Show ID HO DAM WilL WilLBE BE CAPACITY SIZE ORDER IS GIVEN TO COMPLETE DAM TO UTMOST CAPACITY MUCH L LAND ND AFFECTED Increased Size Of Dam Will Mean Saving To Water Users A As Well As A. Water A Much Larger Territory Boise Dolse Idaho The The American Falls Faa reservoir will be the largest large t artificial body of water in the tha United States and the third largest in fn the world as asa asa a result of official authority that was transmitted by the regional office ot of the United States reclamation service at Denver to Engineer Banks Danks In charge of construction at American Falls The instructions are to build the dam to Its Ita full height and authority is given to Engineer Banks Danks to proceed along that line This information was transmitted to R. R E. E Shepherd ot or Jerome Jerome Je Je- rome who is in Boise Dolse The order will permit raisins raising the giant dam twelve additional feet resulting re re- In In Inthe the impounding of acre feet of water In a reservoir that will be thirty five miles long This ia Is iaan an addition of approximately acre feet as under the former plans I had they been carried out and the height of the dam not raised the re res reservoir I would have Impounded 1045 acre feet of water The raising of the dam permitting the Impounding of acre feet additional will make It possible to have water sufficient to take care ot of all the land that can be irrigated below American Falls east ot of Bruneau Bru- Bru neau and Mountain Home but does not include the land in the Boise Boise- Mountain Home project Under the original plans the dam was to be constructed con con- con constructed on a basis ot of 7 per acri Under UDder the increased plan as now authorized authorized au au- the charge will be 5 per foot acre the cheapest storage now in exl existence tence in the United States This saves the settlers 2 per acre acre- toot foot To the American Falls reservoir reser voir district it means a saving of more than It t makes possible all of the available storage of the great Snake river and the maintain maintaining ln- ln ing of a water level that will be sat sat satisfactory at all times whether It happens hap pens to be a short or or a long water year In other words there alwa always willbe will be in the reservoir sufficient water to irrigate the lands that are Included ed within the district said Mr Shep herd |