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Show IRRIGATION PROJECT LAUNCHED IN IDAHO Special to The Tribune. SODA SPRINGS, Idaho, Jan. 27. A gigantic irrigation project was launched here today, when preliminary steps "were taken to organize an irrigation district known as the Soda Springs-Blackfoot district. This district will utilize the waters of Blackfoot river and Soda creek and will irrigate the rich farm lands lying north and east of Soda Springs and as far west as Davisville and Alexander. At the meeting today the project was indorsed bv a largo number of present owners of waters from these streams and the survey used by the Austin association for the Blackfoot river waters was approved for the new canal. A delegation will be appointed at an adjourned meeting to be held Monday for the purpose of presenting the matter to Washington and Boise officials. A sugar factory is promised for Soda Springs upon 'the completion of this project. |