Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-09-18
NEGOTIATING FOR
PUMPING PLANT
Arrangement Believed Will Secure
Adequate Water Supply For
Mountain He me

AS the result of a conference be.
tween Senator Brady and S. z. Nit
chelip resident of the Electric Bond
4 Share company, held during the re-
cent visit OF Senator Brady to Boise
an arrangement has been made which
1t is generally believed will assure an
adequate water supply to settlers ON
the lands under the irrigation system
OF the Mountain Home Cooperative
irrigation company.
Engineers of the irrigation company
and the e ectr.c Bond & Share com
Dany have been at work i'm the Noun
tain Home district for some time, and
they have measured an underground
Flow which, according to reports they
have made to Mr. Mitchell, will, In
;onjunction with the present water sup
W, assure adequate wafer under amy
Conditions for the project as II now
stands, and possibly permit including
even more acreage i'm the project.
Mr.. Mitchell said he had discussed
he matter with Senator Brady and
made arrangements under which the
underground flow was to be pumped
onto the land. He said some of the
ol1rps are already being installed,
AID the rest would be put I'm before
he beginning of the 1916 irrigation
season.
rs to the capacity of the pumps, or
he amount Of water they would sup
ly, Mr.. Mitchell was unable to fur
a !sh figures, but he said those details
lad been carefully worked out by the
engineers and he was assured that
the pumping plan was practical.
1t Is expected that the perfection of
ne pumping arrangements will prove
at relief to the settlers on the
project, since tt is understood that
during the present season, which was
probably the dryest ever known In
the history of that country, the pro-
ject has suffered considerable from
water shortage.
Mr.. Mitchell said nothing definite
had been done toward the organdza-
lion of an operating company for the
power properties amalgamated in
southern Idaho, but details are being
worked out and the various proper
es will soon be nut on new basis.
When he arrived DIN Biose Sunday he
thought the operating company
would be formed within fortnight, |
)ut subsequent developments have
been such that he thought it posi- |
ole that the company would not
spring into being until after his return
to New York
He said that when the company
vas organized 1t would be to all In
tcnts and purposes local organiza-
tion, with its officers here, and 80
that DIT would be- quick to
respond to the will of the people In
thIs section whom it Is to serve.
AS to the negotiations for the pur-
chase by the Electric Bond & Share
onpany of the Southern Idaho Power
company and the Great Shoshone &
Twin Falls Water Power company,
Mr.. Mitchell said little progress had
Jeen made since his arrival here. He
pointed out that foreclosure proceed
ngs had been instituted against dhe
Great Shoshcne company, and that 1t
will probably be put up at a receiver
sale. 1t is generally believed that the
Electric Bond & Share company will
De a bidder at that sale, but Mr..
Mitchell was not prepared to discuss
he bid of the company. He said
here was nothing further to report
his negotiations for the
purchase TO the Southern Idaho Power
company Statesman.