Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-01-09

any financial expense in the investiga.
tons called for and any corporation
i or persons asking for the segregation
of lands for Carey act purposes should
be required to pay to the state treas
urer the full amount of expense incur
red in making all investigations. The
state engineer should not be alone re-
quired to act in an advisory capacity,
but he should have absolute control
in determining the probable water SUP
ply. the amount of lands that can be
reclaimed with such water supply. and
! in the construction of the works. dams.
bitches, reservoirs and all things con-
nected with said project. From the re-
ception of the granting Of the right
until the final completion Of the pro
ject. the state should be in absolute
control and when the project is fin
ished. the state should give q certlfi-
cate that II has investigated the project
and allowed 1t to be built and has put
! its stamp of approval upon the works
in every capacity.
Sixth--The price or the water rights
of any future project should be fixed
4 by the state engineer and approved by
the state land board. The price so
fixed should cover all expenses of con-
struction and reasonable amount of
profit for the money invested.
Seventh-No water rights should be
sold nor lands filed upon until the pro-
/ ject is fully completed and the water
ready to be delivered, and no filings
should be permitted to be made through
! power of attorney and entries should
only be made by actual. bona fide set
tiers. after thorough examination of
the land so entered.
Eighth-Projects OF any considerable
size should be built by units, the area
of such units to be fixed by the state,
4 the first unit to be completed and at
least so per cent of the water rights
thereon sold and at least so per cent of
all the lands under cultivation before
the second unit is allowed to be opened.
1 Ninth--Water rights should not be
4 fixed at uniform price over the en-
tire project, but should be graded.
Water rights near the head OF the ditcn
should be charged more than those at
the end of the ditch as the danger OF
loss from breakage and seepage is less
at the intake than 1t is at the outlet.
Observation-Disclosures charges should
not be fixed upon the amount of land
cultivated. but according to the amount
IL vi WdtcI utllNe Tcu anu ubtu. no
company should be compelled to in
stall at Its own expense suitable meas
uring weirs for each water user, and
the company should be compelled to
deliver the water to the entryman's
land and to these eweirs where the
measurements are made. The company
should also keep record of all the
water passing through its headgatss.
Eleventh--Each company should be
subject to inspection and examinations,
the same as banks. insurance compan-
les and such organizations. They
should be required to adopt uniform
system OF bookkeeping and be COM
PEELED to render a uniform statement to
the state, giving recommendations as
called for. These statements should
be published as bank statements ana
the statements of insurance companies
, are now required to be published. An
: account should be rendered of all wa
tiers received from the headgates and
canals, showing the water lost in trans
mission and the actual amount deliver
ed to the settlers. No contract should
hereafter be made that calls for an
optional specified amount of water to
be delivered or proportionate amount
thereof, but contracts should be made
/ STIMULATING that quantity of water
: should be delivered, measured at tho
weirs on the entryman's land suffi-
Gent in quantity to insure the raising
/ of crops, delivery to be made during
the entire irrigation season, such
: quantity to be determined by the state
engineer, the water users association
j and the company.
{ Twelfth--Every Carey act project
should be organized by law into an ir-
| rigation district, SO that the settlers
, may have suitable and legal represea-
tatives to appear for them in their be-
j half before the state land board or
upon other matters pertaining to their
, welfare, thus placing the settlers IN
the protection of their interest upon an
, equality with the company, which has
its representatives to protect its In
terests at all times. Such an organ
/ ization would also relieve individual
settlers of many OF the hardshps and
probably much litigation. which Is
, proving unnecessarily burdensome to
them. The attorney general ought also
to be required by law to bring all suits
that may be required In behalf of the
settlers to determine their interests un-
der any contract made by the state and
the state should pay the court costs
of all such litigation.
Thirteenth-Th state land board
should be prohibited from changing any
contracts when once entered into by
the company until such changes pro-
posed are published at least 80 days In
a newspaper published on said tract,
or in newspaper published nearest 70
said tract, which expense should be
borne by the company. No patents
should be asked for from the govern
ment for any OF the lands under the
Carey act until the lands have actually
been reclaimed and water actually fur
nished for their Irrigation for moro
than one season in sufficient quantf-
ties to insure the raising of crops.
IRRIGATION PUMPING PLANTS.