Show THE IDAHO LAND CONTEST Cassol car of the people the iho american falls company washington april 17 assistant commissioner clest of the general land office gave a hearing bearing today on a protest ot of the peoples canal company of 0 idaho against the application of that state tor for the segregation of about acres of land in the vicinity of 0 blackfoot black foot under the carey act ono one question at issue la is as to what lands can be selected ly ily any state under the carey carcy act the peoples company alleged that they were the prior applicants and that they had commenced a system of irrigation taking water from the same source as the american falls canal company through which the state had bad planned its irrigation they insisted that the states claim should be rejected as ft s the system of the peoples company would irrigate the entire territory covered eresby by the two systems the state denied this latter claim and contended that the protesting concessions capacity for reclamation is not exceeding acres ares |