The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-08-05

run. In the meantime Attorney Nc
Cutcheon was making out the papers for
restraining order and endeavoring to
locate judge. Judge Gwinn is off on
vacation, and Judge Cowan was sup
posed to be over in the Salmon country.
During the meeting Of the board
number of land owners under the dis
trict were present and expressed their
approval of the actions of the board
IN holding for their rights. The opin-
ION prevailed that the matter was of
graver Importance than appeared on
the face; that the submitting of this
cut might lead to future repetitions
and the established of precedent
which might prove dangerous to the
old established right for which the
district had paid a considerable sum
in having adjudicated, and anyway that
IT deputy engineer could peremptorily
come and take their water, he might
just as well take their land.
The first part of last week Presi-
dent John Empey of the Protective
irrigation association called a meeting
to discuss the water proposition and
at that time it was decided that
committee headed by Mr. Empey should
endeavor to pursuade the older COM
panles to divide up their water for a
short time with those canals which
were cut down, and meeting of all
canal companies was called for yester-
DAY to try and perfect this arrange
ment. In the meantime Mr.. Empey
mad secured promise from Mr.. Wey-
mouth of the Reclamation Service that
the service would loan to this section
for the period of ten days a thousand
second faaf nf SfO
this section afterward would return the
same amount of water for the govern.
ment tract below. However, the buttinp
in of Mr.. Wilkie with the assumed
power OF czar and with no knowledge
Of the eternal fitness Of things and
ordering cut of all the old right canals
has messed matters and no man can
now tell the outcome. Idaho Falls
Times.
Yesterday afternoon quite a number
OF our citizens who Sare interested in
irrigation, attended meeting of water
users at Idaho Falls in the court house.
where about 200 water users were pres
ent. Those present were all willing to
share their DEGREES with their neigh
bors who were threatened with a short
50 - V0oOA, Out Ou COc demand
OF the state engineer who they claimed
had no right to order them to divide
their water which is their private prop
erty. But they were opposed to their |
water being used on the government |
project at Minidoka, as the government |
has plenty of water Of its own and
should turn it loose, at least during the
present dry period.
Most of the canals have plenty of
water and they are all willing to share
it with the canal companies that are
short, such as the American Falls and
Peoples canals in this immediate vicin-
lty. The present water scare is deemed
by many to be greatly exaggerated. It
is true that a scarcity of snow in the
mountains have reduced the water
but with proper management,
and rotaion,, the present d.
ninished water supply is sufficient for
ali necessary purposes.
There was another meeting of water
lsers at Idaho Falls to-day to complete
he arrangements made yesterday.
With great majority Of the canals
'verflowing, the roads flooded, and the
.arden lawns and streets inundated
With waste water, water famine seems
impossible. With a reduced snow fall
he Snake river has been lower than
lsual, which gave the States water
,augers theoretical hunch that the
armer's crops would be endangered.