Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-14
NORTH SIDE CASE
IS AGAIN BEFORE
THE LAND BOARD
Effort Being Made to Reach
Agreement That Will Be
Satisfactory to Settlers
and Company.

The state land board 10 wrestling
with the important Twin Falls north
side irrigation project with a view of
reaching some kind Of an understand
ing or taking definite action on the APP
plication Of the settlers to cancel the
contract the state has with the COM
pany. The issue was q live enc before
election, but the board at that time
deadlocked on 1t failing to take action,
and with the passage Of election Is
now apparently just as much an is
sue The settlers are insistant upon
their demands. The company is exer-
cising every right 1t has under its con-
tract. The board Is believed to be d.
vided in it's stand with reference to cam
collation. of the company's contract.
s. H. Hays, attorney for the North
Side Twin Falls Land & Water COM
pany presented the board with some
data today with regard to the elinlina-
ton OF some Of the land on the project
but this morning no action was taken
by the board on this matter. After de-
liberating for some time the board de-
cided to take up the application for for
fixture Of contract at 80 o'clock this
afternoon and wrestled with the prob
leDl pIdCtlCt1Aiy OH "a shC OAsSA AsSSAA'
Attorney General d. c. McDougall was
the only member of the board not pres
ent at the board meeting this morning.
1t was announced he was out OF the
city and would probably not be able to
attend the boards meeting this after
noon.
May Have Solution.
Members Of the board have been
consulted with reference to q props-
sition that might afford solution to
the trouble that is facing the state. the
settlers and the company, but the
proposition has not as yet been pre-
scented officially to the board. In
general way it Is said to provide that
the company shall not sell water
rights beyond the capacity OF the can
al measured at the head and at point
below the waste water gates, that
storage capacity shall be provided
through the enlargement Of the jack
son lake reservoir; that the capacity Vt
the reservoirs on the tract is to be es-
timated as basis of amount they can
be made to hold and the deficiency
made up from Jackson lake storage
water; that three years time be given
in the enlargement Of the Jackson lake
for storage purposes and that the land
withdrawn surrounding the projects
be given the surplus water II any. tn.
basis Of withdrawal to be one and one
half acre feet of storage at Jackson
lake for each acre Of ground with
drawn.
Settlers Want Action Taken.
The settlers on the North Side Twin
Falls project have been demanding "a
settlement for lon gtime. They have
held protarcted hearings before the
land board setting forth their COM
plants In detail. Final arguments
were made before the board by attor-
neys for botn the company and the
settlers and the case submitted. The
board set a time to deliberate and
reach a settlement, but deadlocked and
failed to do so. Now 1t is endeavoring
to come to some kind Of verdict.
The settlers declare that the project
stands incomplete; that the two res
ervoirs on the project. the Wilson and
the Jerome, will not hold water to the
amount the contract calls for and that
the company has failed to comply with
the terms Of that contract in the pre-
scribed time.
The company defends itself with the
claim that 1t has fully complied with
the terms Of the contract and that there
is no grounds for declaring it's contract
forfeited. The project stands in this
| light before the board in its delibera-
tons.