Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-27
ENGINEERS HOLD
annual MEETING
Paper Read at Convention
by Ernest Anderson
Next Meeting Here.

tude Idaho owes to the pioneer engi- 4
neer, the relation of the engineer to 4
the irrigation industry, explaining the |
spread of irrigation and the dire ne
cessity of a board of irrigation to take |
away the adjudication of water rights I
and irrigation problems from the I
courts as well as giving an insight !
into future prospects for irrigation |
in this state. water measurements, |
etc, Ernest Anderson, vice chairman /
of the irrigation and drainage code 1
commission prepared an interesting pa |
per which was read before the Idaho !
Society of Engineers at its meeting mt
Burley this week. The society will |
meet again next year in Boise. The !
annual session at Burnley, was most
successful, There was a large attend !
ance and the program was interesting. |
A trip was made over the Minidoka
project
Officers for the ensuing year were
elected as follows:
+. 4. Wilkie, Boise, president; w. II.
Gibson. Mountain Home. first vice
president; w. O. Cotton, Idaho Falls,
second vice president: Ira f. Shaffner,
Boise. secretary treasurer. A total of
~ applicants were admitted to MEM
bership. At the banquet As covers were
laid
In part Mr.. Anderson said in his
paper
Perhaps no body of men is more
vitality concerned in the growth and
development of our irrigation and
drainage undertakings than is the
Idaho Society of Engineers. And 1t is
natural that it should be thus. With
in your ranks are to be found those
pioneer builders who have given the
best portion of their lives in wrestling
with the problems that have con-
fronted those industries since the
time that water was first applied to the
soil Some OF your number have been
instrumental in building our present
| irrigation and drainage systems. and
among you are to be found those who
will build those hereafter to be con-
structed. To those pioneer engineers.
we of the present owe an everlasting
debt of gratitude. Their successes
stand forth as stately monuments Of
fering silent tribute to their good deeds.
and their failures should be our guide
for the future.
Legislation Needed.
|
in order that it might thrive and
| flourish. is to have thrown around it
proper legal safeguards safeguards in
the form of legalization that will ia
cilitate the initiation of that enterprise
and which will thereafter encourage
it's operation along economical and
efficient avenues. Experience has am
ply demonstrated that capital seeks
| mi fiallG Of NJ whore if -,
operate with the greatest degree of
safety and security The reverse is
also true, it carefully avoids locan-
ties where it is constantly being men
aced by such fluctuating legislation
as impairs it's security.
ITO safeguard any particular indus
try does not, and should not mean that
the industry should receive special
favors at the hands OF the law making
body. 1t does mean. however, that it
shall be protected from such vexati-
Gus and troublesome legislation as will
either impair the security or obstruct
it's smooth operation. Such a rule is
especially applicable to the industry
of irrigation. Our present irrigation
systems cannot thrive and operate,
and new projects will not be under
taken, unless the laws will guarantee
their stability and encourage their ex-
tension.
Future Prospects.
'ln conclusion, it seems certain
that Idaho will. in the immediate flu
ture. experience an even greater per-
Tod of irrigation development than has
been her lot in the past. Business con-
ditions are improving, and the period
of stagnation in irrigation securities
seems to be coming to a close with
bright prospects for a better future
There are those who believe that no
new projects will be undertaken by
private capital-an opinion that do
not share. There are yet many golden
opportunities where private capital
could be invested in irrigation securi-
ties and undertakings with ample Sc
curity and with assurances of reason
able returns, but in order that such
might be the case it will first be nee
essary for the state to correct our
present statutes, and offer proper in
ducements to the investing public.
Cooperation Essential.
Let us therefore cooperate one
; with another, and jointly with the citi-
zens of the state, in protecting and
safe guarding our water resources, so
that they will be applied to the high
est beneficial use, and thus secure for
Idaho the largest degree of prosperity
possible. l am confident that we are
fully equal to the task set before us.
and by laboring in season and out OF
, season for the changes and corrections
, that | have suggested that success viii
, crown the efforts of each and every
one. ours is a state of wonderful un-
, developed resources, and because we
, have made few mistakes in the past,
, lot that not dishcarten US. but may We
, buckle on the armor for more active
, service in the future"
DON'T scoLD FRETFUL CHILDREN