Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
COMMITTEE
CONSUlTS WITH
GOV. BRADY
Committee Representing Water.USeys
Association Meets State Land
Board Last tuesday.
ADVISED TO SIGN UP
WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY.
LETTERS SENT TO ALL WATER
RIGHT HOLDERS URGING
QUICK ACTION

OOlNn IN A<(l~
Last Tuesday morning by special |
arrangement the committee from the
Water Users Association met with
the State Land Board in the govern
or's office to discuss the conditions
at Mountain Home and vicinity and |
with view of reaching some definite
understanding with the board as to
its action in the event the Great
Western Beet Sugar Company or its
successor should apply for Carey
Act segregation. Every member of
the Land Board was present and the
following persons representing the
interest of Mountain Home and Sun
nyside appeared before them: j. w.
Briggs, D. M. Braucht, Frank Engle-
hart, John Adams, o. E. Norell, j.
F. Schoeneke, 0. E. Cannon. ]. A.
Purtill, Thos. Mellen, j. G. Watts,
Sen. Carl Davis, Rep. c. B. Fara-
day. Atty Hess, Mr.. Dickey and
John Owens.
Senator Davis introduced the COM
mittee to the board and j. G. Watts
as attorney for the Association gave
the board short history of the loca-
ton and appropriation of waters for
the irrigation of the lands in this va
cinity and outlined the preeeat con-
ditions, stated tne difficulties that had
to be overcome and asked the board
to inform the committee.so far as it
felt at liberty todo "a What course
the board wad take under the cir
cumstances B an application for seq
regation W n
The gov on behalf of the
Board made E6s following statement.
I've wiItinsist that every per-
son to whom water right has been
sold, shall be taken care of in some
satisfactory manner.
2-We will not allow an acre more
of segregation than the applicant can
show he has water for, and for the
purpose of determining for ourselves.
how much water can be had for irri-
cation we will send the state engineer
or his assistants into the field to gc
over the entire proposition and check
UP the work and estimates Of the
company's engineers.
3.-If you relinquish your land un
der an agreement with the company
that you shall have a right to refill,
on the same land under the Carey Act
we will not accept filing from any
body but the relinquishers or his as
signes for the land SO relinquished.
4.--The board can see no objection
to the segregation being made in NOR
than one tract, provided the compan,
has water for all, but if there is no
enough for all, the board would con
slider it the duty of the company t
make segregation of that tract of Ian,
to which water rights were first sold
5.-If the company made applica
tion for larger tract than they hav
water to irrigate, the Board will re
quire them to cut down the segrega
tlOl W tlic dCIudi diiOuut Tic Wdtc
will irrigate.
The governor strongly urged tn
committee to advise the water righ
holder to sign up some one of tn
proposals without delay. He is anx
ious to have this question settled an
feels that the new company is yer
liberal and fair in its proposals to ad
just difficulties.
He assured the committee tha
the members of the Board were read
at all times to do all in their powe
to promote the interests of the peopl
in this community and see that "
had square deal, and he assure
the committee that no segregatio
would be allowed until the Wats
Users Association has been notife
and given full opportunity to apes
and be heard.
The committee left the Lar
~ Board highly gratified with the inte
view and we'll repaid. They have
complete understanding of all cond
tions and have returned advising Il
signing up of the proposals by wat
right holders.
On their return and on the streng
of their report the Water User