Show I ITO MAMMOTH LAK LAKE TO Of BE CREATED Last of Carey Act Gravity Ir Irrigation in Idaho Is a Big Project I Special to The Boise Doise Oct 21 Two big irrigation projects proJects acts for Idaho have been announced Mill 11 reclaim re lalm acres One is the re revival revival reVival vival of the old Mountain Home project embracing acres to be taken over overby overby overby by the th Twin Falls North Side company The other project embraces DOO acres acre in inthe Inthe inthe the southern part of Cassia county count ex ox extending tending from the Utah state line north to within ten miles of oC the govern government ment meat project The Twin Falls North Side company In which the Kuhn brothers of ot Pittsburg art an anthe the moving spirits and which has hos already alread reclaimed nearly nearl acres of Idaho land has decided to extend its big canal westward for a distance of forty miles to the Mountain Home section The fhe project had h d been unsuccessfully by b John H Garrett and for years settlers have hae been waiting for water The extension of ot the Twin Falls North NorthSide NorthSide NorthSide Side canal will wili be an nn extensive piece of work It will he be necessary to Impound the waters of the Snake river This will be done in connection with the Buhl Huhl interests Int re ts who have secured the seg segregation segregation for the Bruneau project of acres which will be watered by an nn ex cx extension tension of oC the thc Twin Falls south side ca canal canal nal niti It is proposed to construct an im immense Immense immense mense dam In the river near American Palls Falls creating on of oC the th biggest reser reservoirs reservoirs reservoirs in m the world This body of water will be about thirty miles wide and will hold sufficient water to irrigate acres i The Raft river project application for Cor i segregation of ot which has been hoen b en filed flied with the government by the state will cost Reclamation of the land is to tobe tobe tobe be accomplished through the thin construction of a dam darn feet high and by b the con construction construction construction of reservoirs in Clear and Cat Cal Cassia sin sia creeks cr ks Malta alta is to bs ho the principal town near the cent r of oC th tract and it itis ItIs itIs is the objective point of surveys now be being being being ing made by hy the Oregon Oreon Short Line Rail Railway RaIlway Railway way company It will be opened under the provisions of the Carey Care act next June Jutie This application will probably be the last of cf 0 the great gf at gravity grail system 8 st m irrigation projects in Idaho under the Carey act The greater part of acres segre segregated segregated gated by congress ss In this state under this act has hal already been used |