Show THE IDAHO LAND CONTEST case of the keople against the ru falls comp company tIly washinton washington ton april 17 Assi assistant stait commissioner best of the g general beneral daiil office gave gava a hearing bearing today on a pro probst ast of the peoples canal company of idaho against 1 I tho the application of that state for the segregation 0 of about acres of land in the vicinity of blackfoot under the carey let act one question at issue is aa a 5 to nhat lands landsman fan be selected by any klate under the carey act the re peoples oples company alleged that thy they were the prior pric r applicants and that they had commenced a system of irrig atit taking M ater from the same source as the american palls falls canal company through which tile the state had its irrigation they insisted that the states claim should be ba rejected as the system of the peoples comply com puy would irrigate the entire territory covered by the two systems the state stata denied this latter claim and contended conten deil that the protesting concessions calac ity for reclamation is not 1 acres |