The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-03-30

desiring to get In can do so by filing
the petition and describing their
lands and IL there Is minority in
the canal company who do not want
to go in, their lands will be cut out of
the description before the bond cleo
tion is called.
New Lavaside
Mr.. Felt said he thought it would
be simpler in distribution Of water
for all time if everybody in COM
pany took storage water, SO there
would be no hard-hearted water
master necessary to distribute the
water in future years when there was
nothing but stored water and the
foolish virgins" had to be shut out
from the feast. Mi. Shepperd agreed
that there will be future periods Of
regrets on that very matter, but that
now is the time to get in and receive
the blessings or stay out and take
the consequences, and that Is why
the speakers are so anxious to de-
liver the information to all who need
the water.
Stored Water vs.. Natural Flow
J. w. Bowker said he understood
that when man has decree for
sufficient water for his farm, and
buys additional right, he is not clear
that it is legally his, and 1t may be
denied him; he and some Of his as
sociates in the canal want more
water provided they can be sure Of
controlling it and using it when they
want it in the latter part Of summer
when their streams are apt to be
running low.
Mr.. Stoutmeyer replied that stored
water is not governed by the law
that governs water flowing in q
stream. The condition described by
Mr.. Bowker would be true of fow-
ing streams, but stored water Is q
different kind Of property, governed
by different law and can be used at
any time as ordered by the owners.
II they want to draw 1t all in one day
and have the facilities for delivery to
the point of use, that Is their privil-
ege. If they want to draw 1t in
smaller volume distributed over q
period Of twenty or thirty or sixty
days, that is their privilege. They
can buy all the stored water they
wish and provide the means for de-
livery and do as they please with it
and it is Of no more concern in the
law than it is now when it is run
ming into the sea.
Good IrrigatOr Pleased
Do IL S,or y, 1/iv =
of law and the kind of water that he
and his neighbors are in need OF, and
want to know what it will cost
to have a thousand inches Of stored
water for use on about 5000 acres of
land in July and August.
Mr.. Banks answered, saying that
this would be 240O acre feet Of water
equal to 1000 inches, and stretched
out over a period of sixty days would
afford a flow of twenty second feet
for sixty days and would provide half
an acre foot or six inches in depth
over the 5000;.acres once. It would
cost 81 an acre for the perpetual
right in the storage reservoir on the
present estimate and If they went in
on the bonding scheme, their land
and the water right to that thousand
inches would be security to the gov
eminent for the payment Of that 81
with, probably per cent interest
payable in equal installments be-
ginning in eleven years from now
and completed in twenty years, with
no interest to pay at all until the
81 hn n m q
the first payments of any kind come
due about the time the farmer got
settled to using his stored water.
The total cost to them per acre, in
Guiding all interest would be about
81 for the perpetual right, The
cost after completion of
the dam would be so little for their
share it would be scarcely noticeable.
How About First Mortgage
Mr.. Felt asked how it would be
about security for the man whose
land is already mortgaged in advance
of the reservoir bonds, and Mr..
said it was planned with
just such cases in view, and that it
would not matter, since the water
payments would be included in the
farmers tax notice and would be
paid like other taxes, and mortgages
could be paid off and new mortgages
given; the water debts would be such
a small item it would scarcely be
thought of in the larger transactions
of the years.
Blackfoot Irrigation Company
George Cobbley spoke for the
Blackfoot Irrigation company and
said that his people might vote to
stay out on present information, but
that II they could attend meeting
and hear what he had heard he
thought they would be in favor OF
coming in; at least, he would take
the responsibility of asking for an
other meeting and he would ask
them to attend. He thought an
evening meeting at Blackfoot would
suit them, and it was arranged for
Wednesday evening, April S, at 1880.
J. v. Jensen, who lives in the same
territory, said that after this meeting
Of March "a had been announced, he
had perhaps a dozen telephone calls
from other stockholders in the canal
from people who said they wanted to
hold their place in the storage pro-
ject, their canal having already
signed up and then found themselves