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Show IRRIGATION ON i THE LOST RIVER Boise, Idaho. Oct. 12 The Big Lo8t I river Irrigation project located in eag(l s em Idaho, now involved in litigation fJjj and a failure so far as delivery o! I" water to the settlers Is concerned if with the result that they were forced' 1 to leave their land and Improvements, j Ib to he officially Inspected for the P first time by a state land board. In- I eluded In the party which left to- J day. are Governor John W Haines, 1 1 Attorney General J. B Peterson, Sec-II reiary of State W L Gifford, an&ll Stat Auditor Fred T, Huston Four days will be spent in making J the trip, the greater part of that tlnvii I being used to carefully go over ths j f project and consult with the few j remaining settlers on it. The purpose of the present trip toi the all but deserted project on the par' of the state land hoard, is to as-j C certain the actual conditions that ex-J 1 ist and to reach some conclusion and formulate somo tentative piaji by j t whlrh it can be restored and water j P delivered to the rich land that is tn- j D eluded within Its boundaries Wheal I Interviewed, members of the board ds-11 dared that something must be done to reimhurse the settlers who invest-IE ed their money In lands on the pro- II Ject, but were forced lo leave It be-1 1 cause the promoting company as 0 nevpr able to deliver water for lrrtga-tlon lrrtga-tlon purposes The Big Lost river project Is loca- I' ted n Custer county above the town t of Mackay and Is composed of three 't tracts lorated in valleys, the soil of j I which Is very rich If supplied with wafer There were 92.1S9 acres scgre- j n gated Into the project, the state en- j I tering Into contracts with the com-1 I pany for Its Irrigation on April 30, j 1907. during the administration of ex-j I Governor Frank R. Gooding Later tf j I second contract was entered into be- I tween the state and the company un-1 1 der data of May 27, 1909. The eSti- mated cost of the project under the j first contract was i2.1on,nnn and un- a der tbe second $3,500,000. Tbe Poffl I ell tract, comprising approximately j I nnn acres, was opened for entry & on September 4. 19f7; tbe Aroo and I Era tracts of approximately 70,000 acres on September 14. 1909. A total R of 664 entrymen filed on the land, H entering 60.745 17 acres To secure m fulfillment of Its contract with the 1 t&tB 'he company gave a bond 1 through the Title Guaranty ft Surety -a i company for $175,000. The companv I. never delivered water to the settlers 15 E |