Show I ln t l r l i 1 1 t t t i tt l Fir l 1 k kr t tl SOMETHING SOMETHING OF GREAT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE IRRIGATION PROJECTS I 1 I 11 i j 1 i 1 f a I a aI af i O In Its Us present pres form torm embraces embraceR il f I I tj j 1 I an nu area Arell of nC r t 8 4 G 00 1 I miles of ut ort 1 a a i t h h h v I II miles t art arc covered t r 1 I i I by hy tin th waters wat r of or lakes lakel suit and ii Jt J i cG t I It Il ranks twelfth In size of oC the political ro jW t f I 1 il a I I divisions dI of the tho United States StateR J 49 i I L r I r t J 1 I 1 1 l i I To Io hatter better to I dentin I the topographical I I I l 1 lout ical character of lit the tho state tate lord and the Cho ChoA th i 1 A il ae of oC t Irrigation within UH Its bottlers borders 1 t I It will b lit be 11 hI Into two sections One 1 1 1 comprising n all HII of lit U t that part of ut tho the state stale a 1 4 i a Ing inI 1111 n 0 total of oC o 11 acres of at agricultural tu tural t land l for tOl the Ilia a hole hoIe to Tho The grating grazing lands of ut the III state Ore arc conservatively estimated at acres Irrigation Ir Statistics th The lIn on 1111 Irrigation UH as collect oiled collected ed Ill by LS the s title mute bureau ho ca u II of oC Immigration rI t loll labor and nt at the tho of oC ore ire re set et forth In the schedule which h Ili r shows a Iu I t vs h b by 1 counties count nuIt the amount II l it lit litof of land under In III th southern district of uC the state stati where Irrigation Irrl n Is I Ire required re to mature ernes 4 3 Ii i 1 1 I y fr Length I 1 Cov Co Acres Clell only now 1 J County I IAin lit urn Co of Colt red It b I Under lul 1111 a tr 1 I 1 1 s Canals I n 1 t Ii 11 d I L A Ain 11 1207 00 20 or OO rl 1 1 l fir j lI 1091 i Ill I t rr fI I 1 Ike IS 6 1 1 t I q I I t i Jj N y t i 1 u L I j L f 96 9 I I t I l I I 14 IO w h i 1 1 Canyon lanOn no O I t 4 N J i J i Caluta 1039 rl 1 I I qUller Cutter 6 I f 11 I 16 OO 1 30 1 i 1 I 21 5 1 i 1 J IBO 1110 1826 1 ct t 78 II 13 Ii l t i On 11 IO i r I I Uh n SI H 50 O n j I 81 61 I i iI I 1 4 1 Y I r i il I Total 23 that thai U le drained ll by h th the Snake rives river nod 1 It II Its tributaries In its count westward we to tho Oregon banter line which embraces I nil all of or Idaho except that thaI por portion lor I 4 i I tion of ot the extreme southeast drained br ir th the Hear Iles river the tile other comprising GJ nil all that last part drained by II the tha Salmon I rc s I Clearwater and 1 rl i mi 11 a and snit their tributaries embracing re cong till all J 1 sl of or o f that portion or fit the state north nerd of i t r till the Snake River r valley The geology L had nd es esc of these thele two t tw n c nna ar ere ara distinctly distinct lS different i t th the southern portion depends chiefly I t p Upon Its water cater supply al JI III for tor or v r L and power po r r for Cor the tho development of or rte Its It I re the tho northern division lies UCH 1 within the humid belt bU where t is I I I If pita Ion Is la for the de development deI I 4 of oC crop croyA r I j by 3 Canal r I I within the th Irritation lull but in InI I southern Idaho ar are abut nl R ul acres acre i ii 3 J of lit land kid of ar which l acres lerel ate are nr now t covered coven by of canals ethela and w wG G acres uri ur In hIn a 0 high h leh slain litto of If n cultivation I tion The Tune uce between these figures will b I When It In Is understood that lh Ih the many thousand 1 j forts of nf land rand coming calling under these thul n new e ew we I a ai Irrigation lh where wh re the land has hall i t not yet let been ten brought under cultivation ti c 1 i l is IR Included In III these the acres In Inthe Inthe Inthe g f the humid humlI portion of ot the state are art artI arey c I about acres of ot agricultural y 1 i land lan lying along streams and In IiI great rant stretches s of or open opell prairie country countr mak make t isI Hut little If It any 1111 nt III nil all Irrigating U