The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-01-06
HEADQUARTERS
ARE OPENED

A6WAk& ~A A@A 8N@~
J. A. MCGEE, president of the Idaho
Promotive and Protective Association,
has opened Canyon county headquar-
tiers in Parlor No. 5, Saratoga hotel.
The committee on irrigation and
drainage will meet there from time to
time. &C. |
The following document is self-ex-
planatory of action taken by the TWO
associations yesterday:
Caldwell, Idaho, Dec. 80, 19lO'--Io
Messrs. d. d. Campbell, ]. G. Rlce' H.
A. Clark, s. s. Foote. Samuel CLANCY
s. d. Simpson, G. Il. Brainard.
Gentlemen: You are hereby ap-
pointed committee on irrigation and
drainage. Hoping that you will be able
to give this matter your hearty sup
port, we remain,
Yours truly,
IDAHO PROMOTIVE & PROTECTIVE
Assertion.
J. A. MCGEE, Pres.
]. L. Davis, Sec.
CALDWELL COMMERCIAL CLUB.
B. NJ Holt, Pres.
H. s. Kneedler, Sec.
The above association and the
Commercial club are taking up the
matter of utilization of waste water
and drainage in vigorous fashion. This
idea is gaining ground every day, oW-
ing to the vigorous efforts of j. A. NC
Gee. president of the Idaho PromotiVe
and Protective Association. The meth
cd involves the introduction locally OF
a plan of small reservoirs, that mas
been in use successfully for years in
Colorado and other places.
While on this matter it might be
well to quote as bearing on the subject
from the Department of Agriculture's
bulletin No. 16, entitled Irrigation II
Fruit Growing" Under the head Of
Storage Water for Irrigation" the au-
thor says:
but while the large reservoir In
wolves the great problems, the small
reservoir which will yield value
hundredfold its cost to farm, or
small group of farms, perhaps, and b.
a perpetual surety Of profitable pro
duction. is neither expensive nor diff
cult to secure. This is fortunate, be
cause the small distributing reservoir
is really the key to the satisfactory us
of such small sources of water as ar
chiefly contemplated in this writing
In an interview with ]. A. MCGEE
president of the Idaho Promotive AM
Protective Association, that gentleman
states that the prospect is very encour
aging. I'VE have succeeded" he states
Gin getting the attention of our rep
resentatives at Washington, who mani
fest deep interest in irrigation mat
ters in Idaho. We have also the heart
cooperation of the actual settlers an
land owners who will eventually hav
to pay the bills. The leading busi
ness men in the various towns an
cities are vitality interested in the sue
cess of irrigation plans in this sector
and promise their hearty support t
the association in efforts to bette
present conditions.
The impression seems to have gon
out that we have originated some me-
scheme in connection with irrigatio
which will be in the nature of an ez
pertinent. Such is not the case. In
stead, we have been endeaVoring to In
duce the canal managers and the sci
tiers to adopt the plan followed |
Colorado, California and other SEE
tions, the plans submitted to us whe
we first started to promote the canal
in this section in 1886 and Z, and rec
commended by Benz. Eaton, then goN
ernor of Colorado, and e. s. Nettletol
who was at that time consulting er
gineer for Colorado and Idaho.
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