American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1922-03-31
PROGRESS MADE
IN RECLAMATION
Sentiment Changes To Favor Follow
ing Explanations Flenner Outlines
Method of Procedure In Voting For
District And Bond Issues.


Pocatello, Idaho, March 28. Satis-
| factory progress is being made in the
campaign to finance the American
! Falls project and save it to Idaho, ac-
! cording to statement by the Idaho
Reclamation Association through its
head, Guy Flenner, who is managing
the campaign. The first move on the
north side Twin Falls tract was made
Saturday with big meeting at Hazel
ton attended by more than 300 farmers
and addressed by Governor Davis,
Frank Banks, engineer, and Mr.. F1en-
ner.
The farmers there are unit for the
American Falls project, but the Hills
dale section, with Hazelton and Eden
as the towns, otherwise described as
the first segregation, had organized a
separate irrigation district and voted
| bonds to pay for storage water in the
American Falls reservoir. These bonds
have not been disposed of yet and the
question has arisen whether to go on
with the district or disband and come
into the big district. In either event
that portion of the north side tract
will contract for storage in the Amer
lean Falls district to the extent of at
least $4,000 acre feet
Meetings in Upper Valley.
Thursday and Friday meetings, we'll
attended by farmers, were held at Ida
no Falls and Blackfoot. Gov. Davis
was present at both these meetings,
and, emphasizing the Importance OF
the project stated the people could not
afford to let this great opportunity
slip from their grasp.
The governor recited the strenuous
| demands elsewhere, including the Col
orado river project, to get the govern
ment to direct its reclamation ener-
gies. At. these places the people are
making it easy for the government to
come in. We should not, he added
make it easy for the government tc
get out of Idaho, which now has q
lead it should maintain as to reclama.
ton.
At the Idaho Falls meeting all the
companies that had been figured In
the district decided to remain in anG
vote on the formation of the district
, These will be included in the big dis
! trict and meetings with the farmer
: themselves, or stockholders of th
canal companies, will be held, as fak
: as possible, after which the petitioi
: will be circulated
At the Blackfoot meeting there wa
even a more spontaneous response O
7 all the contracting companies, througl
their representatives and some othe
: company indicating desire to get in
, Meetings will be held in the Blackfoo
district with the stockholders and tn
I petition presented for signatures.
Explanations Remove Doubt.
The petition will be filed as soon a
sufficient signatures are obtained, al
J. ter which the intervals prescribed b
law will run. The commissioners vii
hold hearing on the petition, and,
q approved, will fix date for the firs
election to decide on the formation c
the district. After this date has bee
fixed campaign will be conducte
! throughout the entire valley. So ia
! the effort, as'stated, has been on mani
q fold preliminaries, plus an active cam
h paign by mail all over the vale.
= Many local Misunderstanding hav
: been ironed out and apparent compl
q cations removed through explanation
r. Mr.. Flenner recited the set up of tn
proposed district and the means of f
# nancing the project and told of th