The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-08-06
THE nile OF AMERICA
DIVERTED TO THE FARMS
Snake River Valley Suffers Some Shortage of
Water; Old Settlers Dividing Water with New
Residents Marked Generosity Shown. Some
Crops Will Be Lost

A water meeting was held at the
City hall, Blackfoot, July 20, 1915
THE meeting was called to order by
r. N. West, who stated that the OBJ.
ject of the meeting was to canvass
THE water shortage and see what
could be done for relief. Harvey All.
red was elected chairman and Byrd
lTrego secretary.
A motion made by g. M. Ken
Inedy that the meeting determine how
many were willing to rotate the
water among the users, received no
Isecond,
Assistant State Engineer r. s.
Wilkie explained the conditions in
1.-THE valley relating to water. Harvey
FAllred, the commissioner for water
district number four made the fol-
lowing statement as to the average
amounts that have been drawn by
the II canals in the district:
Draws
Parsons, decreed % it. ..----.-.-..22.77
Watson, decreed 120 1T. ..-..-.-.-1O7
Wearyrick, decreed 3S it. ..... 34.7
'Trego, decreed 70 TT. .......,.---.. 60
Danskin, decreed $50 fe. ........165
Riverside, decreed 100 ft....-.... rs
American Falls, decreed 1250--70O
Peoples, decreed 400 ft..........331
New Lava Side, decreed 152..-.123.50
'Blackfoot. decreed 400 ft.-.......331
Corbett, decreed ESQ ft.---.-....--2 less
On roll call it was found that all
the canals were represented by two
or more officers excepting the Par
sons and the New Lavaside, and the
latter was represented by officers
who came in late.
The several canals were represent
ed by president, secretary and water
master as follows:
Parsons: Not represented.
Watson Slough: ]. R. Williams,
P. C. M. Jensen, w. G. Slack.
Wearyrick: J. W. Killian, John
Stander and Adams.
Trego: G. H. Smith, L. H. Fink
and T. w. Randall.
Danskin: Joseph Williams, F. I.
Halverson and AL Benson.
Riverside: ]. G.. Bond and Earl
Corey.
American Falls: Howard Lowe.
Peoples: H. c. g. Rich, Fred
Hines, Eugene Liljenquist and Dy-.
CERT.
New Lavaside: Louis Felt.
Blackfoot Irrigation: w. G. Sol
lenberger and James Hull.
Corbett: A. Whitten, e. A. Doud
and A. A. Ziegler.
Roll Call of Conditions
Reports Of crop conditions as to
irrigations we're given by water
masters as follows:
w. c. Slack for Watson Slough:
The grain is matured; second hay
crop not watered yet; beets about
half watered; less than half of po-s
tatoes watered.
John Stander for the Wearyrick
ditch: Much hay needing water,
some beets and potatoes needing 1t;
two or three days will finish present
of beets and potatoes.
T. W. Randall for Trego ditch:
Potatoes, grain and beets require
about three days watering.
Danskin: About 1450 acres of
beets watered once; $50 acres need
water; 1900 acres potatoes wet once;
about $50 acres need water; grain
matYred and hay needing water.
Earl Corey for Riverside: Crops
we'll watered, everybody following up
closely as watering Is needed, nobody
nor giving trouble.
Howard Lowe for American Falls
Canal Canal shut off; grain made
Or ruined; hay watered once; 100
acres of beets and $500 or 5000
acres Of potatoes wet once and 400
acres beets not watered yet. Total
of about 1900 acres not watered at
all yet. Conditions bad
Eugene Liljenquist of Peoples:
100 acres Of beets 80 per cent
1850 acres Of hay 25 per
cent watered; $50 acres potatoes 75
per cent watered; 300 acres needing
water.
Mr.. Dygert for Peoples, lower di-
vision: 5000 acres Of crops, rs per
cent watered; potatoes and beets not
we'll watered; hay so per cent water
cd; grain matured or shriveled and
past redemption with water.