Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-03
TO DEVELOP
OUR RESOURCES
AGENTS OF SPOKANE CAPITAL
lists VISIT CITY AND CON
FER WITH CITIZENS
Splendid and Representative Meeting
At Commercial Club Rooms
Proposition Fully ENpIaiend ard
Meets With Unanimous Approval

Messrs. Arthur Connor president.
and r. w. Anderson, vice president
of the American Securities company
of Seattle, are in the city today for
the purpose of investigating and re-
porting upon the conditions current
with the irrigation of the lands sur
rounding this city.
The company represented by these
gentlemen is desirous of taking
over the present lighting plant,
putting in water works and sewer
system for the city and, under Carey
segregation, furnishing water for the
thousands of acres of splendid lands
which surround Mountain Home.
A public meeting of citizens was
held in the rooms of the Commercial
Club this evening at which the gen
tlemen explained the purposes of
their visit and which were about as
follows, according to Mr.. Connor
who said:
I'm addressing this meeting to-
night, both Mr. Anderson and myself
desire to thank the citizens of Noun
tain Home and the members of the
Commercial Club for the privilege of
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proposition, which embraces the fur
nishing of water, power and electric
light, not only to this city, but to
the region adjacent and which
amounts to over 100000 acres We
are representing Spokane capitalists
in this matter, and our principals,
among whom are Mr.. f. w. Dewart,
one of the most prominent citizens
nd a 10 no rfr NJ
OF NJ. e. Hay, the present governor
OF the state of Washington, and now
attorney for the Idaho and Washing
ton Northern railroad, and represent
ing all the Blackwell interests, Mr..
j. E. Burns, formerly interested in
and manager for the F. B. Grinnell
Realty Co., the largest real estate
company in Spokane, and capitalist of
that city. Mr.. ID. d. Dewey cashier
Jones g. Company and other capital
lists who are financially able and
willing to proceed at once with this
project. which will be one of the
lagrest irrigation projects ever con-
templated not only in this section
but any section of the country. We
cannot at this time enter into all
the details which will of necessity
come later, and which will be worked
out by our company with the aid of
the best engineers that can be pro-
cured. but we do wish to learn the
sentiments of the Commercial Club
and citizens of Mountain Home and
the residents and taxpayers of this
section, who are the people most
Interested and who Will be the peo-
pie most benefited by this project,
and to ascertain what attitude they
Will take as regards our company
and proposition
Continuing, Mr.. Connor said:
Briefly, our principals propose to
apply for franchise to furnish water
TO the citizens of Mountain Home, and
TO supply the same at as low cost
as is consistent with a first-class SER
vice; to furnish light and power to
the town of Mountain Home and the
country adjacent. The above prop
Ositions to be handled in conjunction
with the irrigation project already re.
ferred to. | may state that we have
at the present time an option on the
Mountain Home Electric company
property, your local power plant, to-
gether with various other options, al
of which are with the one object, the
purpose of giving to this town and
surrounding country the best possible
service in the above lines. A troll
ley line to Bruneau is also one of the
features which our company vii
proceed with at once
In outlining the above, Mr.. COnnol
stated that neither Mr.. Anderson MOI
himself wished the citizens presen
TO obligate themselves by singing an.
contracts or subscriptions of an,
nature whatever and remarked tina
they were not here to promote any
thing but good feeling between thu
principals they represented and th'
taxpayers of the district, but if the.
went ahead and performed the wOrl
he had outlined that the water user
of the district would agree to us
the water furnished for irrigation
purposes and pay for the same a
a reasonable rate, and. continuing
said that large corporation was Il
better shape to successfully handl
the matter than number of smalle
companies with the attendant friction
resulting
Mr.. Connor further stated that h
was aware of the fact that certai
other interests had in the past at
tempted to furnish water but ha
failed and said that this was we
known to his principals, but made n
differences to them either way. Nv
come TO you with a propOsitio
which means everything to this L
cality and from which our cOmpan
cannot derive one cent of benefit uI
less we do as we agree
In closing. Mr. Common thanked th
business men for their presence
the meeting and expressed his pa
ticular thanks to Mr.. Truxton Talbo
the editor of the Maverick. for n
efforts in bringing about the NEE