Show DAM WASHED OUT and now the government is asked to aid settlers attorney thomas OC is acting tor john houtz and others ot southern idaho in the matter of petitioning the secretary of the interior to declare their land and water rights to bs within the scope ot the reclamation act the farmers had built a dam at an expense of but the spring freshets fresh ets washed out the structure and now they are eager to obtain the assistance si of the government in building a substantial dam that will resist the floods of early spring |