Show I FAULTY ESTIMATES OF I II I I PROJECTS HELD CAUSE OFt Of Oft t k RECLAMATION FAILURES I l 1 We e Can Solve Our Problems If Allowed Moratorium and Better Business Methods Methods Meth- Meth Methods Say Delegates to Irrigation Irrigation gation gatlon Congress V SALT LAX LAKE CITY Jan 18 U-Th U Th The KI King Hill Hili reclamation project project proJect In n Idaho which extends extend shoestring ho- ho string tring- like along alone both beth aides Ides of ot th Snake Boise and Twin Fall Falls I Is practically a white elephant on the hands bands of oC o the tb tov ov- ov erm IDt with bArely n a ray nry of hope It ift for tor Its It resuscitation This was wu the th inference drawn from testimony before the th Irrigation ton tion finding fact commission tod today y by Charles Carles Stout secretary of the th Ring Hill Hili enterprIse and frank Fronk A AU U county of Elms county Idaho Idabo Ue the Oi latter ILS- ILS asserting ho he h believed the th government had hd made mad a it mistake In taking It rover tover The plight ht of cot the th farmer farmr on the th KIng Hili Hill project was declared Ito be b pitiful Mr Mid iid they could not net net meet the th 3 52 construction the th or oration and main maln- maln nce charges char s aid would only tb be aole acle to maintain themselves on the the land The King Ifill Hill doen doesn t need ned ne d the All It need Is I an un- un un un Mr Wilson said In a at humorous tone NEED NEEn DOCTOR TOO Tes Yes but hut the tb doctor generally precedes the th undertaker former Secretary of ot InterIor James JamO R replied We W also noe some oin one on to bury his mistakes flashed back Practically th the entire morning session was na as taken up op U II with testimony testimony tc tl-mony tl mony on the tho th King 11 project Testimony wai u as to the th effect that tb the annual construction charge chare to the farmer on the Ur acres acre ot of land I Is 1120 the th annual maintenance anc ance charge e tt 6 ana the th tax value 44 muting m t a total of ot In comparison with tho estimated value of the th crop per acre which according to JJ is I 39 19 39 29 Cross CroM brought rought out the fact that tIe the th operation and tn Oce charge Was as as e e idue due to the th heavy repairs needS ned n edlIn In addition t tn government share In th the work and t the tl failure of ot the project to settle ettl all Us lis land But ButT 7 of oC the tho th KAOO aure auros are aro ar set t- t tied and the th project is I In arrears on the th construction charge The Idaho deler delegates dele tes ates advised of oC o a pumping plant on close questioning the th corn com mission deemed dm d this Inadvisable Asked Akee by Chairman Thomas E CamPbell If It the tho th l King till Hill could be maintained b bi the th district and th the farmer farmere In the tho th ne next t ten len years year Mr 1 to state stab stat d l but epi sed essel opinion that rhe the did not think the farmers farmr alone could sav save the project Mr Stout sold said the tho main maln trouble with Ith King Kne Hut HilI was that It does not do-not not have hav sufficient water due du toun to un under r drainage ra tho morning g Mr Sir proposed that the government dis- dis discontinue continue Its of building up new w reclamation districts and pro pro pro- reed to complete the te t e ones already In existence lie It maintained the th by other e t-rn t states for foi Kew pew ew projects I Ill d In Mew or of o th orThe The ti present I r rr ii i TL L SALT LIcE L CITY Jan IS- IS 1 Nearly three thre hundred delegate from IrrIgation states beard the tho representatives from Idaho and from the th Yuma Tuma Arizona reclamation projects stoutly dis- dis Maim dis-Maim to the tir federal fact fInding commission an any desire d ire for pater- pater paternalism donation or favor IOlli the th national go and an uk sk only for tor an opportunity to t Kork 1 ork out their own un- un I ti a business Management Moratoriums r of the thice or five years yn ol of ot penalties imposed for tor payments payment and a It and systematic policy by the thi a thea reclamation were r the tle til plans plan for rehabilitation r h ot of o te t-e t protects CO CO T The Th basic complaint co of ot the th sot sot- tiers t-tiers tIer Is that the th actual cost of oC 0 con con- ha haa sod Increased many times the estimated coat cent but hut that the tb time tim limit for tor paim nt has haa ha ne not t been a particle Added to this the tho th farmers farm rs hav huo met suet many over which they had bad no n control the th delegate lerit l maintained Vh-n Vh h a In one on project the tho th cot cost of construction estimated at 26 per acre and ane proved to be b over per r acre acro and since tine the tho th 20 tear it-tear sear ear payment pI plan