Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-17
A LIVELY SESSION
Inc State Land Board Again Defers
Action On the Pumping
Proposition

AZ II meeting Oh the land board at
Bose last Saturday, the proposition
To install a pumping system to cover
I,OOO acres Of high land adjacent
To Jerome was again laid over for
further action by the board.
AT meeting of the board Of di-
rectors of the Canal Users Assn.
held at Wendell last. week, it wa.
deemed advisable ON account Of the
conditions existing ON the tract to
send delegation to appear before
the board and W. p. Rice, Geo. !
Collins and A. T. Eaken were chos-
EN- as representatives of the Associa-
ton to attend this meeting, which
they did, represented by the attor-
ney for the Association Mr.. jess
llawley, it being the opinion Of the
representatives that no more land
should be placed under this canal
system until it was demonstrated
that there was water available for
the purpose. The proceedings of the
meeting relative to this question,
are given as follows by the States
man:
Attorney Hays appeared before
the board To advocate the petition
of the Kuhn interests to permit the
company to charge $50 an acre for
water for II 900 acres of high land
in the district to which it will be
necessary to pump the water
Jess Il. lIawley appeared a. the
attorney for the water users associa-
tion, at the head Of which il J f.
Collins. Mr.. 1Iawlcy took the posi-
tion that the company should not
be permitted to modify its contract
with the state TO enable il to charge
$50 for this water until the company
agreed Ia modify the same contract
in such a way as TO define beyond
question just how much water each
settler was 10 have delivered per acre,
not AT the Miner dam but at tho
point where il j. to he delivered L.
the farmer.
There was lively sparring back
and forth between the attorneys,
each protesting that he did not un-
dcrstand the other, and he did not
know what was wanted.
This matter was threshed out AT
the morning session Of the board
hut no action was taken at that scs-
sion.
Attorney IIawley insisted that
what his clients wanted was deiinit,
information as to the amount o
water they were to receive from the
company. IF each acre, he said
is entitled to ( inch of water, the
users want to know that and the,
want to know il So definitely tina
there can be no misunderstanding
now or any other time"
Attorney Hays insisted that th'
settlers were entitled to enough wa
ter to raise their crops, but that tn
different sections were continual,
fussing and causing trouble, so tina
il made il just that much more diff
cult for the company to carry ou
, its contract. The company, he sal'
was carrying out its contract in goo'
faith. The shortage of water in tn
past, he said, had been due to tn
fact that the system was new ant
, that for this reason there had bee
. such n great loss. Now, he was as
surcd, he said, that the canals woul'
he found to be large enough an
that there would he an ahundanc
of water for all. He said that {
the stored waters each Of the district
r was entitled to its just proportion.
r Put that in the contract" insiS
. ted Attorney Hawley. Don't leay
il to guess work; put 1t down |
black and white"
T. Attorney Hays remained firm /
+ the position that the contract wa
: all right, and that it needed II
modification. He announced, toe
that il the petition were not granite
II there would be no reservoir constru'
It cd ON the Snake river, and 1t WI
= doubtful if the Khuns made furth'