Lincoln County times., September 07, 1911, Image 1

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Dovoled to the Inte re «la of" the Settlers of the North Side Tract.
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Weekly Newspaper
No. 27.
Vol. I.
JEROME. IDAHO. SEPTEMBER 7. 1911
$2.00 Per Year
IT MEANS MUCH
The action of tlie Stat«* Ean«l
Hoard last werk Is such as to give
nmre eonlKlei.ee than ever in the
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future of the isortii niue tract, a
that body practically went on
record as opposing the granting of
any more Cary Act contracts until
it was demonstrated that there wa
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sulheient water availably .. «1
the present demands.
This action of the lioanl mean* 1
much more to the Cary Act segn
al lir-I
gâtions than would appear
glance.
In their desire to aeqnin
acreage, the irrigation com
niore
panys throughout the stale are in
clined to neglect the Complet ion of
projects under const met ion, to the
detriment of the settler* thereon.
I nder the recent decision of the
Ixtard these eompanie* will give
attention to the completion
in hand, that an
How of water may I
annot hoiie foi
more
of the systems
adequate
provkled, as they
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any further favors from the board 1
until this has been deuioii-tiutisl. i
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It ueee*-arily follow* that an ex
tra elTort will be exerted in
completion of our own *y*tcm ol !
and more attention given j
l*» tlie distribution of water in an
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11111 11 1111 1
-lalctl above
canals,
ticiputioii of the early opening ot
the 1 KM M I acre* now
>11 tli«* j
This, as we
«•ration,
w ill inspire more coiilidenee
tbe j
if the settlers now tm
arc seeking
part
tract and others win
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.
j
may I
look for more purchasers and |ier
1 tile credit -In til It I
locutions, and as this situation (»•■
generally known
We
comes
inanent settlers,
la* given the Itoard for their posi
tion in tin* matter.
GOOD ADVICE
Gov. Hawley in his remark-be
fore the land Imard meeting last j
I
tiers on the tract and to enlighten !
them more regarding their plan* !
•k, aclmoni*lif* tin.* i*«».
w r*
place mort* in
It is if't to !»■ inferred from tin
..
that their
and other private interests should
lie thrown oj-ell to the public, blit
f the availability
on the question
of water for llit; tract, the settlers
ami ,iJ
feel that their inter«-*!*
mutual, anil stieh
company's are
a partnership cannot
any di-gm
one of the partners d
business, k«H'ps the records ami re
w ith
exist
f satisfaction where.'
S all of tlie
fu*es to remler any amnitmg t"L
the other. Had the company come
frankly Indore the ». tiler* and ex
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plaine.1 «•onditions as they existe.1,
there is not a man on the tract who
would not freely li:tv«> ;u , qui« , **f«l in
any plan tin* «'ompniiy might have
proponed. On the contrary the
»«•ttlcrs were mi»lea«l, ami ilee« , ive«l
by errenineous statements, wbicb
^
far t«« shake til..alw ay*
go
repo*ed in 1 1 «•* maiutg«'iueiit Ikt«*.
There is no temh-ney on the part
of the association <tr any «me
to stand in tin 1 r«>a«l of any a«l
eompany wish to
else,
vaneeinent the
make, tis long as their mhirest» are
tint jeopardized, hut when it «•ornes
to the question of water supply fur
will insist that
their tract they
their rights !•«• gnanlcd ahove
tilings, ami if the company
little dm* eonsitlenitiiui to
all
will
give a
«•an be
these rights, much friction
avoided. _
Umler the new congressional re
p port ion ment bill, rccently emiete«!
into law, the west will make a ma
terial gain in strength in the house
state of
.1
Kvcry
of representatives,
the Pacific coast ami Uueky Moun
tain region except Wyoming ami Ne
vada, will have increased represen
tation in the next house of represen
tative». Umler the provisions «d
this bill, Idaho will he entitle«! to
two representatives inst«>ad of one,
in the next session of congress.
