Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1916-02-10
TO REDUCE SALMON TRACT.
state Land Board Decides TO Cut In,
Project Down TO 10000 Acres.
Company and Settlers to Divide the
Expense.

AT meeting OF the state land
board held last week final adjustment
of the Salmon tract matters was con-
sidered and a resolution was adopted
by the land board to the effect that
the state engineer be advised OF the
findings OF the board, and that the
water supply for the project is In
sufficient at the present time to irri-
gate any land In excess OF 10000
acres, as evidenced by the report of
the state land commissioner; also
that 2.26 acre feet is the highest pos
sible duty OF water that can adyan-
tageously be employed on the project.
1t was further resolved that the
state engineer be requested to report
at the earliest possible time the par
ticular 10000 acres which in his
judgment will be the most adyan-
tageous and economical to irrigate,
and what particular lands should be
eliminated from the segregation.
No Further Cultivation.
An order was also made TO the eff
feet that settlers under the project
should be admonished to abstain
from any additional new cultivation
or improvement OF lands until fur
Their notice from the board.
The general policy of the board re-
garding the solution to the difficult
ties on the project is that someone
must give and take and lose in the
transaction. whatever 1t may be, and
that the loss should be so distributed
that no one would necessarily be in
jured
Equitable adjustment will be
made with entrymen who are cut on
from the segregation. and compen-
sation will be made for their loss In
such a manner as can best be agreed
upon. One-half of the expense OF
this adjustment Is to be borne by the
company and one-half by the settlers
One half the money is to be repaid
TO the company by the entrymen by
an increased charge for their water
rights. and the company will be al
lowed to enter into a new contract
with the settlers remaining on the
tract after the readjustment is made
and add one-half the cost of the ad
iustment on the water rights OF the
entrymen remaining.
In other words. the company Is t
make a new contract with the set
tiers, raising the present waite
charges sufficiently to compensat
them for one-half the actual cash ex
pended and to give the entrymen q
years in which to pay for the waite
rights with per cent on deferre
payments and no payments on tn
principal for the first 5 years fror
the beginning of the new contract
All the old Indebtedness in the wa
of interest to be wiped out by tn
company against the settler, and tn
actual payments upon the princip;
already made on the old contract
to be credited on the new contrac
Following are the final decision
OF the board:
These matters should be submit
ted to the settlers and to the con
pany for their final acceptance wit
such slight notifications as may
necessary to make the propositic
workable and as agreeable as posi-
BILE to all concerned.
THUS with 10000 acres set ash
with 5000 acres gained by the I
construction of a ditch around {
catch basin and the reduction fro
2% to 2A acre feet, 1t would ma
It possible that the company In t
course of time would be able to "
ter the full $4,000 acres of land
conditions improve as they always
In irrigated sections from time
| time"