Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-04-13

Lost River Carly act project. Feb. ~,
|1s1t. were conflictins with: nrst, the
laws OF the state Of Idaho; secondly.
with their own honorable ruling Of
July .. 1915.
All our communications and protests
| on this subject have been on the basis
Iof NO safe dam-site. Whatsoever, above
Maclxay and We quote ]. b. Lippincott's
report on same which ID reliable. For.
Il ~ the foundation Of any structure
must be solid. 10 must there be a per-
feet dam site on which to erect such a
large dam as the one contemplated.
Your resolutions of March Is. 1916,
closed with this expression, THE land
board would assure the Woman's Club
OF Mackay that notwithstanding the
violent efforts evidently being made
to misrepresent the position Of the
land board in this matter, etc., to all
Of which we wish to reply, that to our
complete and perfect understanding,
we are aware Of no violent efforts be-
ing made to misrepresent the position
of the land board in this or any other
question. On the contrary. II the law
of the state heretofore quoted) and
the boards own ruling Of July 9, 1915,
had been followed implicitly, at the
meeting Of the land board held Feb.
IA, 1916. no further efforts on the part
of ourselves or any other citizens of
Idaho, regarding this dam to be built
above the town of Mackay would have
protest.
But. II pleading for protection Of the
law for the safety Of our lives, our
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fare of our community by calling your
attention to the rights of citizens to
protection under the laws of this state,
is making violent efforts to misrepre-
sent the land board, who on Feb. IA.
1916, signed contract to permit the
building Of such menace to our lives,
homes and peace of mind, which we
know this dam ON the Big Lost River
Carey act project to be, we will re-
main making violent efforts until this
menace is lifted. This you can do by
resembling the contract OF Feb. IA,
1916, with the Utah Construction COM
pany. This is, we believe. of as much
Importance. II not more SO, as any bad
loans of states monies. For, we are
one of the states best assets-its citi-
zens and its e-makers.
Invite Board to Visit Maekay.
One more question we would like to
ask: Is it allowable to substitute some
other state official at a call meeting Of,
the board Of state land commissioners
in case the number of regular men,
bers present do not make a quorum?
The copy of the resolutions Of March
16, 1916, sent to us by the register,
read: President, Honorable NJ. Alex
ander G. yernor of the state; Honor
able George r. Barker, secretary of the
state Honorable Fred l.. Huston, aud
itor of the state and Honorable Heber
@. Hale, register.
1t has been suggested. In regular club
meeting that it would seem eminently
proper and satisfactory were the en-
tire board of land commissioners of
Idaho to visit Mackay and meet our
women citizens. who would be pleased
commissioners of Idaho every cour-
tesy, take them to see this muchly dis
cussed dam and explain our objections;
also, show under what an awful men
ace we are living, even at the present
stage of the work, as the state engineer,
J. II. Smith, can tell you in what con-
dition he found affairs at this dam on
the occasion Of his recent visit to 1t
about March is or II.
Unless our protests are needed. we
very much fear that, like the Romans
we. too, will have to add date to our
slogan Of: Life, homes and best in
terests OF our community" which will
have to be, Remember Monday, Feb
IA. 1916"
Thanking you for past courtesies, we
still remain protesting against the
building of the. Mackay dam by the
Utah Construction company. or any
other persons or person.
Respectfully submitted and signed,
Anna B. Morgan, Edith C. Warren,
Marie l. Anthony, Pearl Herman,
Pearl Dillingham;, Amy C. Ambrose, +.
Maud Stacy, Hazel B. Mott,
Louise e. Asire, Florence c. Arch
Amanda H; Street. bold.
er, Elizabeth ]. Girls
Cora e. Lyon, well,
Neva E. Abbey, Cora s. Springer,
Jean E. Clark. Nellie B. Huddle,
Medora Greene, Clara e. Bailey.