The Alfalfa Meal Mill at Kinib.-r
ly is now in full operation and last
week shipjied (WJ tons of the pr< » 1 net
to the eastern market,
a brisk demand for this product
which insures a good price for hay.
They report
PERMISSION GRANTED
%
lhe u,m P u "y May charge *6» per
show the Availability
or Water
ui water
The pn«|>ositioii of iheTwin Falls
^orth Side Land anil Water Co. to
•pen the 1 l,(KK) acres of high land
i; • • i , , t
adjo. g lerome, eame M..re the.
land hoard again last Ihnrsday. An
railroad the matter ■
through on Wednesday, was fins-1
attempt b
li lted by memliersof the land board
1 »i*ilively refused ..nsider
the proposition until the settlers
could In* heard. Members of the
w
board of directors of the fanal l 'sers
and representative members
of the Ass'ii were present Thursday
morning and we give the following
proceeding* as reported by the
Statesman of ll.'i-c;
Mr. Hays, in opening the ease,
-aid (he men he represented desired
the privilege of selling water for
in -ight at this time.
other land to sell ;
[get a suitable reservoir site in the
headwaters of the Snake, and the
reservoirs and the
tin* ll.iHHi acres of land, for the
that it was tin- only thing
They had no
it was hard to
•a-on
..„iistrueti.iu ,,j
irrigation of other lauds was eoii
tingent on this proposition.
Uaid this was all his company
could do at this time; that the
He
granting of this petition would in
j U| .,, that his company
|,(it re*poll*ible for the break in tile
la-t year, Dial they
all in their power to
f the reservoir
wa
'I liner dam
were lining
remedy tlie defects
usi**I for storage,
those canals
would hold an
anil that when
did Iiol<I water they
abundance for all
lb* sai'l that tlie wa
pitlly in the Snake
■olieenied.
ter fall* s
ra
river that it wa* absolutely impossi
ble to irrigate
without storage re*ervoir*; that hi*
hail live time* a* much al
from that
stream
i'oiu|Miny
-take in the project as the sett 1er
have, and that it was more
for them to make the project a
suetvss than it was for the settlers.
He told how hi* company («ought
w . u ,. r the government this
year in order that the settlers might
lie saitl the plan of
||«veS
!»• supplhd.
large
t of the
Snake, but in the meantime it
|,m •)>«•-<*« 1 to safegnartl the whole
North Sid«* tract, ami tlie pumping
almve
was
the gravity ^'de'.i
m the campaign*
.les* H. Hawley *l»>ke for the set
tle saitl the settlers did Hot
f gril I an acre t«
What
of water to the 1 1,<«"I acres
was the first step
tier-.
object to the price
1 *- charged for the water.
they did object tu wa* the placing
of a greater burden on tlie water
tile North Side tract
lemonst rated
v >teiii
when it hail I
that the -y-ie... wa* *' ,''Ä e
i., fiirni*h water foi the lami aireatiy
.-ultivati-.n. He sai.l there
W|||V ] nm » acres
lion ; that 10,000 acres
t.»> high to 1- irrigate«! by gravity
ami therefor«" did not «•«institut.*
part of the «stem; that there
system built up to
•ii
ill the segrega
f this wits
a
I must be a new
f this 1 Ö.I h K I extra aenst;
take care . , , . .
j, bad U-.*ii «-l.-arly «Icmoiistrat
1 in (lie past three y.-ars that then
x,a* not -iHliei.-ut wafr in rhe sys
tent for tin- laud umler tlie gravity
canals, ami that it was unfair ami
unjust to «livide that limit«*«! supply
in order to take in 11,000 a.l.lt ...»
a, a.'ivs. He sai.l it would he ;
erving, burning shame to a«l«l oilier
Isiiids to (he system at this time In
. of the shortage of water.
