Show PROTESTS SENT TO THE PRESIDENT REFERRED BY HIM TO HITCHCOCK n Special to The Herald Washington Y March 29 Protests from prospective settlers und r the tile Mini Minidoka doka irrigation project were tele telegraphed telegraphed telegraphed graphed President Roosevelt yesterday and were referred by b him hint today toda to Sec See Secretary Hitchcock The Thc protests were against the action of the secretary in inthe inthe inthe the recent r ent division of the fund apportioned for the Minidoka project so that part of it might be ibe used use on the Boise Payette Pa ette project Secretary Hitchcock will not modify his decision in the matter and md work on the project will be inaugurated at as early a date a as practicable In view vie of the misunderstanding which seems s ems to have hae arisen ansen in refer reference reference ence once to Idaho irrigation matters the tho director of the geological survey today I Isa said sa id that misapprehension has arisen by b reason of an effort of many persons I to anticipate the plans of engineers and secure choice holdings 1 of ot The government gon from tHe life first has lias warned intending settlers to go slow in making entries on lands hands in inthe Inthe inthe the Minidoka project I and has called particular attention to the fact that plans for irrigation especially those involving a pumping plant Ilant were mere mer merely merely ly h tentative and could not 11 be worked out as quickly as those for a gravity system While nothing has arisen to prevent ultimate te developments of the pumping plant so many delicate engi eni engineering engineering features are involved that careful consideration must be given to these before any definite conclusions are reached or final filial plans are arc approved So that apparently while no reason rea on exists for believing that the pumping features of the Minidoka project will wiil not hot ultimately JY be utilized engineers veVY H wisely have hae decided to give this ques question question question tion more study stud and consideration be b fore recommending it for construction |