The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-04-18
SALMON SETTLERS
Will START SUIT
Question Of Water Payment at
Issue.
WILL RESIST ENFORCED COLLEC,
TION FOR WATER RIGHT.
Attorneys Bowen & Porter and Rex
Wilcox Of Wendell Employed by the
Settlers.

Inc settlers on the Salmon river
tract after having waited since last
december and being unable to secure
an adjustment of their differences by
the land board, and being unable to
even get hearing before the present
board, have given up all hope of get
ting any relief from the conditions
that exist upon that tract from that
source. Consequently the Settlers as
sociation board, which held a two
days meeting in Twin Falls this week.
decided II any relief was to be had 1t
must be secured from the courts.
Therefore they retained legal counsel
In the person of the firm of Bowen
and Porter, prominent attorneys OF
| Twin Falls, and Rex v. Wilcox, attor-
ney of Wendell, Idaho, and instructed
them to take such legal steps as woge
necessary to secure an adequate and
sufficient supply Of water for the eeA-
son OF 1913, and to secure, II possible.
permanent water right for the tract
and to bring such other actions as are
necessary to secure from the courts
construction of the terms of the con
tract between the settlers and Ne
company which are in dispute.
The straw that finally broke the
NeAA40AO OoCA Will tuC SSItl0TS was NOT
only the dilatory action Of the state
land board but the further fact that
after waiting months for the spring
delivery Of water during which time
the settlers had had to haul water
for their stock and for domestic pur-
poses from three to ten miles, when
the first run of water was finally
made about the first of this month
the company shut and locked almost
every headgate on the tract, refusing
to deliver water even for domestic
purposes until the settlers paid main-
teQance charges for 1912 and 1913.<
This charge for maintenance, the
settlers contend, is not due the COM
pany. and to add insult to injury the
maintenance for 1913 is fixed at five
cents per acre higher than is author
ized by the contract and this the set
tiers would not pay upon the same
principle that our forefathers refused
to pay the tax upon the tea which
they dumped into Boston Harbor.
And this unjust charge, coupled
with the refusal to deliver water until
It was paid, have raised strong 1soa-
Ing. The condition ON the tRa&k
is really serious. Even to -
settlers who had paid their 1n11r
tenance only the dfrtieyt, fH1Agt
was delivered for them and their
lilies to drink which also calls fuEfA
q most Just and vigorous protest b
think that even the Nves and health
Of the settlers IL Z matter Of no M
ment to the company.
By the way, samples Of this un<<f
are going to Be ssnt to Gta4o 11x6I
Food Inspector Wallis, who q
now making 4 campaign ID e.
the railroads to furnish pato 4i1
to their patrons. TO eaa II ~ VII
- much 1ntereat "a seeing to i TIT
the settlers On the salmon tract ~
fnrnaehed pure and sanftasy WnA1e.
On! infamy Of infAmieei tAat the
great state Of Idaho which hab in-
duced these people 70 cosno up0m tbs
tract Will now leave them IN fha Hnta.
erable condition Ia. which thay e.. q
fight m uneven battle against &kSS1f
and powerful corporakioa 10 SS1axo
the fights which the etatn b e u n
fts strong arm secure foF ~ IN q
and protect them from the ~ q
unjnAt treatment which q hnt1 -
on them. 80
The outcome Of this matter "a u -
looked npon with gteaf 81
the people u6 the state, for ~ ~
ests OF the whole stA1a aEo q 6tn1jA
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