Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-10-03
MAGNIFICENT FUTURE
LOOMS UP FOR IDAHO
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1t holds as virtual owner the tract of
more than a half million acres and
where it can dictate the terms under
which the land can be reclaimed.
I'm other words, the state will in
sist through it's commissioner Of re-
clamation and land board that cap
ital for the work be. shown to be all
ready for the development; that the
people purchasing land can be pro-
tected; that the work pc inspected
and supervised by the state and gov
eminent, and the state be real trus-
tee, in fact, and not in theory as in
the past; that the, company's Organi-
cation be sound, responsible and sta
BILE and that the things that have
been learned in the Carey act activi-
ties in the past be reckoned with and
II there were mistakes that they may
be taken as guiding posts of the fu-
ture.
THE. matter has been under dis
cussion for months. 1t has been CIV
en- the consideration and thought of
several of the country's. biggest and
best thinkers and the belief Is abso-
lutte In the minds of the thinking
business men and farmers that Ida
no is facing it's biggest opportunity
for increasing it's wealth.
But the Bruneau project is only
spoke in the wheel OF Idaho de-
velopment in the gigantic growth we
are now facing There is the ques-
tion of safe guarding the people
above the American Falls dam so that
repetition of this years crop loss,
because of the non-utilization of the
flood waters through storage can be
made possible.
I'm addition to- this there are
number of other projects in the up
per Snake river valley and on this
side of the American Falls dam, that
are susceptible to irrigation and are
feasible in possibilities. This situa-
ton has also been given the profound
est thought and the public good has
been considered. Any filings that
have been made on water in the up
per Snake river valley are under the
supervision of the state and no wat
er can be sold from these except the
price be set by the state and its dis
tribution be supervised. This is per-
haps not clearly known, but the up
per Snake river water users are alb
solutely safe.
"Of the flood waters that go over
the Miner dam and are wasted and
with the addition of the waste wat
ers Of the Payette, Boise and other
tributaries of the Snake, there is ov-
er three times as much water as will
be needed for the complete watering
of the Bruneau.
THE building of the American
Falls dam also makes it possible to
exchange the Jackson lake storage
and release to the upper country all
Of the storage waters that now come
past that country for the lower IT.
rigated lands and that there is far
more than enough to take care Of
storage for present projects in the
upper country and those that have
been known to be feasible and are yet
unconstructed.
Summing up the situation, may
l say that the present water users in
all sections of the state, and the flu
ture water users or purchasers of
land on the suggested projects, as
we'll as the taxpayers of Idaho may
feel that their interests will be safe
guarded legally and morally by the
government and by the state through
the exercise of power for, making a
safe contract should, the present
company be able to make good its
promises of organization and capt.
tai"