American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-02-24
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BRIGHTER FUTURE

Pocatello, Feb. 22.-There is rejoic-
ing the length and breadth of the
Snake River Valley, embraced within
the possible touch of American Falls
storage waters, hat the great project
bears promise, because of recent activi-
ties, of being evolved into the actual
ity that for many years has been a
dream.
Official reports made to recent re-
preventative conferences held here re-
vealed that the project had been, inef-
feet, dead; and that life was breathed
into its silent form by the renewed in
terest of the people themselves who are
deeply interested in the project.
Realizing that an undertaking
fraught with possibilities ~unprecedent-
ed in southern Idaho was about to slip
from their grasp, the people, not only
of the Snake River Valley, but of all
southern Idaho, aroused themselves to
a determination to breathe life into
the dead giant by theoretically under
taking to execute a plan which will
make it possible for the government to
proceed.
The foregoing is a summary of re-
ports and reactions from all over the
valley and the southern part of the
state, received by the Idaho Reclama-
ton Association, which has been in
trusted with the duty of carrying the
plan to execution.
Big District Plan.
This involves the creation of a gil
gantic district embracing lands from a
point above Idaho Falls to contract
with the Twin Falls section, and the
bonding Of the district for a sufficient
amount to- meet the payments due the
government under contracts of. irri-
cation Companies.
This plan was decided upon at a CON
ference which included representatives
of all the irrigation companies, and
was later approved by a meeting of
Commissioners representing fifteen
counties in the Snake River Valley.
The preliminary work has been ac-
lively pushed in the past week. Men
are in the field securing data for a pc
tition for creation of the dis
will havetition for creation of the dis
trict, which will have to include de-
scriptions of all the property. So soon
as this petition has been completed,
steps will be taken to circulate it all
over the valley.
The proposed great conservation dis
trict is purely a financing enterprise,
and will not interfere in any way with
the operation or maintenance of any
existing or future canal system. The
sole purpose is to finance the Ameri-
can Falls project so the government
can go ahead.
Aroused by the Thought of Loss.
The tremendous loss involved in
abandonment of the project has re-
Gently been brought home to the peo-
pie, and, according to reports received
here, there is a deathless determine
ton that nothing shall be left undone
70 save this project to southern Idaho,
and especially when it can be done
without involving any additional bur-
den.
The plan of boning will embrace an
understanding to fund the interest
during the period of construction and
one year thereafter, so that there will
be no outlay until there has been time
to secure benefits. From then on, the
bonds will be taken care of by increas-
ed crops and all the other advantages
that come from reduction of taxes,
through added population, stimular-
ed business, and new local markets, to
say nothing of increased land values.
Productive Investment.
These bonds are properly described
as a productive investment, and while.
at the present time, no ordinary nov
obligation might be taken on, there is
no objection to authorizing such bonds.
any more than to extending ones ere
dlt to buy necessary seed, farm equip
ment, or dairy stock.