The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-01-11
STOCKHOLDERS ARE
IN SESSION TODAY
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to hire how much land he had, but
how he could do the required work.
He said that managers of railroads
and mines frequently owned no stock
in the concerns managed. He said that
somebody last year made similar mo-
ton for the purpose of cutting out
an efficient director and that the man
who did it did not own enough land
on the tract to contain a good sized
chicken coop. He added that the man
was in the meeting this year. Monahan
said that If anyone without interest
was there he should be deprived OF a
vote or voice. Conner named d. M.
Denton, who promptly responded that
he did own land in several places and
had interest in other lands on the
tract, and vigorously denied the i'm
plication in the speech of Conner. Den
ton agreed with Connor that political
questions, the issue of county division
and such things should not be con-
sidered Monahan said that his under
standing was that the officers of the
great corporations were stockholders.
The situation was confused by point
of order that the whole was out of
order, but the Monahan motion was
finally put and carried, after which
the ballot boxes were opened while the
secretary proceeded to read the an
nual report
When Secretary Taylor had finished
reading his report, it was accepted
and an adjournment taken until 1870
p. m.
The cold weather in no way intim-
idated the stockholders, who came in
large numbers from all parts of the
tract. There are several matters of
interest to be threshed out before adj
journment tonight
The meeting after lunch was charac-
terized by the expeditions and har-
monious transaction of business. The
matter of the unwieldy character OF
the meetings and the fact that voting
by proxy has not proven wholly salts
factory, resulted in the statement by
Attorney Monahan, which he presented
later as a report, that the legislative
committee appointed last year, OF
which he was chairman, found that il
was impossible under the constitu
| ton of Idaho to change the law so as
to provide for the adjustment Of
proxy voting or for the division o.
the tract into districts. He said tha
they succeeded in having the tract
taken from control of the public util.
tiles commission.
A motion by ]. II. Barnes that fur
Their efforts be made to secure cause
! for complaint was carried and was
followed by motion by Sweeley that 6
committee of nine selected by the
stockholders be selected to draft plans
for a special measure covering all
practicable reforms to report next veal
at the annual meeting which will be
held on the eve Of the legislative ses.
sion. This was carried and NJ ]
Sweeley, j. H. Barnes, D. A. Welty
Fred Nihart, H. M. Van Drepool, S. P
Atherton, John Fran, Carl Hahn and
]. A. Waters were chosen as members
Mr.. Nihart suggested that a possible
way out of the difficulty was to organ
ize as a public corporation under the
irrigation district laws, which would
let only those present vote and give
each stakeholder but one vote, regard
less of his holdings. Motions to &C.
ment all sink holes before May 1, thai
the board have some Office employee
take out notarial commission, thai
ditchriders give their whole time tC
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hidden to collect delinquent fees, ant
that the secretary release certain liens
on payment of amount on margin
were carried unanimously Severa
other plans were referred to the legis.
lative committee that had been ap
pointed
A committee of nine to select an
other committee of three to get ex
.nr%fC 20 x~.1I< -.
as follows: F. w. Fisher, F. G. Gray
A. c. Boone, Ray Brown, H. w. Her
man, E. G. Newberry, G. S. Peck, e r
Hobbs and George Mcpherson.
1t was announced that the specia
train would leave for it's destination
at o'clock tonight instead of at
o'clock as originally scheduled.
A discussion over the repair ex
pense account of $4,000 practical
ly closed the active business of tn
day. The canal board stated that al
the items of expense were on tn
books of the company in detail.
motion was then carried that all item
be set forth in detail and mailed an
nually hereafter, with the call 70
meeting and the treasurer's report
and the most harmonious meeting il
the history or the company closed 10
all practical purposes except in tn
matter of voting for directors
5 o'clock the ballot boxes will be NOV
ed to the headquarters of the com
pany, where the ballots will be count
ed after the members who desire t
do so, have all voted. The votes will
probably not all be counted unit
long after midnight