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Show THREE THE PBOVO POST FRIDA Y. SEPT." 2G.1919 fBIG t. itz OPENING ry Heart of the Best Section of 18,750 Acres of Irrigated Land Reclaimed Under the Second Owsley Project Ideated m Jefferson County, Idaho, in the Famous Upper Snake River Valley, Near Roberts and Hamer, , on the Main line of the Oregon Shortline Railroad Second Owsley Project Location ' ' V' - i - k Idaho Falls, the metropolis of this district, la the largest originating point of food products in the world; also the largest shipping point on- - the Oregon Short Line Railroad. The value of land in this district In a high state of cultivation runs from one hundred and fifty to five hundred dollars per acre. The average price being fro mtwo to three hundred dollars pot acre. i The Second 0 w aley Project! located near Crystal - Lake- - (for- erijt ceiled Mud Jefferson. .County; 8tat bf Idaho, and 1b aocessable either from Hamer or Roberta, Idaho. The pumping plant la located about thirteen miles west of Hamer and about t of Roberta. Roberta and Hamer are locattwenty miles ed on the main line of the Oregon Short Line Railroad, about half way between Salt Lake City, Utah, and Butte Montana. The future of this district 'is assured,' as the company has already built what is known as the First Owsley Project This has been sold to settlers, has been approved and acoepted by the State of Idaho and the managment turned over to the settlers. A small . has been farmed during the year 1919 and practically all It will be farmed In 1920. As an Illustration of what can be done, Oscar W. Linger farmed 35 acres on the First Owsley Project and raised 460 bushels of wheat The land is level with a gentle slope back toward the take and 100 tons of alfalfa on 85 acres In the year 1918; 82 tons of - of the alfalfa being raised on 16 acres, the same having been planted two to la the mile. a feet with covered It heavy approximately in 1917, this being the first yew's cipp. epevp of sage brush, is free of alkali and la of volcanic ash and In 1919 the yield off of 85 acres will amount to more than WO 8 lit formation, and part of the land has an accumulation of sand tons of alfalfa, and Mr. Linger hat sold this for )20 per ton in upon ita surface, and all the land la underlaid Mth an Impervious ... Aiack, making a gross yield of more than 8100.00 per acre. clay subsoil, which runs to remarkable depth, of from eighty to one. The price of this land and water is fixed by the State of Idaho at hundred feet This (and is similar in character to the Twin Falls $75.50 per acre and the company cannot sell It for more. It is easily worth from' 6100.00 to 8150.00 per acre, and, on the terms cvcept l that: It tsi more lever and can be put' In a high that it la being sold, the yearly payments are not 'any more than state of cultivation with leas expense. a fair rental value of the land. Anyone farmillar with the - water supply In the lntenuountain The land. It put in shape for cultivation will pay tun... y uiubt RqOw that there will be but few more opportunities for Itself, at the present price of crops. In one year. Proof of this . u .u ui'.fcu.k. .iijo ut ground floor prices. la made by whazt Mr. Linger has done all of which can be verified ..by visiting his place. Lk( north-wes- Character of Lands Approved by State The land under the Second Qwsley Project was segregated under the Carey act and a contract entered Into by the State of Idaho with the company to Reclaim the land for the State and the Uov. enrment Profiting by fifteen years of Carey Act developments in the State of Idaho, the state has maintained a rigid supervision over the Owsley Project at all times and all construction work hsa been under the direct supervision of the .State Engineer..., . On October 17, 1917, Frank P. King, State Engineer for the State of. Idaho, in a report to the State Land Board, stated: I think It safe to assume there is easily 60,000 acres of land of this character, and I believe there is water enough for two or three times the amount. It Is purposed to irrigate. In a report made December S,' 1918, by State Engineer Fred A. Wilkie, he states : In contusion 1 am convinced that there must be in the neighborhood of 100,070 acre feet annual Inflow into Lake. ' This would give an ample supply tor at least 57,000 acres ? of land. n z In his finalreport State . Engineer Warren G. Swendsen, said. ever built In the State of Idaho that waa This is the completed ahead of time, and the character of the work and the project la general la the best piece of construction that baa ever been done on any Carey Act Project within the State1 - , v - . -- I ion, "and-irrigat- Wafer Supply . . Approved by the Government . At th time that the land was temporarily segregated by the Federal Gevernment an exhaustlva study of the Owsley Project was made by tbs Federal Carey Act Inspector, both with reference to the physical feetureo atfectlng th development, and . with. refer- ence to the water supply.- In an able, exhaustive and protracted study of the water supply, covering a period of approximately five years made by George B. Archibald, Federal Carey Act Inspector, with reference to the Second Owsley Project, hr 'feted in his report to the commissioners of the General Land Office in May. 1917: There appears no qnes-tlo- n as to the fact that at least one hundred thousand acre feet entered Mud Lake and the associated bodies of waiter during Jhe .. year ending wkh the Spring of .1917, , Irrespective of its source. field hrveedgsition f the locality generally leaves little doubt as U die scource being Egln Bench, aside from the relatively small amount furnished by Camas Creek. , , . To sum up the situation. therefore Is found that at the present, time at least one hundred thousand acre feet are entering Mud Lake annually. With th will eventually apparent probability that 160,000 acre feet or more would actually be available . . . As only 88.078.84 gross acres be Involved In the Owsley Project after Segregation List 74 la - added "there appears an ample supply fwater available at present time with the apparent probability of an Increased aupply . . In view of the entire feasibility of the from year to year. - project and the ability of the construction company to. carry the recommended that it la respectfully development to completion, 74 approved.be List duly Segregation After the examination was made the Federal Carey Act InPtor com-- 1 recommended that a permanent segregation be made and the super-the under works, the to construct Irrigation be pany permitted vision of the State .Engineer, necessary to reclaim the land. - . - acreThe fefct during the Irrigation season, which Is more water than can be '. . suocessfully used. -- pump-lious- e cue-ten- - - th . one-hal- f , n made to meet anyone on or before Oriober Sih at. Roberts, Idaho, to show them the land by auto. r .ther b'ln 1 notify the company or go to Roberts, Idaho, end for J. L. Bussey, who is in charge of showing (he land. inquire ' V 'Tcrosput.'ilvo rf the State of Idaho will be In charge of the drawing, which will be held at Roberts, Idaho at 4 p. m. on Octo-h-r . 