understand this
is the fifth year"
d Motion was then passed instructine
the president and secretary OF the
board, with the aid of the attorneys ot
( the association, to draw up notice
send to all land owners urging them
the Importance Of using the water this
year to prevent loss of their water
rights, and also the advisability of OBJ
tanning e water decree. eFE7 N
A Motion was passed directing the sec
retary to print and send out new mo-
tices to any. who had not paid their
first assessment on the suit for a wa
!. ter decree. -
tN No further business coming before
the meeting, adjournment was taken
"a sine die. ss's q ,as 4 I. Il
GEORGE B. HARLAN, President
/ IRVING r. BARROW. Secretary.