Is Udone I door done In tho the five fIe northern counties nut oat Included In III Oils schedule Illg K Since Nines the clove ate were werl col 11 gigantic Irrigation schemes scheme hove have been Inaugurate in hI several of th h comities COli II tI u both Beth by b private ii l lend end the thu United States Then IhlI to 10 hiring bring It to lo date there should about Iw Ixl added to Arces covered 1 by In 00 n 10 tal I S reality county t unla and aul making u II total of ur acres cover d t liy hy II canals which also Iles lucre cease run the II total torn tryst cost of construction t to 1 3 MI Ii II II the of lIt canals llIn fur CUI the b to MOO miss miles 1 he wonderful work of fit Ute the tion service by b the t 1 States go g will I mean mell mot mor Idaho then to h any I other ether stilt Itt n 1 th h Tin Tho of C thou an li i acres RIIA of or land Ilax In III the rich vu v VF is of nC the he half halt nf at the state stale Ii n II heretofore brought forth faith In th tl the sprit a II scanty growth of ot nI ud III brush h 1 to h lo hf scorched and au II h ht the t he piercing tl r rays jH of ot the summer in inore If ore are new being made sonde to bloom with Ill h he vegetation e of every kind What before was WIS the haunt of ot the wolf watt and the rah bit Lit now Is II the pw habitation of ut thrifty thrift husbandmen declamation II 11 ma In a statement recently published lU l I I la lion Hon George Ceorge C Portico Pard e president of ot tho thin National Irrigation n a said art The clot t national act tn I t tit it very itchY chY well ts be hr willed 1 tin the home hunte 6 net nit for riot not It passed the home homestead stead low law 1 has ha Congress Con re s done else which to directly put people on an the tho nil and put 1111 root roof trees fees over oer their bends In act ClIel the nullon art act begins lIe where the ud law I left leCt ofT off because bans henI e the latter merely helped Ii the settler set t to land bond which na no nature nl lure ture bail lead made ready 1111 for tor Ills his the reclamation c I Act ace cl takes t land Inn 1 which in lt It Its natural state Is and renders It 11 cultivable giving the of ot n t lh tho u ri glon n went of th Ml i outI the tho same game P t hou tee that his hiM father had 1 In la the hI mile valley of nt the Mississippi It Is la an nil act to turn the desert oJ rrt Into Int oases to 10 hest initiate 1 late lat the wattles S and 1111 to turn aridity Into fertility It will the nation stud and be the making of ot the west vest Theo r are arc two reasons for Cor the at lit attraction traction of or eminent ant Irrigation 1 engineers n 6 I Ices t r and an it Il capitalists toward t tho Oem Gem e estet state e viz Idaho doh 0 naming contain c n 1 larger larser urea stet of fertile land and It has by h fill far a n 1 greater quantity of water tel that Is IR available for far Irrigation pursues than halt nn any of oC the thee states e tell In lit which Irrigation Is IR The fhe big Irrigation Irrl lIon schemes that tine tae tiner IO United Lilted Sut States 8 government r has bus now no un till tille dor kr consideration C Ur In Ur this t stole state one Oil on e 0 of ot t which In is already inaugurated btu t lire are nr c three In ht 11 number Tho rho lit the the Hollie lse I Payette n Yeto t anil the tho l r county count pro projects which ft n total area of fir it oO sans acres of ot land and anI contemplate tho Cho expenditure of or U Tho ct Hio 1110 project located along ailing I the tho hank banks of or the Snake river In n ellA Cas Cassia sin Hill and Lincoln counties provides forthe for Cor forthe Corthe the reclamation lion of or acres of oC very cry fertile agricultural and fruit land Janel The Thern first announcement of ot n the proposed rn plans I of or the thu government was made nule In III A IA April I all 1903 nt at which time practically all nil of oC the tho land lanel land Wilt war vacant Months aim ngo every eel acre had been lIcen entered by hy hor stead filings