The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-12-16
Pertinent Question Put to Twin
faIls-west End Co.
ENTRYMAN WANTS TO KNOW ALL
THE FACTS In CASE.
Z Oregon Man Who Has Invested In
Idaho Refuses to Assign His Hold
ings Until Given Guaranty of Faith.

PROFESSOR FRANK n. Well6S, ASSISTANT
state superintendent of public instruc-
ton of the state of Oregon, whose let
ter to Governor Haines relative to the
bankrupt and defunct West EndTwin
Falls Irrigation company and it's pro-
ject was printed yesterday, has also
written to the company whose head
quarters are at Des Moines, Ia, demand
ing certain information from the COM
pany as guaranty of good faith be-
fore complying with the company's re-
quest to assign his holdings on that
defunct project. Professor Welles
makes the charge that S. D. Taylor,
Carey act commissioner, had written
to him 10 days prior to his receipt of
the request from the company to as
sign his claims back to the company
for no compensation whatever, and he
suggests that Mr.. Taylor's letter was
written for the purpose of paving the
way" for the company's remarkable
request to the settlers to assign their
claims to the company which had fall
ed to comply with its contract to the
state and the settlers.
Professor Welles shows more inter-
est in inquiring about the responsible
@ity of the company, the amount of
money it has expended of its own. and
the amount 1t proposes to invest and
the amount it proposes to speculate
upon, than the state land board has
apparently shown, inasmuch as its
contracts have been made to anybody
willing to contract regardless of their
financial responsibility or the prob
ability OF their being able to succeed
with their enterprises except through
the most fortunate of speculative VEN
lures.
His letter to the company is as fol-
lows:
100 S. 14th ST. Salem, Ore, Dec 5, 1913.
Desmoines, Ia.
Dear Sirs: Your letter of New. %
has been received. You inclose an as
sign to you my quarter section OF land
under the West End-Twin Falls pro-
ject.
land and it's water right. Further, on
the positive assurance OF Mr.. Perkins,
manager of the company, that the wa
ter would be ready the next year.
paid out another thousand dollars In
= CdSu 1OT Improving tAc AdAu NY 81 uO-
bling sage brush and blowing.
I am willing to assign the land and
water right to the company for $4,000
in cash, but l do not want any stock
I am willing to lose the interest on the
money during all these years that VIC
have been waiting for water; but am
not willing to assign my land and per-
haps release the state of Idaho from
it's obligation to me, unless | am as
sured that the project will be speed
lily completed and at reasonable cost
Your letter does not say how you ex'
pect to finance the project, yet this II
the one thing that the contract hold
ers are particularly interested In. Yot
state in your letter that the compan,
is bankrupt, "does not have dollar
In cash." but that you expect to reor:
ganize the company
have read your letter very care
fully, as well as the letter from thu
Idaho Carey act commissioner which
preceded yours just 10 days, and wal
apparently intended to pave the wa,
for it, and l find that the plan yo'
are now proposing is exactly the on
followed by the Columbia Southern
project in Oregon that became tota
failure. although luG COAApduy cApCAu
ed $780, 900 of their own money In try
ing to finance It. After years Of wait
ing 1t is now being completed by tn
state and national governments work
ing together. AS you perhaps know
the state of Oregon Is co-operatin
with the government in the completion
of her defunct Carey act projects, an
Idaho should do the same. Accordin
to newspaper reports Governor Haine
is now considering the feasibility Q
calling special session of the legis
lature, one OF the purposes being t
consider the Carey act projects.
Mayor Hodges of Boise, a prospec
tive candidate for governor. Is quote
In the newspapers as saying: "Befor
we secure immigrants and capital y
have got to do two things. and that
to so reduce our taxes that homesael
ers and would-be investors will undel
stand that they are not going to b
taxed to the point Of confiscation. an
then confidence in our Carey act PR
jects mpst be restored by the state. q
fectiug restitution for those who hay
= suffered loss and getting behind tt
projects, that homeseekers will undel
stand that they are adequately pr
tected."
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