-6 5 —30632 -12/1-6/:/ a o o r SMI' / '• J I y , , r JIM PARKE 22627 6 E YANDELU EL I Www.magi^^ EL P A ^ XTX 7 9 9 0 3 ' | _ H i t l e s - a v a . Twin Falls, Idadahp/?6ih year, No.n _____ r Monday ay, January 2 9 ,2 0 0 1 :M '1 . ■ ^ ■ 5'SOcents ; ' CooPisioR) R N I N G _ t ' W e a t h e r ' I S a l mnon - Today:l aC o n d y ' A Bkw ithU gtiight snow M' Ij. possiblejle.H i^ 30. I IST' l i E lSI s i[QNS [■ •. ■ ; . Snowpopossibk . ; • ■ V ' s u iit t s toni8bVl<pw 22. : i i i PagBA2 ieuiri tn ak (^ . I" Legal actcrions sforartfacts ' M a g ig V a l.LEY l i plans could afF([Feet • fixjm]I H u n t c a m p Biyimt water riglghts IH iwiwifaf ■ Nokkentvedd JEROMIME > The Minidoka War _____ _ JrftefrNews WTitef Relocatioiion Center, commonly -known-as.as the.Hunt-camp-iiear__L _ _________TWINFALLS-TTi- Three law.suits ------ -- Eden, wasas a dark ^ t ih histoiy 1 nied over alleged waiwater diversion forjapane:nese-Americans. ’ ^ that harm endangeriigered .fish may Caohlng o iit After• 6Ceoyears 11* firstrst people arrived at the i raise some tough issuesissu for other behind.tbe re^ st^ a imp on Aug. 10, 1942, f water ri^ts. led by a government that ■ If taking water out of a stream ., . is reattto retire. espionage. It would be I huns fish, does thatat ppredude tak- P ageB l r 1945 before all the I ing water out for irrigirrigation; asked Japanese*,^Americansileft Hunt * . Norm Semanko, execexecutive direc- andreninum ed to their homes, tor of the Idaho} WaterW Users I H e a l t h On J am. n . 17 by presidential | Francis Egbert, Assodation. proclamlation ai the Minidoka I — - ' president of th e Three lawsiiiis werewei filed late ; & F a s h i o n In tern mlent ei Camp in Jerome I ^ ' JeromeCounty last year by Idahoho 1Watersheds .■'■----- County b«l>ecame'anadonaI monu*—-M “ HbTSEalSiiiltty,f ■ Project and the CommitteeCor for- • : . i',}: I m ent NodiDthing is left of die origi- I I’ Idaho’s Hi^ Desert« n over irriga- - nal caihp> sitesi except for a portion ^ entera a barracks of th e ma:nain gate marking the tiiat w as otK6 used passage, dry up creekscret and arc e n o ^ c e! andai scanered remnants h - i . attheraiocatlon operated without screenssere to.keep " “ * aundadons.of rock foui . ' . ^ : ;. y ‘ camp at Hunt. Thehe fish out of irri­ • So w hat a t' does it mean now d iat jj . b arracks is now - gated fields ■MM the area is and pastwes. I is a national monument B located at the idab " - ’ * and how wiwiQ this affea the Idaho ■ *'" The lawsuits If i* Farm andtd Ranch Museum locat- I Farm and Ranch would have lit- I m i ^toWpS^WUM'ift[fteinga £ • edonU5.]5. Highway 93 and 1-84? I tie direct n » m |^ got you/oudown, IFARMiis an agricultural muse- ,,m .effect on local wateiater rights, but m^bejit^i£bre thananthe um managaged by a committee of "' I the larger implica[ications have memberss of< the Jerome County - - I raised some concencerns among ; blues. ' ■ Historicalal Sodety, an organiza* I water users, Semankcmko said. • ^ ,, tion that: wworics to preserve, illus- I So far he is just[ust watching. ’ trate and1 interpretii the agr^cultu^ I Semanko is asscssii!ssing whether . '• al history>ry of southern Idaho’,; I the association, neqdsnc to get ; S T O R 'r e in clu d inng g . the Carey Act,;. I involved in the lawsuiivsuits. ■BH Redamati(Ition irrigadon projects. '. I “I t’s too early/ rightri, now to H M The J wome n iCouoty^Historical ! I make tiiat decision,’^in,*^ he said. But Muteuin^di; dlso'holi^ .the state's '• I he hopes the issueissi can be largest cbl:bllectibii of.'items from ' ; l resolved without iitig:itigation. W^M the. H unt;iit;camp, said Francis' Tne intent of the lawsuit is • ' Egbert,^•^M'sident^__pf ' -.-I twofold: ro holdd waterw users H is to rie s responsible for diversversion require- ments of smtc-lawrand ani to push for -! ■ g ' : ' ‘ racks ;thail a t hp:u'sed over. 9,000 M a way to allow fannermers and ranch- ' '< ■3' Japapese-sfe-Amfcrfc'ans'.- dilrfn'g. ' . I ers to proHt from leavleaving water in ^ W orld WW^ri ir now stand on : “ the stream, said LairdLai Lucas, a pA R M aniand volunteers are work- ’ . o]o |‘^ ' t ‘^e'^-riee'«.‘ti> I lawyer with the'Landand and Water BHEI ing to restostore one of die barracks , ththen asses'i^Jiojw inuch' mo:Q o ^ -ic . V I n te r e s t e d ? . Fund of the Rockieses whow filed the back to its ori^nal state, as well ., Wv^take6)do'it.