Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-10-20 | Page 37 | Utah and Idaho News

e I 1 8 e III III III III III III III III III III III III III a l I UTAH AND IDAHO NEWS AJI I. I III III III fI It Nn fI IDAHO IRRIGATION RC RECORD RD SET J fOR SEASON II atc ter Closes His Books as Year Ends for fArea Area bISE o Oct t. t I 10 JAP AP The books Is Uio p 1 11 lf- lf Ibon In bi tho world orld under Jp r Ion on of ot ono ono n erit 1 o Jia O been clOS closed l for fot ih the summer 1 l roveal rc th that t. t tho n ko il er this ear eai 1 poured O lre ou out nearly ICal five fUe hc million tItre-e tItre ct of water on tho million 01 or ty n acres with Within In It Hi Tho report leport Is Kept ept IJ b by O. O Clyde adwin of ot Idaho aho rails Falls wh who super super- cs distribution of oC nako lly river r front Jackson rind lakes ikes on the tim liend alcis nl to lowest low low- cst est point JoInt of oC diversion Ion on ont im R RECORD CORD FLOW Tho ho fI flow W of an rii that barring barring- losses of ur ofa a a. kinds would T l bury liry the tho entire district under un er than four foul reeL feet r of t It If released nIt nil at on once c. c In a wn way i It t as L JL It banner year ear car for tor r tho tim project for fot in Iii Tito of or u u a shor Ko Jo of watersHed stor- stor ic tho the project clIne came thi sh without with out iut ut and left enough inthe in the tho rO iel to carl carry cany over a another ear additional storage All 11 the reservoirs on Snake river liver proper contained less water on the reporting date dato than on a a. similar simi 1 lar r date datt J last Jast st year real Jackson lako lake held heM acre acre- 1 t t. complied ared wIth I last fluid American FaIls Jall contained compared d with Ia Ja last ll l 31 ar Tho amount of or storage tor e In j J k Y was s not d determined tC t tills ls year ear Last st cJ It was i S ThIs nm amOunt of oC wat water 1 and project land J docs not Include that or of several sc iI of f. f the largo Jargo rles of the tho Poi Port Port- t- t neuf euf and Up Upper er rivers The foot reservoir now contains acre acre- feet acre t. t compared with I last year car BIG BIG TASK TASK Difficulties of r. r this axt Ht flow of water will be Indicated t bY V the fact that demands for tOl water iter be bo forecast by lW the mas master tC te ter several days das In advance ance in lit order that there will m always bo amplo w wa water t ter tr r available for Cor all alt tho users and ande e have hae none KO goto to waste It takes takei live five days das for water from Jackson Jake hake to reach 4 the be diversion t no point nt at SHIner Ulner dam ani and three lIme days for fol the thit Cator ator r lev level 1 to r c sifter after Jackson lake lias been cut cutoff ort off Tills ThiS factor r further complicates distribution Distribution of oC th the Iw water iv costs a qu quarter cent e in an aero nero foot which is lower than any other project In the st state tei several rn qt C t which c cost st many times this mount amount