Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-10-20

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over with an ample supply for ,he
settlers.
Il desire to call your attentica
a this tint to the fact that the title
Of the corporation to the Miner daro
has been seriously questioned, AMI
ask that an Investigation be had
through your legal department Of .he
rights of this corporation to this dam,
and that such steps be taken as may
be necessary for the securing of an
interest in it as provided in the cor
pcrations contract with the state
The letter to the state engineer,
which accompanied the above COM
munication, read in part as follows;
"Under date of September 10 appears
notice of publication that the Twin
Falls North Side Land & Water COM
pany grantee of the Twin Falls Land
e. Water company. proposes on Octob-
err 8 at Miner. in Twin Falls County,
TO submit proof Of completion Of
works and diversion of $3.50 cubic
feet per second of the water of he
Snake river available for irrigation
of 1S1.519 acres which are there de-
scribed and in addition seek to make
proof of completion Of works of $780,
900 acres not described 1t is possible
that the notice is ambiguous, and that
only 1883 acres all together is to
be supplied with water from the SIS
tenn. proof of completion Of which is
sought to be made.
DON'T MEET CONTRACT
Representing the Twin Falls
North Side Water Users association, J
feel at that time that it is incumbent
upon me in behalf Of the settlers to
call attention to the fact that while
the works may be completed so far
as diversion works and canal system
is concerned, so as to actually carry
the amount of water indicated in the
permit, still the works of the cor
poration are not completed in the
sense of completion. under the cor
tract existing between the corporation
and the state under date of August
q, 1907.
"The Settlers association does not
in any way desire to forfeit or impair
the water rights secured by the cor
poration and described in the con-
tract, but the association does not
desire at this time to assent or ac-
quiesce in any way which would be
binding hereafter to the completion
of the system contemplated in the
contract.
II desire to call your attention to
my inromation received from seem
ingly authentic source. that the canal
and lateral system is not on proper
grades in numerous instances, and
that the actual construction of the
banks of the canal has not been done
according to the usual and proper
methods.
II do not do this for the purpose OF
dolding up proof of completion Of
works as required under our Idaho
statutes, under the permit No. 1903
issued to the corporation, for | be.
lieve that the works are to be com.
pleted in the sense that word is usei
in the statute. but this communic.t
ton is addressed with the idea thai
the settlers will not be bound in an,
way finally accept the system unit
it has been satisfactorily completed
according to the contract made he
teween the corporation and the stat
of Idaho.
II desire to call your attention t,
numerous complaints received tina
the corporation is not installing head
gates or measuring devices for thu
purpose of measuring the water, an,
would suggest that your inspecting
engineers give this matter their a.
tention in looking over the corpora
TONS system.
II also call your attention to tn
necessity Of the state engineers o.
fee giving careful attention to tn
constitution on what is known a
the Jerome reservoir, now bein
constructed in Lincoln county by tn
d corporation.
IL is anticipated that the Mort
Side Twin Falls Land & Water com
pany viii strenuously resist the reso
luton of the state land board that
} shall not collect second payment o.