Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-03
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COMING 10 BOISE
T0PR0TEsT LETTER
Claim Document BY Mayor
Eagleson - Published :
Detriment to Growth, Pros
perity and Irrigation.

A committee Of 20 Caldwell citizens,
representing that city through its
Chamber of Commerce. are scheduled
to arrive In Boise this evening to meet
officials OF the city and Chamber Of
Commerce, to ascertain why publicity
was given to Z letter by Mayor Eagle
son, which they contend. 10 detrimental
to the growth and agricultural inter-
ests Of that section OF Idaho.
Mayor Eagleson, in q circular letter,
mailed out to citizens Of Boise gener-
ally. cites that II the Great Bruneau
project Is put through and the Black
Canyon project irrigated from the
Boise river, that the lands lying south
and west OF Boise could not be sup
piled with water.
SAYS ACTION UNWARRANTED.
Caldwell people feel the assertions
are unwarranted and that the propa-
ganda circulated and published IL
detrimental to their city and sur
rounding country and they desire to
know why such dope Is given such wide
publicity before its truths could be
investigated.
Caldwell people are DESTROYS Of See
ing get together spirit in southern
Idaho in the interests Of the state and
they asserted atthe mass meeting the
circular letter by Mayor Eagleson as
published in a Boise paper tends to
arouse the feeling of one community
against another. hinder the progress of
development and lessen the prospects
fro extension Of the reclamation SER
vice.
STATEMENT BY MAYOR.
Mayor Eagleson stated today he did
not see why anyone would take ex-
ceptions to his letter urging Boise peo-
pie to action in the interests of the dry
lands tributary to the city. He states
he has no stones to throw at anyone
and Is only anxious to see the Boise
Payette and nSake rivers developed to
their greatest maximum in furnishing
water to dry lands. He contends
however, that 1t would not be fair to
use the water development OF the
Boise river to irrigate $4,000 acres OF
land on the lower end of the Black
canyon project and let 100, 900 acres
south and west of Boise go dry, where
as IL the Payette river is properly de-
veloped this lower land could be irri-
gated from that source, but IL Boise
river is taken a large tract must re-
main dry and unproductive.
Mayor Eagleson calls attention to an
irrigation development meeting held
recently at Idaho Falls, where resolu-
tons We're passed urging the irrigation
of the upper Snake river country and
the Bruneau project, nothing being
said of the lands between Bliss and
Boise In the coming meeting, Jan. 6
and Z, he says, II resolution Is passed
linking the Black canyon project with
the Bruneau. this same vast territory
Will be left out. Therefore, his letter
he says, was in the interests of the
lands between Boise, Mountain Home
orchard and Bliss and some loo, 0OO
acres between Boise and Emmett.
Mayor Eagleson declared that he felt
1t was up to Boise, Nampa, Caldwell,
Payette, Weiser and other cities to
cooperate for the purpose OF securing
water for dry lands which would fur
nish the greatest number Of homes for
settlers and hoped to see that spirit
prevail. He declared he would be
pleased to meet any committee from
Caldwell or other points and felt he
could make his position clear to them,
but he especially wished to urge Boise
people to attend the irrigation meeting
and speak in behalf of the lands lying
adjacent to the city.