Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-06-06
FAIL TO AGREE


iot The fault = The company. II,
l-u stated that Z the Jerome Poser
,"ir failed o. hold water the c"m-
Ir s. Wa under 10 Obligation 1.
nerly il. and tie -@tt.er- II III,
tract would have - take such -iep-
they -aw nj o. prpcEr~ water
.l-..where. H. insisted that the
contract contained uo guarantee 90:
b water supply Mr. MacWatier-
len -ugge-ted that Il the -ettler- =,
..--ir~d the company would secure
81 water supply at Jackson Lake
al would Ell it - th- --ttlrr- "
give the settler an option Oh i for
.n additional 500 L, $50 pr
r-. This would cut tire --tiler-
900 additional 81 90. osl,TD,DDO.
It j. hardly ne-..---ary tocommeni
ulon thi- Proposition. We believe
that w. are fortunate ia developing
TIE attitude II the company toward
tie obligations II IL contract. Thi-
j. not d place 10 expre~- an opinion
a- u the construction II the con
fr4ct further than 10 -ay that So DO
Mt believe that The view taken by
tie company will BE- approved either
by the state Land Board or by any
court in this -tat4 " in thu United
state.
II tie obligations II our contracts
are a stated by Mr. Hay and Mr..
AlacWatter-, there J. no good rea-
-nn why they should ak u Ia sign
the stipulation submitted. On the
other hand, if the contract requires
"A reservoir with capacity Of
$1,000 acre fe't you will probably
not desire 10 release it from that
obligation until it furnishes not
only sides but also a bottom FIR the
r--eeryoir.
The execution of thi- stipulation
by the settlers would enable the
company to Immediately turn over
the system 70 the settler. Then III
there should be any failure t. pro
ere sufficient water, and the -et
tiers crop b. damaged, be would I
Lave the privilege of suing himself /
10 recover il.
All Of which i respectfully sub
United, and will await your further
directions in the PREMISE.
". 2. RICE.
Rex Y. WILCOX.
VICTOR .. JOHNSON.
Committee.
After the reading Of the report.
and a full discussion Of the same.
the following reply was formulated
and forwarded to Mr.. MacWatters:
June lst, 1912.
lIr. b. G. MacWatters.
Nice-Prest and Genl Mgr. Twin Falls |,
North side Land K Water Co., Miner.
Idaho.
Dear Sir;-1he counter proposition to
the settlers submitted u this committee
by the Twin Falls North Side Land &
Water Co. through you and Hon. Sam
'"l Hays, at Jerome on May 18th, was
reported by this committee at regular
meeting of the board Of directors Of tine
HOrth Side Canal Esers Assn. at Jerome
On Friday, May 3lst At the same time
We reported 10 the board the various ex-
plantations given by you and Mr. Hays
ri the different provisions, together with
Tie entire discussion which took place
relative n the claims and views Of the
parties. The matter was there
Upon considered by the board and the
committee was directed to prepare and
transmit to you at the earliest possible
III 1nent its answer To Your counter pro-
position.
There were several minor feature Of
Jour counter proposition which were OBJ
,cctionable, and the failure to concede
amy OF the claims Of the settlers as to.in
lerest was a grave disappointment and
probably an insuperable obstacle to any
agreement, but you submitted one propo- I
-itlon 50 astounding and impossible that
4 would serve no useful purpose to dis
nss the minor objections. or even the q
question Of nnearned interest payments
In the first paragraph OF your counter
proposition you ask each settler to stipu- !
lite that the contract between the State !
II Idaho and the Twin Falls North Side
Land x Water Co. for the construction J
u the irrigation works from which the t