9, 1919. i . - alfalfa, and from 10 to 0 tons are average yield... We have In exceptional cases. positive evidence of much large1 yield dreadin'. r L : '?' 1 Remember, This ls a completed Project, Ready for Operation. You Can See Just What You Are Buying. We Ask. That You Cive Ir a Thorough Examination. . Wrrte for Descriptive Literature, or take a Trip and See It as It is; Impossiblejo Describe This iAnd; It Hcts tcT Be Seen to Be Appreciated. -- n nm 21 fi 'FT'TiT UITILDINQ PT.VKRENCESrMcConnlck& 1 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAII -- Utah; National CSty Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah. Anderson Bros. Bank, Idaho Falla, Idaho. - - co.r Bankerd,' Salt iMiifti THOMAS L. MATKINS, Manager ' - ke , . . will be Those desiring land had better register early, as the company has received a great number of Inquiries and we do not believe , be eiovch lard for all those who register. You may register at any time with the company in Salt Lake City, Utah, or with Rose B. Matklns at (he Etteanore Hotel, Idaho Fails, Idaho, or with W. A. Davis, cashier of the bank of Roberts, Roberts, Idaho, or with IL G. Price at the Eccles Hotel, Rexberg; Idaho. A representative of the State of Idaho will be In charge of the . bMshris Of potatoes; 4 to 7 tone of Remember, these of sugar beets , , 'acre.; i v in Heretofore, many instances, Carey Act settlers have located upon land and have had to wait several years for delivery of water, and in some Instances, owing to the companies Inability to complete (helrworks, never received water. Our company can deliver water to every acre of Its land. NOW, , ''Arrangements -- nt - ert nipg of the land will be held at Roberts, Idaho, on October - 9, "1919. The operation of this plant will be turned over to the settlers Ifree and clear of all incumbrances,' the same to be operated by an operating company with 18,750 shares, each share to be appurt-eneto one acre of land and entitling the owner to one vote In the management and operation of the company. Owing to our well oondtrufeted ditches and laterals and the low power charge of $16.00 pr horsepower per season, the maintenance of this system should never be In excess of one dollar per acre and for a number of years should not be In excess of fifty cents per Snake River Valley District , Opening and Drawing Operation and Maintenance " if . 86-inc- h tl one-na- one-hal- . Irrigation System , .. The land will be sold to qualified Carey Act entry men for 51 f cent per acre; payable at the time of filing and payable yn or before Ma yl, 1923; and the water will be sold and t . appurtenant to tile land at the price of 75 per acre; payable in cash at the date of filing and the balance "v?Ke fn nine eniaj annual instalments with interest at the rate . of six per cent per annum, vAKUibor tha. it only takes about one hundred entrymen to buy tend If t':ey take one hundred sixty acres each. -- You cant- nor more tha one hundred sixty mcrei. The r company,' has had more than five hundred inquiries on this land ere in the market for good irrigated land located In one of the best farming districts in the Intermountain country, at 'e:s than its value, dont fail to investigate and register early, as . you may draw the 180 that a town will be built on or one of the quarters adjacent thereto, ' t. The Irrigation system constats of an Intake of about one mile in length in which the water flows to the pumping plant by gravity. . flat (he company baa Installed three Iron Works Centrifugal Pumps, which are propelled by three 259 H. ; : tc ii; 'Motors. - The pumps have a capacity of over minute. lo, v gallon;: ' At the pumping plant the water is lifted to a maximum height of eighteen feet and trom this potntlt rune through thirty miles of main canals and laterals by gravity. The system is built so that the water la delivered (o within mile of each legal subdivision of the one hundred sixty acres and directly on a majority ofthe land. Pi'ualfto (completion of. works waa made on August A0, 1919.--- . Terms' -- -. -- The crept raised in- - thia district consist principally of wheat, . oats, barley, peas potatoes, alfalfa and sugar beets. whe , The average yield per acre being from 40 to 80 bushels of Recreation ihe source of the water supply is trom Crystal lake. Tbt Crystal, or Mud lake is famous for duck hunting. In tall season company holding . a water permit for 187J6 second . feet of watel, USere is "every variety of duck known to this country; also .many ci .ueUie duty of water fixed by the State ' wild geeBe. The lake is also noted for Its fine trout fishing to water This 18,750 second acres, the permit belnf Engineer, The desert near by abounds with sagehens, and In the foothills water right on (he lake, the sufficiency, of which has been approved - and mountains directly on the west you can . find every varicty-o- f by both the State andGvenuneutEngtneers tr!gher up (here la plenty of deer, ahetep, goats and The bear. ' has left the project one day and returned the writer . The yaat season has proven that (hie is one of the best, if not next with his limit of big game. y the best water rights in the State of Idaho. Many good, districts The project Is located in the center of this sportsman's paradise. were short of water but our water aupply waa greater than any previous year. . first-proje- v.-- Wonderful Opportunities . . PHONE "WASAT01I 4509 Idaho Falls National Bank, Idaho Falls, Idaho. j V -- - . |