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I q u i r 1 j 4 It R t r rI 1 I Acres of Irrigated Land Reclaimed Under the Second Owsley Project Project t. t Located in Jefferson County Idaho in the Famous Upper Snake River Valley Near Roberts and Hamer Idaho on the Main Line of the Oregon 4 Short Line Railroad I i 1 OpenIng to Be Held at Roberts Idaho October 99 9 1919 1 9 1 9 I The company agrees to deliver to each acre of land two acre feet during the irrigation I Second S econ d Owsley 0 ws I ey Project Project Location P Location season which is is more water than can be successfully used i The Second Owsley Project is located near Crystal Lake formed formerly called called- Mud Lake Irrigation System tl Jeffe Jefferson son County State State of Idaho Idaho and is accessible either either from Hamer Hamer or or Roberts Idaho The The Th The irrigation system consists of f an intake of about one mile in m length in 11 which the water is located thirteen tt pumping plant about miles west of Hamer and about twenty miles northwest north north- north flows to the pumping plant by gravity In t the e pump-house pump the company has installed three 36 y m w west t of Roberts Roberts and Hamer are located on the main line of the Oregon Short Line inch Plat Iron Works Works' Centrifugal which are propelled by three 20 H. H H P. P General Elec Elec- Railroad about half way between Salt Lake City Utah and Butte Montana lf mch Pumps of minute tic Motors The pumps have a capacity over gallons per f b St State t 14 A At the pumping plant t the e water is lifted to a maximum height of eig eighteen teen feet and from fromy from frol Approved by y a e f r this point it runs through thirty miles of main mam canals and laterals by gravity The system Js is 1 The land under the Second Owsley Project was segregated under the Car Carey y- y Act and a contract con con- 1 so that the water is delivered to within one half mile of each legal subdivision of one me hundred hun hun- hun i tract entered into by the St State e of Id Idaho ho with the company to to reclaim the land for the State dred Bred sixty acres and directly on a majority of the land and the Government Profiting by fifteen years of Carey Act developments in the State of Proof of completion of works was made on August 30 1919 I. I v 1 1 Idaho the state state has maintained a rigid supervision oy over r the Owsley Project c at all times and andall andall e i. i all construction work has been under the the direct supervision lon of of the State Engineer I Operation and Maintenance On October 17 1917 Frank P. P King State Engineer for the State of Idaho in a report Th The e operation of t this h. h IS P plant I. I ant will be turned turne d over to the set settlers I ers f free ree an and d clear 0 of f a all 11 incumbrances to the State Land Board stated I think 1 it t I is s safe t to 0 assume there th ere is easl easily 1 y 50 0 00 acres 0 of f brances the same to be operated by an operating company with 18 shares each share to land and of this chara character te and I believe there is water enough for two or three times the amount be b appurtenant app to one acre of land and entitling the owner to one vote v te in the management and it is purposed to irrigate operation f 0 of f th the e op company In a report made December 3 1918 by br State Engineer Fred A A. A Wilkie he lie states In i raolo Owing to our well constructed constructed d' d ditches I. I an and d I laterals an and d t the h e low power c charge arge 0 of f 1600 1 1600 6 00 conclusion I convinced that there must be hein bein in the of feet i i e am neighborhood acre per horsepower per season the maintenance o of of this system should nev never r be in excess of one inflow to Mud Lake This would give a an n ample s supply f for or a at least 50 acres of f 1 land an d' d upp y r dollar lollar per acre a and d for a number umber of years should not be in excess of fifty cents per acre I In his final re report por t S State tate Engineer Warren G. G said a d. d This is the fIrst project J Heretofore in many instances Carey Act settlers have located upon land and have had ever eA built in ge geth the th State of Idaho that that was completed ahead of of time and the character r of the the- e. e to wait vait several years for delivery of water and in some instances owing to the companies companies' tn in inability work and the p project j c in m gene general al is the best bes piece of construction that has ever been done L Lany ability to complete their works never received water Our company can deliver water water- to toY an Care Carey Act Project within the State any Y Y j s every every acre of its land NOW l Approved by the Government i Wonderful Opportunities 7 At the time that the land was