Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1918-01-10
Cancel NANYACRES
LAND within IDAHO
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State Land Board Permits
REIMBURSEMENT of 49,
274.80-To Determine the
Market Value of Bonds,

ne Stdle rama DOdTQ mas OTueTeu
the cancellation of 1S,274.S0 acres of
land within the Idaho Irrigation COM
pany's Carey act project, the COM
pany desiring to relinquish the
acreage to the government. The
board also directed an investigation
to determine the market value of the
bonds of the North Side Twin Falls
Land & Water company. The min
utes of the meeting are in full as fol-
lows:
Boise, Idaho. Jan. 7, 1918. The
state board of land commissioners Of
the state of Idaho met this day in
regular session. Present: NJ. Alex
ander, governor and chairman; w. T.
Dougherty, secretary of state; Ethel
Z. Redfield, superintendent of pub
lie institutions; C. Van Deusen, state
auditor; !. a. Smoot commissioner;
M. c. Stott, register.
This date being set for the hearing
of the Mountain Home Cooperative
Irrigation company and the COM
pany being represented by Attorneys
Sullivan & Sullivan and the settlers
by Attorneys Martin & Comeron, the
matter was then taken up by the
podiu III AlleT con
siderable discussion, motion prevailed
that the attorneys for both sides and
settlers get together and discuss the
question and that the question of the
duty of water shall not be taken into
consideration. Motion carried.
Motion was made by Auditor Van
Deusen, which motion carried, that
the register be requested to ask the
Federal Reserve bank Of San Fran
cisco to furnish the state of Idaho
with four $4,000 registered bonds,
second liberty bond issue, in place of
one hundred $1,000 coupon bonds.
Request of State Treasurer Eagle
son to credit payment of $1104.42 on
loan No. 947 was granted and treas
urer's communication ordered spread
on the minutes in full.
Whereupon the board adjourned I'M
til o'clock p. m.
CANCEL LANDS.
List presented by the Idaho Irriga-
ton company with request that the
same be cancelled from the project
was so ordered by the board and reg
lister instructed to file with the de-
partment of the interior, relinquish-
ment covering same totaling 1S,274.SO
acres.
Moved by Governor Alexander and
carried that an invitation will be ex-
tended to the owners of the Idaho Ir-
rigation company and attorney, Mr..
Oppenheim to meet the state land
board, either at Boise or Shoshone,
some time in February for the pur-
pose of adjusting all the difficulties
that may now exist in relation to the
water supply, the amount of acreage,
both now and final.
Motion was made that state engi-
neer be requested If prepared, to file
report on the physical condition Of
the Idaho Irrigation company's works
and the possibility of turning it over
to the settlers. Motion carried.
Moved by State Auditor Van Deu-
sen and unanimously carried that the
state engineer be requested to file at
once an estimate showing the cost of
completing the improvements neces-
sary in the North Side Twin Falls
project as per agreement between the
bondholders' committee and the state
land board under date OF Jan. 20, 1915,
and that the state treasurer be re-
quested to make inquiry as to the
market value of the North Side Twin