Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-09-25
BOARD ORDERS
IRRIGATION CO.
TO SHOW CAUSE
Mountain Home Co-opera-
tive Irrigation Association
Has Failed to Submit Its
Rules and Regulations.
M a olson County State
Land to Be Appraised and
Sold Last Saturday in No
vember-Tract Includes
About 10000 Acres.

Failure OF the Mountain Home Co
operative Irrigation association of
Mountain Home to appear before the
land board Monday, resulted in the
board adopting q resolution directing
the company to make an appearance at
tho board meeting Oct. to show cause
why It has not submitted Its rules and
regulations. The board also ordered
tbs Appraisement and sale Of approx
mateiy 10000 acres Of state lands In
Madison county on the last Saturday IN
November.
MINUTES OF BOARD.
The minutes Of the board are as fol-
lows:
Boise, Idaho. Sept "a. 1s17.-The
state board Of land commissioners of
the state of Idaho met this day In reg
ular session. All members present
whereupon the following proceedings
were had. to-wit:
Minutes of the previous meeting read
and approved.
Moved by Attorney General Walters
and carried. that application for re-
newal loan of John Fraser. Pocatello.
be held In allegiance until the appli-
cant moves on the land.
The following farm loan applications
were allowed and the register instruct
ed TO refund to applicants the differ
ence between cost of appraisement and
per cent fee paid.
Mrs. Emma Muir, Aberdeen, $500;
refund, s25.
Sherman f. Black, Drummond. $4,000;
refund. SIS.
Elmer C. Maynard, Rupert. $4,000;
refund, Sc.
Upon motion duly made and carried,
letter of Martin earn in regard to sale
held in Fremont county, petition of
citizens of Fremont county in regard
to land sale, and letter Of f. M.
Browning in regard to land sale in
Teton county, were ordered filed.
Application of Nicholas T. Tiss to
contest Carey act entry No. 74S, Twin
Falls North Side project being entry
on the HOLSTER lands, was ordered
paid over until after the report of the
attorney general and r. s. Madden Is
made on these lands.
ORDER LAND SOLD
Moved by Governor Alexander, and
carried, that C. w. Whiffin proceed to
appraise land in Madison county under
instructions given him by the attorney
general in relation TO improvements,
and that these lands be advertised and
sold the last Saturday in November,
1917: and that there shall be sold ap-
proximately 10000 acres of land, and
that land to be sold shall be taken
largely out of such lands on which
leases expire Dec. 81. 1917 and 1918,
and such other parcels OF land Wills
are not now under lease or which have
been leases and upon which there has
arisen a controversy by virtue of trans
fer from one party to another, and any
parcels that are leased for one year, and
before said lands are advertised for
sale the same to be presented TO the
land board
Motion was made by the attorney
general, and carried, that the head OF
water for irrigation purposes on the
King Hill project be cut half in Octo-
bar, F. II. Hillstone work crew OF
six men, for the purpose of repairing
fumes and bitches. until further no.
toe from the land board.
The following resolution was pre-
scented by Attorney General Walters:
COMPANY MUST SHOW CAUSE,
Whereas the Mountain Home CO.
Operative Irrigation association OF
Mountain Home, Idaho, by its contract
entered into between itself and the
settlers, provided In para graph four OF
said contract that the company, with