The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1910-09-23
Water Rights Sold Twice


cubic feet Of from the canal Of the King Hill irrigation
pany Kings Hill extension Company without any knowedg
as to whether the first company could spare the wae
tension company organized by II Peterson an d az
Attorney McDouga and appears to be peca pei -
land board Gaylord w Thompson the Brady leader OF norm u
no. is also interested in the enterprise.
This season when turned into the canal of the ogna
company found that there not sufficient to serve e SCI
under projects and heavy loss devoved upon them
attestng the of business fore thought by the Brady
board =
The settlers were SO vigorous in their complaints that c.
Carba office Of the engineer was sent e
make report the supply and under date OF June 3of nj
filed his report from which the following brief extracts
81 found the head works of the main canal in good condition
and think they sufficient fulfill all requirements the de
livery canal of least 800 second feet of water
About one-ha mile below the headgates measurement was
taken which shows approximately 1870 second ee OF water moving
the hume at this point little more than half full
81 inclined believe that the canal under present conditions
WOULD BE UNSAFE If THE DEPTH OF WATER IN IT
WERE INCREASED The fumes in places approx
imatey threeourtfs full
About miles below Snake River Syphon THE CANAL Is
FILLED TO APPROXIMATELY IT'S CALCULATED DEPTH
quantity of water flowing 1876 second feet-ABOUT ONE
HALF OF THE REQUIRED AMOUNT.
Measurements taken short distance above division point
showed Approximately 70 second feet of flowing This hue
shows considerable leakage and APPEARS TO BE MADE
QUATE.
81 places there have been
formed small lakes which composed of less stagnant
which ecayng vegetable collects and mosquitoes
breed AS of the water from the canal required by the set
tiers for household purposes consider THIS CONDITION
SERIOUS ONE from sanitary standpoint
n discussing conditions with the settlers along the canal
told that they had sufficient had very little while
others WERE UNABLE 10 GEL ANY WAIEK The CHIEF
difficulty however, seemed to be that the supply of water the
opened has been uncertain due to breaks the canal
coggng of and at times insufficient supply meet the
demands of the Kings Hill Extension Company and the settlers
under the Kings Hill project Some of them informed that
era times when their headgaes had been closed that sufficient
might be delivered the Extension company they had taken
the matter in their hands and sted the headgas the main
canal order the which they needed thus ignoring
company.
1.-The fact that the company delivered water to the Kings
Hill Extension Company AND SHUT DOWN THE HEAD
GATES OF IT'S SETTLERS IN ORDER TO DO So would
indicate that at least portions of the canal
OR UNSAFE TO CARRY A SUFFICIENT
SUPPLY FOR THE DEMANDS OF BOTH PROJECTS and
naturally the question arises Have the Kings Hill prior
rights equal rights with the settlers under the Kings Hill M
tensonsion proc Another point brought was that there had
been increase the of the ditch ume along main canal
since the disposal OF 100 second feet to the Kings Hill Extension
Company"
From the above report will be that the land board
has permitted and approved of the sale of water two
different projects and that inevitable that great shall re-
suit to the settlers before the remeded if it can
be remedied at all.