Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-11-28

first Monday in January and "a
this would leave two members Of |
the board, Secretary of State Gift
fond and State Superintendent of
Schools Miss Shepherd, who are
familiar with the case new argu-
ment would have to be ordered be-
fore the new land board. To guard
against this it is the intention to
dispose of the matter before the
first Of the year. The day set for
the decision at this time is the day
after Governor IIawley will return
from the east and the governors
conference,
Our North Side friends, however,
are not alone in their troubles.
The same fate has hcfallen the set
tiers ON the King Hill segregation,
if not worse. They have been put
off from time to time, until for.
bearance ceases to be IA virtue, and
we take the liberty of producing the
following editorial touching their
matter which appears i'll the Bliss
Times of this week.
1t doesn't make any particular
diff renee what the new date l.
which has been set by the State
Land Board on which to hear ting
complaint of the King Hill settlers
This continual postponement Is get
ting to he a. big a joke, almost as
funny a Joke, as is this commission
viewed as a judicial tribunal. Any
fair minded person who has follow
ed land board difficulties during tn,
past two years must indeed he lack
ing in a sense Of humor if the boarC
and all of its proceedings doesn
strike him as being eXcruciatingl,
funny. The fact that continual de
lays, the costs attendant upon com
mittee trips to Boise, lawyer fees
etc, are hankrupting the settler
whom. the state helped lure int
this mesh, shouldn't detract fror
the killingly funny side of it al
The fact that it has always been I'll
King Hill Company which has
each case requested postponemer
is doubtless not understood by tn
most honorable board. How Shoul
they know. They are simply Il
" judges; Attorney Haga attends
the rest of it.
-. The King Hill settlers doubtle
" know what they are doing but
strikes us as being a sheer waste
time and money to attend any mo
land board meetings. The We
which is drawing to close contai
ed scarcely a month in which I
settlers were not given to hope I'll
they were to receive satisfaction
some form from this most augl
board. The Times would a. lea
- back a jellyfsh to whip Jack Jol
w son as to expect positive stand
any question from these irrigati,
misiits. (Apologies To Gov. Haw
" who we believe has always wan
to do the square thing.) We
" told that the MagenheinerS
framing up another proposition
submit to the company and then
the settlers. You may depend
N it it will be a lemon. Whether
not the settlers after fatigui
:. wearying, discouraging year of he
play at the hands of this irresp'
ible Chicago outfit, The King
" Irrigation Co., and the spine
'' burden shifters, who have been
~ niied by the title of Board of /.
Commissioners, we repeat, whe
- or not the settlers will have
WV fortitude to again refuse to be
veigled into an irrigation dis
u r. =, scheme" remains to be seen.
- We have no doubts on one Sc
II" the State Land Board will n
~ render decision on Dec. l6.
~" is one safe bet. 1t looks as the
y " VI the settler will he obliged to
''"e the matter into court, for cons
WV alton and adjustment.
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