Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-10-20
DIRECTORS DENY
Charge OF SECRECY
Directors of Local Water
Users Organization Make
Request for Publicity of
Letter to State Officials.

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tion of the action they had taken
before recent meeting of the state
land board, if the resolution passed
by a recent meeting of their board
of directors is any criterion. AS was
mentioned in an issue of this paper
several weeks ago a letter written by
Dr.. Carter Tobey of this city submit
ted to the land board. The letter
was addressed to the attorney gen
eral and made charges that the water
users were not aware of the action
taken by the directors.
At a meeting of the directors of
the waterusers protective association
of Mountain Home, held October IS,
the following resolution was unani-
mously passed:
Believing it to be for the best
interests of the community that they
know who are trying to obstruct the
work of the Association and the
underhanded method resorted to, the
secretary is instructed to have copy
of the letter written by DR.. Tobey to
the Attorney General and read at
the meeting of the State Land Board
October 1st, at which time the Noun
tain Home Cooperative Irrigation
company had been cited to appear and
show cause why they should not com
ply with one of the requests of the
Association; and also to have pub
lished the Boards minutes relative
to said matter and have a marked
copy sent to each wateruser in this
vicinity who may be found not to be
a regular subscriber to the paper"
The letter written by DR.. Toby
was as follows;
Mountain Home, Idaho.
September 13, 1917.
Atty General Walters,
Boise, Idaho.
My dear sir:
l must apologize for taking your
time without first making it plain to
you who am, and my reason for ad-
dressing you on this subject am
protesting against the unwarranted
and unauthorized action of Mr..
Corker in appearing before the State
Land Board in behalf of the Water
users of this section. ] cannot find
that even the board of directors had
any knowledge of the effort on his
part, nor did any one see petition
to the Land Board asking their aid
in cancelling the contracts between
the Mountain Home Cooperative
Irrigation Association and the water
users, and l have made inquiries
from many who would know if such
a meeting of the water users was
called, and no one will admit that
they were party to any such UNI
wise move at this time.
The Utilities Commission are to
have a meeting in this village in Oc
tober at which time the question of
the price of water and other equally |
important questions will be discussed
and as we have never had so success
full a season since this system was
first opened up we do not look upon
this move of Mr.. Corker in any other |
way than with suspicion.
1t is the first time we knew that
the Land Board had any judicial |
bestowed upon them and we
do not know it yet that they have
and if they have not, then they would |
not interfere between the company |
and the individual in such a matter.
But it is not to discuss this part of it
that | address you, but it is to let
you know that such request was
not an expression of any body but
Mr.. Corker
If you wish any corroboration of
what | say please write the Cashier
Of the First Natl Bank, Mr.. F. e.
Austin for his opinion of the effect
Of this unwise and unnecessary agi-
.ation at this time. You might show
his letter to the Governor who
knows me very well and will appre
3iate my efforts to aid these farmers
N securing the best there is in this
system.
Yours very truly,
Dr. Carter Tobey.
The minutes of the land board re-
yarding the local controversy were
published in the Capital News of Oc-
ober 1st as follows:
w E. Sullivan, attorney, appeared
n behalf of the Mountain Nome Co
operative Irrigation company, and
tated that they take the position
hat the State Land Board has no