Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-05-19
NEWS or The @sie DISTRICT

The weekly bulletin Of the Idaho
Proclamation Association contains the
Information that May 18th, has been
set as the date for fling the petitions
for the formation Of the big district
being formed to finance the American
Falls reservoir project It is conf.
IDENTIFY expected the necessary number
Of signatures and the required acreage
Will be secured before that time as
there is activity at all points where
the petitions are being circulated The
bulletin continues:
80 soon as the petitions have been
signed they will be fled The County
Commissioners Will receive them not
sooner than two weeks after they have
been fled and ix date for hearing
not less than four weeks in advance
Of their meeting. or six weeks from
the date of the fling Of the petition
At the hearing the date OF the first
shall be approved. This election will
be on the question Of forming the dis
trict and requires a two-thirds ma
jority-
There is no obligation involved in
the petition. which merely asks that
an election be called 10 determine the
district formation
Reports to headquarters here indi-
cate that the petition is being gener-
ously signed in the territory affected.
The signature process is the cul
nation of weeks Of hard work Of an
educative and explanatory
No Private Money
This Association has made q close
inquiry into the possibilities Of secur-
ing private money for the construction
OF certain proposed reservoir sites in
the State. and it finds that there is
not the slightest chance Of securing
the same. Investors viii not consider
irrigation company securities OF pri-
vate reservoir bonds. The govern
ment's attention has been called tc
these proposals and it is made plain
in replies received by the association
that the reclamation service cannot
adopt policy of building little reser.
voirs when one large one VIII serve
much greater territory.
McNary- Smith Bill
-The association has been 'ttin !.
forth special efforts in aid of the
Western States Reclamation ASS cia-
ton. headed by Governor Davis. OF
Idaho, TO secure additional support in
cor gress for the pending McNary
Smith bill In a variety Of ways
means have been found 10 call this
vitality important measure TO the at
tention of members Of congress. who !
are on the fence or arrayed in >, osi
ton.
The cooperation OF the Idaho Au-
tomobile Trades Association was en-
listed some time ago. and through it |
influential factors in the nations au-
tomobile industry have been lined up 1
for the McNary- Smith bin. Judge /
c. A. Vane, manager of the National /
Automobile Dealers association, wires |
the Idaho Automobile Trades Associ-
alton that ne viii personally ask for
endorsement OF that bill at every l
state association meeting he attends. |
Moreover, he has interested a number /
automobile factory executives and they /
have brought influence to bear on
members Of congress from their re- |
spective districts. The interest Of 1
eastern automobile interests lies in 1
the fact that western expansion Of I
their business depends TO a large de-
gree on reclamation development I
This argument has been put UP 10 /
many other eastern establishments
having western business through the A
efforts Of the Idaho Reclamation As
ISOLATION and the cooperation OF busi-
hess organizations and men in idaho