Slat«- Kugiueer A. K.
a
«•aus«
Itobinson
...itl that the How of the Miak.' river
•it the Milner «lam ha.l not yet b.'.-n
ailjudii-attsl, ami that until this
done it fell to the duty ol (he
ake the ilivi-ioiis. He
the river bail a
was
slate
«'iigmc«T to m
snid that s.i long as
f ,vi. r >0 s«H*on«l or i o*t t
abundant supply fur
•* down below
IloW O
there was an
nil, hut the river go«
oik Ml reel ill August ami M-ptcnilsT.
Ten «lays ago. he sai.l, h«;
over the grouml ami «b-eule«! that
1 1 ,<• South si.le was getting more
water than it inishn!. He <liv«Tte«l
the North Sule, giv
ii bout St HI left, and
■urctl
,'i(KI feet to to
ing that tract
this, with what htt.l hem» ,
from the government at Mmnloka,
was sufficient -
St*t
asserted that
Governor Hawley
«here was a la«-k of conli.lenee and
IimhTstauding between the settl.-rs
and the company. He thought tin
settlers had lieen mH«d >'>' * 1 "' ,4, °
ptimistic statements -d the
pany olli.-ials; that they shun « h.
dealt with more openly ""'l 'j',,'
more fully into the company plans.
eom
tl
Auditor Taylor sai.l Ik; thought
tlx* settlers slmuM mwt the coin
pany half wav. He knew little
'»*• »•« *»W. »«1 >»« knew a
,,, lt , t «J ulk.ut lawyers, and he
.* . , ,, ,, ;
«1x1 not■ Manic the «Stiers for want
ing j,, W1 f t .guard their interests. (
Attorney General McDougall
move« I# that the Twin Kails North
. .>any !«• ia-rn.itted toelmrge
Slid an acre for water for the It,000
, |1h(V( . Kmvit syHteln .
Secretary (JilTord moved to ntneud
to the eifeet that the hoard grant
the applieation to increase the price
with the express understanding
that the question of the availability
of water supply he taken np by
the hoard when the contracts with
the -eitler.* are np for consideration,
I lot h Attorney Hays and Attor
ney Hawley opposed this.
Haw ley took the position that the
adoption of the motion would just
(Mi.-tpone the light to a later day.
Attorney Hays said it would ham
per Ids company to such an extent
that it would not he justifie«! in
turning a wheel in the district. He
in*i*t.*l that the settlers weivstand
Mr
ing in their own light; that the
money to be obtained from the
acre project was intended
to be used in curing the defects in
the Jerome and other reservoirs,
and that if the company was to lie
hampered and bothered at every
turn in this way it could not relieve
the situation and work out its
plan*.
He said the company could not
possibly take tbe settlers into its
I I,«Kill
confidence in all matters; that
financial turns, the securing of res
ervoir *ite* and other like matters,
could not lie discussed generally,
not even with the settlers, for the
reason that the information so given
gained too wide a circulation and
defeated the very objects aimed at.
Commissioner Speaktuan said the
only reason the settlers opposed the
granting of the petition was that
they had been promised water for
tints' years and had not hail a auf
lieient supply any year yet. The
order to cut off the supply this year,
be said, eame like a clap of thunder
from a clear sky. He said the com
pany hud not carried out its con
tract yet; that it hail not delivered
water, and that it was wrong to
place an additional burden on a
ystem that wa* already overwork
Attorney fieneral McDougall ae
ceptetl the Gilford amendment to
bis motion, and it passed in that
form by unanimous vote. Mr. Days
satisfied, ami left the
meeting with the remark that under
the action of the Imard no money
would be si-lit under it no work
.lone He said be felt relieved 1
from all further obligations to tlie
settlers of the district.
e. I,
was not
IDAHO PRODUCTS AT ST. PAUL
Idaho will show from lôO.tkK) to
200,OHO people a big e.xhiliit of her
proiluet* at the land show in St. Paul
l)«*eemlier 12 to 23.
