Show REPORTS UNTRUE SAYS ENGINEER La Rue Says There Is Enough Water for Minidoka and idaho Falls Project E C La Rue district engineer in charge of ot the local geological survey headquarters returned yesterday from a ten days trip of ot inspection to the Minidoka and Idaho Falls re reclamation reclamation I projects which are being i iI I undertaken by the government The reports that the long dry sea season season season son of ot last summer had so 80 reduced re the water supply as to make these pro projects projects projects impracticable were unfound unfounded ed says Mr La Rue The shortage of water was main mainly mainly mainly ly due to the breaking of ot a govern government government ment mont dam which released a large sup supply supply supply ply Just ju t at the tho height of the irrigation irrigation Irrigation tion season This together with the thelong thelong thelong long drought brought the supply to a dangerous low mark towards the lat hat latter latter hattar ter tar part of the season As a result the reports were circulated that the projects were a failure and that the theland theland theland land supposed to be redeemed was hopeless The Oregon Or gon Short Line rail railroad railroad railroad road even went wont so far tar as to abandon temporarily its branch lines tapping these districts on the supposition that they could not be reclaimed As a matter of ot fact tact says Engineer La Rue Hue there Is 15 water enough In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Snake river to outlast the longest dry season sens n if properly harnessed |