Show MOUNTAIN STATES DARK FO FUR PARK PLAN Representative Wilson Fison Opposes p oses Shoshone Fal Falls Project I CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS I I VAST TRACT TAC WOUL WOULD BE 1 RE RECLAIMED CLAIMED B BY IRRIGATION 5 f 4 Special S to The Herald Washington D C Feb 14 Senator Se tr Stoup Shoup and Representative had hind a J a conference today toay with wih the commissioner ton r of the general land office of regarding the th restoration of lands las within the proposed Shoshone Falls Fails Fall national naton t to public entry They were Informed by b tile the Ue com commissioner missioner mt oner that he was In from wa receipt of letters letter sf government agents in Idaho favor Ing in the te te n WhiCh wih will IWho on favor of or his in ht own favor ow of restoration ha lo has re ra f reo to the secretary of the interior be l Representative T Wilson Is confidant of f favorable action acton by the secretary rJ 11 M Ai A Meyen special spit agent aget of the general nerl land Jad office with wih headquarters te in fife Bois Boise Speaks with h enthusiasm of the pos 8 of the Shoshone laud land t tract tra which m M lad Wilt probably be thrown open Oen op W to t hews Kew s nt according S to the BOI Bole Bois Capital Th The tract contains abo about t fourteen town ship ships of or land Jand and surrounds the great Shoshone falls faUs the tho TIn Twin falls W t the RH Blue lakes Jakes In lq il southern suther Idaho fals It is hi now no probable that the state ste of or Idaho 1 will wU get possession of this land Jand and under tInder the Carey act at companies will be authorized wi to bund irrigation canals Thus Thul a few years may see se this barren n plain converted into a a i garden grden spot Vast Tract May ay Be Reclaimed R With the governor Sovern r of ot caton cation to Vie the general genera land Jand Jad was in eluded plats and nd notes of the proposed canal ma made by y State Stat Ste Engineer Ro In if fj the aVon It was w explained that f th project wa was wa currIed carried out acres oU 0 of land would be b reclaimed in Iii acre county and 30 acres ace In Lincoln counTy a This ibis ls of forty mUe In leng tad Ind tn i mites miles In width woula embrace embre tn section capable of ot being watered Agent Agen during his official trip tri went wem down the he SnaKe river from from the point nt of the diversion for the proposed canal cabal and found the aji of i tji river toe for cba the mils milte mit dwI doff rIve tha the western m boundary of the proposed petit we to be about 97 feet fea and the average aver fan fall t b of land all al sloped ten feet lt to the pile mile Soil Soi is i Fertile Ferl FerlIn In going several mike mils Into in th the interior he found the general slope the geneal same me the th soi soil free rree to from cultivation of f Java anTsiS S ass T The e agent speaks spek of the difficulty of traveling t sf mik mi through t six inches of dust to view lew the park par a ad and d says the Shoshone and an Twin Thin fails fais will w continue to roar and a tumble unseen unless 1 rail roads rods are built buit to take tJ e travelers traveler un in il there t ri er The sightseer now nw has to malts make the jour ney from Shoshone station miles mie through a sagebrush desert d to reach the Blue lakes lake five live miles mie more ett to falls fal and two miles further to Twin fals falls mie furher t During the last few f years ears there has bas not been keen over 2 per cent of the citizens of Shoshone and other accessible towns owns own that have visited visie Shoshone falls fals and aad still less the he Twi falls fall Jes hl The primary prima object of f the creation cr ton of a national park is to preserve the natural attractions front from vandalism Mr fro says ley nd rr Here the few attractions s ing lag cf f Shoshone and Twin Il taps falls fas tons the tae Blue lakes and the Devils Devis Corral ar ars permanent and indestructible The only danger Is the th diverting of the th Te r SnaKe river Into channels chanel but Out this can cn not nol be prevented by the tho of a national national park prk Senator Clark Interested A few acres acre around the tle Sho Sh hone fall fails fal are ae owned own by private Individual They secured sur the land Jand with Valentine scrip serin Tey Among the W A Clark of Montana On kh tend kur is isa a a lIttle hotel which Is used by the guests who have braved the trip overland to the falls Agent is In favor of aban the park prk idea arid and reclaim the land by irrigation canals He thinks this would t tb 1 nt ot capable of housing homesteader h ad and add dd millions milons to the Ue wealth of pf Idaho There Thele is i a possibility he said that around Shoshone falls fals will wi some ome me day d y be a I i I city ct like Spokane There the te natural nat url con conditions conditiOns are similar May Iday He Be Another A oter Spokane Already a R company has been be organized I and subscribed subscribe in the town of Sho She Shoshone I shone to build a plant to transport electric power to the own of Shoshone I II B I Perrine who owns an oasis osis In 10 the he shape of an irrigated In the midst of this desert deset is the principal promoter A big Irrigation company has ha be b been n I formed in ill view of tn probability that the state will wi secure sure the Shoshone Sho park parklands parklands I lands The company has ha filed claims for tor I 3 i feet teet of water to irrigate abot acres of land 1 I |