was wa based bad upon lower cost cot ot of production the th dele d l cate gates gale claimed an extension of ot time would not more mor than equalize the tho greatly cots costs The Th reasons reason why the th e projects project have fallen Irto tl tl the e present prent bad financial CI condition were wr liven given by m T A Walter Waltr at an Ji I Idaho attorney as a the th lack of ot a 0 weil wel known and reasonably enforced policy on the part of oC the tho th government failure ot of the government g to construct a corn com and e system to the tho failure of oC o the tho th to set cot setup tup up an efficient or for op- op op operation and ond to economic condi condi- condition tione tion over 1 the te th settlers had no control There Thero wan no bitterness rss In the tho thoI tb J 1 V I vArious registered by byth bytho tho th farmers farmer and their representative tive There w wj wi n s expression of lack of ot faith In th the tho governments government's to earn carr out Its work Any criticism which was Wile made mad was as made mado mad with Ith the view I of ot obtaining a romed remedy rs CREASE l Records wor were wre produced to show that the th of ot delinquents delinquent w Wa increasing l yearly and that the th expenses were tAr far g gi eater than thon the government had bad tint first indicated I Engineering ing were charged against the aen sei Ice by bysom some somo of the th ho delegates ate and andone andone andon one man at least It Ia t charged h r d pr dl oC ot expenditures and cited In Idaho which were purchased by th the government atto t at too high prices William the tho th spokes spokes- spokesman spokesman i man tor for the th Tum Tuma Arts Aril project Iatt stated that th the th t I lUlls will loan WI us money morry to buy mules mule but they thoy will wll not Dt loan us u money mony to t buy water In the tho th first tint case ense ca the money sta In the th wet w t In the th second It goes oes to Washington Mr Wel-ner Wel Wela I ncr ner also lo lod ad d otell oct l that the th gov- gov government gov government tAke tak over vr Oi in 40 miles mil of tl ee i which wets were wr being main main- mainI maintained I tamed by the th settler on the th Tuma I project to kp keep the tho th Colorado riser from devastating de the th regIon He stated staled that the real ral solution of th S problem WeB wa we Lh Lb the ig dam darn which would have hav been built had bad not the legislature ot of t hi his own state tat em em the tha th Colorado river nver com com- pact L L J S MAcee secretary of tho Dolse water users urs suggested sug a it year five-year morn morn- moratorium of ot all penal ties on dl delinquent payments con con- consideration of oC d t charges as supplementary contracts to be paid ou out tatter after the tho th original con con- contracts contracts con contracts tracts had been beon cleared Mr submitted a statement which reed re d In part p I The Th settlers settler of th the Boise Boico pro pro pro- Jeet project respectfully submit that thy they settled upon n the project In good I faith with the tb of the cost hereinbefore Indicated That Thill they have havo hav to the tho th best of o their abil- abil abilIty abil ability ity striven to meet the th burden Im- Im imposed Im Imposed posed upon thin th-m h hv by increasing the charge moro more mor than o times time the cost they expected to pay An overwhelming majority possibly LI as great R a IlS PO 90 0 per cent art In Imminent danger of ot losing their homes and the th years year of O lS us labor since sine th thy they have settled upon the th land All ioe rr men hav have passed the th z z of th their lr lives and andI to 10 lose los everything In their I In ing declining sears ears ear I is I the th tragedy th that t must mut I be seen to be fully realized There The Is I n no disposition or desire to over over- I draw w overdraw In fact tact It would be next to 10 impossible to I the th con con- con conditions condition of the th settlers ettler on the th pro pro- pro project It It Is not too much to say ay that reaching far reaching relief must b be granted ranted to the th Dole Boise Boia project cr er AS a a 0 whole It must mut fall fail It no doubt has bu occurred to your mind what the th ar are tor ar-tor for tor the th wide wid between the th estimated and be he announced coste reason going colnar Into one on rea- rea rea son aon on was WS th I prodigality In the tho th ex- ex expenditure of money mony Another reason and one on of ot the th prIncipal ones ons on origInal wo wa we the th reduction of the th enig- enig Inal area are of ot the th Bolo Bolso project Ther There were It 7 acres acrs ro no- no rl leased aed and this thi a burden ot of 20 an acre to the tho th 14 of ot the th project lands lande |