Lincoln County times., August 03, 1911, Image 1

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A Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Settlers of the North Side Tract.
JEROME, IDAHO, AUGUST 3. 1011
No. 22.
Vol. I.
$2.00 Per Year
H. J. LINKE
I'l.ANINO »111.1.
Store Fixtures
Store Fronts
Window Frames
Mower Sickles Ground on Short Notice.
AM. KIN I IS OK Mill. WOlt K
At Ostrander l.umlier Co. Yard
'
H. T. PUGH
STONE MASON
Slone Houses a Specialty
All Work GuaranU-ed Satisfactory
Jerome, Idaho.
Box -4UÖ.
LAND OWNERSI
Gehrmann Bros.
make a specialty of converting tmdcvel
« ,I mi 1 land into Alfalfa Meadows or Or
,-hards at moderate contract prices.
Box 324
Jerome, Idaho.
M. L. PARSONS
The House Builder
Jerome, Ida. ho
Keaidenee »oik a specialty,
ing, Designing, t'abinet Work.
( 'lint fact
C. F. ANNETT
Jl'STK'K OK TIIK 1'KAi'K
Office at G. F. Annett A Son's
Ill Mn M M ai I
A KAM H HaHU A
BARCLAY A. HALL
I.AWVKHS
1'rai'tiif in all Slate ami Federal tViurlx
.iKitoME, Idaho
J. S. HARTSHORN
in knshi atitionkku
Idaho
.len »tue
i
J. F. GRINDER
\ n KHINAHlAN
Office at Foster's Barn,
IDAHO
JEROME
DR. E. D. PIPER
Physician and Siirgism
Office at Jerome Drug Store
JkroMK, Idaho
Huns B. II UinocK
Ji;kk l'. Maims
MARTIN A. HADDOCK
ATfoKNKVS AT LAW
IllAIIO
Jkromk
DR. J. F. SCHMERSHALL
Over Jerome Drug Store
Main Stns-I
I M »no
Jkromk
A. B. STEVENS, C. E.
i.Ii'KSskp smvKVon
Irrigation and Municipal Engineer
la-avc Order» at Jerome lintel.
Idaho
Jkiiomk
Dr. LEON G. PHILLIPS
IlKNTIST
—2 to A
Gorman Bi.uo.
Hours, 'J to 1'J
Phose SO
W. R. FORBES
Baggage, Express and I ranslef
PACKAGE DELIVERY
I 'otirtcoiis Treatment
Prompt Servi»**.
I>eave orders al Tacha ssloiv
Phono *•*»
A. W. ARPS.
The Old Reliable Tin Shop
Just East of the North Side Livery.
Makes a Sp»»ciulty of
Metal Irrigating Tubes,
METAL PLUMING
im. I all kimls <»f
WORK
SHEET METAL
All Orders Given Prompt Attention.
Independent Meat Market
J. R. ELLIS-0. W. DOUGHERTY
SuecMiori to City M»«t Markot
Ixiffttion the same, where »» ill he
found o full line of llrst-elass Meats.
Prices the lowest,
\Ve respectfully
solicit your patronage.
J.R. ELLIS—0. W. DOUGHERTY, PropTs
Phone ftö
AN HOUR WITH TMI; GOVERNOR
A Representative of The Times (ileans
Much Information from
The executive
The Uovernor in an Interview Clearly
Defines the Duties of County
equalization Hoards.'
While at Boise last week we were
accorded a very pleasant and inter
esting interview with (iov. .lames
11. Hawley. I'pon being ushered
into his presence we were at once
impressed with the cordiality ex
tended hy a gentlemen holding this
high executive (msition, and felt
free to at once enter into a conver
sation touching upon matters of
stale its well us local interest. It
requin« hut a few moments talk
with tlie (Jovernor to banish any
restraint nr timidity one might have
of
f
in the presence of the executive
the state, as his plain, outspoken
manner at once eonvinees you of
tlie deep interest he has in the wel
fare of the citizens of the state and
the upbuilding of Idaho.
•Inst at present the (jovernor is
deeply interested in the work
the ditTi-rcnt county boanlsof cqtial
ization throughout the state, and
has a representative in each county,
who is closely watching the deliber
ations of these different I munis and
rcjmrting daily to him.
us that as a rule the various counties
were complying w ith the law re
lb- assured
garding the
though sonic were
their proportion, intimating that
Lincoln county might be among the
He finds the greatest evil
cash value clause,
far too low in
latter.
in tin- fact that different portions
cssi-d nu a
nf a county have been a
different basis, and to remedy this
he urges most diligent work on the
county equalization
In explanation of this the
part nf the
I m ia rd.
Governor says:
"Irrespective of their opinions in
regard to the advisability • »f en
forcing the law in
valuation of taxable property, the
regard to cash
State Board of Equalization will lie
liDiind to comply with the rcquirc
•nts of the law and equalize the
liffereut counties.
un
assessments in
In a majority of the counties of the
state a full cash value
lias lieen made. In a
assessment
few of the
1 value
counties the average
assessi
The
is h*ss than the cash value.
