Show WILL RECLAIM IDAHO LAND canal to be built which will supply water for acres seventy five thousand acres oi of arid land will be reclaimed and opened for or settlement in idaho as the result of a deal which was consummated in salt lake city saturday last when the american falls canal power company finally filially concluded arran arrangements geI for the completion of its canal in idaho the contract was awarded to lyman skeen of 0 ogden for the construction st of 0 the entire canal system the companas comp anys canal Is taken out 04 0 the snake river about twelve miles above the town of blackfoot in bingham county and runs southwest fifty eight miles it terminates just below the american falls blaine county where it discharges its surplus water back into the snake river the country that will be traversed by the canal Is considered one of the most fertile valleys along the river and for or years has been an object of envy to agriculturists the canal will be eighty rive five feet wide at the top sixty feet wide at the bottom and capable of 0 carrying six feet of water it a river of itself it will have the capacity of irrigating Irr gatIng acres of land acres of which have been beet apart by the government of the tha united states and the state of idaho for the benefit of parties who will first purchase water rights of the company |