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Show BIG LOST RIVER PROJECT SUIT Boise. Idaho, April 16 A question ol paramount legal as well as financial finan-cial lmiKjr' .nee, both to the state of Idaho and to settlers upon Its irrigation irriga-tion projects, will, it is said on good authority, be threshed out In the courts of this state when suit Is Instituted In-stituted by the state to recover $175.- the amount of the bond placed on security on the Big Lost river project, one of the Care act enterprises that ended BO disastrously to many settlers set-tlers The legal department of the state Is working on the suit and expects ex-pects to have it prepared within a short time The lltiiatlon will settle the mooted question as to whether or not these bonds can be collected upon. up-on. They are given in the financing of a Carey act project by the promoting promot-ing of operating companj to the state as an evidence of good faith that the former will complete the contract It enters Into deliver water to the land, i and the bond or bonds are supposed to he forfeited for failure on the part of the company to complete its contract. con-tract. The Big Lost river project has been in litjgatiun for ears between the Contractors and the operating company, com-pany, the former. Corey Brothers ! Construction company of Salt Iake, attempting to recover from the Big I ost River Irrigation compan) for work performed In the construction of the Irrigation By St em, Including the ram. canals, etc. The company failed after settlers had taken land on the project and In many instances built their homes and made many other substantial Improvements as well as planted their crops, to deller water Finally notice was given to the settlers set-tlers that water for Irrigation purposes pur-poses could not be delivered and the settlers were forced to leave their holdincs. Many of them were financially, finan-cially, ruined. The chaotic condition that existed and the condition In which it 'eft the settlers was such as to give southern Idaho a setback In the settlement of Its arid lands, much of which is now Included within thriving thriv-ing Irrigation areas and supporting thousands of farmers, who are raising rais-ing abundant crops. The bond that the state will brin? suit on. It Is claimed in the litigation to be instituted by the state, was given by the Title Guaranty ft Surety company, executed on behalf of George S. Speer. It is for an amount of $175,000. The contention of the state will be that the contract entered into for i the completion of the project was not filled and the bonding company is therefore liable under the terms of the bond furnished. This will be the first suit of its kind instituted In this state to recover under a bond of this character and the filing of the suit and the outcome of the case are awaited With unusual interest. oo |