The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-09-22


i pressed with Enterprise-PrOm-
Uses to Keep Cost Down to Low
est Point Possible.
. CONTINUED from First paEe.)
problem of drainage that has sprung
up to trouble us. We can't dodge
it. We must solve it and solve it
right. We can't go on any longer
hiding behind the cowardly subtsr-
fuge that the law is to be blamed
and we can't do anything for the
man who has been wronged.' A
man puts money into house,
starts his clearing, puts in a crop
and then find that the water is only
flowing right for the lands of his
more fortunate neighbors. AS far
as he is concerned, the water does
him no good.
do you mean to say that the
devil to go and make the best of
it? Is that fair? Is that the best
be proud of? Is that the best
Uncle Sam can do by his children?
mo! And l believe that the
United States government should
do everything possible to square
things for this man. 1t ought not
to say that it can't do it because
there is no authority for doing JUS
tice under the law as 1t now stands.
''GOd Bless You, Pat"
ITS a fine thing for the United
States government to bring a man
into such a thing and get him to
spend all his money and spend his
time and give his labor and make
him worry and scrimp, and then
turn round with a hypocritical show
ing of regret for the gigantic wrong
it has done this man and say:
I'm sorry for you, Pat, but can't
do anything for you; you know it's
that COMPOUNDED law; but it's the
law, you know, so nothing can be
helped, so goodbye and God bless
you, Pat; God bless you!'
What does that sound like, hey?
If we can't do it under the law
let's change the law, and change II
now!
Does that sound square and honest
No! And believe that we should
provide in the contracts for proper
protection. argue that it is 6
necessary corollary that when the
government takes up this kind o.
work and assumes the responsible
ity of the job, and provides the lat
erals and distributes the water, i
has got to go right ahead with thu
job to the finish and take care o
the overflow and seepage water.
+ Ready for a Big Roar.
"As far as these things are con
cerned that I've told you about to
night, want to tell you that In
5 going to do everything in my power
to put an end to these injusticel
0 and wrongs, I'm going to do it un
. til they stop me, and when they stoJ
3 me I'll put up such a howl in con
8 gress, and I'll get Borah and thesC
other westerners to put up such (;
9 howl that they'll hear the road from
. the Golden Gate to the Goddess O
Liberty.
0 But in making over the inequali
2 ties and injustices and wrongs tina
have occurred in the past on &C
count Of bad things in the law o.
7 mistakes in administration, dom
0 you people of the west get switched
= OF into opposing constructive con
servation. I'm against throwiny
our vast timber and mineral re
e sources open to grasping corpora
y tions and great combinations o
IS wealth; I'm against letting a few
g powerful men get hold Of every
thing and grab our natural resources
so that they will have everything
and the people will have nothing
and then they can exploit us IL
commercial competition, which is in
e dustrial war.
ION the other hand, don't thinl
we can expect this country to b,
Is developed until we offer the mel
who put in their time and none,
|, and labor a reasonable profit"
. At the meeting at Boise Senate
Borah also spoke. He said tina
= among the things we wanted were
First, a three-year homestead law
second, the issuance of patents Il
= the settler at the end OF the home
stead period; third, the graduation