Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-05-31


sell shares water rights in said canal and irrigation
SYSTEM being understood however that priority of APP
picaton or priority OF entry or settlement shall NOT
give any PRIORITY OF RIGHT TO THE USE OF
WATER flowing through the canal against subsequent
purchasers but SHALL ENTITLE THE PURCHASER
TO A PROPORTIONATE interest only therein
AS said the Importance of this will appear.
Now it transpres that Notwithstanding contracts
sold to 500 entrmen for 5000 of land there
not water enough available for than third of that
amount.
state engineer since these lands were sold has
ported that there be enough for than
30 to 40 per cent of the lands.
An engineer OF the geological survey who reported
upon the project has reported that there not water for
more than 80 900 acres.
The secretary of the interior after investigation
notified the state land board Of this state that the gov
eminent would not issue patent to the state for than
onehaf the lands and asked the board to Immediately
duce the size of the project.
This letter has never been published and the state
and board has taken no action upon the request OF the
rotary of the interior.
In view of these circumstances and conditions and in
view of the further fact that when only $4,000
under cultivation the entire water supply became
hxusted the settlers upon the project organized them
selves under the of the Salmon River Settlers asso-
clation and sought to counsel among themselves how best
to protect their interests They advised that settlers
fuse to make deferred payments until such time
ances could be given that water would be supplied
water not available for third Of the land sod it be-
manifest that somebody going to be left without
water The Settlers association advised that further
payments be made until it could be ascerained who it is
that is to receive the water that will make his lands val
uabe who is to be deprived Of making his land worth
less.
The association also advised the settlers not to pay the
maintenance fees for 1911 1912 and 1918
That association also requested the state land board to
require the company to cut down the Of the tract to
be irrigated and to have reinquished to the
10000 acres of the segregation.
For doing these things which they regarded as essen
ta to their protection these settlers charged in this
complaint with conspiracy and the court is asked to
join them from giving any such advice particularly to
join them from giving advice not to pay deferred pay
ments until their water rights adjusted and to cap
demand the court asked to enon these settlers from
demanding of OR PETITIONING the said state board
land commissioners of the state of Idaho to release
|relinquish any portion Of the lands
The settlers upon that project certainly in bad
predlcament with from twice to three times much land
sold there is water to supply the land, and with
tracts made that has water right at ALL but
merely proportonate right with all the rest to whatever
water there may be- The only wonder is that half mil
lion of land not sold under the water
right nasmuch there has been effort made by the
land board to that there to be adequate water
supply.
But the settlers must defend in court their right
even to petition for redress of their grievances
Is it any wonder that Idahos prosperity has had a
when the states interests have received better
protection from the states constituted authorities?