Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1910-11-04
Conserving Of Idaho's Resources.

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Governor Brady says: 1.-THE people |
of the country have at last awakened |
to the fact that our natural resources
must be conserved and protected IL
we expect to maintain our proper
position among the nations of the |
world"
This sounds good, don't it? Well
the Governor dom know much about
the nations of Europe, but it looks
good to put it in print that he does.
This country might, like the nations
of Europe, drift into Macon of the
masses against the classes" but If
1t does it will be because of the vor-
aclousness and selfishness of just
-'lch men as Brady, and he will be
,nl d witt tn Glasses just as he
y. We notice that he is rated
mi aioaaira, but the peculiar
.poat this great wealth and
il.ei 5n is that IL has all been
re a a small section of Idaho,
ga Ale'IsI Il i w years, and every
dollar o. it mas bsen wrung from the
people of this state by Brady appro-
pr.aing, manipulating and monopo-
iizing by various cunning methods
the natural resources of this state,
and today Snakeriver from it's source
to Oregon's state line is plastered
W figuras and refilings of Brady
90 u, associates upon the waters of
nat tram Tor irrigation, manufac-
tur,ns power and other purposes and
many of these filings have been kept
alive by methods known only to the
experienced and because Brady has
. strong political ''pull'', and has had
control of the State Engineers office
for the past seven or eight years
Fall river, Portneuf river and many
sther streams have felt the influence
of his various filings and have added
their. quota to his great wealth aud
have added their share to the bur.
dens of the people, and the value OF
his holdings are daily increasing by
reason of tho monopoly he holds anc
by reason of the increase in the pop
ulation of the state, who must hav,
some of the conveniences these mat
ural resources furnish them-a
Brady's price, however. The Gov
ernor has been peddIing out thes'
natural resources ever since b,
first nonored the state with his pres
ence, and at his own price, until a
CHS tim ,, ten Thousand families il
southeastern Idaho are paying TO
tnos4 little power privileges he tool
away from them, and five thousant
farmers or more, are bareing thei
backs to the hot summer suns in al
effort to pay ex5ortionates prices 70
water rights ror their farms tina
Brady and a few Chicago Speculation
secured for scarcely nothing.
This calls -t.J mind that Brady real
ly did receive a bonus from the Gov
eminent OF $23,000.Oo for that par
of the Idaho Canal on the Fort Hal
Reservation some years ago, and WI
do not think there is citizen O
Idaho who can tell today or could tel
at the time why he was paid tn,
money. That Idaho canal on the For
Hall Reservation was farce and
disgrace, but we understand that
Chicago man was Indian Commits
sioner at the time Brady and Chicago
friends secured the property and tina
he had no trouble In securing tn,
money. However, he sold it last yea
for $90,000.00 He sold the Idaho
Canal and it's water rights to an ir
rigation district last year for $500,
600 also. There lis nice little buncl
of $500. 600 worth of natural re
sources that were .sconserved'' TO
Brady's benefit, and for which man,
poor toiler of the soil, who Nigh
be classed as one of the masses
will have to sweat many years befor,
his share is paid. This lis only a drol
in the bucket. That Power site a
American Falls on the Snake river
which is rated at 36, 600 horse powe
or more, and which Brady spent $50
600 to $40, 000 upon and capitalized
for One Million Dollars under til,
name and capitalization of the Idaha
Consolidated Power Company, anC
20 which some ten Thousand citizen
of1Idaho IN the City OF PocateIly ar
nows paying tribute. That was /
pretty neat little job of ,sconserying.