Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-08-20
TER USERS MEETING
[,n;ts plans Being Worked Out 70
s.o.re an Adequate Water Supply =

an Adequate Water supply
:, saturday the meeting OF the
-uod p,ver Reservoir and Canal
.nny at the Baugh was attenoeu
four or five hundred farmers
,s,itufe the water users OF the
10 irrigation Project, The meet
as called by the Board OF Dir
o,s primarily for the. purpose Oh
s;,, the bylaws of the associa-
II was made an open meeting
many matters Of vital Importance
discussed by those present The
n great question of sufriaient
49,. s,,nn1v was before the meering.
Dibble. head of the reclama-
4 s.~vice in Idaho reported the re-
H.. of the efforts Of the Reciama-
servlce towards getting Snake
water TO relieve the shortage o.
svstem. He stated that the sur
N - which planned 70 brinG later
the Miner dam across 10 the
n ...;.b tract and thence across north
- so as to water the North Sho-
n ,a tract and Gooding tracts as wen
III rand south of Gooding. was
L s;,ie from an engineering stand
NJ bpt that the ditch would travel
B .o,trv so difficult as to make the ex-
4 -obft,itfve He informed the
tier users that surveys were now IN
Eoqress TO determine the feasibility
E hrireing ditch from the North
! 5e Jerome ditch south Of Shoshone
.M cut into our territory about the
rFsu ranch west town and being
ale river water it win relieve the
o;c Peservoir of the South Gooding
Mr.. Shepherd. president OF the
faho irrigation Company. reported
Z w. his company is taking steps to
lbliId a cemented ditch around the
Euks in the Big Wood River below
HALEY and that this would save 30.
1Eo acre feet of water now wasting
tf also stated tldt LHe SoiAiP0N- f
VA fling I'm a series Of wells for the old
ood River water right users to as to
bid the necessity of having to let the
liter run down the river all winter to
pply stock water for these users
d by this means another 10000 acre
would be saved for the Magic
ervoir. This saving of $4,000 acre
Of water now going to waste and
sir further. saving of the Magic
eervOiz water now needed for the
1uth Gooding tract by substituting
8ake river water for it will be suf-
Qbiea' to guarantee an abundant
Mpply, even in our shortest seasons,
tr the other lands under the Magic
Reservoir.
The important features of the meet
as was the information showing the
kater users that the new officials Of
IL Irrigation Company. the officials Of
h. q. S. Reclamation service and the
Directors of the Big Wood River Reser-
Epir and Canal Company are agreed
boon these points
EFIRST-The water supply for the
hagic Reservoir system, under present
onditions. is insufficient
SECOND,-THAT a supplemental
pply sufficient to make every water
Ntht under the system assured Of
'7oe per cent supply, is possible. either
from Snake River or from bringing
lAnuris Lake water across the summit.
er by conse~sing the waters Of Wood
FiTer now going TO waste as outlined
bove. or by combination Of these
B ee sources Of supply.
HRDe That as soon as these off
H able to determine the most
sible plans from the standpoint OF
IN of constructors as wen as sta-
~ ty of supply. they win al set busy
n once and work together in harmony
E secure the additional water nt the
liest possible moment.
EOURTH,- That the progress al
dy made along these lines is such
to guarantee our water users against
sble repetition Of the disasters Of
X past two years.
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