The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-11-23

| ment. This supposed responsibility of
the state was not repudiated at that
time by the land board; nor has il
ever been repudiated.
That 1t will not now be repudiated
was the substance of remarks by mem
bers of the board who spoke at Sat
urdays meeting.
Attorney General Peterson indig-
nantly denied that he had ever been
opposed to the interests of the set
tiers and that they could depend upon
him to do everything within his power
to assist the settlers on the Salmon
tract. Mr.. Peterson called attention
to the fact that he was born on a
homestead in the state of Idaho, and
he remarked that in his youth he had
Deen forced by poverty to wear such
ragged clothing that he did not think
any child on the Salmon tract today,
regardless of the unfortunate coudi-
tlons that exist, had anything worse to
contend with than he did during his
early days with his folks struggling
under adverse conditions for living
from quarter of a section of dry
land
MI Peterson stated that what nad
been presented at the hearing had
made deep impression and convinced
him that conditions were much worse
than he had imagined, and that every
effort should be made to find some
| form OF immediate relief
| Governor Alexander, chairman of the
board, who presided at the hearing,
addressed the meeting briefly, stat
ing that the board would at once in
vestigate the character of relief it was
possible to apply in this case He ex-
pressed the purpose of the board in
coming to Hollister to meet with the
settlers, to hear of conditions from
the lips of the entrymen and to assure
them that the Board had their inter-
ests at heart and would endeavor to
do everything it possibly could do to
effect speedy solution of the difficult
ties with which the entrymen and the
company have been contending
The specific relief which Attorney
Longley asked the Board to grant is
substantially this: that the Board pass
an order requiring the company to
reduce the area Of the project from
$4,000 acres to 26,000 acres; to make
the order returnable within ten days,
the company to give assurances that
the reduction would be made before
February 1st; on failure to accede to
the requirements of the Boards order
or to give satisfactory assurance that
the order would be complied with, the
state to bring an action to annul the
contract between the state and promo
tion company on the grounds of non
performance.
The relief requested was substan-
TALLY the same as was recommended
to the Land Board by the Irrigation
commission In the report it recently
submitted to the Land Board, after a
personal investigation of the Salmon
project by its members and after pub
lie hearings conducted at Hollister and
Boise.
The departure of State Treasurer
Eagleson for short visit to the north
ern part of the state, left the capital
Saturday without a single adminfstra-
tive official on the job. Besides the
Governor and Attorney General Peter
son, the State Auditor. Mr.. Huston,
Secretary Of State Barker and Miss
Mccoy, Superintendent of Public In
struction, were all In attendance at
the Hollister hearing
Omcials of the Oregon Short Line
again took occasion to favor the peo-
pie on the Salmon tract by holding the
train at Hollister an hour and half
in order that those who attended from
Twin Falls might remain until the end
of the hearing.