| Show i i i I 5 at A I L I 0 oi e S 1 1 f f d ial 1 I G I I I i By B y H coer 1 Q Hale R a L u u J I HAT is was not what I W Is liot What ht won f dors one ne deca o hath wrought o r The he dawn al l df C tho twentieth con on The IO the tury brought hr mI glorious go l u century with Ith her hel helI record of achievements centennial career and rounded nut her e I rOl gave birth to hel O and still sll Idaho there remained upon Uon the map of the tho embracing of country a great area alC very ven greal heart p rt of her branded with the Inhospitable Inh name of Desert but to today t day drw that same territory bears tho rc re title Garden of Idaho I aho Whore but a 1 half decade deca o since tho thoi i gaunt eo otc In his own wn unmolested territory di In practical youth of oC an un unbroken spell of melancholy on ac account IC count oi hl isolation from and on hIm hen roosts now sheep pastures p grow feh s of luxurious grains sr and 1 tro tho laughter r of pretty maidens greets i iI I the tho ehr as tho lowing ng of the cows is hoard heard at night frill fl and tho chickens aro nestled l cs l l haY away on op their thell to 1 sloop sleep What hath wrought this change t magic malo bund bus his touched those r barren harren sands made thorn them fertile What hut lip bus hn J sed tho dry dead lp dust of aged ngeR and mado ludo It I and In Ingrow grow and It I is our 0 I und and friend Ir 11 i DV T S OF IRRIGATION l It Is 1 out that t soil sol and a d witter aro arI tho three elements ab absolutely necessary to plant life le It i stands to reason that other condi conditions equal oqual plants thrive best under ft II maximum amount lm of sun RIm i I is further In harmony with reason and science that plants do doriot dorot riot rot thrive best hest under a maximum or ora orI a I of f water but the ls to be applied skillfully and at f such times and In such quantities ris rg experience and scientific training dictate It I Is obvious therefore that unless the l could be ho regulated as to time anil quantity as asono one ono regulates In a I canal H n will wl cease ti be bo a n better means of ot soil sol moistening rho obtained in dif dlf pend upon pon the tho qualIty qually Ity ly quantity and soli s l sunshine and water and amI q handling by b tho th farm ori or with wih of course co allowance modo for for and climatic phe phenomena nomona f soil provides es all al the tho chemicals necessary for il plant life water s 1 ingredients and the upon which they thc aro lO convoyed ell into Int the of ot the plant the tho sun supplies t at mysterious anil I wonderful force which not only o I gives warmth but n the growth of the plant and the color upon its Hf he therefore 1 I throe three ele clo clon n t alt the tl attainment t of ot success In is II dependent upon the in intelligence with which the soil sol Is handl handled ed cd and an the water ils supplied USE OF OF WATER WAEl Every Yer farmer knows that ah a dal co of rain ml or excessive e irrigation largo thrifty stalks stales of wheat Jn In Jact under such conditions any am of grain aln will rush itself upward thrift and rapidity that it practically lr ignores the tho purpose of its Is creation namely perpetuation of it Hs a If I supply ot of water comes comes to io the th farmer of the rain belt b J I lie 10 is helpless his crop oio Will J po o worthless The he irrigation farmer knows no excesses Ho applies water Ho t tho growing crop cr p In such quantities I Ites ties tes as as will wi stimulate perfect growth und and when his grain has reached tho proper height he ho withholds further water until tho Instinct of the tho plan I diverts Us HM energies H to the tho creation crenton I of a 1 when hen this change takes place he ho applies more mOle water with vho tho result that tha the tho plant Is stimulated In tho direction ot of seed pro production It lt is plain to see what the tho results ducton would be bo to tho rain belt farmer fanner If tho time tho Irrl irrigation gation farmer farmel closed down his head hend gulon gates to allow his grain to head hea ho he should receive a I down own pour of ot ofrain rain for fI a week weil he would reap a harvest of straw while wile his brother broth or ortho tho Irrigator would reap a C harvest of grain Tho he irrigation farmer knows no failure of crop so far us as drouth dr or flood Is concerned No fear foal of dt either ever enters his mind Ho He pre prepares pares his ground plants his seeds Irrigates cultivates and reaps his hla harvest His only fear his lack lael Of OC knowledge e and an thrift In the tho execution of these fives stops tep IDAHO UPON MERIT Idaho standing as she does In the thc forefront ot of the Irrigation world worl stands lants out before he foro the thc world on merits claiming to Justly ju ty earned tho dis distinction n to which who Mho has bus attained She Sho looks back bael but a 11 few years to her he in Less I ss than a u half century ago she sho was WIS not on the map of the tho United States and tint not a score of years have passed since sho joined her he sisters In tho Union yot ot the Innate virtues and all the tho energies of her hel youth routh havo mado la l for f r h I a name Four years ago ago site she began began tho task tale of subduing sub the desert eser and sho has already y succeeded succeed el In