The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-03-09
NORTH SIDE SUITS STARTED
The Company Begins Action Against &
Number OF Chronic Delinquents.

Number OF Chronic Delinquents.
Last Friday about one hundred fore
closure suits were filled by the North
Side company against holders of en-
tries on the tract. Suits were filled
in all three counties in which the tract
is now divided since county division
But all the district court of the
Fourth judicial district in which all the
counties are.
The News was aware some weeks
ago that this action was contemplated,
but it was not deemed a legitimate
item of news until the suits were filed
and thus made matter Of record On
Tuesday The News saw r. e. Shop
herd, representing the company, and
he stated that the suits were mostly
against non-residemts who had in no
wise either improved the land or rec
ognized the claims Of the company fol-
delinquent payments, interest or main
tenanCe, and who as well neglected TO
pay taxes Un their entries. Mr.. Shep-
herd said that these cases had to be
cleaned up and the interest Of the coal-
pany protected. These expenses were
accommodating and thus the debt grow
ing; the land was not being improved
and was thus an eye-sore to the tract
and a menace and detriment to the
bona fide entrymen who were making
an effort to make the country. The
purpose was to GUST these delinquents
and drones and get the title to the land
in such shape that it could be trans
ferred to farmers who would improve
it.
Mr. Shepherd said that in many Of
the cases the entTymen had apparently
become lost. Letters from the COM
pany to their last known address came
back unclaimed, and in other cases
| those that did not come back were APP
Iarently received but no attention was
| paid to them. The company and its
claims We're apparently defied and the
obligations, both to the company and
/ to the municipality, ignored.
MIR. Shepherd said this was starter
and that the company would come on
down the line. There are entrymen in
default on their payments and interest
who have ignored the companys extern
! sion proposition and who ignore its Of
fers of a new deal under a new con-
tract. The company only desires rec
ognition in these matters, either by
payments under the old contract or by
acceptance of the new contract. Mr..
| Shepherd declared that it was not the
intention of the company to be in any
wise harsh or unreasonable with any
entryman-those who are making an
effort to improve their land thus show
that they will be able to meet their OBJ
ligaions to the company will not be
| disturbed 1t is the desire Of the COM
| 20, in If al St emil y
can without doing violence to its own
interests any and all entrymen on the
project and he is ready to show every
consideration that can be reasonable
expected to such and asks their coop
Grafton. But there can be no co-opera-
ton between the company and those
who ignore and defy it.
The matter was not touched upon
but The News apprehends that the
company was obliged to take this &C,
ton in the extreme cases to protetc its
own interests. Those who have paiC
nothing but their original filing fee o.
$500 on the water right have very lit
tie interest in the land-the compan!
has a greater interest. AS legal pro
position we do not presume to state
when the first payment which was du'
March 1, 1910, would become OUTLAW
ed" But five years has elapsed, and i
is noted that the company attorneys
filed the suits just before the five-yea
period elapsed. Perhaps the statut
of limitation would run against then
J had action not have been commences
within five years.
At any rate, an individual who ha
claim upon another and to which n
attention had been paid for five years
and to which the claimant could sc
) cure no attention, would likely max
: some sort of move to assert his clair
after five years of default.
1t is likely that many OF the entry
men against whom suit has been start
: ed will never appear to defend i
They entered the land as a specula
ton. and if they have made no I'm
; provement except the perfunctuar
: "prove-up' crop which they plante
five years ago, they are not very muc
and probably, since they have been ur
. able to sell their small equity at
:. nice profit, have very little interest
the matter.
; Paul S. Haddock, of Shoshone, an