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Show CONTRACT FOR DAM HAS BEEN AWARDED Speehil to The Tribune. 1IAILKV. Idaho. Sent. 3. The Blaine C"onnt- Irrigation ronipany. with a scgre-gr-ttion of fe'iOiJ acres of land under I he Carey act, niost of which was sold and has been set tied upon, h;is rontractcii with Maney Bros. - Co.. a Boise construe- tion company, for I lie building of a high da m on Pry creek, ,ittle Lost river, ; 'F's'cr county. ; Til is conip:nn- ler'lt a dam several vrnrs ago for the storage of water for irriga - tion purposes but it never held the waier1 and U.f seulers i;a"e never iie-n aide to ivove upon their lands under the Carev act. The new dam. which is to he 117 feet in height, is to supplement ihe ob works farther flown the valley. The plans call lor a rock-filicd. reinnw.rd io:i'tel" fared dam with a cement ore wall to ro. k. The coi 1 1 rac t or;; ;,i c-. t.e.f :oi-k wi-i.i!' iwr-nty-four f-et of t ir- surface :nid ! are now moving their outfit from Ma-kav j :o I try '-reek to eonmience upon the work, j The si rc.ct tire will he built in a narrow ; j i-anyou between two cliffs nnd will measure b""i feet on the bottom and 4no i feet on the top in lemrrh. The - on i ra- - . 1 ors are working a force of nine;'.' iv1!! i j and thirty teams am will ),:e a t.-w ' .of fr"ii.'hters n tlie road betu-c-n Ma. kav 1 a n-1 the works almost contiriuouslv ;ind 1 expect to complete Fne job in four months 1 With this reservoir roir ;.:-ted. it is i eKin-cted to hpe an unfailing wnrer sup- ' ply for i he 1 2'i ett lers on the pro ject. 1 |