The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-06-30
MORE FLIES WITH SUGAR
THAN WITH VINEGAR
Tribune Reader Discusses Affairs Of
of Boise Homesteaders
Editor Tribune:


Will you permit an answer to let
ter by B. M. H.?
Evidently B. M. H. has some in
side information The Board of Di-
rectors have not yet been favored with
copy Of the report of the Board of
Review and for reasons best known
to the Reclamation Service it has
not seen fit to make same public. B.
Nj. II. evidently has not seen it else
he would not make the blunder in
stating that storage was not contem
plated on the head waters of the Boise
river, in original estimate.
B. Nj. II. thinks that if the Reclama-
ton Service made blunder in esti
mating the acreage at 375 900 in the
beginning and now estimate it at $780,
900, thereby more than doubling the
cost it is in some way the fault of
the settler and he should be made to
pay and should never complain or get
suspicious, but should continue to be-
lieve all the dope handed to him.
In his Judgment district would
solve all the difficulties like it did for
the pioneer, which agrees to pay any
old price the Reclamation Service sees
fit to ask or like the Nampa-M eridian
district which is to pay up to $74 per
acre for late water right. A district
would be so handy for the only thing
necessary would be to use plenty of
influence to get the right men for di-
rectors to make the right kind of a
contract, like the Pioneer or the Nam
pam eridian and after everything was
nicely fixed who would care any way?
Engineers fixed the cost of water
right at not to exceed $500. when
they were getting settlers to come on
the lands. They are gone and new
men are in charge and now they tell
us the first fellows made the estimate
so low that it ought to be at least
$6500 per acre and may be very much
more. What authority has B. M. H.
for his statement that taking in more
land via district would reduce thecos,
for all the land? He certainly is not re-
lying on the engineers when they
missed the cost by at least $1,000 per
acre and the number of acres by more
than 100000 acres.
The trouble with the advice of B. M
H. is worse than Bum" it is no.
disintercstcd and it has all the ear
marks of person jockying for posi-
ton to serve his own interests. If hi
has a quantity of land not now in the
project which he desires to get in
which is likely, it is very plain tina
he wants to grind his AK at the ex
pense of the settlers and his advice i.
insoent to say the least.
Is B. M. H. the same fellow who ad
vised some time ago that there Is
ample water to irrigate all the land:
in the Boise Valley. The only thing
being necessary is to use the average
flow of the river and the average
runof, that is tire fat years help ou
the lean even though they might moi
follow each other regularly. Also tina
the requirements of the land in the wa,
of irrigation water would grow les!
and less as the time goes on.
The settlers are not asking for ad-
vice. They know their wants and
how to get them. They like their or
ganization as it is and they have con-
idence in the integrity, ability and de-
termination of the present board OF
directors. They do not think the gov
eminent should use its power or spe-
cial laws to crush the pioneers on the
project lands. The government must
keep its word and do justice to the
settler And they will consider and
designing schemers as being an
enemy.