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Show REPORT OF THE COKXISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. 69 had decided to adopt the suggestions submitted by Inspector McConnick and those of Mr. Davis, numbered "5tb," on pages 15 and 16 of his report, together with those of Acting Commissioner Smith, and that the following schedule of payments had been decided upon in lieu of those provided for in the contract of January 13, 1896, viz: 1st. Thin" thourao,l d..llarr ($?l,lh). immedurely. a d . Thi r ty- i r \ r~thl otlanncl ~ i v ,h lltl.lnd .lollrrr 537.YYI) UYUII I I I ~ V J I I I I I I C ~th~e~ i~\vOw~d ivlrliug dbk- h e r ~ m p r ~ v i~udrddo d t l w d e l l v e~,f. ~1 11c, 4cor1.1 on.. nundrcl ruble f,,rr. i Wtrrr 1.r ~rvund oi tinlc ad J i r i~.~~ath 1l1 19 polntoldrli~en.oit he firr! ~ r' lu.~:~dnd r 8~5lr < r iirrixl,awl by l l l C~o m-rmhoonrrolin l~n n~i r * ima r~d cFi v.uiflin r.sr H. n J l . ~ h r l l$ rlli.h <l l l i \ , r r~, . robm adsarurbefurr the irrigalmg rc*enn ncxr rucehdi~lgr ln Jnu. oi lllc fir,t [,a.m. nr; rn ridc.rl llaal 511~1d1 eIi\.cn. and payment shall 1x1 l,r w.,mnd mrla r thau rlrree mr8n1114 dnd 1l.slI bt 181, r [Ian ore yrar f r ~ m the first payment. 3rd. Twenty-two thonemd five hundred dollan upon the delivery of the one hundred cubic feet of wdt c*,,.r rss ,,,,<I, ,I ,,e,~ewary [~i,,,, .~~,do, le +."tLr< dms,tlr.~t i tllr. ,. I,UWI~+,I <..>tN~ I V C ~ ~ < . r persrrnnd, hnt no! before 111: crp.rahon ui bllv )car fnlrs. thr <I a 1u~i 1l.r izcolld uaymull. tllir olle h~mdredc ub80 rcrt V, be d.livcrct1 " 7 or iltrlr the noinr r hm. cltc I .Il.L3dtr'r i.hll)c,.*.rl main vdulll ~~ ~ ~ ~ from the Blackfoot River to the town of Poeetello will cross Ross Fork creek. He a180 stated that certain additional stipulations had been decided upon, and @aid: Adoptiw the Mccormlok plan of requiring the construction of two diverting dams 8nd &reservoir, mstated, involves sn appsrent expenditure by the company of the sum of f18,WO, whioh is within $2,wool the hmount shown by Mr. Davis as the saving to the company in the cost of mnsmotion by the ohangeof the line of location. l he w i n g of the 4 miles of canal owned by the eompeny on the reservation, wbioh is valued by Mr. Davis st S4,WO, would be a oomplete offset to the above-named differenceof 52.WOand make an ao.D. srent difference of @,OW in the company's fsvor, but i t isdeemed :u.r and cqllir~l~rl.cn d.r f l l I~~ r ~ l l n l s l d t l c .th.C~ ~rih s1tc. 10 be l n a d~,,ll .tl it i. ill_tl<fl.l(ll llnt I1.v modii~ntl,,ni , I~MCIP C I ~ I Yo n rhr ,x pmu~ondlnonc hat tl.is4 mtlm I rod1 ."&I1 loooo~t>tei. <. pro~r r . r t ~,.i 11.e lndlanl ~n ICC an111t hat i t hildll bemahtai18~I~ yl the rumDaoy durmd the e,sronni rnlea-tion, as stated. He also directed that a momed or supplemental contract in accordance with the specifications and directions noted be prepared by this office, and also a deed, to be executed by the company, conveying the 4 miles of canal to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in trust for the Indians of the Fort Hall Reservation. A contract was prepared accordingly and executed by the company, by its president, October 2, 1896, and by the Secretary of the Interior October 22,1896. The deed was acknawl-edged 0ctoier 12,1896. In accordance with this modified contract the company has been paid the sum of $30,000. The principal reasons which influenced this office and the Depart-ment to contract with the Idaho Canal Company for a water supply, instead of constructing a system by the Government, appear to have been, first, the difficulty, if not impossibility, of obtaining a water supply, owing to prior appropriation, and second, unwillingness to construct, maintain, and operate a system of irrigation a considerable portion of which would be outside the reservation. I t now seems improbable that the Idaho Canal Company will ever be able to comply with its contract and furnish a reliable water supply for the Fort Hall Reservation. If some arrangement could be effected by compromise or otherwise whereby the delivery of a sufficient quan-tity of water at the reservation boundary could be guaranteed, the system within the reservation to be finished, maintained, and operated by the Government, it would probably be to the best interests of all concerned. |