The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1915-03-26
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION

Notice is hereby given that spe-
cial election will be held in the Pho
necr Irrigation District, on Friday,
the 30th day of April, 1915, at which
election there shall be submitted to
the qualified electors of the Pioneer
Irrigation District the question of
the right Of the District to enter into
a supplemental contract to the ORR
ginal contract authorized by the cleo
tors Of the Pioneer Irrigation District
on the 10Th day of October, 1912, and
afterwards entered into by said Dis
trict, which supplemental contract
provides for the purchase of a 56-750
interest i'll the storage capacity of
Arrowrock Reservoir, instead Of $780,
900 worth of storage capacity in Ar
rowrock Reservoir, as provided in
said original contract, and $4,000 Of
the unexpended balance of the $780,
600 authorized in the original con
tract to be used for drainage within
the Pioneer Irrigation District shall
be used, after the completion of the
drains contemplated in said original
contract, in the construction of drain
age bitches along Five-mile and Ten
mile creeks, or such portion of said
$4,000 shall be so used as is neces-
sary to pay one-half Of the cost Of
the construction of the deep drains
for the purpose of relieving the over
wet lands along Five-mile and Ten
mile creeks, the Nampa Meridian r.
rigation District to pay the remaining
one-half, together with all costs Of
construction exceeding One Hundred
Thousand dollars ($l00,000), and the
remaining portion of the $35O,000 un-
expended after the completion of the
drains contemplated in the original
contract, together with the drains
above specified, to be used, if neces-
Sary in the construction of additional
drains within the Pioneer Irrigation
District which may be for the best
interests of the District, to be agreed
upon between the Board of Directors
of said District and the Secretary OF
the Interior, and provides also that
the construction charges expended by
the Reclamation Service of the Unit
ed States under said original contract
and the supplemental contract, both
Tor the drainage system and for said
storage capacity in Arrowrock Reser-
yoir shall be paid to the United
States of America in twenty (20) an
nual installments, as provided in Sec
ton 2 of the Act of Congress of Aug
ust Is, 1914, entitled "An Act EN-
tending the Period of Payment under
Reclamation Projects, and for Other
Purposes, the first of which Install
ments shall become due and payable
December LIST of the year in which
public notice is issued for the Boise
Project under said Act of Congress.
and subsequent installments on Dec
ember lst of each year thereafter, the
hrst tour OF which installments shall
be two per centum each, the next two,
tour per centum each, and the remain
ing installmentS shall be six per cent
um each Of the total construction
charges, instead of being paid in ten
annual installments, as provided by
said original contract, in accordance
with the general plan adopted by the
Board of Directors of the Pioneer
irrigation District under date oil
March 10, 1915
Maps, plans and estimates and the
report of the State Engineer of the
State of Idaho are on file and omen
10 public inspection by the people of