Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-07
PERMISSION GRANTED
The Company May Charge 500 per
Acre for Land, But Must First
Show the Availability
OF Water

-N"Illl 'Nl'lc l.alll anu W alcr NO. To
open the | 600 acres of high land
adjoining Jerome, came before the
land board again last Thursday. An
attempt to railroad the matter
through on Wednesday, was frus-
tratcd 10y members Of the land board |
who positively refused to consider
the proposition until the settlers
could he heard Members Of the
board uf directors Of the Canal tsers |
Assn and representative members
OF the ASS were present Thursday
morning and we give the following
proceedings as reported by the
Statesman of Boise:
MIR. Hays, in opening the ease,
said the men he represented desired
the privilege Of selling water for
this 1900 acres Of land, for the
reason that il was the only thing
in sight AT this time They had no
other land to SELL ii was hard TO
get suitable reservoir site III the
headwalers OF the Snake, and the
construction OF reservoirs and the
1 irrigation Of other lands was con-
= tingcnt ON this proposition. lie
, said this was all his company
could do at this time; that the
granting OF this petition would IN
e lure no one; that his company was
c not responsible for the break in the
I. Milner dam last year, that they
., were doing all in their power 10
remedy the defects OF the reservoir
used for storage, and that when
y those canals did hold water they
- would hold an abundance for all
4 concerned. lie said that the wa
ter fall- 81 rapidly in the Snake
river that it was absolutely impossi-
hlc to irrigatc from that stream
without storage reservoirs; that In
company had five times as much al
e stake in the project a the settler
i have, and that ii was more neces
sary for them to make the project
success than il was for the settlers
l. He told how his company bough
n water from the government TIN
: wear in order that the settlers NIGH
j. be supplied. He said the plan "
-. the company was Ia secure larg
- reservoir i'm the headwaters of th'
III Snake. hut in the meantime 1t wa
nj proposed to safeguard the Who'll
ty North Side tract, and the pumping
49, of water 10 the 1000 acres ahov
the gravity system was the first ste
in the campaign.
IA jess b. Hawley spoke for the set
tn tiers. He said the settlers did no
re object to the price of $50 an acre t
i. he charged for the water. Wha
they did object to was the placin
re- of greater burden ON the waite
TO system Of the North Side tra'
me when it had been demonstrate
AZ that the system was not adequal
to furnish water for the land alread
=" under cultivation. He said thel
no were l55. 900 acres in the Srgreg'
in tion. that 5000 acres of tins WI
ave too high to hc irrigated by graVi'
fine and therefore did not constltu
q mart of the system; that lhe
w." m,,st h, a new system built up
lch take care of this $1,000 extra acre
ays that il had been clearly demonstra
.re. ed in the past three years that the
49,, yas not sufficient water in the ~
~" tem lor the land under the gravl
iSe' c,nols ,nd that it was unfair al
adj nniust to divide that limited SUPP
Ia in order to take in li,Do addltio
are n acres lie said it would he
mos crying, burning shame to add OH
NV lands to the system at this time
Tor cause of the shortage OF water.
hat State Engineer \. +. Robins
all said that the flow of the Snake rl'
will ot the Milncr dam had not yet he
to odiudicated, and that until TINS
/ be Jonc il fell to the duty of the st
engineer to make the divisions.
m said that 50 long rs the river mac
re- flow of $3.50 second feet or he'
rted there was an abundant supply
ma all but the river goes down he
ouse 1000 feet in August ami Sep'elhl
If Ten days ago, he said, ne ioo'
over the ground and decided I
'u''- the South Side was getting III
Ne waiter than it needed. lie diver
sell 5OO feet to to the North Side
,sen- inc that tract about 500 feet
! Of this. with what had been sccu
ID to from the government at Minld'
one, was sufficient.
Governor Ilawley asserted
there was lack of confidence
nber- understanding between the S'' Se''
last and the company. lie thought
,duct settlers had been mlsled ny ''''
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