which are ore limited limit to 40 acres O n ICS res within tyro two of or a 11 location lion and to SO acres neres beyond this limit t Highly Flighty thousand acres of this land A will w como Ir the natural system flit Ihn remaining acres arres will willbe willbe be he supplied with water lat r by hy the installation lation of or a huge pumping plant oho Ihl It her Work o on the Ihl big hl ism dam i arose across r the river and the canals la is being pushed with vigor I r and the promise to 10 have their part parlor of the word completed by hy tho the stipulated till time them June 1906 Tho The water tiler however will not bo be out and A A w i i J 1 t 1 1 1 11 t ij g ed i 4 M 1 It l i 1 1 1 I J andI I 1 i Ii 1 1 If f y I V Vt V 1 i ez t f IV t J V I IV 1 1 V 1 V 1 1 1 1 I IV I V VV i it ii ii V t V t V VV V V V VV V X i r X XI 1 I i V i 1 r t 1 1 1 J d t 1 1 I Ir Ir L 1 i r ate K Ke t i I 1 IV 11 1 Y e N r r I V X Y VY t i J l t y 1 YI r 1 y y V VI 1 I u t I V I II I 1 Y YI I I 1 tt t I Y Y 1 X XV tF y V l lX F X t V n ny nI t y I M x N IRRIGATION FALLS MILNER ON TEE TIIE SNAKE ready for far use uso t by hY the th settlers before 1 about August The Immensity of ot tho the I project t cannot connot be fully tull appreciated un unites lass ites seen The fie Snake river at nt the tho dam darn situ Is feet Ceet wide wick with nn on average depth of oC about 30 feet teet fly lly means of ot a u coffer correl darn dam the river will be directed Into Inlo another channel through which witch the thc stream will How lIow while the treat dam Is 18 being completed Tho The loot dam will willbo ho bo COO tent fint t long iO 10 feet wide nt lit tho the bottom on and fit G feet tet high l i Its III crest will willbe t till be lie six alx feet teet high water raid and 10 0 feet Ceel low water Two Immense pillars on each ench bank of oC the tho river set sel 1000 feet reet apart serve to ta suspend two strong steel cables which slide tiro two ro slips s or monster buckets Them buckets buckels arc oro capable callable of ot holding I tons and ore are dumped at nt any an required re spot In m the HID river U Ii being heln dumped d Into tho the river at ul the lie rate of ot about WO COO tens tells per day da Tho of or loka is situated on the tho th Oregon Short fine Une railroad about 60 miles west vest of or While hlo IH Is already quite quita n a little town much mud I cannot be he expected until the tho water venter Is out nut for tho the government grunts grants tho Ufa settlers n U leave of or absence until 11 the tho canals ore aro constructed on water Is ready for tor their use Valley Ull This rule great project contemplates fur tur tin rut all water voter supply to la about acres of ot new MW land 1011 and 1111 apart n a part season supply SI to 10 acres ocre which are ore already tilled lolled hut hilt fall at nt times to attain full tull productive rapa apa rapacity Ila city elly because e of ur luck lack of ot water venter during tho the late summer months The Tha project waa March 27 1005 1 l by tho the secretary of oC tl II Interior who will appropriated from the fund 1301 WO O with which to begin Tho rho project naturally 1111 ly divides Itself Into two grand systems Hi Ili uni unu Its water twiner supply from the th I nalto river and cut tI tha tt larger body of arable i J ou eu u the north suit of nt tho Holse valley voiley flu tho r de dr deriving riving Its supply Goat from the tho liaise Dolse lIol o river IWer anil sit covering the lesser leaser body boil on nn the tho ninth eolith stile dele All of nt the thO th i acres s of it the new land lan Is IR subject to bt the homo home stead low law This mean meals that any Amen Ameri American can citizen who tai ban not already nh endy ex IC exhausted exhausted hausted his hlf homestead right may Inay up 16 II ams of ot this thle land and upon spun i con m dance with the tho law get a CI deed drel for It from the Mit at nt no nn cost Cl t utter other thus than the 1 of ur a n small fee ree to the theland