The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-25
& or IDAHO STATE LAND BOARD
THAT HAVE STIRRED UP BIG STORM

%ith some confusion. explained that the
.les oil The office containing q COPY of
,IpS, 1nG transfer OF title was taken from the
oiticc by a north Idaho member of the
last legislative session more than a wear
ago ana were still absent from the Of
iicc; lhcre are some additional letters
on me with the letter above quoted in
dlcatine that tho go-bctwecn-thc Wash
inSton Water Power company in the
north north and the state land board in the
south--Has one Charles j. Munson of
Moscow, then state land selector foi.
northern Idaho.
This constitutes the sum total of the
aavlce ootainahle from the files OF the
state land board responsive TO my in
quiry.
The general law for dlsposing of state
school land provides, in brief, for an ad-
Fcrtisement for thirty days. or four is
sues In weekly paper or the sale. de-
scrl1ing The land, sale to be made at
PUBLIC outcry at the front door OF the
courthouse of the county wherein the
land is situated.
"A special law enacted by the 1907 ses-
Siou, senate bill los. provides as follows:
THE state board Of land commission
ers may grant land for such right Of
wa! wa! Upon the payment of such compcnsa-
tion therefor as may be deemed reason
able, not less than $40 per acre and upon
such terms and conditions as they may
deem best; provided, that the works for
Vlded must be completed within the time
mentioned in the application FOR the same
tWhlch shall accompany such nap)
Wh1ch shall In no case be more than Eve
years from the time of fiing such ap-
plcallon ana map. aud the construction
oil the works herein mentioned must he
commenced within one year after such
application and map arc filed and be
prosecuted TO completion diligently and
uhinterruptediy on scale reasonably
Commensurate with the magnitude of the
proposed works, In order 10 obtain the
right OF way under this section,
II shall be the duty OF the register
OF The state board of land commissioners
upon INC granting Of said rights OF way
10 note the same upon the pIatS of said
lands on file in his office"
Nobody could reasonably imagine tlHs
pertaincd TO waters lin public use out
side of Idaho.
Especially is il clear from the few re-
naming evidences OF this Fashionable
transaction that the writer OF the letter
Tor the Washington Water Power com
pany thought he was dealing in a man
ner wholly unauthorized by law. No ono
pursuing the ordinary channels OF legiti-
mate business would have written such
Il letter. much less backed n with the
money which must cnicr Immediate chan
neis from whence il could not be returned
TO him save by special appropria ton
by the legislature.
The adviccs I receive from northern
Idaho arc 10 the effect that like lands
Ia these are worth al this time $40 per
acre. These the state land board at
tempted to sell thirteen months ago for
$40 an acre. They brought S3427.95. They
are now estimated at $1,000.
The transaction is tautamount To the
Washington Water Power company say
Ing 10 the Idaho state land board: Gen
tlcmep. VIC will bet YOU the difference
between $1,000 and s3i2I.95 that we can
get away with SO acres or your school
land and not get caught at IT. And for
come reason which history CloalSs. they
got their deed, Thus cndcth the FIRST
lesson