Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-12-27

At a rousnq meeting of the mem
bers of the Farmers Protectiye league
and other water users of Goodinu and
Lincoln counties in Shoshone Satur-
day, the decision was reached to fight
to a finish all. attempts to increase the
acreage to be irrigated by the Idaho
Irrigation company. BY unanimous
vote the waters users present pledged
themselves to get behind the directors
of he league in prosecuting the suit
filed in December 1917 agains the
irrigation company seeking to perma-
lnently enjoin the company from sell
ing water rights to acreage in excess
of the 10000 acers set by the state
engineer as hemaximum amount that
can be given five-e -eighths of an inch
of water by the Big Wood river reser-
voir.
OF bearing the largest part of he burden
Of prosecuting the suit, had threa-
tened to- dismiss the suit unless
the members of the league, at least, to
say nothing of the other wser users
under the project, would agree to pay
their share of the costs of the suit and
stand together fighting the com
mon cause To many of those present,
the whole matter EVIDENTLY had not
been properly presened,-- butbefore
the meeting was over, all agreed to
do their part. Not a single dissent;nq
voieewas raised to the action taken.
Before the meeting there were
rumors of objections to the work that
the directors of the league already has
done and some of the members were
disposed drop the suit Some had
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company that the water was not to be
cut down. This opposition, however,
did not crop out in the meeting. BY
unanimous vote, a, motion was carried
giving the directors a vote of conf
dence-- The board also was authorizes
to levy another assessment oftwen.
ty-fIve Gems an acre and to retan the
the services OF the leagues engineer al
ter Jan. 4, 1919, should he board find
either or both of these necessary
The board was also authorized by
special action of the league to push
the suit against the irrigation COM
pany to trial as rapidly as possible
Attorney W. G. Bissell, the leagues
attorney. announced however. that the
case could not be brought to trial be-
fore he June. term. He announced
also that the services of the law firm
of Pain and Snow of Boise had been
secured aid him in prosecuting the
suit
One of the main objects of the meet
ing was to get the money pledged that
will be needed to make up the leagues
present defecit and to fight the suit 20
a finish. Secretary Horne reported
the leagues receipts at s5,617 and ex-
pendtures at s5.676,but went ON to
say that the league was behind about
$500 n payments to attorney Bissei
The announcement was made that
many OF he members of the league
had no pad up their assessments. and
paidup ard all of the water usersen-
rolled in the League who should be
practically enough money to fight the |
suit TO a finish. The estimate was /
made that abou $1,000 would be
needed
After the situation had been thor /
oughiy explained. the league decided /
% pat on ut once an aggressive drive I
% round up the delinquent assess
rents and to obtain new members. A
all for new members was made at the
meeting and many Joined. In order to
AIRY on the drive vigorously. the
eague named committee OF six from
'ach Of the five tracts OF the project.
he plan being that the committees =