| Show OUTLOOK ON MINIDOKA A PROJECT Reclamation Service Can Give No Definite Estimate Esti aa HJ to the Date When hen a Pumping Plant Will WillBe WillBe Be Bc Installed In for or the Benfit of Existing May he be b Several Years Yet reclamation atlon service lately TilE THE T has IMS h been Importuned lor tuned by b certain curtain settlers on the pro Idaho Id ho to fit fIC a definite date when water will 1111 te be e supplied to 10 the theland land on the side of at Snakes Snake river ricer the gravity graI system 1 I At no tune time have the tha agents ot 01 o tho government been able tiMe to state tite definite definitely ly I when a n pumping plant would bo hI Installed In stalled although the tho plan of ot construe lion ff the makes provisions for this feature of ot the work vork ork Tho rho most mos could be 1111 stated was va that HID Iho th Installation tion of et the Die pumping system stem would not be undertaken for several jours eims It Itha has ha however been frequently tret stated 1 I I that were i practicAble to begin belp the hoc Installation of u II pumping system I immediately water would not be avail uvall available I I able ohio tar for these theMe hi i lunda lande earlier than I I 1 O A delay Iela of ot o J 4 t or 0 i years rears would 1 I obviously prolong this waiting wailinG period I IThe The Tho project h Is not the only I I i one Involving the tIme lifting In of or wll r by I I pumping to lo le eis above the gravity There cue core 1 many others other It Jt hns hils been heen deemed advisable by the tho leading I engineers to hold this part of ot each ach project In abeyance the com corn completion of the ioe icy To lo lift Hit t In the he enormous unities re required quiri to tn hi reclaim thee thre areas will nee necessitate the he construction of ot pumps of ot larger size mini gunter greater capacity than ever beron Ordinary busi husi business business ness sense ense decrees that tIme he expert experiment experiment ment meat should not nol be he tried until n cm full tull consideration con l has hu been ghen to tu nil the engIneering anti and mechanical al too fea features tures The statement of this fact tact hal hag ima been 1 I 1 I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I i I t made from tUne time to limo home luring during the tho post past IS 18 months intending In settlers have lean n JI M and anti warned not to enter cater land w could be lie Irrigated only bj by Ii pumping On the project It will he be practicable uble In In the fu tu future lure ture to tho tim lands lantI above and anit near bear the tho gravity ditches by h means awaits of ot otI ofa n a r pumping ellem the tile power to te bo be supplied at the te t e dam now flow under con construction Time Tho amen to be b i on the tue south side of ot e river by this means contains fully ull O acres white while half halt ns as much as us this may mo be iiI re reclaimed claimed on the tue north Hide ide by similar means meane The rhe actual cost of or this Ibis feature of or the reclamation works would not nol be bo boIe Ie Ies s than J a n sum um considerably con In iii excess of ot the cost o or of the tho ho gravity gra system slem now mio nearing completion It loris has been known that hiatt time the speculative spirit which develops when f ft a r government project Is exploiter exploited tons not been abent nt after niter the plans of the govern government ment becane o known krown u n tract of at deeded land under the system purchased ed by hy n a 1 local syndicate und maid laid out Jut In a n two tovo miles In lie from wae 0 the tho United States Sta te irs had reserved u II tract for fOl tho the suir MII on the opposite side llo of or tho time iVer under 1111 del th g I t t fin The rill was all trade imade with the tho full tull de of ot ott ih I it i ni i ill III ti L t rge nt Li i d ij with 0 Rim the hoc I It oM t I of tire tho hort Mno HI was IWI granted a bir bl ii might light of or wiy WI through the to ton n m m site oit Every Lvery l ery effort was made to 10 arlt the th promoters of or the private that their proposed site lle was vas 11 II n niles milts lies tram train the tho end of or tho the gravity nini and nd below beio the pumping system warnings were vero not permitted 1 to Interfere with tho time spectacular opening of or this tub townsite and as n a result to 50 MO co people have h 1 been b en milled to tho tile population population lation of or these dry lands landi A large per her I of ot the made under tinder the be pumping system was wai speculative as its Is IR evidenced by h tho tact fact that at present Ire ent only about 80 SQ me ole actually liv living 11 living ing on their claims AH As might have hl been expected the promoters of ot tho the boom aro now charging bid bail faith on the time part of or the of lit tho the United States although It 11 Is It needless to state that they have lune profited greatly I Iby by their scheme echeme S government line Ins adhered consistently to Its It II pi plans ins In III relation to tg tf tho the a project and If It the tho entry I men had imail taken the trouble to write rite to toi i time the of ot the Interior or to con cOO consult conI I I suIt sult the ney nd had follow di ell time the advice lI which vaa given give ho lIe hoI I I would 1 not be occupying OC hIs present po PC poI 10 I lIlon ry fully outlined thu tho PlaiN It was ti to be he naturally expected that nil coIl pct inn Interested ted In thedo the oIe Ic I of ot this thU section of ot Idaho would fully full appreciate th tIme situation multi and cooperate ro Itt 11 out omit these theae plans along fo and nood In 1 conservative on lines It Is 1 believed d the situation H Is fully ap cup appreciated by II l the conservative nod 1 responsible people In III this locality most I of M whom have cooperated with tho the Initial States In discouraging further i iI on which cnn can not lInt be reclaimed for f r some omne years ClLrK to come comae It i I uric not been bern within th the power poem of or the of ot tho United States to ex control over owr the spirit of ot specula speculation I II I tion tron which recognizes neither order nor authority mod and they should therefore not he be held responsible re for tor results tot fol following tolI lowing the efforts of promoters which I were vere never in harmony with the broad I pInion pIn nil of at ithe government but hut on the time contrary were made moma In it to spirit of ot op 01 |