State Board in such counties w ill he
compelled to raise the amount
the county assessment in the aggre
tHat it will represent the
gate so
cash value of tin- projsrty in such
The general impression
•a unity.
that the Stale Board cannot raise
county over 1 is
nr lower any
absolutely unfounded as
The l"i% limit applies to
ill»' aggregate assi*sse»l value of the
hut the hoard can
a matter
f law.
entire
raise or lower any
slate,
county in any
It he
ligtirc they deem proper,
comes important, therefore, that
the County Boards of Equalization
pnqxrly equalize values in their
respective counties. The values
should !«• raised s»i as t»i represent
100c on the dollar, hut if in a par
ticular county there lias
been a
assessors ami
niithlier of deputy
their work lias not been thoroughly
isetl and corrected hy the as
will almost ccr
super»
S4*ss4 >r himself we
tsinly find that the deputies have
viewed the matter of values from
different standpoints,
therefore, that if in
It follows,
(Mirtion of
deputy ha« assessed
. rate of W)% of the
one
the county a
at an averag»
cash value and in another portion
of the county another deputy has
assessed at the rate of 90% of such
real value, that the total assessed
value of the county is returned to
Board will show the
the State
The State
necessity of a
Board, therefore, in persuance
compelled to
assessment roll
raise.
of
its duty would he
raise the aggregate
certain percentage
of the county a
so as to make the raise equal a
value of 100c on the dollar for the
assessment nf tin; taxable property.
It will be readily seen in such event
that a great injustice will Ik; done
to those in tbe county who have been
assessed at tH)% rates Iss-anse they
will lie compelled to pay on an as
sessed rate of over 100c. The ag
gregate amount of tbe tax paid
by the tax payers of the county
would of course represent the value
of all of tbe property at 100c on
the dollar.
The State Board cannot raise the
same kind of property in one por
tion of the county without raising
it throughout the county. In other
words the State Board cannot take
the assessments of particular indi
viduals and raise or lower them but
must deal with tin; county in the
aggregate or with certain classes of
property in the county as a whole.
The County Board, therefore,
should, 1 repeat, pay close atteneion
to this matter in order that an in
justice is not worked upon the tax
payer* of one particular portion of
their county to the benefit of those
living in another port ion. The fact
that sucli inequalities will exist by
reason of the raise will not betaken
into consideration by the State
Board because it is the peculiar pro
vince of the County Board to attend
to it.
Relative to conditions existing on
the various Carey act projects of the
state, the Governor assured as that
he was arranging to pay a personal
visit to each of the tracts in the
near future, and would spend a day
or more at Jerome. These visits
w ill lie for the purpose of meeting
the settlers personally and hearing
from them first hand the true con
ditions existing, and to receive
from them suggestions on public
us it his desire to IiC-in
matters,
fall accord with the wants and
ce,ssities of the people of those
lions over which the land Isiard has
ne
see
more or less jurisdiction.
Another matter tltat is now I»
furc the land hoard and
the Governor heartily approves, is
the feasibility of converting the
f which
school bonds belli hy the board in
to cash, which would lie loaned to
Carey act settlers,
now under advisement hy the attor
ney general, who is
render an
legality of such a transaction.
Various other matters of minor
impirtancc were freely discussed hy
the Governor, hut feeling we had
occupied his time long enough,
hade him good hye, with a cordial
invitation to visit usât the earliest
This question is
expected to
early opinion on the
we
possible date his business
monts would permit.
engage
F. J). Farrell, who has been oon
•ted with the agricultural depart
ment of the Idaho University, and
who has lectured More the Farm
ers Institute here, has entered the
U. S. Agricultural department, and
w ill hereafter have his headquarters
at Washington D. t'.
ms
The price of sugar has gone up
wards with a houml the past w»vk,
the market quotations having ad
vanced fcl.OO per hundred during
Of course the trust eu
this time,
deavors to expitiiti the cause, hut
the average house-wife has about the
for the advance in the
true reason
fa< t that we are now in the midst of
the fruit scason
Scttlcrs mi the North Side tract
11 congratulate themselves
on
can wt
Tuesday a de
The fact that
the even How of water they have
had tints fur, and which from pres
ent indications will continue during
the season under the system <>l ro
tation adopted hy the company.
Settlers along the Boise river have
lieen having more or less trouble all
and have lieen airing the
summer
same in the courts,
eision was
rendered allowing the va
projccts along the river to take
nous
hut six-tenths of a miners inch per
from the river.
acre
i
is a matter that must sooner or la
1er come under government régula
many projects along our streams arc
usinig more water than they ar»' en
titled to, at the expense of others,
linn.
PRACTICALLY ASSURED.
Arrangements for Opening the Bruneau
Territory About Consumaled
The Proposition to be Backed by
Financial interests Headed by
J. Pierponl Morgan.
Sunday's Capital News, of Boise,
gives the details of a financial mer
ger that is of paramount interest to
Southern Idaho, and this section in
particular, as it means the opening
of the great Bruneau tract that ha's
been so freely discussed of late.