‘V :• I y w would like l>elporjoln tho lawsmts. M ngltwttlidel^: ^ H H S R T here is no mecnechanism in !»f* aspreserwrve'aitifacts used at the , ..'Based' on'K iil^s. asseiss JeroJerome County Historical Society: Idaho law for farmerslersor ranchers [ B^tioioresuccessful^ully ended intemmerient camp. Besides the theti request foc.^ds beCo Anmiinmial duet: Irtdtvidual: $10; iu_stpi;ybobk seasonin SE u n d ^ . biuTacks,'iit, many of the preserved !^Iitical 'proc^ where to dedicate a portii>rtion of th eir Famllr-WFam 5 water rights for streatream flow and Page C l items incliclude an original coal ,will, w declde.whethecrpr.ir.n o r,to ' fleeting Ume: SccockJ ThursOay of stove useised in the internment /spend the money n e e d ^ toman-tc ' for fish, Lucas said,lid. The groups ( ' each monUi are not suggestingcing th e sta te . camp, dishishes, camp high school ’ age&| the ‘ aVea. If fundi Timflme: e 7:30 p.m. yearbooksks and newspapers writ- approved,a] the Nationalal P ark should take anyone’slie’s water right. WV teteie: Jerome Ch^c Ubraiy but to allow them1 to sell a water O p i n i o n ten by thele internees.i Service6i V ill .meet with j: rheHuniunt camp now falls imdcr entitiesei to see how they thiihiii|c'the I Stop oared: Alan Gn f you are Interested in Joining or Please see'w^e WATER, Page A2 Greenspan National1 ParkF Service jurisdic- 73-acreT: a r ^ should be manm ^ed. helping prcsenre historical build­ gaveay^ow-notgr: g re e n - tio n , .thele sam e as H agerm an In the'm eantim e, the JJ( w tn e . ings, call: light to Bush^ tax-cutcut plan, a Fossil Bedssds National Monument CountyC Historical Sodety,y ^ O Id ' Franiaocis Egbert 733-2336 ^ ' guest editorial seys.5. Neil King,lg, of Jerome, has been likelil to s^.ZFA RM becoix id Roberson: 324^3604- Presidenintsets interpretivQ.idtj^fo^. the' c ■ EdR PakeAS appointeded superintendent over in >eg Roberson: 3 2 4 3 6 0 4 es. King says his job is to ' TheTI h isto ri^'io a ety contri Pegi these sites, . Rai(^lalphPolurs: 324.11683 “protect( anda interpret historic . ' 2!27.5 acres th a t are deve/eloped " riskier agLgenda WonVart BentSngen 324-2709 objects andindhistory of the site.” ; ;thinugh th a forinal Bureau ofqi Land; uo)^Jojil Prochnow: 324-3935 The Associated Press U . N a i i o n K ing’s5 taskt will consist of M anagement p atrat awaf(if ded in' «s__________ _ !• .....|q 8 ^ k :H ie m u rdders e i of two studyingg ithe proclamation in 1997li through die RecreatiQtion and K B ?x^xiSac8l -After starting Public Puiposes Act bf 192i?26.The •• •• WASHINGTON-A ' Daimnouth professon reach an understanding Pi Tours available his presidency withh aa focus1 on the -i-'*- K a‘t°ifit means. King said the sodetyso has a baiirack in its origi- This stove, wastts a main source of . qrmi raniinuiiity. Itoup to w s are welcorrjc a t IFARM. safe topic of educatioi prodam atiation is the “road map” nalni state, land with dis]Isplays, hsatfor Japun«*leie-A m erlcan - . , ConContact i^ tw is Egbert or Ralph Bush this week vcrventures into . ^ ra g e M on how too manager the Hunt area, Please see MUSKM.P, Page A2 internees duringIng th e w ar y e a n . PettPeters. more treacherouss wiwaters: He is; Once K ing ^ has an understanding . ___I promoting his propnopnsal 10 turn! S e c t i o n BY SE'SECTION. certain governmentIt stser\’ices ovtir; to reli^ous institutiontions, and push-; S e c tio n A S eel • ing the GOP plan to \provide pre.; action C C\ scription drugs lo senisenior dtizens.^ < Wealliet ....2 Sportsorts....1-4 V_><Campde etainetes laudIm oniument Both initiativesL*s aare s u re ‘t-o| Nation Classiissified .&10 spark intense debacbate as Bush; lonkets across the tiny squa Wdild,...5,i0. ' jare opens his secondd weekw in the| i y s a y s i t e w i l l s eerve r as importapint lesson in civil^1 liberties jom. For meals, they herd<ded, \Vhite Hou.se. .Moming breake S ect« « » o intoIto the giant “mess hall.” AiAnd • The president onm MondayN was: CrossM!r(i.:.6' Health Br»Sctilly , . , • tcamps in Idaho, and acrcxbss the where Kinoshithita and her family for>r hy^ene,j. they often batUiUed ,0 establish a Wliitete HouseI office; West, because of a wide:lespread were sent in 1942.19- bitt< beaiAbby.:.6 j n a New s S ervice ^ Itter temperatures to maiake that would distribute3ute billions of ; --------------------------------- ■ ffear th at they were spyilying for At Minidokaika, Kinoshita had theij.leir way to outhouses and coi!?.*?}■.