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Show Condensed News from Idaho TWO FEDERAL OABES PREPARING FOR TRIAL Special to The Tribune. BOISE, July 20. A large force of employees em-ployees are working through the heated season In the federal offices, preparing for two Important cases which are to come before tho United States district court at the fall term, the Lowiston National Na-tional bank case and the Groat Western Beet & Sugar company of Mountain Home. The northern Idaho bank case is hinging hing-ing on a decision for a change of venue from Moecow to Boise, but in view of tho fact that tho three principals, defendants defend-ants ln tho case, having been on trial recently for timber fraud and having secured se-cured ti chango of venue from Bolso to Moscow, and the Moacow term begins the early part of next month, It Is expected ex-pected that the motion will be denied. Tho case of tho Great Western Beet Sugar company Is set for the 10th of October, having been postponed from the June term upon request of the defendants, defend-ants, who plead Inability to be prepared hy that time and financial embarrassment, embarrass-ment, The defendants are men of prominence, promi-nence, being John Garrett, former president presi-dent and manager of the company; Howie, former United States commissioner; commis-sioner; and Daniels, Griffeth and Col-throp, Col-throp, who were officers in the land sales department and were engaged in locating entrymon of the land Included ln tho Great Western project. NEW SURVEYING PLANS; TEN PARTIES TO WORK Special to Tho Tribune, BOISE. July 29. Tho first surveying parties under the new system of public land surveys In Idaho will leave the city next week. Altogether there will be ten parties, which are being assigned to different dif-ferent sections of tho state, and as this new system Is Inaugurated to make the work more quickly done than by tho old contract system. It is anticipated that all that Is accomplished by these parties par-ties is a clear saving of not less than a year's time. For two weeks the surveyor sur-veyor general and United States Surveyor Sur-veyor Frank S. Spofford have been working work-ing upon a grouping of the townships to bo surveyed and the organization of parties, par-ties, and the arrival of United States Surveyor Arthur S. Kidder directly from the general land office in Washington will enable the local plans to be put In force at once. Under the old contract system long delays wore necessitated, especially In tho fragmentary surveys, and It Is expected that this difficulty will be lessened with the sending of salarlfcd surveyors into tho Held. For this new plan an appropriation of $115,000 has been made. Provision has boon mado to place monuments at all sections and quarter corners, with Iron posts suitably marked on brass caps fitted to them. Throe different Blzes of Iron posts will he used on the township, section and quarter section corners, and ln lnacces-sable lnacces-sable places where It la practically Impossible Im-possible to convey the Iron posts, wooden or stone ones will bo used. MOUNTAIN HOME TRAOT TO GET AMPLE WATER Special to The Tribune. BOISE, July 29. Hundreds of settlers who entered lands In what Is known as the Mountain Home irrigation project, and were to have been furnished water by the defunct Great Western Beet Sugar company, will receive the reward of waiting wait-ing through the organization of the Elmore El-more Irrigation company. More than 00 per cent of tho owners of water rights nave signed the contracts, and it Is expected ex-pected that by the first of September the entire holdings of the bankrupt company will be taken over and a Carey act opening open-ing will be conducted under the laws of the state. The new company has been Incorporated under the laws of tht state of Washington and the prominent stockholders are capitalists of Seattle. Under the plan of reoganizatlon the settlers set-tlers are to relinquish their land and water rights to the new company, anu In return will receive priority rights to the land. The water rlghlB are to be held In escrow in the First National bank at Mountain Home and tho owners are to be given par value stock ln the company. com-pany. Senator Borah and Congressman Hamor were recently guests at a meeting of property owners ln Elmore county at Mountain Home, the point under discussion discus-sion being the securing of a water supply sup-ply for their arid lands. A large number num-ber wero present at the meeting, and the Interest was Intense. The plans for the providing of water for the 60,000 acres of desert land :around tho town were gone over and investigated, with the probability of embracing tho tract within the Boise-Payette project. |