The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-08-22
Lane WOULD HELP
BOISE PROJECT
H0MESTEADERS

The homesteaders and citizens Of
Caldwell turned out In force yester
day afternoon to welcome Secretary
of the Interior, F. K. Lane. The
train was a few minutes late and
ed to the City Hall Immediately up
On his arrival.
The hall was crowded to its capa.
city ana many Representatives, trOM
Nampa, BOISE and OLner nearby
pOlnls were present in addition 10 q
good representation from the LANDS
over the project.
Waiter GrlmIhs called the meet
ing to order and said That the meet
ing hau Deen gained to tax over
the matters concerning the fayette-
BOISE PROJECT, to listen to COM
pants ana TO discuss with the Sec
Rotary the hardShlps and dimculLles
Oh Lue SETTLERS.
we have, said Mr.. Gri1iths, al
most LullllOn acres OF lauu III this
SecLlOn, WeA WaCereu, ALMOST Car
GUAR IA loim anu wiLn great mauy
sLr0au4S luciuueu WALAAu AIS UOuAus,
Sucu aS Inc BOISE 1Llver, tayeLLe
river, Owynee, DruAeau, Malueur
anu OLnerS. we want " give Tue
SecroLaIy AN Iuea VI what we are
ny against anu OF WudL we WOulu
IKE W nave .Lne teclaMatlon Ser
wee 90.
tlelerrlng to the farm unit, Mr..
GrlMLuS STATED tnaL tue unit mas re-
Laiueu lie progress VI LAe prVjecL,
no. because " Is 100 large, UuL Ue-
Cause VI Lue QimcuiLy VI transfer
ring parts VI man s holdings, uu-
uei L.eciaulaLlOn service rules. Inc
maLLer VI pa.eALs was reAerTeO "
W Lus Speaher. de SAID we want
patent ASsuSu WlLuOuL CUuuILlOuS. a
patent mat VIA permit Us 70 sen
any size piece, ana give US freedom
W use our JuuSmeuL dS 10 WnoLueI
IA uuyius sucn piece we can maKe
iivius On II. MI. GrlMClS Jueu
Called On Director ttankln OF Lne
WAFER USerS ASoUciaLAUu, VINO
"aveu Two patents aIOlC DIS Ne REFER
req " tne lupossIDlllLy VI using Jne
lew s.yIe 0ocuuouL eiLner as cOA-
iaterai or III seAlug part. wei
waAL patent, saiu NAr. ttaAAln, LndL
Civ Eo US Inc land 10 do as we axe
Win. lue speaker caused rlpplc
oL laughter Wneu he SAID TO Lue
oecretary: You may take unls paL-
ent BACK WIN you 10 washington,
II you Ike. us no good TO me-" IN
Lne Olu patent MAJ. IlankIn said ne
cOuiu DOrrow money at SIX per cent
anu unoer the new II any money
could De borrowed al All IT Woulu
We at ten or Twelve.
III repIy The secretary said he
thought mat the purpose vi Lne con-
dlIlons Was 10 prevent a man buy
ing piece OF land on wnlch me |
couid not make llvlnE.
Mr. ADLfim, anOLner director, SAID |
that Inc settlers wanLeu an extern
sion Oh tine on payment and WauL
u KNOW now muCn the nnai charsG !
would lie, and Lnen they cOui0 Lei.
now mucn Time exclusion they |
would Want. lie Thought the pay
menIS snould not De over So.Vv an
acre year, and tnat Laey snOuIu
not began until AMER the prOJecL
was hnlsned.
Mr. Howard referred " the time
it lakes 10 get patent. saying ne
had proved up over lnree years |
ago ana mad not received mis- pat
eAL YET.
Mr. PembertOn thought the set
tiers WouiQ ma 1t uluucuIt 10 pay
as mucn as three QOlIars an acre a
year and referred 70 Ine lengLn OF
TINE Lnat should De granted 10 make |
payments.
thllllp e. Smith said that this is |
a new country and last developing. |
Inc land wall pay three QOliars, DuL |
WAN Tue present cosL Of AvAng anu
nigh taxes many would nnu II a
nafusnip " pay That amount at the |
start. All Lne land Is good anu
WAL pay out eventually. Unuer
farm unit conditions me land was
worthless as collateral, because II
u man loaned on 1t ana had TO
toreclose, he could not hold the lanu
as MS own IL ne ALREADY possesseu
another farm unit.
MAJ. Weymouth arose to correct
statement That had been made
that man cannot assign or SELL
any size piece On whlch he holds
a patent. MI. Weymouth said that
the rule OF having enough to sup
port family hau been abrogated
and that anyone could sell any size
piece he wanted. Upon question,
however. he admitted that the piece
sold would be established AS u tarm
unit.
The Sccretary's Talk.
Secretary Lane was warmly re-
ceived when he got up to speak. He
said: Il have come to Idaho to see
u couple OF projects In this state
and see how you are making out.
am familiar with the west. and
tell you, the sage brush looks good
to me. l have lived all my life in
the west with the exception OF the
IrDot,uu.A an las Oauel