Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-01-19
Meeting Of january 10

Meeting of January 10
One Of the stormiest meetings held
so far by the new land board took
place Monday morning in Governor
Hawlcy's Office when a heated alter
cation occurred between the execu-
tive and Attorney o. o. Haga in the
matter Of the hearing of complaints
Of settlers concerning the King Hill
and King Hill Extension Irrigation
companies.
Mr.. Haga took exception to the
statements made by Governor Haw-
ley at last Saturdays meeting. when
the settlers complaints were first
heard. AS attorney for the company
and representative of the bondholders
who are interested, Mr. Haga said
that he resented the governors atti-
tude. He alluded to the governors
comments on the serious allegations
made by the settlers against the
hackers of the project.
Judging from the attitude of the
governor and from what ! read in the
press about the Saturday meeting, Sc
rious criticisms were made agains-
the companies which did them a gross
injustice and reflected upon former
land boards and the state engineer
ing department in a manner that did
them injustice" said Mr.. Haga.
He then asked the board to listen
to the reading from reports by j..
G.. White & Co., the great engineer
ing concern which reported on the
King Hill project for eastern finan-
ciaI institutions In those reports Il
was shown, the construction work on
the project was highly complimented.
Further than that ]. G. White& Co.
the system for eastern parties, and
in each case found that the system
had all the capacity required by the
state contract
Governor Hawley impatiently
waved aside Mr.. Hagas offer to read
from those reports.
I'VE don't want glittering general
tiles. I don't want to hear that kind
Of talk" was the governors hot
rejoinder
Il stand here as the representa-
tive of these companies and the men
VINO have made them possible and
have put their money into them. and
l have right to be heard by this
board in answer to the allegations
made against the project Saturday. "
replied Mr.. Haga, land ! want to
say that | won't be bluffed. l know
what I have right to ask. l say
that the companies will attend to
their business, and the settlers at
tend to theirs, and this board should
attend 90 its business"
We don't care to hear what you
think. We don't care what you think.
Let this end it, said the governor,
angrily, hammering the desk with
his fist.
At this iuncture State Auditor
Taylor interposed, saying: "As new
member of this land board, ask that
MIR. Haga be allowed to proceed. This
information concerning the status
of these companies is interesting and
new to me. l want to hear what the
attorney has to say
After some parley. Mr. Haga pro-
ceeded with his defense of the com
panies. He read from the reports OF
J. G. White & Co. to. .controvert the
allegations of the settlers. He said
that the trouble complained of by
the settlers was due to an unforeseen
condition; that owing to the fact thai
the water on the project was pure
clean spring water. unlike the or
binary river irrigation water. tn,
sun shone clear through the watel
to the bottom of the ditch. causins
moss to grow in the ditch; that thi
condition became serious right in tn
middle of the last irrigating season
that the companies did not want t.
shut off the water at that time, de
priving everybody of water, bu
thought 1t best to get as much waite
through the ditch as was POSSIBLE
under that condition, with the ide
of cleaning the moss out when tn