wiping a great part of It I off of tho face faeo of ot the earth and andIs andIs Is fast fast away with wih the thc balance balanco Out of It she homes for the tho homeless She Sho flung fung open her hor gates and shouted loud the tiding Come Gome neighbors and an friends brothers of the Union and an from over oyer tho sea you ou aro welcome to Idaho Ono One hun hundred dred thousand have havo accepted tho invitation tion ton and como during this short length of time and Ind homes here herc STORY OF IRRIGATION The story of ot the lie development of or ir irrigation In this an un interesting ono one In 1905 the first Carey net act pro project project was opened In Idaho I the great geat South Twin Falls Fals tract Water from the river was diverted by means of oC a 1 huge concrete and masonry dam into canal 1 SO 80 feet wide wile and an 9 feet deep deop and 30 miles in to wrest 1 acres cres of oC agricultural land lan from its Is aridity Since that day dl the tho sage sagebrush sagebrush brush has been cleared cle red awny wn Y the land brokon blo m up and Ind homes for fOI 1000 people havo been built buit upon this tract tact which was formed into a now county by b tho last lature with Twin Falls Fals a 0 city modern In every elery particular with population as q the tho county seat Of the tho 2 OOOO acres neres fully acres are aro now In cultivation The rho Twin Falls Fals North Side Sio canal Lincoln county Is now nearing com completion and will wI be ready to furnish water 1 next year acres of at splendid land acres of ot which nave been filed ted on by about 2000 farmers Adjacent to this tract on the tho north In Lincoln and Baine counties lies les tho r 1 IDAHO IRRIGATION 0 PROJECTS UNDER THE CAREY ACT t 0 Following Is a list of tho segregations which have been be n made n th so recently recent applied tO Jn JI the thI State t o dat r J 7 c f I fj ot company and t II it I Fals Land compan TwIn Fals 2 OOOO 25 0 th Sl e Co 2500 I Idaho Co Bole Big Lost lan C ullis Canal Co 1500 Ings Hi Power Co Dolse Co Boise Canul Co Bolso 2000 American Fuls Canal Powel Co 2500 Marsh Vale ton Co 12 22 nier Lund lr aion Co Iner Vest End Twin Fal Co Iowa Houston Dich Co 1884 1884 2500 Co 1 Fals Lall Water Co Twin I als Project st Anthony Prat Irrigation Stono 1510 2800 Grund Canyon Co Project I The O heo Co 1 07 OI VIew Co 30 l Fals GO l tocoa tk 45 L 1 last name nn not open tu ii fOI the of which not ot been nor tho with the o land ut aro al el feasible ant 11 doul Ue go through hy next 1111 I r nae i i 11 II 1 l i iR 1 I t N t 4 r Y 1 f t r f i iI f 0 R f 1 I t t X f q id i t t t 1 jt jh i l V f m it J jB 1 r It 0 i I II I t i i t I I L LI 1 I I i I I Ii II Ij i I j 1 i f fI I f i 1 I I I I II I I I j n L tract of ot the tho Id ton company se segregation Og are headY d of ot though will ready for delivery before ne t year yea On Juno June 1 of oC year acres acre of river tract were opened to settlement ment and within 14 1 days a s water rights at 10 tho acre tera were purchased covering e near nearly nearly ly tho acreage the sum of this notwithstanding tho tJ fact that water could not bo be do de Ivere for two years Contiguous with the projects above abole abovementioned mentioned mentone Is ts the tho WestEnd tract of acres aCles the application for tor I tho segregation segre aion has ha boon een granted by the tho stale land board which will wi set ot a I date dato In the near future for fOI the tle land opening i iNear Near the tho town of af Glenns Ferry Forry on the theO Oregon Short Lino railroad I ci s f son fruIt hind were opened d to settlement on tho of ot October last by b the Kings Hill HiI Irrigation Power company since when less than 30 day over acres neres have have been t ng 65 an In acre for water ateI Calling attention to the ca canal canal nal near n ar Bliss on tho railroad which covers acres over 1000 acres of oC which have havo been settled upon ono passes along up the river to American Falls Fals an Irrigation scheme un under del der thai tha name caused the redemption of 5 24 acres of farm land which Is fast being converted Into living and growing fields fels Tho rho above aboe enumerated irrigation systems are all ni Carey act projects the provisions of which will wi be briefly explained later Passing now from the tho American Falls Fais project project westward to toward ward the tho Twin Falls Fals country we wo cross crossover over tho center of the great govern government ment l nt project known as a tho which is fast fost reclaim reclaiming ing from nn In arid state acres of tho finest t quality of oC agricultural land acres 0 the north side Ile of Snake river 11 by b means of oC the gravity system and U acres on tho south of the tl river by b means of or a I gigan gigantic gal tic lc pumping machine This land Is all ni taken el Water ater for tho tle north sl o X al nl already ready provided and au will wIl bo be for fol HIB south side Ildo this coming season Pausing on oi then westward over thu great Twin Falls Fals trac one comes to another Carey Caro act project which In extent is the most stupendous ous of alt nl tho to Twin It I joins immense e area on 01 the tho west awl anil V leff Q ae es Its Is enormous dimensions by acres Tho project however Is only iti In Its Is l but it is con considered a n feasible ono land will