The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-08-07
REDUCING THE TAXES
Chapter Thwty-six

The big suit commonly spoken of the Snake River Water
by which all the tributary Snake River above
American Falls taken and decreed the
thus establishing and defining their respective titles has always
been less of mystery the public and this year
Lord nineteen hundred and fourteen the trend of events
the discussion of the question and the of
tain candidates for Office claiming superior abilities manage
public business and the judiciary and citing their public record
proof have melted the etoo Republican make
Investigations of the facts and give them the public for
their consideration.
In the of 1901 the Rexbug Irrigation company filed
suit against the Teton Irrigation Canal company the
decree the division and ownership of the
the Teton river tributary of the North Fork of Snake
The suit brought the district Fremont county
st. Anthony being the county Hon. Joseph c. Rich the dis
trc judge and A. NJ Carter the county clerk.
1t observed by thoughtful that when any division
made of the waters of Snake river of its tributaries
the rrgators of the whole valley concerned and
the Tego Ditch company the Danskn Ditch company the River
side Ditch company the Watson Slough Ditch company the Wat
son Slough Irrigation company the Parsons Ditch company the
Wearyr Ditch company and others of Bingham county, acting
through their attorney George F. Hanbough filed complaint
nervener asking that all parties interested should be allowed
participate the of when their respective canals
built and the appropriated and put beneficial and
that the titles the be adudcated and established accord
ingly
This action opened the way for all be represented and
they were recognized and notified of their rights of participation
and mode of procedure obtain titles 1t found that the
interested parties numbered about fifty corporations companies
partnerships and upwards of twenty-five hundred individuals
district Idaho made necessary for Governor John
Morrison appoint judge preside the sixth district
succeed Judge Rh who by the division had been relieved of
jurisdiction in this territory James NJ Stevens appointed
Judge and Clarence Dietrich appointed court senographer
and the district comprised Bingham Custer Lemh and Fremont
counties The parties in the whom shall hereafter
speak of lgans lived in Fremont and Bingham counties
and decided hold the hearings and take evidence the
principal towns and the homes of the tigants rather
than county Seats and hold the hearings between the regular
terms of court the being of such proportions that must
necessarily take time than any of the ordinary suits
became apparent that would be better have special
stenographer take the testimony and transbe it, copy the
shorthand making multcopy with pcwrter) and Clar
en c. Dietrich assigned that task and Mrs Sumner
Brown appointed regular court stenogapher was ex
pcd that while the regular court in session. Mr. Dietrich
would be trancrbng testimony the water and when tes
tmony being taken in the water the official court eno
grapher would be transcrbng testimony taken in the
heard in the In this way the Judge and
two stenogaphers would keep the work moving continuously
If this plan had been followed the the gants would
have been the of the notification of the gan
5000 and interest," the of stenogapher $Ioo
month for year year and half exceeding $4,000 and he
cost of surveying and drafting which about $4,000 Granting
that nothing could have been saved in interest this account
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