Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-01-02
State Land Board
Hands Down Decision
Water Company Ordered to Fur
nish 10000 Acre Feet Of
Storage Water
To be Delivered at the Wilson
Lake and Jerome Reser-
volrs.
| { orn,an,, Cr,o,.l IT, " -
Company Granted Three Years
Extension in which to Com
plete the System.
The Result Complete Victory
for the Association.

The State Land Board on Friday
last handed down their final decision
in the matters brought before them
by the North Side Canal Users Asso-
citation. The decision seems to meet
the general approval Of the settler-
and from a general point Of view Is
considered a victory for the Associ
alton.
Upon the assertion Of the Com
pany some months ago that they
considered this system complete,
the Association, through their attor-
ney-, johnson Il Haddock appeared
before the land board and presented
evidence to show that the system
was not complete for the main
reason that the company had not
provided the storage water a. con-
templalt-d in their contract, and
asked that the company be ordered
10 furnish this storage water, and
upon q refusal by them 50 to do
that their contract with the state
he forfeited.
This request has been stubhornly
fought hy the company since IT.
inception and many offers OF com
promise have been presented 10y
them which has been ignored 10y
the settlers. The question has been
the subject Of much discussion 10y
the land board, and final decision
has been postponed from time Il
. time to give all Of the members o
the board ample opportunity I" &
e into the details of the case. lh'
< office of the State Engineer has beer
d ransacked for records touching upol
q the North Side tract. The Govern
u mcnt irrigation engineer, Don Bar
d has been called in for conference
l. and every other avenue has pee
II searched for light upon this subject
n until at last the land board by
/ unanimous voice has said that III
demand of the settlers on the Mort
Side tract was just, and that IL
St company should he ordered to III
Of nish the amount of storage wa''
te asked for. ,
+ To those who have pointed II
~ finger of scorn at the members
il. ,hc Association, and ridiculed the
In for the action they were taking
n. can only refer them to the 'una'
n. n,ous conclusions Of the board as I
-. evidence that the action OF the st
II. tiers was justitiable, as alter a We
.ot 90 ref,,l and thorough investigate
be If these matters these memo'
d. have by unanimous voice deere
No. ,ho, the demands of the Assocla'l
re- We granted. =,
,os The findings of the board in Il
70 matter are quite lengthy as ma
am "details are brought out that are
his M particular consequence, but
,nt final conclusions as uhahi'''o''
,k- odopted by the board are as iolio'
,r Now by reason of the premises
- the consideration of the evidence
We arguments, and an eNamlna''o" -
lice 6les and records of this board anu :.
lar .sa M Office of the state engineer II
n a hereby resolved:
the Tho, the Twin Fall North Side l.
,ver 4 Water company be required ~
-. written oblig atoms to proceed pr
was ~, and with due diligence 10 se'
o;s. pn, p,orage water at the jackson lake
. srvoir or other point as avaiiaD'e a,.,
delivery at the jerome A"'