The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-20
GIVE OUT
| THEIR FINAL WORD
\, Hill People Decline to
hat With Representatives
| d Irrigation Company.
|4S7 CONCERN ousTED
EO Land Board Is Asked TO
Declare the Contract
Forfeited.
t,yT CONCERN OUSTED
.Thr Trlhune.

LII 10 The Tribune
I,rs. Ids.. Dec. 19.-Settlers on the
I. udl irrigation project, located in
~, Tdaho surrounding King Hill,
,g their ultimatum before the state
4 ,,.J ss the result OF the Contro-
q ,s,t has been waged between them
=. King Hin Irrigation & Power
-,ur which has Rad charge Of the
.sgf,Ion work. and that Is that the
lizard declare the contract the COM
4. "a, with the state forfeited and
u a from possession OF the irrigation
II Tho water users refuse to FUR
E rsfotIate with the Farewell Trust
Inv or its successor. the Woodland
la OF Chicago. They threaten to
|l7, he entire project in litigation OF
r.nded nature by securing the ap-
|-s,st Of a receiver
Trouble Deep-Seated.
y. uI,ms,mn is the result Of nego-
ia ihat have covered a period of
|usl months The King Hill project
|-ils Of about 5000 acres Of rich
Ia snds in the Snake river valley,
4 |. Dme Of the land borders on that
II. Several years ago the state en-
i, INTO q contract with the King 1]ill
|alon & Power company for the con-
HIN Of an irrigation project by
~ The land could be watercd. The
y Per acre was set lt S65. the highest
!, t5tr pSId on a project In this state.
y buds were opened under the Carey
r nd eventually settled upon. The
|suy that had tho contract for the
- discovered, after having the
II, hslt completed, that the cost would
E.N Than vas estimated. More
'rr WAS secured TO build The works,
Z e,.s 10 81 800. 900 had been invested.
nyenal ilnancicrs who had become
|tSsc went broke. Even then the
r., Vss NOT completed and the set
j sue without sufficient water with
- 10 irugate their land.
Funds Lacking.
lkT i8o months ago the water users
era,5 that the company that had
t7i Of the work fulfill its contract
! bnss had been handled by the Fare
Trs, company Of Chicago, and when
\ EoHdown' came between the set
2 md tie bonding house, 1T was dis
le,d that neither had the funds with
~ o 80 ahead with the work The
Lys,l Trust company admitted,
20 lis agents. that II was then In
toctsS OF ljquida ton, and that
EesIy It's holdings would be trans
~ ss Il did not have The money with
ts % complete the King lIill and sew
s,t7 Irrigation projects il was in
'rh IN. An agreement was reached
pro ile committees representing the
-,r and the Farewell Trust company
resn II was decided To organize The
= MI Extension or the Mcdbury
-tk into Irrigation districts under
haie Law. issue 81, $50 600 in bonds,
= 70 liia old issue and thereby have
'sl.ni funds Ia complete the irriEa-
! sofS' and Install pumps 10 water
'lle7al land
Settlers Block Plans.
liE pan appeared 10 solve the knotty
- letting both the Irrigation COM
y loe bonding house and the settlers
4 lheu trouble. II might have ac-
'Slsoel this had il not been for the
'u2l Tho settlers on the original
! inN project refused absolutely TO
mt dcsi and turned down the
- district proposition. They de-
.s 'h,y preferred q receiver TO that.
s.ueea on the McdbuY project
NV 10 STAND by tho deal. hut when
\ EshoorS. the settlers on the King
,IWoc proper. rcccded. they were
~ davs aGo the King HIl water
~ 49, y',ref that tho King Hin lrri-
~ m POWER company had ceased
~ on ne project. vet uncomplcted
peinc shle To deliver the neccS-
=, 49, -, supply Is concerned. and gave
!, - e' nld not propose to complete
-I,s :: Ihe settlers immedistclv de-
~. =. .na' Ire state land board declare
s,nss contract with tho company
b 'oF The protection Of the set
I'm !. sle more than 800 acres of
.,ls l' ,etlled part OF the project
Ilri, ailalia and about 1000 acres
NJ 49, uss which will bear neNt wear.
ID lf'rs Du several thousand acres
IA on,. na'er is not delivered in sufG-
~ IN, neNi year these pcrinanrnf
4. Total loss ''' 'I''
as Pm, Zen secured bv the Pacific
~ ronnsny against the project,
''f.I ca NV oplnion handed down in the
rtsi 4, permitting the sale or the
,ltr.,,.e eauf'y a 100000 lndobte eduesz.
'f,ss ,hn trouble thai ibIv urnicct
eis IND themselves In.
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