The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-05-06
CENSURE GOV. AT
PUBLIC MEETING
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and secure cooperation Of the presi-
dent and secretary Of the interior and
/ do not believe the settlers will have
any difficulty whatever in disposing
of irrigation bonds by the time the
necessary preliminary steps shall have
been taken He thereby admitted
that the state is in honor bound to
take care OF these projects and that II
not taken care of, dishonor to the
state will result. But, by an exotic
principle OF ethics unknown to moral
law he proposes to shift the burden
| from the state to the shoulders OF the
settlers and thus the stelers are to
be loaded up with the dishonor OF
the state and led into the desert by
his excellency as the Levitical scrape-
goat was loaded up with the sins OF
| the children of Israel and led into the
wilderness to starve and die.
Help Long Deferred.
| Having thus saved the honor of
the state. he proceedg to assure us
| that there win be mo difficulty what
ever in negotiating irrigation bonds
| to complete the system. We might
have some hopes Of contamination OF
the prophecy, had not his excellency
at an official meeting Of the state
board OF Land commissioners. few
days after the delivery OF this mes
sage, emphatically declared that these
projects are defunct, of no value
whatever, and ought to be abandoned
Thus placing upon us burden OF prov
| ing that such statement was made
either in malice, or In total ignorance
of the merits of the projects them
selves. Congress does not meet until
4 Ifo
any subject Is proverbially slow, and
IL congress should adopt the COVER
nor scheme it could not be enacted
into law short OF April 1, 1915. The
organization OF an irrigation district
consumes at least six months Time
thus carrying us past the crop season
OF 1916 Did the governor know these
facts when he attempted to deprive
us Of the appropriation for 1916? II
he did know of them he was stalking
out the way for the wilderness.
Worth Saving to state.
'It was made manifest to the gov
ernor. before the delivery Of this un-
fortunate message. that the WISH the
desire, and the hope of every settler
on both segregations was to have the
reclamation service of the federal gov
eminent take over these projects and
finish them in Substantial manner
and thus convert 10000 acres Of land
into a permanent garden Of Eden, the
beauty and excellence OF which would
have no parallel anywhere That such
an assertion is no mere conjecture Ia
proven by the following paragraph
taken from the latest report Of the
manager of the project:
{" There are several dairy farms or
the tract stocked with good cattle
Holstein and Jersey. One of these
sold In cream alone an average o.
$1S1.90 per month for the IL months
in 1918, another an average OF $l62.S4
The returns for 1914 were equally good
. The crop report on alfalfa will serv'
I as a fair index of crop conditions gen
! orally. The average yield for the en-
tire tract was 40 tons per acre. Tel
acres by one grower yielded tom
per acre; 81 acres by five growers
yielded seven tons per acre; SGT acre
by IS growers yielded six tons pc
acre; 1892 acres by % growers yielde1
AS tons per acre; 20S acres yielde'
: less
'sThe following census was compile
! from reports made by settlers unde
!. this system: Number OF farms occupied
!. LIS. Irrigable area OF farms, 1925
J, acres. Area cleared and leveled, 1928
acres Irrigated area, 3709 acres. Are
In orchards (51 growers) 962 acres
Area in alfalfa meadow, 1897 acres
!. Area in new meadow pasture and sun
: dry crops, 1850 acres. Number {
:, horses, 240, valued at $4,000. Numbe
!, of mules, IL, valued at Sits. Numbe
= OF cattle 552 valued at $2S.sOo Nun
:, Der of sheep. 1894. valued at 1881
i Number of hogs, 1885, valued at 1891
= Number OF fowls. 1898, valued at 1926
: Stands of bees. ss, valued at s41S. Tot
: OF 500. geo in livestock. Value OF in
: provements. including growing of orci
- ards, s439.767. Value Of equipment, SIS
v ga Grand total $550.ei0
Justice Demands Profession.
er 1.-THE manager OF the project all
~ says. The system at present
at neither substantial nor Of adequa
n capacity and could not be transferr'
l. to the settler without an utter di
Id regard of all principles of justice
ne which the state should be actuau
x and of the conditions of the contrac
TO by which they acquired by purcha
s. from the state what rights they mi
We now have to an interest in the land
1--WE regret exceedingly that duty
on ourselves, to our families and to o
Of state, compel us to differ SO radical
nd with his excellency in regard to Z
ways and means of procuring pc
tn manent canal to convey the water
DIS these lands We have toiled for s
long years and practically redeem
ed from the desert 10000 acres Of Ian
m Many OF us have spent our hast d.
lar, but always with the faith, deer
nd rooted, that the state of Idaho. wi
nd its inexhaustible sources of weal'
would work out some plan. not OF
to save the honor of the state b
save us from ruin and add to the pc
manent agricultural lands of the sta
OF q, zoe acres Of rich and fertile SC
al This faith Is stin strong within us a
DR.. we do not propose TO give up
The hug to our bosoms a delusive chimera
ais Want Helpful Action.
ow SNOW therefore we most respes