Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-10-24

summer of that year, estimated the
water supply and advised as to
how much land it would irrigatt
on the basis of several assumed du-
ties. THE SYSTEM WAS AT
THAT TIME DELIVERING WA.
TER SATISFACTORILY TO THE
LAND UNDER CULTIVATION
THE ONLY COMPLETION WORK
REQUIRED b Elm G T H A 7
WHICH THE STATE ENGINEER
CONSIDERED NECESSARY TO
PROVIDE CAPACITY TO IRRI-
GATE THE LANDS PATENTED
AND SUBJECT TO RECLAMATION
Mr. .Bissell says: AT that time
following the summer of 1870
THE COMPANY HAD SOLD
ABOUT $4,000 ACRES"
On November 80. 1917 THE Az
DITOR OF THE STATE OF IDA
IO EXAMINED THE COMPA-
NY'S BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS
AND REPORTED ON DEC. Is. 1917
THAT CONTRACTS HAD BEEN
WRITTEN UP TO DATE FOR So. =
1871 ACRES.
MIR Bissell says: THE efforts Of
the state HAVE IN NO WAY STOP
PED THE COMPANY FROM
SELLING OR RE SELLING
LANDS"
NO CAREY ACT ENTRIES on
this project HAVE BEEN APP
PROVED BY THE STATE LAND
BOARD OR THE COMMISSIONER
OF RECLAMATION SINCE NOV.
sTH. 1915. EXCEPTING UPON A
COURT ORDER OR AS A RESULT
OF A COURT DECISION.
Mr.. Bissell says: $50 far as
known, THERE ARE CONTRACTS
DATED PRIOR TO DECEMBER
7. 1917. COVERING ABOUT $4,000
ACRES OF LAND"
Why was the statement DELHI
erately made that FOLLOWING
THE SUMMER OF 1917, THE
COMPANY HAD SOLD ABOUT
$4,000 ACRES. and again that
so FAR AS KNOWN THERE
ARE CONTRACTS DATED PRIOR
TO DECEMBER Z. 1917. COVER
ING ABOUT $4,000 ACRES OF
LAND" when THE STATE AUDI
TOR IN HIS PUBLISHED RE-
PORT OF DECEMBER 16, 1917,
STATED THAT THERE WE'RE
CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING
AMOUNTING TO SS,457.S1
SHARES?
Mr.. Bissell says; THE Company is
HOLDING APPROXIMATELY IS
600 ACRES OF ADDITIONAL
LAND WHICH IT DECLARES
CAN BE WATERED FROM THE
SAME SOURCE"
There is no warrant in fact for
this statement. AT NO TINE AND
IN NO MANNER HAS THE COM
PANY COMMENDED FOR THE
RIGHT TO WATER ANY SPECI-
FIC ACREAGE. There remain on
~ 3O,S55.33 acres of nuentered pat
ented land within the Company's
segregations, only portion of
which. as is we'll known. is irriga-
BILE. or the lands originally segre-
gated for this project. THE COM
PANY HAS VOLUNTARILY RE
LINQUISHED 4S,95S.2S ACRES
BACK TO THE GOVERNMENT
These figures being a matter of
public record, such misstatements
can not be excused.
Mr.. Bissell says: SHOULD THE
ENTIRE 10000 ACRES RECEIVE
WATER, it will cut down the avail
able quantity even in the best years
TO q of an inch, or half as much as
the lowest requirement of the
crops"
This and similar statements made J
repeatedly in the past are evidence
of a deliberate effort to mislead
you. an utter inability to read and
understand the English language. or
4 profound Ignorance of the proper
terms to use in discussing the ap-
portionment and delivery of water.
Mr.. Bissell says: "A short time
ago the Company MADE ANOTH-
Err APPLICATION TO TURN
THE PROJECT OVER TO THE
This time the Com
pany does not claim the project is
completed, it applies for permission
TO turn it over merely for operating
purposes AND THAT 1T WILL GO
AHEAD OF ITS OWN MOTION
AND COMPLETE THE 5000. OoO. 90
WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION 1T
ACNANO w i-rsINrfs~ IL BE- FL
TO COMPLETE
THE PROJECT"
On September. 10. 1918 the Com
Dany applied FOR THE FIRST
FINE for transfer of the system !
% the Big Wood River Reservoir
ind Canal Company FOR THE
PURPOSE OF OPERATION a
move entirely justified by the facts
erns of the contract. IN THIS
THE COMPANY
md contemplated by the express
DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT
is ANY CONNECTION
SETWEEN THIS AND THE FOR
TER APPLICATION or THAT
my FURTHER COMPLETION
WORK PRESCRIBED BY THE
TATE Is NECESSARY AS a