theland land The venter must bo he pall paid for Cor by b tho the settler The govern government meat ment con constructs t tho the works lork necessary to tn b the lie wiper water alel then pro 1110 rules nitea the actual cost among am n n a taw total Cline num lIum number her ber of or acres covered which In this In will amount to about 30 per leI aero acre for lor a n permanent water right to be hI paid pall In 10 annual Installments On Iho Um North forth orth Side SliU ih Tho The north side Ildo system contemplates m diverting dh the tho water front from thin UIA river storing It In the lakes s thence J through c canals to tn the thc th e land to tn he be served The south A ell eldo Ia will r III construct n a 1 ot or storage e reservoirs rt In tho l ho Hol P ol o e valley nit n Y with s Ih feud feed n and nit distributing a I canals canal 1 of ot these reservoirs to to bo bp built huilt s the one olio to be bo known 1 as ilK the Peer n I flat I lt reservoir rc located In III Canyon Caln nu 1 m county count about midway y between n Nann 1 and Caldwell This Thin reservoir will non I the largest artificial body belly t f water t flit r In ill the tho world w h holding 0 ii line r feet or in other words a II quantity if tf 1 water to cover COer acres a n afoot tool foot deep The Tho natural supply for rill lb cs is la abundant The Tho Tu a surveys t engineering nr are e practically Ir all ull completed cr e r 1 n to be ho adjusted only some l tails which an nr In ht the hands panda of ot the r rc c pie Ille Ile County Project In III 1901 1909 the government authorized authorize an In n examination of ot n It tract of or desert land lame ii In Inthe the western part of or Fremont county and the surveyors showed that thal It WaS wad entirely feasible to conduct the he wul I J Jot ot of the tho North Fork of ot Snake river Ilver front from fromn n point near neul St Anthony on to o ni r ra rathan than thun acres of ut land It H was Willi evi eti evident dent lien I that thul the lie stream would not 1101 farm i t enough water for tor all 1111 of ot the tho lands Innis tri In tributary to It without controlling lit How lIow by h means meana of ot reservoirs reservoir An All in III investigation which tens carried thru all ull of ot last lost year yen I hlll has revealed lh Ih f U t thal satisfactory results ran can on 1 b ob ol obtained tabled by b thin this means mea liS hat a stul rg nero aero feet Ceel of or Water 0 tel earl can bt lit n q reeled nt nl u n reasonable rca cost coat co t cs ca caT T Tho to Twin Twill Tails Falls 1 Land S ni tinny pany rite Tho most extensive Irrigation 11 promoted by b Cal cai It l t within the United States IB to un undertaken t by lIy Ito Twin Twill Gulls v t Water Waler company on Snake rl r ii a I Cassia Casula county count Tho Tha lands andr a canal were there withdrawn Ill tho Ua nat act t from rem th u uby public u r r 1 by by b the state state tole cland land board of or of IdAb h a w 1 tiT Uli act tho the Staten governs T t tho the title to the tile Mato unu all lu t I state conveys It to the r tel enters into n II The Irrigation company contract with oho thu ataw to eo m tt I I canals furnish water r tor for lIe Hie of ot the tho land the to cost coat r f t l being Patti pro rata rat ry t i t settlers This Thia project provides for tor or the rc au i choice cholet Urd lay 1111 t tco t a aroe of ot 2 O I acres of or and half nui II 71 roe con co of or about four ij dollars The Th main canal Is HO 69 9 iw mI I long with thousands of or miles a ol of I 1 s H It U III SO 50 0 net wide willo on tM teet wide at the top tOil to p and 11 Through this o vs I fen feet of ot water s1 t 10 within 1 water voter Is III quarter section of or Inn 1 of ot every style mill of tiC th covered Tho Tha greater part fart land together with that ot at It the tho kit 11 project is I already alre settled fI I 1 the With tho construction of oC nUn tl on un I page paco c 35 35 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