The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-07-11
P.B water USERS
HOLD Meeting

The board of directors of the Pay
ette--Boise Water Users Associa-
ton met in regular monthly session
on Tuesday afternoon at the City
Hall, President Bradley in the chair.
After the reading of the minutes
/; and the allowance of the bills, the
committee on Irrigation Districts
was called upon for report. This
committee was appointed to investi-
gate as to the relative values of 1rri-
CATION Districts, private corporations
or Water Users Associations. Wal.
ter Griffiths reported for the commit
tee verbally, pointing out the differ
ence between the various organiza-
tons and the points of value to the
settler in each. His report will be
put in circular form later and pub
lished in these columns.
Time for Payments
A letter was read from Commits
sioner French at Washington en-
| quiring as to the most convenient
time of the year in which the settlers
should make their payments for
operation and maintenance. The let
J ter stated that the request was made
| at the instance of the Secretary OF
che interior. After some discussion.
Walter Griffiths moved that reply
be sent to the effect that the method
and time now in use is good one
and that "the present system is
ideal' This was unanimously ap-
proved.
Everybody Pays Up
Project Mgr. Bliss asked wheth.
err or not the settlers were paying
their notes as they mature and he re-
| piled that in the whole project there
was only about fifteen dollars OUT
standing.
The matter of an office room for
the secretary came up and it ap-
pearing that for the present there
was little hopes of economy in this
direction, the matter was let stand
in its present shape for the next
month.
Work of the Investigators
Tie interest of the meeting CEN
tered around the work of the COM
mittee appointed last month at Il
special meeting to investigate breaks
in the Mora canal.
| Before calling for the report a
letter was read from Carl G. Aven
protesting against any report that
the committee might present being
accepted upon the ground that the
committee had not done its work
thoroughly. The letter went on to
state that evidence taken had not
been reduced to writing at the time
and claiming that it was impossible
for, the committee to reach cor
rect conclusion under the lax meth
DDS employed. The letter was re-
ceived without comment.
Mr.. Brandt reported verbally for
the committee. He stated that the
members had been unable to. arrive
at any conclusion as to the respon-
sibility for the break He did not
know, he said, why there was an
unusual amount of water in the
Mora canal just before the break
and stated there was no way of find
ing out.
| Referring to the charges that
Watermaster Bailey had not proper
ly attended to his duties, that Bailey
had favored his friends in giving Out
work and contracts, that Bailey had
not made trips over his territory
and that he had been negligent OF
careless, the speaker stated that sc
far as the committee had been able
to discover there was no foundation
for any of the charges. The com
mittee had spent three days in tn,
territory and had Investigated ant
run down all OF these charges. HI
said, with the result stated.
The report. Mr.. Brandt stated, wa
only a partial one. as Stenographe
, Shelby had not furnished a trans
r cript of the evidence yet for the u.s.
of the committee.
Walter Grifiiths, also a member o
the investigating committee, state'
in answer to question that the com
mittee had found evidence to sub
!, stantiate the statement that Their
was an excess of water in the Nor
4 canal at the time of the break. Com