Hawley has received
Governor
word from the otlieers of the North
Development league that
western
tli« 1 busiue*.* interests of St. Paul,
Minneapolis ami Duluth have agreed
to a deal whereby this state will he
furnished exhibit space without cost
The show to be
at tin- land show.
under the auspices of the
given
league is the only one in til«country
private enterprise
whieh is not a
ami will l>e managed in such a way
for official ex
as to furnish space
hibits.
Idaho officers of the league are,
William M. Morgan «d' Moscow and
G. D. Potts of Coeur d'Alene.
Inquiries about tlie Idaho exhibit
slioulil be address«*! to them while
about the show and
should be addressed
Paul,
information
space therein
to Will A, Campbell, St.
Minn.
Aeeortling to the a«hiiissions of
Atly. Days before the hind board,
the plan of Im-ating reservoirs at
the headwaters of the Snake river
a large
is impractical, as he states
portion <>f the water his company
stolen
purchased for this tract
The settlers may
■atnlate themselves that they
was
well
eurout«'.
congt
•ceded in g.'tfmg the Jcremc res
ervoir local.*1 at a point on
hind, where there is no danger
of (he water being *t«ilen by others.
silt
own
President Taft will be the gu«-st
of Boise citizens for two hours on
Friday, Oct. (5th.
THE OLD SETTLERS
I hey Will Enjoy a Picnic at the
Reservoir, Friday Sept. 15th
The preliminary step in the forma
tion of an old settler» organization has
lieen taken, and arrangements are now
under way by several of the old limer»
tor an old fa»hioned basket piente, to
be held in the vicinity of the reservoir,
on Friday, September 15th. This pic
nie, however, will not be confined to
the old settler exclusively, but all are
most cordially invited to bring their
basket and enjoy a day of recreation,
anil become I «-tier acquainted with one
another.
A program of amusements will Ire
arranged, and some of the "old timers"
will lie exjiecled to give their experience
as pioneers. Jl is the desire of those
having lli«* arrangement for the picnic
in charge, to make this an annual
gathering, ami the occasion will afford
an opportunity for the older settlers to
get together and formulate some plan
for a permanent organization, So let
all who can, jiack their baskets with
yellow legged chicken and other good
things, and come prejwred to »pend an
enjoyable day, Friday, Sept. 15th.
Buildings Contracted for and
Routes Let
At a recent meeting of the aehool
board, tlie contract was awarded to K.
F. Heed, for the erection of tbe school
buildings, north, south and west ot
town. At the same lime tbe necessary
furniture for tlie buildings was ordered.
At tlie meeting last week the bids for
tlie various school routes were opened
and contracts awarded to tbe following,
at tbe price per month as stale*):
Houle No. 1—H. A. Ambrose-$05.00
" " 2—Jno. T. Graham.,.. WJ.UÙ
" " 3— U. J. (.'alien-02.50
" " 4- J. L. Roberts.79.00
" " 3—Claude Grow.58.50
" " 0— G. M, Robinson_ Ü4.00
" " 7—J. A. Washburn.... 04.00
Contracts for private routes were
awarded as follows:
J. T. Graham
Geo. Epperson.
North Appleton mute— J. C. Dunn 35.00
The contract for the south Appleton
route was not closed,
Engineer Stevens was given more
time in which to prepare his sptsätica
tions for the sewage disposal plant, and
.$45.(10
.35.00
tlie bids for the same were held open
another week.
It is now planned to open school
aUiut the 18th, dc|»'tiding somewhat on
the progress matte on the new buildings,
present, Pence, Adamson and Moore,
The usual monthly hills were allowed,
The Village Trustees met in regular
session Tuesday evening trustee Pence
acting as chairman protein in the ab
sence of Chairman Gauss.
