The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1924-07-04
lake STORAGE
Is UNDER FIRE
BY Nc CALL CLUB
Payette L a k e Citizens
Ardently Protest Use
Of Summer Resort for
Storage

Many reasons are set fortn by IN
Mccall Commercial club why Payeit'
Lake should not be used as waite
storage site is a communication ad
dressed to the Nampa Chamber o
Commerce and copies OF which have
been received here. Assertions tina
]. B. Newport. president Of the Blacl
Canyon irrigation district and J. II
Lowell. secretary OF the Gem district
are not acquainted with sacts in the
case are made in the summary.
The communication. signed by Duk,
Robbins. club secretary. sets forth
the Mccall position in some detail as
follows:
Mr. Newport says he "belives' so
and so. We know whereof we speak
from many years residence on the
Lake. and back our statements up by
actual facts and figures, which may be
easily verified.
According to the filings of the
Reclamation Service. June 2l. 1922.
the propose to raise the waters OF
the Payctte Lake five feet above
high line and later on to drain II
down to IS feet below the low water
line. Mr. Lowell states in an aver
age year the water will be held al
high water line to August End" The
Lake at present stands about the high
water line Any visitors here at this
time can witness the results. if held
at this mark into August some OF
the best weeks for the Tourist travel
The sandy beaches are under water
and a rim OF logs, brush and debris
line the shore II this condition was
forced to remain. there would not be
a bathing beach on The Lake the whole
summer through; boating and fishing
would suffer grea. damage. These
are some OF the pastimes that the
summer visitors most enjoy.
Draining the axe as contemplated
would leave the city wharf $50 feet
from water-the intake of the Mccall
water system would have to be ex-
tended. at great expense to the Mccall
tax paycrs--the water would be 600
feet from Lardo wharf-6O0 feet from
Davis beach and Newcomb's Camp
No. 600 feet from the Club House |
dock-Sylvan Beach would be high |
and dry-owncrs OF summer cottages
would be deprived OF the recreational
peaslures for which they built thci
homes-the lake would be cut in two
at the Narows leaving jagged road
across from Sylvan Beach.thus the
Hof and Brown Tie and Lumber Co i
which depends principally for the saw
logs being towed to the mill in booms
from around the lake shore. would
have the supply cut off. causing the
mill to shut down and throwing the
aborcr out OF employment at a time
coming into the winter, when they {
most need it. This Milling company i
AS a heavy monthly pay roll and is a
Icing yearly business of over three v
hundred thousand dollars. closing
Town for the season December Is b
The saw mill would-be many feet from L
he water.
THE natural fluctuations between 4
Ugh and low water lines tax to the c,
init the workings OF the logging and 4
lumber interests Mr. Newport says h
l lowering the water The only cf- II
,ct would be to make the beach a &
tile wider" Every sandy beach on fc
lie Lake would be destroyed. As the ic
'ater is lowered as suggested. in al
much Of the shore line a sticky
uck and mud takes the place OF thee be
md, and in other places a sheer in
'eak OF many feet to the water. ar
1T would destroy our winter sports m
rnival. in which it has been shown al
at many hundreds of people from Of
e outside have taken an interest, and no
c looking forward to in the coming su
ars. This because the Lake would an
Il refill until the melting of the no
inter- SHOWS in the spring, giving lie
low depression instead OF the thi
autiful snow and ice covered Lake WI
: our winter sports tk-
"Alowering OF the Lake Is feet a
IS not mean the receding OF the Ii,
ter to that distance. as many people inc
nix, but a perpendicular drop OF sa,
feet. A drop OF even two or three set
t below low water line would. in she
I untold damage. Their filings abb
for FIVE feet above. and fifteen Pa,
below high and low water marks. SON
,ectiyely, and nothing is to prevent pro
n taking the limit. They also the
e that in average years. The low hon
q would not be more than FIVE NAL
six feet and TO be made in Sept The
er after the summer travel has ada