The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-07-20
SUNDERLIN SAYS
STATE SHOULD ACT
Candidate for Attorney General
Talks of Carey Act Problems
PROBLEMS RIGHTLY THOSE OF
THE STATE FOR SOLUTION.
INSISTS That State Should Not Evade
Issue Because No Legal Response
bAity Exists When Moral Obliga-
fiOns Are Evident.

The state should be active, not pas
.siVe; aggressive, not lukewarm; its
YeEal machinery should be vigorously
operated for the honest and impartial
'sgolufiOn of the states Carey act prob
Mems Such is the opinion of Charles
a Sunderlin, of Burley, candidate for
ahe Republican nomination for attor-
ney general. This candidate states
plainly that the fact that the state is
NOS legally responsible for the failure
slf some of its Carey act projects does
uDt blind him to the realization that
che state is morally responsible for the
.rrmdition in which some of the Carey
sard projects find themselves, notably
.1hs Salmon river project in Twin Falls
county.
Sometime ago." writes Mr. Sunder-
Ana 10 THE TIMES, 81 received a copy
nj your paper containing an article
guer1aining to conditions on the Salmon
river project, and especially pertain
ing 10 the death of one of the settlers.
Only a few days ago l received a let
Ter from the secretary of the settlers
association relative to conditions
Ghere and requesting a statement of
my position. Herewith l am enclos-
.zAg a copy of my letter, which 1 feel
ss10nld be of sufficient interest to your
peOple for publication
MIR. Sunderlins letter follows
y am in receipt of your favor of
ehe 18th inst. relative to conditions
grounding the Salmon river Carey
s3r4 project and matters pertaining to
Carey act projects generally in the
state of Idaho. Permit me to say, Mr..
.6eauchamp, that l am glad to hear
iron you in this matter, and am pleas
I'D 10 have the opportunity of giving
Yubiic expression to opinions long en-
0rrtained by me on these matters so
vial to the state of Idaho and its cit
6zEnship.
For the past decade, nearly, l have
S09en deeply concerned with irrigation
EEatters in this state, and united in
a1gnds of sympathy with the aspira-
flOns of the struggling settlers on our
gncOmpleted irrigation projects.
4save long had the ambition to be OF
zuIne service to them and the people
Of my state.
The great problem of Idaho today
hs found in connection with the worl
n the state land board, and the great
st task of the state land board is t
meet and successfully solve the many
problems involving our Carey act pro
SEcts. do not believe these big prob
Sssns should be longer ignored; don
hDelieve the state land board shoult
xunger procrastinate in their prope
determination; l do believe the issu
should be squarely and honorabl.
EBet; and l do believe, whatever tn
decisions, that the best interests O
she settlers, of the reclamation com
Danies, and the people generally o
the state of Idaho will be subserved
The responsibility is upon the state o
Edaho.
1.-THE state is in fact acting in
fiduciary capacity for every Carey &C
ssnfryman and settler; for it wa
Through the contracts which the stat
Rand board entered into with Care
=sct companies and the representation
which the state indirectly made, tina
zhese lands were entered and settle,
upon. The honor of the state of Idah,
is at issue, that this commonwealth
should preserve inviolate the right
and equities of Carey act entrymel
and assume a large responsibility 70
present conditions These problem
are rightly those of the state for solu
fziDn.
Il am unalterably convinced tina
the state of Idaho should in a larg,
way make it the business of the stat,
10 solve these problems. Although
there is no legal responsibility, Their,
as nevertheless a moral responsible,
OF even greater Importance, that tn,
s1ate should do everything reasonabl,
possible for the uplift of those who
settled through indirect representa-