Members
siieciticati.ms for the contemplated
new sidewalks were presented and
approve.!. Ordinance No. 37. repealing
ordinance No. 18 was presented and
read for the first time. The franchise
ordinance were laid over until the next
regular meeting. There being no fur
ther business the trustees adjourned un
til their next meeting.
Hagerman Couple Elope
When the parent« of Mr. Ben Durfee
and Mi»» Beatrice Goitrley awoke last
Momlay morning they discovered that
these two member» of their families
It had been tlie custom
were nibwing.
of the young people to go for a buggy
ride every Sunday evening, and when
they went for the usual ride last Sunday
evening nothing was thought of the mat
ter, hut when they failed to return
pieioti was at once a runs.* I and inquiries
revealed tlie fact that they had driven to
Gooding uint had there taken the train
ft seems there had l»>eii some
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for Utah,
objections to the young couple getting
married on account «>f the youth of the
young lady and »o the couple evidently
decided to take the matter into their own
hand». We are informed that they were
married at Brigham City, Utah, on Mon
.lav last.—Sun.
The new mill of the Southern Idaho
Alfalfa Milling company, at Kimberly
has been in operation about ten days
converting alfalfa hay into meal, and
they are now making and »hipping
about a carload a day. This industry
will have an important inllnenec on the
hay market, tut by converting iiito metu
the product can !>c profitably shipped
further than otherwise, ami further, it»
feeding value i» double. 1 his industry
has a bright future on the tract, and we
hope before long to sec one or more
mills in t);» 1 ration at every railroad point
in the country. Twin Falls Uhroniclc.
allusion to the
Attorney Days'
settlers hampering hi* company at
all iineall«*! for
every turn, seems
The
circumstances.
under the
farmers on this tract hold no ani
mosity toward the company and
simply insisted that their
have
rights be protected, and that the
gootis they purchased be delivered 1
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J. Hlfrcö Hrmstcong
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announces the formal opening of his
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Dry Goods Department
and first showing of
Fall Millinery and Apparel
for Women and Children,
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1911.
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full line of
I have a
STAPLE
AND FANCY
GROCERIES
Give me a trial and get a square deal.
NO MORE, NO LESS
H. F. THOMAS, Propr.
Are We Going out of Business?
NO !
NO !
NO !
We offer a Liberal Cash Discount on any goods
taken from the stock we have on hand,
consisting of
Mitchel Spring Wagons.
Farm Trucks.
Mitchel Farm Wagons.
Stavei Buggies.
Case Walking and Sulky Plows. Moline Riding & Walking Plows.
Moline Disc Plows.
Sanders Disc Plows.
Monitor Grain Drills.
Evans Potato Planters.
Fresno Scrapers.
Shuart Land Graders.
Lyons Corrugators.
Hoosier Grain Drills,
Champion Potato Planters.
Hoover Potato Diggers,
Slip Scrapers.
Utah Lay-Off Machines.
Clark Cut-Away Harrows.
Champion Mowers.
Champion Rakes.
Deering Rakes.
Binding Twine.
Fleming Swing Stackers.
Hay Slings.
Steel Cable and Pulleys.
Meyers Pumps.
Stover Engines.
Iowa Cream Separators.
Eveners and Hard Wood.
Electric Laundry Machinery.
Come and look over our stock, and if you do not have the cash
will consider produce at the prevailing market price
Case Disc Harrows.
Case Cultivators.
Champion Binders.
Deering Binders.
Deering Mowers.
Fleming Overshot Slackers.
Fleming Buck Rakes.
Jackson Hay Forks.
Star Wind Mills.
Fuller & Johnson Engines.
Champion Fanning Mills.
Single and Doubletrees.
Plow Shares.
Very truly yours,
North Side Warehouse & Commission Co.
L_l MIXED.
Hay, Grain, Seed, Coal, Produce and Commission
W. D. OARLOCK ABSTRACT CO.
BONDED ABSTRACTERS
SHOSHONE, IDAHO
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