Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-06-11
SURVEY ASSURED
OF CANAL FROM
AMERICAN FALLS
$4,000 Raised to Pay Half
of Cost of Preliminary
Work for Which Govern
ment Will Pay Half.

A survey of the proposed canal
line from American Falls to Noun
tain Home was the subject matter
of a mass meeting held at the Stand
ard hall Monday evening. There
was only a small crowd present, but
they were enthusiastic and meant
business. The meeting was called
to order by ]. G. Watts, who ex
planned the purpose of the meeting
briefly and introduced VIII H. Glib
son. Mr.. Gibson presented the plan
for the survey as it had been out
lined by the reclamation service,
which was that the service had avail
able $4,000 for making surveys and
that they would devote this entire
amount to surveying north side
canal lime to the Mountain Home
Sunnyside tract if the Boise cham
Der of commerce would provide an
equal amount, the cost of the sur
vey being estimated at $4,000. The
reclamation service had submitted
q contract to that effect, and the
Boise organization had raised a part
of the money and had signed and re-
turned the contract. The Boise peo-
pie had called into conference Mr.
Gibson and other Elmore county
people, am dhad made proposal that
they would induce the Ada county
commissioners to appropriate $4,000
In two installments and that they
Z would raise enough funds by sub
scription to make the Ada county
total $4,000, if Mountai n1ome and
Gilmore county would raise an
amount sufficient to swell the total
to $4,000 and some necessary in
cidental expenses. In addition, Mr.
Gibson stated that Gilmore county
also desired to furnish some money
to the Idaho reclamation association,
and that he would like to see $500
provided for that purpose. He stat
ed that the Idaho reclamation asso-
citation had worked up the plan I'M
der which it had interested the rec
lamation service i'm our lands and
that it was very necessary to keep
the good work going to insure the
success of government neclamation
on local lands.
Mr. Gibson stated that we could
get by temporarily on subscription
of $1,000, but that more money
would be required for contingencies
which are constantly arising, and
that subscriptions could be made
payable one-half on July first and
One-half on September first.
Gen d. A. Utter then spoke brief
ly, giving figures as to the distance
from American Falls, the size of the
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yardage cost.
e. G. Helfrich proposed that eV-
eryone willing to subscribe $50 or
more come forward, and there was
rush to reach the subscription
paper More than $500 was signed
up in few minutes and sixty tax
payers signed a petition to the coun-
ty commissioners to appropriate
$1,000 to the survey fund.
THE meeting adjourned after
pledges and petitions had been sign
ed. Tuesday morning a committee
consisting of o. E. Cannon, Will II.
Gibson, j. w. Morton and Geo. F.
Lee took the subscription paper
around town and secured enough ad-
ditional pledges to take care Of the
survey and all other obligations en-
tailed by it and the reclamation as
ISOLATION without further money
raising.
Following is the list of subscrib-
ers to the fund and the amounts
they signed for: