Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-10-02

as sound as the rest OF the letter. But
suppose it were true. 1t would be too
bad after the hardships and privations
the settlers have undergone, and the
losses they have suffered, largely through
the criminal negligence OF the State, if
they could not be compelled to bear the
added burden OF taxation, but they have
borne it without complaining.
But now we come to the one real sound
and true reason given by Taylor, the one
great moving cause, that has set all the
machinery OF the state OF Idaho to work
to obtain these patents. 1t is this: 1.-The
patenting OF these lands is an advantage
to the Carey Act Company" True, we
admit it, and we have no doubt that the
representatives of the Company have
urged the State to ask for Patent, and
how their cry has been listened to.
But if it had been the wall and cry OF
the half starving wife or babe OF some
poor settler who had lost his all here, or
the jibbering means OF once well edu-
Gated and refined man or woman who
had gone mad over worry over losses
sustained here, the groans OF some poor
soul that had toiled his life away here on
these desert plains and was now ill almost
to death, such cries would never reach
so far as Boise, such walls would never
be heard by the high and mighty ones
whom this man Taylor represents. OF
no.
Oh, for pen to write the Tragedy oi
the North Side Tract" 1t would max,
the story OF Barbara Worth pale int
} insignificance, But We live in the hopt
that some OF us pioneers shall yet live t
see the fruit OF our labors and be con
tent. But now
Mr.. Taylor then recites the Orde
made by the Land Board when he was
member requiring the Company to pro
vide storage water at jackson Lake
And as we said in the beginning, W
0 credit this largely to Taylor and are wi
J ling to give the devil his due. We hay
t every hope that this will provide us u
!, adequate water right, but we do kno
that there is sufficient water on I'll
n whole water shed OF the jackson Hole I
Y provide us water-we don't know if tn
e kuhns will ever build the dam or not
is why not wait for patent until the'
|. things are done and the supply OF wat,
~ be assured?
Is But Taylor tells us why. He says tn
a they have ample water for years to con
er without jackson Lake Storage-the bi
III gest falsehood that was ever written al
re Taylor knows it. He knows that II
nj one year yet with less than 259c of Il
"a land under cultivation have the kuh
er been able to supply us without buyil
i'll jackson Lake water, save possibly {
at flood of 1912. And this very day tn
are threatening to rotate or cut our su
m ply down and claim they have 1900
sn acre feet Of Jackson Lake water boug
% and the regular run of the river b
re been unusually high this year. will
ve you that 10000 acre feet OF Jacks
ds Lake water delivered on the tract as I
as said order is not going to be one drop
Ter spare in many seasons.
re, Another reason Taylor didn't menti
on for wanting the patents is that possil
We il would enable the Company to forecl
he their water contract liens, or give then
lat chance to try and do it, and try to c
gh lect payments and interest they h;
he never earned, and thus oppress the s
do tiers little further, but until they h;
ire carried out their contract, we do
is worry about this particular phase of