Show SLICK SLICK DESCRIBES PROGRESS OF WORK W RK ON KINGS HILL filL L IRRIGATION PROJECT I W iv B Slick SUck a former torm r resident resl ent of ot Salt Lake who has baa been building Irrigation canals In Idaho for tor the mAt last year was in inthe Inthe inthe the city yesterday on business Mr Slick has been at work on the KIngS Kins Hilt irrigation Irrigation irrigation gation project The Th land Is located along alonS the banks of the Snake river miles west of ot Pocatello It Is on the branch line of ot the Oregon Short Line railroad It will willbe willbe be opened to the public Oct 32 12 and sold soldat soldat soldat at 65 63 an acre In speaking of or the new country count which is to be opened Mr Slick said It Is without a doubt a tract of or the richest soil In Inan all ali Idaho It Is a lava ash forma formation tion which according to government g v ex cx experts experts is land most adaptable for tor the raising raisinS of fruit vegetables and berries The soli soil is from six to twenty feet deep and has a subsoil of or gravel This forma formation formation formation tion affords the th best drainage The land landIs Is all within four tour miles milea of ot the railroad on onan onan onan an elevation ranging from 2530 2 to 2700 feet teet It is protected from the early earl frosts by high mountains on both sides of ot the tract The Malad river which will furnish the water for the land Is clear soft and does docs not vary six degrees in temperature the year ear round It is supplied from lava springs and while it Is but three miles in length has a capacity of ot 1100 second feet reet of water At a point one mile from Irom where the Malad flows into the tile Snake river a tim timber timber ber her crib dam has been built This dam damIs Is filled inside with lava rock with an outer covering of oC l timbers On the upstream side of ot the dam is a concrete wall 5 feet teet wide at the base 2 feet teet wide on top and 12 feet teet high has been built bunt The downstream wall Is 6 feet wide at the base bilse and 5 feet wide at the top with a height of 8 feet teet These walls are known as core walls end are built to prevent leakage On either end of ot the dam con concrete concrete concrete crete walls 20 feet Ceet high have been built The water gates are of concrete and steel each 5 feet teet wide and 8 feet high The en entire entire entire tire length of or the dam is 24 21 feet and It was built at a cost of ot The gates are large enough to carry carr the entire stream n A flume 16 1 feet wide and ani 8 feet deep will be completed In ten days On the east and west side of ot the river pres pressure pressure pressure sure boxes feet square and rid 14 U feet high have been built The water is car carried carried ried ned across the Snake river In a pipe 1400 feet Ceet long Two steel bridges one with a span feet and the other feet teet have been completed across the Snake riVers river The main n ln ditch when complete will willbe willbe be 23 25 2 miles In length of which 14 miles mUes have already been built Mr Ir Slick said that there are at the present time men and teams at work on the project and he expects to see ee all aU the work completed by May 1 I 1909 He said that last year there were 33 days of sunshine and that the coun country country country try is 13 Ideal for the settler A little town known as Kings Hill Hili has sprung up nv the center of the tract and at this point the railroad station will be built |