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Oneida Irrigation Funds Approved MALAD Idaho Under Idaho Under the emergency emergency emer- emer gency jency employment act act has been allocated to irrigation projects project in i Oneida county D. D L. L Evans was wa advised Friday by R. R W. W Farris Farri state commissioner of reclamation Just Jut what projects project in the county this his thi money is i available for is i not definitely def i nIely known The Te formal request request however 10 that was wa presented in behalf behal of ot Malad valley through the state commissioner of ot reclamation and which totals the same amount as n that allotted included the following projects eeLs Repairing Big Malad river dam repairing upper Deep creek crek dam constructing lower Deep creek dam storage capacity 1200 feet feet constructing Devil Devi creek dam dam storage capacity 1200 feet acre 54 constructing St. St John reservoir storage capacity 1500 feet acre In comm commenting on the cost cot per acre acre- acre foot oot of some of these thee projects project the state commissioner said While in some instances the cost of storage water in Malad valley valey seems high taking into consideration that t it is i just jut topping out the supply to to to highly cultivated lands lad the farers farmers feel teel that they can stand the cost cost |