The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-24
ELECTRIC POWER WAR
IN SOUTHERN IDAHO
An Idaho-Oregon Company
Closes Million Dollar Deal
for Railway.
OPPOSE KUHN INTEREST
Two Big Concerns viii Strus-
gle for Control of
Utilities.
OPPOSE KUHN INTEREST
sn.clal 90 The Tribune.

Special 90 The Tribune.
BOISE. Ida. Oct. 23.--In the closing
nf 81 600, GOO deal IN Boise Satu'ds!
morning by which the idaho-oreson
Light A. Power company took over INC
Boise Valley Electric Railway company.
IL Is believed that an electric power "e'
was launched In tho southern part OF 'his
STATE. the outcome OF which Is bat mere
speculation. for the Idaho-Oreson com
rany. with extensive holdings. Drsnched
out TO gain control of subsidiary compa .
uics in opposition 10 the Kuhn interests
n n.tisbtue, nho have millions Of dol
.ars invested In a chain OF power plants
n this STATE.
The Boise Valley Electric Railway COM
psny Is one OF tho Grst electrical power
promoting concerns ever organized in the
state and had a stock value Of SSSo0On,
10 which Il added t150.o00 for its fran
ehtsc making the total valuation 81 pQu. =
900. William Mainland OF oshkosh, WIS,
chief stockholder OF the Idaho oregon
Light & Power company and representa- :
tive Of New York tnsuclers, carried on
the negotiations here for week WITH
the Rois, Valley Electric Railway com
uany and Robert Noble. the chief stock
holder. with the result tina, 100000 I'm
cash Was raid by Mainland 10 Noble tr
complete tho transfer Of his holdings.
Noble was in control OF about 500 900
90 The railway compsnys stock and as
posed 81 IL Al = handsome price.
The recent invasion oI the Kuhn in
tcrcSts into Rr'sc aud southern Idaho
forced tho Idaho oregon Power company
&C. act quickly TO prevent tho kuhns
from gaining "A complete monopoly OF The
clcttric power franchises. rail"ays ana
other interests. The Boise Valley vas
fhc fiTst of the electric lines 10 hc merged
and VI T. very probable that the Ro,se
GAiiNaN company viii be taken over,
eithcr BY The kuhns oi the idaho-ore-
gen COMPANY
At the .,res.nt fimo tho Idaho ore son
company n in control pt several million
dollars worth uf power plants and fran-
chisc>. Tho most valuable plant Of IN.
COMPANY Is loCai%0 az oN Bow tunnel
IN tic snake rIvcr. near Huntington.
ur Hero large plant has been erected
and power lines have been constructed
cpnnecung With eastern oregon aud west
I'm Idaho to%ns aud cities. Including <
Huntington. ontario. Vale and Nysss Or.
and WFissr, rsy"tfc. kufin. Caldwell.
Nampa and BoiSe. Ida Tho second plant
j. located at BaTherfon. -eycn miles north
81 Horseshoe bend. tho latter furnishing
power Ia mines IN that vicinity. The
caracil4 o' III three plants arc 10 he IN.
tensions 10 b built.
q WiDlam Mainland tho hcsvv stock
rold~r In III. company. stated. whcr
interviewed that his company has tho
backinz of promincn, finsncis-s NJ the
east the purpose az whom ~ 10 invest
soversl millions of dollars I'm southern
Idaho "a the construction OF now .lcc-
tric power plants and the building i
n web 81 electric lines. iic declared
ihat all III the negotiations i"r jhc II.
naucing The proposition have ben closed
snd active operations VIII be opened. His
company has 4 seVen-ysnr cculracj WIZ
- - -. q. fir,I,f In
purposes and Is in possession NJ very
lalunble franchises granted wears acc
and which have not been made use of
but arc io bc In the iaun edilte future.
The newly acquired Boise Valley rlec
iric line has complete ci;v elccivics
Ger service and operates \ service he
tween this citv all Namp1. hTancl
llns ,s 70 be built 10 HUna Idaho nnc
trio car service through s,ithcrp ldah,
TO Mountain iicm", Goodtn.. Glenni
Ferry. Jerome. Wendc'l and as far cas-
in this State as Twin rads
When the Kuhns 81 Pitsbprs. IN,
PROMOTERS 81 the seYeral Twin Fails Irri
cation Tracts. started - iuild AMI rur
chase povcT plants along ~. Snake riy.r
there vas every indication th.y w.n,l,
acquire a monopoly on INC electrical ser
vice afforded In ihiS sectl11- 'f the state
They hut recently successfully negotiate,
fer and took over The Boise & fn,sruri,al
Railway company which mas a citv I'm
vice between here and Cnll we'll. Tho dea
represented transfer 81 between 8, .6D0
900 and S. 100000 Negotiations wer. ala
entered Into for tho purchase ~ the Rois
Valley ana the Boise Railway ,irctdca
Nnes. These did not mature.
The ienho-Oregon company ibmriia,ci
entered. into tho power. war "a G-in CON
;rrl and succeeded in pu- 'h1sinS IN
;snY - better footing and hinrkcl IN
monopoly that had BEEN predicted. Nsith
~ company has 81 far been ahl., I
huV the Eoixs Railway companY'S hold
sntion. All three liucs. the Boise & In
tsrurban. Tho Boise Valley and III
Boz Railway. have been opo.itcl indc
r.uceutiy.
Tho Beaver River Power conpan,
backed hy eastern capitalists has bee
attempting 10 gain n foothold In thl
stale. having built power piSnf on m
SNAKE river near ShoShons. and oxteulc
power lines westward as far as this rit'
There iS atrcng rivalry between the thro
active electric power companies now AZ
sensational developments are expected.
Arraigned as Highwaymcn.
Special To Tho Tribune.
PROVO. oct. e8.-Frauk Clark and y,
y. Whit"ck were HTrdigu-d iu Tho dis
ttlct court hero today on informatio
charging zach OF them with highwa
robbery. and were giveun until Tues
dsy morning at 10 o'clock 10 plea.
clark snd Nhl;l"cb arc charged Wit
besiinc ana robbne Heher Pearson,
section foreman op the Salt Iak.' 4 Ncl
cur railroad. Pearson was robbed ,
5000 in cash which nc carried la
pouch under his clothing
IL tho csFe II American Fort Cft
~. john X RowicY. on appeal f-on, ~
Jp-iicrs court. Judge Hooth ts.Isv =.
Gated the order disuissing Tho ann,
md CAV" tbh defendant ten DAYS 10 -,
psrs a motion 10 Triostals ESriex q.
convicted in tho Justices court Of 1,
t"Nlratiuu. nnd appealed. and few da,
ago an order ~as made dismlzsing ii
afBurai