Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-10-20
LAND BOARD
TAKES ACTION
SERIOUS CHARGES MADE IN RE
GARD TO NORTH SIDE TWIN
FALLS PROJECT
Declares the Company Should Not
Collect the Payments on Interest
Until the Water for the Land IS
Supplied.

Boise, Oct 19-The state land
board at a meeting held Monday af-
ternoon passed a resolution that j.
is the sense Of the board that the
North Side Twin Falls Land & Wa
ter company shall collect no second
payment nor interest from entrymen
on that tract until water has be :
available for one whole irrigation
season.
The board took such drastic ac-
ton in view of the serious charges
preferred against the company in let
tiers addressed to the board and 20
State Engineer ID. G. Martin, when
were read and discussed
One of the letters read was from
Attorney Jess B. Hawley of the firm
Of Hawley, Pickett & Hawley, coun-
sci for Twin Falls North Side Canal
Users association in Lincoln county.
In addition to the matters set forth
in the letter to the state engineer,
Mr.. Hawley said in part: II desire 20
call your attention to the fact that
the corporation has not furnished
an adequate reservoir system during
the irrigation seasons of 1909 and
1910 and Notwithstanding the ia G
that in 1903 notice was given to T.
tiers that water would be ready for
use on their various tracts in com
pliance with their contracts with the
state of Idaho.
WORKS HARDSHIP ON SETTLER.
Under section 1920 of the revise
codes, each settler was not required 10
cultivate and reclaim not less than
one-sixteenth part of the land flei
upon within a year after that notice
and within three years to comply with
the requirements in regard to actual
tettlement cultivation and irriga-
ton of not less than one-eighth az
the tract entered by him.
Rule IL of the rules and regula-
tions of the state land board requii-
ed that each entryman. within six
months after he shall have been no
tilted by the company that it is pre-
pared to furnish water under the per-
mits on it's contract with the state.
shall become an actual resident upon
the land.
1T was incumbent. therefore. up
OF each and every settler to make ar
rangements to enter upon his lanl
within the regulation time after no
tice, and hundreds of settlers Accord
ingly did so.
RESERVOIR SYSTEM INCOMPLETE
1.-The corporation had not at this
time completed it's reservoir SYSTEM
nor has it done so at the present time
1t is a well-known fact and matter
of record knowledge in connection
with this particular Carey act proieei
that a reservoir supply must be fur
nished from approximately July Is e.
September 1 to augment the right,
secured by the corporation under its
water permits
'Dre solely to the fact that cher
wa no reservoir water furnished G
the settlers during this period Just be-
fore described hundreds Of ceres o'
crops were ruined during the season,
Of 1909 and 1910. Investigation vii
show that there are numbers of fan.
lies living on this tract at the pres
ent time who are in precarious fin
ancial condition, due to the practi 'a
failure of crops during the seasons .
1909 and 1910. which failure was Ia
in most part to the failure of th
corporation to furnish water during
the season when reservoir storage be
came necessary.
THE corporation has settled in
rather dilatory manner many claim
arising from losses in 1909. but so fa
has refused to settle claims for ia
sees of crops i'm 1910; this fact. how
ever, does not seemingly deter tn
corporation from insisting upon pr,
ment from the settler of money du
under his contract with the compan
for water rights.
II suggest TO the board that tn
corporation should be required so IA
as the moral force Of this board cal
be exercised. to settle or provide f.
the settlement Of claims in 1910.
1T also should be suggested o.
the board to this organization tn 3
payment on water rights should d
deferred until the corporation has a.
assured water supply for the use @