Show PROJECTS HOPELESSLY IN INI DEBT COMMISSION FIND FINDS I Plans Suggested to Relieve Pitiful Con Con- Condition Condition Condition of Farmers Struggling to Make Desert Produce District Banks Fail Idaho Hard Hit SALT LAKE Jan 19 1 With With two tw l definite plan for relief relict In mind Ithe remit euIt of ot a metting rn which Ill wa hold held lat l t night the th 0 wat Iter r u r an and anil theIr th lr train 2 11 U reclamation project will apt ar before tor tho the fact find loll Ing commission today tollay and nd in their U lr testImony of why In their opinion all ill but one ons on of the th projects are almost Irretrievably In debt d bt and WIt what can cn be t perfect perfect- perfect led led ed which will Trill beet belt permit thorn thom to the th the th back to government million which have hav ben been expend ed ed and at the th am tIme sal ease 0 their own home homes which are ar now on the th brink of ot out o of their hand h l ITh The Th American Falls Falb Fall project ct from I idaho will be b given the Ui floor door Sc- Sc ac according cording to the th present plan This Thit will trill practically complete t the th Ony from the th Itah del dol gate le-gate gat which with the th Yum Turns Tuma Arts project hu has taken practically all ill of t tho tb first lr t two days da of the th BO eos- eos s-ilon s slon One Oil plan suggested la last Ift t night and whIch received receive con ld r bl sup WI support port wal wa w to pay py the th government the full actual expense of construe construction I Jon tion regardless of ot how much great er r this expense was than the th es- es cs s- s cost eo t A A moratorium n or ot of three or five yearl would be k grant rant ranted ed Cd p to te t th this thi plan and an the thUrn Um time tot tor t r making the th final p pa po mont ment m would be 1 put many years year yc r In la the tho future futuro The Th cond plan 1 la Is that the K stand tand the th of o alleged mistakes kea anti and that th t the th e pono to f the tho th farmer farm farm- or er r be b pared p red toward the tho th original estimate A moratorium would we e necessary and tho th tine time limit of should hould he be b SO 80 O yean year In in- in In stead ted of 20 u oe at t Yesterdays Yesterday s session of the th tact fact factfinding f finding dealt entirely with the th problems of o Idaho Idah project e ts That T t It 1 la utterly hopeless to attempt to save eave av the th ICing Kinn Hill district in Idaho was w the th sad fad fac emphasized b by Charles Stout Soc ocr try of tho tb district On this thi un luy lutsy y nd according ic to the tho th score score- tar cere-tar tar tar poorly chosen project A a hun hun- hun hun- hundred hundred dred or more families hav hll 0 been for or e for tor the tb last lastU U 15 er elIr irs but hut t their ll is lot lost lo t rie Iho was waa mildly criticised I for tor taking over vr the project In la the first place The Th Minidoka proJect alto also In IdAho while In poor condition fI- fI financially tl at the th present time Urtie hta hILs glowing prospects according oc to the th settlers K and und It if 1 liven given IL a respite of ofa ofa ola a short h rt time tin tim the tho th farmer will bs be beglen then glen an 1 opportunity to pay b back ck dollar for dollar from rom this project like those thoc o practically all 11 ct hoard h rd thus tar far heartily endorsed d tho th reclamation r cl m I tion service but hut insisted that th t ft a delay d l y ot of o payment p was WIlS w afforded dIt I It would be b impossible to meet mft the tho obligations A chord was w touch touch- touched touched ed In the th m yesterday rd y when the statement tn ment was w made mado in that the government n l ted upon pa p n m too eArly erly In the th life lit 0 of tho th project A respite r p f until the tho th land wr was properly properly prop- prop erly riy broken brok n and nod cultivated ted would irhe rh e the tho th settler an opportunity to toft get away with the th guns run gun accord accord- according ing to many m ny delegates d le tc A InS ln exAmple x ot of t this thU was w given by byA byA byA ling A C D of the Ui Minidoka project According to him hira the lh farmers came to Ur tho raw rw sage age sagebrush brush brueh land lind of ot this project In 1901 and wore were w r forc forced d to pay py port part p rt of o the tho construction costs co t the th first t ear C con Cen en before betor w 1 water ater had bd been bo delivered ered ored In many instances nc since Sine It required three years y r ot of hard h rd work to render these the land lands fit tit for or good crops mot most settlers r wore were wr In debt and nd In arrears before their land had d begun to really reilly produce Grant Or them m a respite re during these early years of ot d de said Bald Mr Demary m y and nd the tho th battle of the tho th farm farm- rm-er rm er cc Is I to a groat t extent tent over ov r PITIFUL Of the tb 1100 1900 firm farm unite In the district 00 were wr mortgaged so- so o cording to t Demry and of these h Ian have v suffered foreclosure All the banks tunic of the th district had hd fail ill ill-id ed ad In III mi the h speaker peak r said Tan Tu- Tues Ta Tae e es 08 operatIon op r and nd maintenance construction charges for tor or the tho th our cur cur- rent ye r mounted amounted to 11 ua ia per acre cr which with Ith ith delinquent p ment p nt and 1 amounted mounted to U 9 t an acre a cr re reIn In n made mado md a total against ar the tho land lal of 22 per pr acre cr to te t be b paid thle Ible year yer y r This ls toe farmers armor would not be able abl to do 40 without some acme om aa- aa I |