temporarily segregated by the Federal Government i. ex-i. i. i rhe n The he future of this district is assured as the company has already built what is known as' as as study of the the Owsley Project was made made made-by by the Federal Carey Act l Inspector both with 1 the First Owsley Project This has been ben sold to settlers has has been approved and accepted by bythe reference to the physical features affecting the development nt and with reference to the water the Sate State of Idaho and the management turned over to the settlers A small part of the land supply has been farmed during the year 1919 and practically all it will be farmed in 1920 In an able exhaustive and protracted study of the water supply Covering a period of approximately ap ape As an illustration of what can be done Oscar W. W Linger farmed 35 acres on the First proximately five years made by George B. B Archibald Federal Carey Act Inspector Inspect r with reference ref Owsley Project and raised bushels of wheat and loo 1 od tons of alfalfa on 35 acres in in the th to the Second Owsley Project he stated in his report to the Commissioners of the General Gen Gen- year 1918 i 82 tons of the alfalfa being raised on 16 acres the same having been planted in eral Land Office in May 1917 There appears no question as to the fact that at least one onehundred 1917 this being the first years year's crop 1 hundred thousand acre feet entered Mud Lake and the associated bodies of water during the In 1919 1919 the yield off of 35 acres acres' will amount to tons of alfalfa and Mr i year ending with the Spring of 1917 Irrespective of its source a field investigation of the Linger has sold this for 20 per ton in n stack making a gross yield of more than per perk locality gen generally rally leaves little doubt as to the the J source being Egin Bench aside from the relatively rela rela- acre 1 small amount furnished by Camas Creek Greek To sum up the situation it The The price price of this land and water is fixed by the State of at per acre and the F therefore is found that at the pres present nt time at l least ast one hundred thousand acre feet are entering company Cannot cannot sell it for more It is easily worth from to per acre and Mud Lake annually with the apparent probability that acre feet or will eventual eventually on the terms that it is being sold the yearly payments are any more than a fair rental value ly be available As only 4 gross acres would actually be involved in the the of the land J I S Wo Owsley Project after Segregation List 74 is add added d there appears an ample supply of water The l land nd if put in shape for cultivation and irrigation will ill pay for itself at the present available at the present time present time with the probability apparent of an increased supply from year to price of crops in one year Proof Proof- of this is made by what Mr M Linger has done all of which 9 year In view of the entire feasibility of the project and the ability of the can be verified by visiting his pl place ce r y construction com company an to carry the development to completion it is respectfully recommended recommended f i Jr that Segregation Lis 7 be duly uly develop approved approved z R Recreation te l n V x After the exa examination matlon was made the Fede Federal al Carey Act Act Inspector recommended 7 that hat a a Crystal or Mud lake is famous for duck hunting In the fall season there is is' is every variety va va- permanent segregation be made and the company pany be permitted to to construct the irrigation of duck known know to this country c also many wild geese The lake is also noted for Its Its' its t works under the supervision of the State Engineer er necessary to reclaim the land fine trout fishing ft The desert nearby abounds with and in m the foothills and mountains directly oni on i S Snake na k elver Re River VI Valley a. a I ey De District t. t the west you can find every variety of grouse and higher up lip there is is' plenty of deer sheep I IThe and bear The writer h has left the project ct one day and returned ed the the next with ith his his his- goats I The The crops raised in this district consist principally of wheat oats oats oats' barley P. P peas p pc limit of bf big r game x c alfalfa and sugar beets l center of this s paradise The project is I located in th the sportsmans sportsman's p V The average yield per acre being from 40 to 60 Go bushels of wheat 75 to to 1 b bushels f oats 50 to 80 bushels of barley to bushels of of potatoes 4 to 07 7 7 tons of of- alfalfa and Terms I of beets Remember these are yields We have positive I from 1 10 o to 20 tons sugar average for 50 cents one half Act acre pc K The land will be so sold to q qualified Carey per per evidence of much larger yields in