Kuhn Loch Ac Co., one of the great
est financial institutions in the
world, has taken over the Buhl in
tarests in tlie irrigation of <500,000
acres of land, which will necessitate
the expenditure of nearly 8150,000,
(XX ». This land is located on the
South side of the Snake river, and
extends from the Salmon river to a
point six miles west of Glenns
Ferry. This means tin* retirement
of Buhl, and the introduction into
this state of probably the greatest
financial concern in the L'nited
States, behind which stands J .
and other millionaires
P.
Morgan
•ady to invest their fortunes in
irrigation enterprises.
The plans proposed and which
are in reality settled upon, include
re
the construction of one of the larg
est irrigation reservoirs in the world
through the raising of the big con
crete dam located on the Snake
river near American Falls, hacking
the waters of the Snake hack over
tlie entire townsite of American
Falls, and it is said almost to Idaho
Falls, forming a great inland lake
which can lie drawn upon for irri
gation purposes, and assuring water
for the entire irrigation year.
The canals to Ik- constructed will
alone represent an investment of
millions of dollars. The new com
pany proposes to have the project
complete in every detail prior to
settlement, so that when the land
is opened it will l»e ready for the
highest class of improvements.
A Hl'MPING SYSTEM PROPOSED
(.and Adjacent to Jerome to be Sup
plied with Water by Hydaaulic
Means
laying to tin* northeast of Jerome ia
about 14000 acres of what is termed high
land, or land that cannot lie reached by
tlie gravity system from tlie present ca
nals.
tlie Twin Falls North Side land A Water
Co. who now seek to make it available
for settlement.
This land has Iss'ii acquired by
With the developement in progress
adjacent to these lands their value has
materially increased and in order to
bring them into a producing state the
contemplating tlie in
company is now
stallation of a pumping system of con
siderable magnitude by which it is in
tended to elevate water from the present
lands. Tliis
canal system over these
land has lieen segregated and the water
has been tiled iqum and all that remains
is to install the pumping plant.
To this end W. S. Kuhn and other
mend s*rsof the company appeared before
the land Isiard at Boise last week, ask
ing that the water rights for these lands
Is- raiss-d from $35 to $00 per acre, with
additional cost for power, not to ex
an
ceede the sum of $'.>- r i per horse power for
six months' service.
This request was put in the form of
resolution which the tioanl has taken
under advisement until the proposition
lie thoroughly investigated hy State
Engineer Robinson and Cary Act. Com
missioner Schawhan.
are in hearty sympathy with this prop
osition, like many others of a like na
ture throughout the state, the rights of
the present users of water under this
system will tirst Ik* considered, and as
we were informed no more territory
would lie added until it was fully dem
onslraetd that snllieient water was avail
.1
pan
While the board
able for the pur|«>se.
A still larger proposition was pro
sent»'«l by Mr. Kuhn, who stated that in
the Twin Falls country there are, in ad
ilition to lb»' H.nnn acres »(token of
alwve. iH'twts'ii Sil.ooo and 100,000 acres
of land above any gravity canal. This
has not lieen segreguU'd, and water for
it has not yet lieen tiled ui«on.
Mr. Kuhn said his plan was logout
once to the headwaters of the Snak»'
j{j ver Wyoming, there to select
site for a reservoir that would hold lie
tween 400,000 and tiilO.OOO acre feet of
water, have an agent file on the water
at on»*»*, and proeetsle to build a »lam
at the earliest possible inoinent, lie was
of the opinion that this work would en
tail an ex|s>nditure of $1,500. tint) at
least. He would not be justified in go
ing ahead, he Haul, unless the altitude
of the state land board was friendly,
He was assured that the Isiard was in
hearty sympathy with his project and
that he would receive the same liberal
treatment he had recetved in the past.
I have a full line of
STAPLE
AND FANCY
GROCERIES
Give me a trial and get a square deal.
NO MORE, NO LESS
H.
F. THOMAS, Propr.
Nibley-Channel
L'br Co.
DEALERS 1\
Lumber, Lath, Shingles,
And all kinds of Building Material.
If you are contemplating building a House, Barn, Shed or are in
need of Building Material of any kind, we will be
pleased to furnish you estimates.
v
V. K. SKADDEN, M'gr, Jerome, Idaho
Jerome Blacksmith Shop
JAMES KERSEY, Proprietor
General Blacksmithing and Horseshoeing
A Specialty of Diseased or Crippled Feet
ALSO CARRY A Fl'l.I. LINE OF
Farm Implements,
BUGGIES, WAGONS, ETC.
JEROME,
IDAHO
q
3James Summers
2Tj DEALER IN
v HARNESS, SADDLES
AND
HORSE CLOTHING
$
•I
m
'uaiiiuujiumvi.
Repairing a Specialty
Jkromk, Iuaiio.
V.
Time Shows the Quality
Two and One-half Years in Jerome
Standard Lead and Oil and Acme Quality
Interior Finish and Calsomine stands the test
Patronize the man who uses nothing else and is on the job w ith
a clean card
BURROUGHS, THE PAINTER
W. D. OARLOCK ABSTRACT CO.
BONDED ABSTRACTERS
SHOSHONE, IDAHO
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