Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-05-09
MORMON COLONY
To TAKE LAND IN
ELhORE COUNTY
IRRIGATION OF ADDITIONAL. f50,
900 ACRES NEAR MOUNTAIN
HOME Is PLANNED.

A movement IS on foot 10 colon
ize 300 Mormon families in Ell
more county. Coupled with this an
nouacement IS another to the ef-
feet That 10000 additional acres
II land that can be irrigated Will
De added to the Mountain Home
project now we'll under way. The
PROJECT is being handled by the
Mountain Home Cooperative Irri-
cation company.
1t Is projected by the company
10 raise the Long Tom dam, which
lmpOSmds water in one of the res
erVoTs Of the irrigation company
fne Big Camas reservoir, which is
the main water supply, was raised
iS feet last fall, providing enough
additional water to enable the COM
paDy to water 10000 acres or mora
this season. An application for
5000 more acres was also granted
by the State land board.
Litigation Helps.
That plans for the completion Of
the irrigation project are being for
warded Is borne out by a state
ment IN the New Time of Noun
tam Home, which makes reference
to condemnation proceedings that
have been preferred by the irriga-
tlon company. The Bailey ranch
spoken OF is located right in the
basin that forms part of the Big
Uamas reservoir, and attempts had
been made by Senator Brady to
buy the property at reasonable
price, b1t the owners didn't see
it in that light When the reseF-
volr Is filled this season the ranch
Will be under eight or ten feet Of
water. Failing to purchase the
the condemnation pro-
necessarily followed.
In speaking of the project in
general, the New Times SAYS:
In the issue of April iS the New
Time put before its readers mere
y as matter OF collateral de-
1LctlOn, the promise, from heresay,
hat the Oregon Short Line would
,OlOnize here 800 families of the
!. d. S. church, providing certain
irrigation requirements We're met.
The Hubbell ranch, upon which
: situated the Long Tom dam for
these lands, is a cOnsid-
,rable distance, probably in the
LeighbOrhOOd of IS miles. from
he Bailey ranch, which back wa
er from the reservoir below flood
ID. Litigation and restraint pro-
eedlngS thie 30 a clGUded title has
eretOfOre prevented the higher
uildIng of the wall at the reSer-
OR ditch, which in rounding the
ill below the Long Tom. washed
at often, making the supply Of wa
sF for irrigation uncertain and pre-
rf.-
bs0ute title fC the Hlhbel ranch
nd the Long Tom reservoir. and
MS week notification was sent
at by the district court, under
proceedings. order
rs consisting Of Banker A. B.
uer of 6ienn's Ferry. and Assess
r Frank VI Hobbs of this city, to
ppralse the value Of the Bailey
,nch and report to the court as
lon as possible
Adds Many Acres.
In the natural legal order Of
Iings. this Should bring the Bail
? ranch, which has been the hob
e upon irrigation, and cOncOmit-
] advancement, also into posses
on of the Brady company, which
is said will Immediately drive
tunnel through the hill above
lng Tom dam and build an addit-
nal 80 feet onto the wall of the
servoir at the Bailey ranch, at
| outlay of at least a million
,llarS.
This will mean the irrigation of
additional $4,000 acres of land.
This will mean, in all prObabil-
2, the bringing of sereVal hun
ed men to Mountain Home with
a month after the appraisers
port has been made