un undoubtedly bo be put through Extending on n westward lie the Owyhee hee he company tho Clover Creek Cree the the an antho tho of f nl acres ly Iy which i aro now In the state but which like tho mentioned above give great geat evidence of f positive development nt and completion And reaching r southward from the tract ithe tho Twin Falls Fala com company compan pany pan is now surveying and promise the erection of oC an immense storage reser reservoir reservoIr voir on Creek Cr k back of ot tho town of Oakley Oakle In Cassia county for fol the th ton of another acres RECAPITULATION Summing up the acreage of f this im immense Immense mense contiguous area wo we have tho following Twin Falls Land and umi Water Wt m company Twin Fulls North Side Sl e Land and Water Vatel Co anc Idaho Irrigation company Kings s Hill HI Irrigation Power company anal company American Falls Canal Ca Pow Power Po er company River lyer Land and Water Im Co Vest AVest Co Go End lI Twin Falls Fals Irrigation Twin Falls Fais Land and lud Water Co Ow hel Irrigation company 34 The Land La nd and ali Irrigation tion ton Co Snake e Irrigation tion on Co co Twin Fulls Fuls pro project 1 TI Falls Goose ose Creek alt pro pro I TotI Adding thereto the tho oka government project Gives a grand gan total of To this could be bo added adde a sum embraced in the th patented and Irrigated farms contiguous with this great gleat area area sufficient s I cent to easily mise the total to AN INLAND EMPIRE EMPIE This Inland empire Is destined to become one ne of tho richest agricultural TABLE IRRIGATION STATISTICS OF F IDAHO AND SISTER SISTER STATES ST TES TESI I Rec Pr ale Act Projects I tl otal Total c V Acreage ted States I j I Ct oC g I Cost ot Land Cost per perg g atc g Acreage ater Lan s f for ere ot I per Atte J l er Acre Al rm Idaho 1 I 2 2350 34 i Utah 21 Nevada I 2600 1000 1000 26 2 3 00 gOO Montana a 2500 2500 Oregon 3 2600 f Colom o 1 I New Mexico 5 30 4 0 Tie aboyo for ot or than Idaho are for the 1907 dIstrIcts in the tho world Its Is dimensions will tyl increase year by year tho land is by b no means yet exhausted us it now can furnish a farm to families or or fai to t a family f nl 2 people lit In tact fact if It the entire population of the state were divided into families of seven each they could all ni live lve and n well wel on this Irrigated tract and each family tamly would have ha o 40 acres ars of land This is yet by b no n means all ni the tho land Idaho has reclaimed during the last tour four years under un er tho provisions of ot the tho Carey act Up in Frem the Canal company re reclaimed r claimed 65 2 acres neres all 11 of which has ha been filed led upon u on and the tho canal e n and turned over to the settlers r rIn In the northern part part of ot BIngham and that part palt of Balno county count n thereto tho th Big Lost River Lund Land Ir Irrigation II Rie n company provided water for tho reclamation of 2 acres tho greater portion porton of which Is yet open to settlement Tho ho Canyon Canon Canal com eom company pany pan of Canyon county count has completed ed od the work worl of oC supplying water for n I tract of ot acres all I of ot which Is now in private ownership in Bannock county acres eres have been made ma o habitable by hy the tho work worle of the tho Portneuf Marsh Valley Valey Irrigation company This tract is also fast being settled sete upon Under 1 the tho Reclamation act tho gen general eral government has reclaimed besides the tho project acres In Ada and Canyon counties countes under what is known as nl tho Valley Valey Reclamation project The foregoing will wl give an nn Idea l cn of what Idaho is doing doing on a I largo scale selLo in the thu line luo of or irrigation both under tho Carey and an Reclamation acts and the demand there is for fol Idaho nt and tho eagerness caseres with which these Ilse L u u lands lUG aro taken up by leers i m our i sister states stel I THE TH C R ACT The Carey r ct which derives its Is name from States Senator r Carey Croy n I Ir r leh eap s or any individual or 01 corporation are ar permitted to onte Int iari gr eme t the tle state for ithe j pr or ti or f 1 gl en tract t t I of land of the tho oti of Irrigation y J rg d I acreage covered coero l by the system I lx dl Pl acre water after being approved ved by bj the tho state tat lind board Ms Is paid t lU ec r I str cion the Ii tub tho land hind which price is s s v red c to tho of the its It construction lh In this far has ed m 15 16 al t the tho acre a re payable In Int ton n annual I installments cont nt on do The ls donated l ito sto the tJ state by hy government u mit for foi and l t tt Ithe settlers setters for f r Oc nn an aero clo down arid final Tho rho water water rights aro l the tho theland tholan land lan and ln when hen h his qs ab on disposed of oC the tho canals and all al appurtenances become the pr of the tho Any citizen i of t tto the to States or person who has las ro to Ruch of 21 years except married w ls acres or less lessof of r land la d under this act act THE TE R AIN ACT CT I With the tho Carey net act Ihas como a u companion quite quie as ns b though slower in progress tho Reclamation Relan aton 1 act The provisions ns of ot this act aro wholly within tho hands of the tho 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