Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-03-09


readth of Snake River Valley, EN-
braced within the possible touch O
American Falls storage waters, tina
the great project bears promise, be
cause of recent activities, of bein,
evolved into the actuality that 70
many years has been a dream.
Official reports made to recen
representative conferences held re
vealed that the project had been, il
effect, dead; and that life wa.
breathed into its silent form by the
renewed interest of the people them.
selves who are deeply Interested in
the project.
Realizing that an undertaking
fraught with possibilities UMPIRE
cedented in southern, Idaho was to
slop 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 undertaking to exc
cute ap Ian which will make it pos
sible for the government to proceed
The foregoing is a summary of
reports and reactions from all ever
the valley and the southern part of
the, state, received by the duty OF
carrying the plan to execution.
This involves the creation of
gigantic district embracing lands
from a point above Idaho Falls to
contact with the Twin Falls section,
and the bonding of the district for
a sufficient amount to meet the pay
ments due the government under
contracts of irrigation companies.
This plan was decided upon at a.
conference which icluded representa-
tives of all the irrigation companies,
and was later approved by a meeting
OF Commissioners representing fiji
teen counties in the Snake River
Valley.
The preliminary work has been
actively pushed in the past week.
Men are in the field securing data
for a petition for creation of the
districe. So soon as this petition has
been cmpleted, steps will be taken to
circulate it all over the valley.
The proposed great conservation
district is purely a financing enter
prise, and will not interfere in any
way with the operation or mainte- !
nance of any existing or futre canal !
system. The sole purpose is to fl
nance the American Falls project so
he government can go ahead.
AROUSED BY THE THOUGHT
OF LOSS.
The tremendous loss involved in !
of the project has re-
GENTLY been brought to the people,
md, acording't reports received here,
here is a death1ess determination
hat nothing shall be left undone to /
ave this project to southern Idaho,
lad especially when it can be dine
without involving any additional
burden.
The plan bonding will embraced
N understanding to fund the inter
st during the period of construction
nd one year thereafter, so that
here has been time to secure bene-
its. From then on, the bonds will
e taken care of by increased crops
nd all the other advantages that
ONE from reduction of taxes, thru
dded population, stimulated bust
ess and new local markets, to say I
othing of increased land values.
PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENT
These bonds are properly describ-
d as productive investment, and !
lille, at the present time, no ordi-
airy new obligation might be taken !
n, Their is no objection to author
ing such bonds, any more than to :
xtending on's credit to buy neces- {
ary seed, farm equipment, or dairy
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