Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-22

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Petitions from Glenns Ferry, King
Hill, Mayfield Hammett, signed b,
fifty odd requesting the Board o
County Commissioners of Elmor'
County to cooperate with the Uni
yersity Extension Division in the EN-.
plOyment of County Agent, stating
that they needed the assistance of a
County Agent in the production and
marketing crops and in the control
of pests.
In this matter it was moved and
seconded that Gilmore County, Idaho,
enter into and cooperate with the
University of Idaho Extension Divi-
sion and the U. s. Department of
Agriculture in this work.
That from June LIST, 1925, to June
LIST, 1926, the sum of $2,20O.OO be
provided and set aside to help defray
cost of extension work and the en-
ployment of a County Agent in Ell
more County.
1t is. understood that the Extern
sion Division of the University of
Idaho will set aside not less than
100000 per year from State and
Federal funds to assist in the. pay
ment of salary and expenses of said
County Leaders.
Thereupon said motion carried.
The petition of John w. Morton
and Others for the organization of
an irrigation district to be known
as the Mountain Home Irrigation
and proposing to purchase
The existing systems of the Noun
tain Home Cooperative Irrigation
Company and the Gilmore County r.
'igated Farms Association, and to
include therein approximately five
thousand acres of lands in Gilmore
county, State of Idaho, now irrigat-
ID from said systems, come on to be
leard.
There were present on behalf of
aid petition, H. ]. Kniefel, c. E,
ohnson, Clay Groefsema, John A.
IcEachern, o. E. Norell, w. s. Lang
tt, John Knight, M. Tobin and W.
/. Filley, a committee of water
GERS under said systems, B. w. OPP
enheim, Esq, their attorney, and
: A. Tolman representing the De-
artment of Reclamation of the
tate of Idaho.
No appearance were made. in OPP
osition to said petition.
Certain documentary evidence was
iereupon submitted to the board
nd F. A. Tolman was called and
worn and testified as witness on
shalf of said petition.
From the records and files of the
,ard and from said evidence the
bard thereupon found the follow a
g facts: I
The petition herein was first filed !,
it'll the Clerk of this Board on the
st day of October, 1924, as re-
Tired by Section 4317 of the Com n
led Statutes of the State of Idaho. "
lereupon, the said Clerk published p
general notice as required by law, y
lting that said petition would be s.
esented to this board on the 10th 81
Y of November, 1924. The said ~
tiee was published two weeks be W
re the day on which the same was
be presented, that is to say, In a.
rec issues of the Mountain Home az
publican, weekly newspaper
blished in Gilmore County, to-wit: y
October gath, October 31st, and 81
18th, 1924, as shown by th
affidavit of the publisher on file OF
rein. "a
On the 10th day of November,
"a, pursuant to said notice, said pr
ition was presented to this board. M
set the 9th day of De-
lber, 1924, as the time for hear Oh
thereof, and thereupon caused sa
ice of such hearing to be pub TO
led three weeks before the time M
said hearing, that is to say, in
r issues of the said Mountain
ne Republican, to-wit: on Novem- 30
IA, November 81, November %,
December 5, 1924. as shown by Ell
affidavit of the publisher of said
Sspaper. SN
IN the 9th day of December, 1924,
one appearing in opposition to NV
petition, either by written pro- SH
or in person, the petitioners re-
sted that hearing thereon be post NV
ed and thereafter from time to {
e the same has been postponed 81
II this dav The reason for said NV