Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1914-07-23
WORTH SIDE MATTERS.

,.na hoard last week and In a way /
49,, csn only bode Ill for the welfare
:, the settlers in general upon the
The cause OF the airing was
The presentation before the board OF
,rotsst against the approval OF the
application for extensions as prepar-
a nv the trustees OF the bondhold-
ers.
few weeks ago we announced In
oo,umns that all difficulties had
han adjusted and that the tract In
.,,.d the prosperity that stood knock
T.. q, its door. This statement was
..as On the strength of a resolution |
,..sed by the board of directors OF
the Canal Users Association. as the
hest that could possibly he obtained.
This conclusion was reached by the
ho.rd after several long conferences
18th Mr.. Shepherd. representing the
hondholders. who assured the board
that It was the most liberal that
!. could be procured. and this an
nouncement by the board seemed to
meet the hearty approval OF the set
,lsrs on this section of the tract.
II was only a few days. however.
after this resolution was passed that
contention broke out In the Wendell
district. and an effort was made TO
spread this contention over the tract.
The cause OF this contention was
traced TO the door OF one or two
prominent figures at Wendell. and
while some OF their objections seem
ed we'll taken at first. subsequent de-
yelopments have demonstrated that
these objections were promulgated
through purely selfish motives. and
we're occasioned simply because these
personages had been refused posi-
tons with the new management. Per
sonsl letters to Mr.. Shepherd pre-
clude US from mentioning the name
Of these parties. but In these letter
the inference Is clearly made tina
should they be granted the position
asked for. all objection to the con
tract would cease as far as they wer
concerned. Their attitude sine
would clearly Indicate that their self
assumed ability to control the AFFAIR
Of the North Side tract were nc
heartily coincided with on the PAL
Of Mr.. Shepherd.
II was then that they strained e'
cry effort to coerce some OF the j
rome contingent into their fold. AM
we are sorry to state. met with som
success In this undertaking. The
even went so far as to bring pressul
upon this paper by declaring all ma
ner OF vengeance against us. al
making accusations which had l
foundation In fact. And right he
we wish to frankly state our positie
upon this question that there may
no Misunderstanding on the part
anyone.
For upwards of three years {
Times has fought the battle here
behalf OF the settlers and during Il
period the time came when 1t W
plain to be seen that the settlers
the tract must be given some rel
In the way OF extensions on tn
payments II they would succeed. TT
question was taken up with the ms
asement Of the old company and
Agreement was practically reach
which met the approval OF the peol
In general, whereby an extension
nve years would be granted up
payments. bearing 8 per cent int
est. When the proposition was
ally formulated and presented to
canal Users Board 1t contained s
ton whereby the settler acknowle
ed the completion OF the project. {
tue company refusing to elimin
tnis obnoxious section. the prop'
uon was turned down.
In the meantime the Kuhns fai
ana subsequently the bond hold
came into possession OF the tract.
was then that their representa-
mr.. K. K. Shepherd. appeared on
uact with an extension proposit
frankly admitting that the sys
was not complete, and making a
u interest on deferred payments
per cent instead OF per cent.
new proposition was heralded '
uehsht by the settlers in general
''eps we're at once taken to get
setner on the matter and these v
progressing nicely until. through
'nsn motives of a few as ST
eoove. discontent Maa aroused an