The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-10-28


project. the King Hin project, down
at King Hin, and the Goose Greek
project. Now, out of SSo.000,000
worth of your property. OF your as
sets, school houses, academies and all
that, they find fault with only three
cases. l am not going 10 take the
time now, but l am going to have II
printed and in the papers about each
and every one OF them, and let me
say to you that l have just received
word today that the citizens OF the
Lost River project and that they have
signed q statement that out of all
those families that he talks about
here are only so families living there.
Now, they will have water there i'm
1911. The next is the Goose Creek
project; we have a statement from
them the same as the other. and we
will have this out for you to read,
showing that the Goose Creek people
came to me on three different occa-
sions. and they had three meetings,
and / protested against that farce
because | thought that $50 an acre
was enough: and then they sent a
committee of IS citizens up there.
representing the people OF the entire
valley. asking me for Heavens sake
to let them save their homes; that
they have lived there for 90 years
without water: that they can stay
there until the railroad comes. when
their land will be worth 500 an acre.
Now. I want to tell you, my friends,
that the first canal I built in Idaho I
sold the water for Sc an acre, and
made good money at 1t, and the next
canal l built sold the water for SIS
an acre. and did not make as much
money. and why? Why because the
first one all that I had to do was TO
pillow out the burrows and make the
ditch. Now at Twin Falls, follow me
closely, now at Twin Falls for the
first canal they put IL at S25 an acre,
and IL irrigated 100000 acres of land.
the first eight miles OF that canal did
1t irrigated 100000 acres Of land, and
they estimated it cost S103. 900. and
the canal that they put at s65 an acre
irrigates only $4,000 acres of land
and the first eight miles of it cost
s2S0.0O0. Don't you thing that that
makes a difference in price. Another
instance; II happens that in both cases
I have had something to do with it;
exported the King Hill proposition for
eastern men and I told them not to
take It. for they couldn't sell 1t for
less than SIS an acre. Now. Hammet
came here--he is the man that made
$500, 900 down in Okahoma-and he
came to me and he wanted that pro-
ject at s65 an acre. l said, Charley,
won't make any money on it-you
Garland he said | have 100000
that | made in Oklahoma in two
wears, 100000, and he showed me
the deposit slip. Well he commenced
it: he spent his 100000 and he
hasn't finished his canal yet, and he IS
today in a hospital for nervous prostra-
ton, worrying over it down there IN
Portland and l want to say to you
men tonight that if he was to come
up here and give me his certified check
for $4,000 on any bank in this coun-
ty that l would not take that job or
his hands.
Now. l want to talk to you for
few moments on the loans. He talks
about three loans. One was to Mr.
Mosely. Mr.. Mosely had made an APP
plication for a $4,000 loan. Now, l
wanted to buy a farm down there,
and | have bought one since, and
looked up the farm; and | wanted
the Mosely farm myself-it is
strange thing that / should have
something to do with the King Hin
project, but that is true-l heard that
he wanted to make a loan and went
and looked at the farm myself, and
said II will buy the farm and ne
said 81 will sell if l have TO, but /
would rather make a loan.' Ana l
offered him $4,000 spot cash for that
farm on which we loaned $4,000. NOW
those of YOU who know me pretty
we'll know that l offered $4,000 for II
less than 1t was worth. But | offered
$4,000 personally for that farm that
he was talking about. Now, the other
night at Grangeville, my friend,
Porah. heard of 1t and heard that
the loan, he said without seeing II
that he would take up their notes
and nav them $4,000 for it. Well, ]
will go him one better; / Will pay or
the $4,000 loan and give any man IN
this audience $4,000 to get that
farm for me.
Now. the next is the case of the
Rev. Chalfant. He says that we loaned
him $4,000 on so acres of land. NOW,
I own a farm close to there that |
have bought and 1 paid $500 on acre
for the land. and I bought it and 1t
has no improvements on 1t and Mr.,
Chalfant's land has an orchard on 1t
that is worth $500 an acre
IT seems 70 me that this Is abso-
lutely unfair. and I could go right on
down the line and show you in many
other instances that I have given
personal attention to these things.
And now ! want to make statement
to YOU right now. I want to say to
YOU that any banker in Boise VIII
write to any citizen here, I believe,
and will tell you that I am personally
RESPONSIBLE for every loan that the
land board has made since I have
been governor, and | want to say TO
YOU tonight that if at any time or on
anv occasion If any loss comes
through any fault of mine in this ad-
ministration that 1 will pay off the
loan myself; that's what I will do
Now, the next thing that he talks
about is responsibility. He says "that
Governor Brady is responsible for all
these things" He says that he Is re-
sponsible as the head of the state gov
eminent, and as the chairman OF the
state land board; that Governor
Brady is responsible for the acts OF
the board, that he represents the ad-
ministration and upon his shoulders
is borne the burden of the states az
fairs" Now, that is what he says
about me, that is what he said to YOU
in closing his address, and you VIII
remember it; II you don't just read II
in the paper. It is all right for me to
be responsible, it is all right for you
to hold me responsible, but what
about him? Listen to what he says.
This is what he said in closing: II
cannot accomplish these matters
alone: I must have the support of the
various state officers If I am to carry
out these reforms. If these reforms
are IN he carried into effective eXecu-