The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-08-06

James Hull for Blackfoot: No can
yass made.
Mr.. Ziegler for Corbett: No can
vass made, but thinks conditions
good.
Herbert Lowe reparted that he
needed $4,000 inches but could save
the crops with half that much, ex-
fclusive of hay.
Motion by Bond that each canal
( be represented by its president in
the next meeting, called for the pur-
pose of enabling the respective COM
panies to accept or reject the reso-
luton to donate water to the Ameri-
lean Falls canal
1t was ordered that the meeting ad-
journ to 4 p. m. Friday the thirtieth.
On Friday afternoon the presidents
assembled and reported upon the de-
cisions of their companies and in
most cases consent had been given to
donate some of their water for use
in the American Falls canal, and for
keeping water in the Peoples. Bills
for kilograms and telephone tolls
paid by Byrd Trego in the efforts to
secure an exchange of waters in the
reservoirs for the benefit of all con-
cerned, amountingto about $40 were
reported to the meeting and arrange
ments made for their payment
Mr.. Alfred reported that it would
be cheaper to build big feeder to
tap the river at the head of the Lava
side ditch and feed all the canals
below it than to have each company
act independently in low water. The
plan submitted also provided for a
power plant at the place where the
water from the feeder would have to
be dropped about 20 feet.
Believing that there was plenty Of
water available for all the settlers If
1t could be distributed right, Senator
Dubois and Byrd Trego undertook the
task of getting the Department of
the Interior to grant an exchange of
water in the Blackfoot reservoir, on
the headwaters of the Blackfoot
river, for an equal amount in the
jackson Hole reservoir at the head
Of Snake river, the latter to be used
for the benefit Of settlers in the
canals whose decreed rights do not
date back far enough to give them
water at this time of unusual search
ty Of water for irrigation. The Black
foot reservoir stores water for use on
The Shoshone and Bannock Indian
reservation farms, and is in excess
Of the amount needed for the present
year. That stored in the Jackson
Lake reservoir Is being drawn for use
On the Minidoka and Twin Falls
North Side projects, and is conducted
10 them via Snake river. The plan
submitted to the secretary of the in
terror was to draw on the Blackfoot
for a large stream of water
TO be sent down the Blackfoot river
into Snake river, to the Minidoka and
Twin Falls people, and allow the dry
canals on Snake river above the
of the Blackfoot river to use
an equal amount to- be drawn via
Snake river from Jackson Hole.
The matter had to be explained by
kilograms to number of men scat
.ered in different states, and one man
whose approval was necessary was
'ound to be beyond the reach of tele-
graph lines in Nevada. Everybody
% whom the matter was submitted,
,eemed to approve of the plan, and
IN the strength OF these proposals and
,ther overtures made, the water was
xept running in the Peoples and the
American Falls canals for five days
If the past week when 1t would other
wise have been shut of. The two
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