, 1912-02-01

required by the state engineer, n
mat the said corporation Will there
upon furnish such q bond as may De
required by your board for the COM
OF said proposed irrigation sys-
TEN, according to the terms OF said
state contract.
Fourth. That under this proposed
irrigation system the state may limit
the sale OF water rights 10 $4,000 per
acre.
In this connection / respectfully
submit your honorable board,
First. That the investment oil the
French Creek Irrigation and Develop
mem Co. is OF minor Importance COM
pared TO the interest N welfare Oh
the Encampment people.
second. That an irrigation system
with an unquestionable water supply
which will reclaim practically all the
irrigable land in a certain locality is
more desirable than one which pro
poses 10 reclaim less than one-haif
OF the real acreage.
Third. That the said French Greek
Co. has had more than W years in
which to construct the proposed ca
nal, and that no work OF consequence,
except that OF continual extensions OF
time, has been done since March, 1910.
Fourth. That it is OF very greaL
Importance TO the people OF Encamp-
menI and the North Platte valley that
prompt action be taken to secure the
successful reclamation of the lands
above mentioned. That the times and
conditions at Encampment most GER
tainly demand it.
therefore, for and on behalf OF
many OF the people of Encampment,
as well as myself, i respectfully, but
most emphatfcally oppose any further
extension OF time to the said French
Creek Company.
Some six weeks & we were o
that the said French Creek Company
had all OF the money raised to COM
plete their project and that they had
a colony all signed up for their land.
Today they come before you asking
for another extension of time, boldly
questioning the right of the state to
demand or insist upon the execution
OF Il contract and the furnishing of a
bond for the construction OF their Ca
nal, because the government has not
yet segregated a small additional acre
age, which only lately they have
wished 10 reclaim. With reference 10
this point, a careful study Of the Carey
act can lead to but II logical CON
ClusiOn, viz. That in this matter the
state, not the United States. is SUI
preme, and, therefore, the state has
the right M the power TO execute
UGH contracts.
III the said French Greek Co. really
nave the money with which TO build
their irrigation system, well and good,
Let them get busy build it. II
they do no. u it, | stand ready to
proceed with the building of an irri.
CATION system mat will furnish an
unquestionable water supply for more
than double the acreage they propose
to reclaim, and to sell water rights to
settlers a. a reasonable figure.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) wv. II. TAYLOR.
August 10Th, 1911"
For some citizen of the state to sub.
nit u business proposition such as the
one above set forth, to the State Land
Board, from Editor Drury's political
point OF view, is monstrous and, if you
please, constitutes another OF my "das.
Lardly acts"
With reference to the charge that ]
nave interfered with the French creek
colonists, / want. to say l have never
met even II settler that has sale he
mad signed up" with that company,
so how could / interfere? 1t is true
l operate in Colorado, but although
the people of Encampment AVE beer
given to understand that the French
Creek Company has settlers signed
up Tor all their land, some fifteen
thousand acres, ! haye never yet met
even one man who has said he was
signed up with this company. If
they had all these settlers signed up
last June, why are they still working
o get settlers? l do not want any
settlers that other companies have
signed up Dr. otherwise secured,
much less the French creek brand, for
our canal is completed and ! want
settlers with money to buy our water
rights, not to build canal. / hold
that | have he same right to secure
settlers in Colorado as any other in
dividual or company SO long as / oper-
ate honestly, n no man al say
truthiully that / operate otherwise.
10 secure settlers in Colorado-that
Is my fourth "dastardly act" SO ter
rible an offense that i am branded in
the Herald as an ASSASSIN of the
community" in which | live.
In the face Of threatened afidayits
and the writing by Editor Drury that
is to get" me, l desire to state that
| have never said anything but the
truth about the French creek Com
pany; that / have never i~nterfered
with any of their signed up" settlers
and have no intention of doing other
wise in the future, n that / never
made any statement derogatory of the
North Platte valley, much less the
silly statement that oats and potatoes
could not be grown there. So open
he Hood gales, Mr.. Editor, and un-
loose that fearful biography. If the
people a stand thy %mouthings, ] can.
Upon Editor Drury's return to En-.
campment, Saturday, December 23rd,
IRON Cheyenne, where he attended a
meeting of the State immigration
Board, he iONfully told NJ hnu n 10