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Show SAYS GARFIELD LIED. Idaho Water Users Denounce Statement State-ment of Former Secretary. Boise, Idaho. Branding tho declaration declar-ation of formor Secretary of tho Interior Inter-ior Garfield made to the Balilnger-PInchot investigating commltteo at Washington Wash-ington on Thursday, when ho stated that tho government hnd warned settlers set-tlers against going upon public lands under irrigation projects beforo tho delivery of water, as absolutely falso, and citing Instances of efforts of tho government under Garfield to encourage encour-age such settlement, the Payette-Bolso Water Users' association, representing settlors upon a government project, has wired such denial direct to tho ways and means commltteo of tho house, nnd has called tho attention ot Sonntor Borah to that fact. |