Aberdeen-Springfield Canal Co. v. Bashor

GIYENS, District Judge.

In 1901, the American Falls Canal & Power Company entered into a contract with the state of Idaho for the segregation and reclamation of certain lands in Bingham and Blaine counties, now Bingham and Power counties, and proceeded to construct the necessary irrigation works. October 20, 1910, respondent Mayme L. Boehner, made a desert land entry upon the S. % of the S. W. % of Sec. 7, Tp. 4 S., R. 32 E., B. M. and received patent May 16, 1912. This desert entry was susceptible of irrigation from, but was not part of, the Carey Act segregation above referred to. A year…