The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-07
The DISTRICT
SHOULD WITHDRAW
DISTRICT SOON TO BE SEGRE.
GATED FROM THE Gov
EMINENT PROJECT.

President Greenslet Explains How
District Got Into Project and Why
it Should Get Ou:-Financial Out
look is Very Bright and Encourag-
ing.
The matter of the withdrawal of the
Pioneer Irrigation district from the
Payette-Boise government reclama-
ton project is most important to all
those living in the district The Tri-
bune is informed that the reclamation
officials are perfectly willing that the
district withdraw, as there is plenty
of raw land to which can be applied
the water President L. E. Green's
let is making special effort to inter-
est the Pioneer farmers. While at
Nampa Monday Mr.. Greenslet ex-
planned that when the government
project was being organized here a
number of years ago it would, at that
time, probably never have been pro-
NOTED had not the landowners of the
Pioneer Irrigation district signed up
to go into the reclamation project.
For that reason 90 per cent of the
land of the district was signed over
to the project, and while the Pioneer
district, like the Nampa- Meridian dis
trict, maintains its organization and
looks after its clerical business, the
land owner will be required to pay for
the government water at whatever
price is ultimately established. Of
course credit will be given on what
ever has been paid per acre on the 10
cal districts.
In this manner the Pioneer district
still owes a little less than So per
acre Under the government project
they would have to pay considerable
more
The army engineers who were here
last fall recommended that the Pho
neer be allowed to withdraw from the
project, as they considered the gov
eminent had TOO much acreage un
der the proiacr. Project Engineer
Hanna of Bo1se has recently been CO.
operating with the directors of the
Pioneer district to arrange matters
for the withdrawal as soon as the sig
natures of the land owners can be OBJ
tanned.
1t is explained that in case drain
age districts are formed within the
Pioneer district, and they should de-
sire to sell bonds for drainage work
it would be next to impossible to sell
their bonds with the reclamation lien
on the district. Mr. Greenslet says
the bonds will sell much more easily
without the complication of the gov
eminent project hanging over it. In
fact, he thinks it would be a slow
matter for the drainage districts until
the government shall have been elm
mated from the Pioneer district.
The financial affairs of the district
are improving rapidly and this season
the $3.50 per acre maintenance fee
will cover the cost of spring lateral
cleaning and repairing that was for
merly charged to the landowners as
separate cost. The superintendent
has charge of the lateral work and
there will be no annoyance to the
farmers from that source this season
or hereafter
The recent financial statement is
sued by the Pioneer district and print
ed in the county papers gave full and
complete information of the financial
affairs, 1t was certainly gratifying
and those who own land under the
Pioneer should not fail of satisfaction
in the matter of their water finances.
Mr. Greenslet ventured the assertion
that the Pioneer is leader financial
ly of the districts of the state