Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-10-09
ALEXANDER To TAYLOR.
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As necessary WAS about 81, 600 acne feet
and the maximum smount about 270.0rl
acre feet.
The = Company own application Il
change the storage from the tract Il
Jackson Lake, and the Orier q your
Board requiring that 10, 90 scre iees q
provided. was upon the assumption that
storage water wAs needed. and thSt ST
ample supply had nos been otherwiss
provided.
But you cite S;4se Engineer Martin
Report Oc.. l.. 1910. and TIE Certificate
Of the Governor u the Isl :or Patent :.
conclusive p7ooi q TIE izes thai ;hs
lands hsi tesa reclaimed. - slss srch
o5cs7s vs-e guilty Q; perjury.
Now. ne 20 no1 have - charge tnsSs
men with uilirl. deliberate perjury IN
order 70 dispute 1A= isc-s - ~h-1h they
certified. Their op.1io, = - ~hAl con-
s.i.utss .'recl2naAlioa nay Azvs di-ers-'
ircn ours AMI finn Ire E-us, meaning q
,hs. term. Y. -he s1-to.o-l IL. ~
mains - think ~ have c-s2-ly shown
thAt the lands has -. tsSo rs--zi-e. -
adequate provision ra-i= ~ she-r rsc---
nation.
The Governor ID io1bs rs,isi upon Tx
State Engineers Report. ani I 20 noi
know where tbs. gentleman sos ~ IL
formation Butte illustrate the socu-
racy OF that very report, want 10 cits
this tact. That report, ! copy q whie-
l have, recites tia. the jerome And VII
son Lake Reservoirs were then tS-n-
completed, when in. TACT. work Of con
struction' zd.hanily begun: ani thoCst
rushed with al possible haste up int
December snd until stopped By treezins
weather Jerome Reservoir AS 10. com
plesei until some time in the spring 0.
1911, too lac 70 ~ l. or that se4son.
That report,zlso clearly implied that j
rome Reservoir held. o. would hold
l7O,0o0 acre iees Of water whether i >
stated in positive terms OF not.
Call the set Of making such : rspor.
perjury or no. IS you Ike. but ls- =
just for moment consider TIE ssrious-
ness Of the mistake.
You know that that reservoir dos -,
hold foot Of available water. SuppoS
that the Government hsi Patented tn
land OF strength o. such reoorI,o- Ihal
the State Land Board had permitted IL
Company 70 turn oyel the tr.c. % II
settlers IS completed, II ~hsl sor- O..
condition would the state sni The settlers
have BEEN Il : 70 guard 2s4ilS. s1ch
thing happening ye.. that the settlers
Are protesting sgAinsE the issAnoe Q.
Patents until we know.
We have with good reason los- col1-
de1ce il sone Safe O-Sciais and IN t.
Company ani ~ want 70 - -
'-GOois
The reasonably unNzry nigh. have
been satisfied and perhaps Ee would
have been bu. ior p2st experiences when
the contract ~zs entered into . rziSe
Jackson Lake Dan. - have taken over
the system sni u have. united With liz
State IN zsking io- Patent. bz41se thzl
o0atrzc. as beekei BY the supposedly
financially inp-eznzble House Of
Kuhn" But Ia, Ike the'ho1se buildei
upon the sand i has i.len, and again
-e would have ben holding the Sex
But now 70 your final point in relation
TO this matter Of the reclamation Of The
lands which az first blush SEEMS 10 Il ;
'eEncher' You say that nearly every
enUynan has offered sworn testimony 70
eorrOoorste the Certificate Of the Cover
nor and STATE Engineer, and very iorcibly
intmste that said entrymen snd their
witnesses are all perjurers If the posi-
ton We now take Is true, taking : par
1culariy iorcetul slap at our honest and
honored pioneer settler, W. ?. Rice,
President OF the Canal Users ASS 4.
Board, but such dirty little thrusts can
not lessen the love and esteem that the
settlers have for that man, Prince
among men" one among the noblest OF
our citizenship. but does very materially
lessen the respect OF the people here for
the one who attempts to thus impugn
the character OF such a man.
Will you be as charitable with these
entrymen and their witnesses as l have
been with your friends, the Governor
and Engineer? l would remind you that
nine-tenths OF these proofs were made in
the summer OF 1909; then the system was
not complete; the affdavits Of proof were
made in full reliance upon the contract
and in the faith that it would be carried
out, and that storage water would be
provided as agreed, in which case the
reclamation would be complete and ade-
quate.
Furthermore, the lands here were sold
under the representation that the filings
for water right were on a par with the
Twin Falls South Side Project, in fact,
that the Perrine filing ante-dated the fl
ings for the South Side. Not until the fight
over the water in 1910, did we learn the
falaifv nj such rauralaptariop II .b,.