exceptional cases before 1 1923 and the water May one-half one or the time of and payable on Mall at filing of this district is the originating point of food p payable Idaho Falls the metropolis largest products made to the land at the of 75 7 per acre tenth one p pay pay- payable y- y and Short Line Railroad Ij J will be e sold an appurtenant price with the in the world also the largest shipping point on Oregon able ble in cash at the date of and ald the balance payable in nine equal annual instalments with The value of land in this district in a high state of cultivation c runs from one one hundred fifty filing interest at the rate of f six c cent nt per annum from two to three hundred dollars per to five hundred dollars acre The price being beinO per average b to all this land if 1 Remember that it only takes about one hundred buy they je per acre j i take one hundred sixty acres each You cant can't take less less than forty nor or more t than an one hundred hun hun- Character of Lands i dred Bred sixty acres The company has as had ha more than five hundred inquiries on this land lan j If you are in the market for good irrigated land located in gone one of the best farming dis dis- districts I The fhe lan land i is level w with h a gentle slope back toward the the Lake of approximately two feet feet feet- to to in the intermountain country at less than it its value dont dont don't fail to investigate and r reg res register g- g the mile mlle It t is covered with a heavy growth of sage brush is free i from alkali alkah an and is s of volcanic ister early as you may draw the that a town will be built on or one of the quarters adjacent adja adja- ash and silt formation and part of the land has an accumulation of sand upon its surface its surface and andall cent thereto thereto 4 I all the land lan is with an impervious slay subsoil which runs ru runs sto to the remarkable depth of t. t D from eighty to one hundred feet This land lands is similar in the the Twin Falls Country C iry Opening and Drawing I f except that it is more l level vel and can be put 1 in a high state of cultivation with less expense H The opening of the land will be held at Roberts Idaho on October 9 i 1919 Arrangements Arrange Arrange- I Anyone familiar with the water supply in the intermountain country mu must t know that that there ments will be made to meet anyone on or before October at Roberts Idaho to show 1 LL will be but few more opportunities to purchase good irrigated land a at ground-floor ground prices fv them the land by automobile Either notify the company or go to Roberts Idaho and inquire in in- nt quire for J J. J L. L Bussey who is in charge of showing the land 1 Water W ater Supply S Upp I Y a A representative of the State State or of Idaho will be in charge of the drawing which will be held of the water supply is from Crystal Lake The company holding a water permit per per- at Roberts Idaho at 2 p p. p m. m on Oct October ber 9 1 1919 19 The source received at number umber the has great under of or water fixed 0 the tIle T Those se desiring land had better etter register early as company a gr which is sufficient the by 1875 second feet of water duty duty- mit for will be land for all those who register You enough who You and d do not there believe WIll land This pt-mit pt ben being the second water right on the 1 lake ke of inquiries les w we ineer to water ter acres pt on State En w Engineer at time with the company in m Salt alt Lake City Utah or with Ross B. B Matkins approved by both the State and Government Engineers Engineer may register any the been which has the sufficiency ency of with h W. W A. A Davis cashier of the Bank of Roberts has that this is one of the best if not the best water rights in inthe at the Eleanore Hotel Hote Idaho Falls Falls Idaho or w The past season good proven districts were short of water but bu our water supply was greater Roberts Idaho or or with H. H G G. Price at the Eccles Ec Ls Hotel Hotel Rexburg Idaho Idaho Many the State of of the A representative of the State of Idaho will be in m charge drawing than any previous year Remember This Is a Completed Project Ready Ready-f for r Operation You Can See Just What You Are Buying We we Ask That You Give Give- It a Th Thorough rough Examination Write for Descriptive Literature or Take a Trip and See It as It Is Impossible to Describe This Land It Has to Be Seen to Be Appreciated f PINGREE INS LAND COMPANY lIP COl ANY jI j- j I I I I THOMAS L L. L MATKINS Manager FELT BUILDING SALT LAKE CITY UTAH PHONE WASATCH a REFERENCES McCornick Co Bankers Salt Lake City Utah National City Bank Salt Lake City Utah Idaho Falls Fall National Bank Idaho Falls Idaho Anderson Bros Bank Idaho Falls Idaho t t 21 l i tW J jy I i l IIi f iy l F w L II |