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Show SNAKE RIVER PLAINS wL HI iff! Hi 1 1 ml sUBf-tJfll sUBf-tJfll tH;v " . li Basal sassB iltW '"Mm .iBiV .'''''r'lliasH sasssHvr mm tHr' -... . ... Uw..v... ..... is'SiB wK ey of Opinion Thnt Surface Water liliJJi'l H f Supply Is Largely Wasted nnd. IfRligflj H. That It ls Fractlrablo to Use foi liHn Bjf Irrigation the Entire Summer Flow J jfjfl E( of All Streams Reaching Country O'pHjl HHi Ho Would Establish Storage I t!j H Reservoirs. 1. ( ,fH Washington. Sept 27 -In Hulletln f , j?J No l'.'i, u 1 ,,,-, Unlle-,1 Slntes i ' sWl Geological Starves, Prof Israel C. Hun- V (Wl UBWM sell ellsrusses the genlogs and water I jt Hi B resources nf the Snake river plains of 'mi mW southern Idaho The main objects In ll TiK M vltw when Ihe work wis undertaken t (Ml ssssssssssB were In nscerlnln how far Iho geolog. WL H lent condition north trhrrly beneath r U UUUU the broad lava floored plains bordering; I- ,W UUUU Snake tlver, favor the hope ot obtiln JiiH ssssrssssrsB ing llowlug wnter bs 'lrllllng wells and -ifJEf ssssrstssssrsi where lest wells should be put down I 11 H III circle r to determine the correctness t MM H of lufeicnies based oir geological and till psS other condltlotis of (be J6000 square '- tlB rssrssrssrsH inlli a of the reglorr ubout 1200 seiuaro h (IB tBrBBHti miles were examined, the main routs ) i! ,11 Bill IS Ing castwnrd from ncur Holse across ) .Vow 1 1 11101 p. Lincoln and Hlaluc counties, V sjfi xessrssrsisssl nnd Inlo Hlnghnm tounty as far as I 5 ! isflUB r) j fB AN INSULAR CLIMATE ," I' jfl The Shako river plains present a ,1 9 fl tsplcat Illustration of an Insular nr JtVM 1 online nbit clltnale, siuh ns Is charac- J 1JP1 HHH letlstlc nt regions of mild teller, re ati'ljUupJ rBrBrBBBrl mote frurrr the tcirrperlng Influences of yi,$jSfl HB the ncean, nnd deprived nf their requl- S'liTpB !! site share of rrsitsturo by the present e K "Igl UrtB Hm of lofty mountains In the path of tho E jftj JEJH H prevailing winds The rocky nnd tho S il jflf lava tovered portlnrrs nf tlio plains ex Ty' tin ssrVBBsrVsrl replel, the soil Is a Hue, sellowlsh (fj,5 Ju while, silt like malerlil. largely A Bejjg IK .lust deposit similar to the celebrated VW Ki HUH loess of 1 hint and to the deposit heat ifjil.Sf ibHH Ing tlio snme 11111110 In thn Mississippi Him vi H Vnlles, mid nf exceptional fertility If 5 1$ ' pi'operls Irilgntpd. H. i Tor many miles the Hnakn river re 'V M reives no perennial tributaries from ft I WL HHI tho mountains lo (he north, but many V, Yi springs, nggregiillng many thousand p lf)P, . cubic fee.t per second, pour out through J I f T JHl bsbsbsbsbbI out the scar (heir wnlersi from (ho til vtflj IH riorlliern wall nf (lie Snnko rlvtr ran it . j 'irljfl 5011. The temperaltire of this spring S ittll HB water seems to show that It Is sup- K IS jB BBBB piled by Ihe subdrranran flow of "lost JT ,11 Ih B rivers." which como down from tho S tMi HB HH mnunlnlns. Al'ftti m IflflH WATT.lt POWER UNLIMITED. -i H Tho nmniint ot water power available ,'',!' m BBl along Snako liver Is praitlinlly unllm- Rl-rVtl ll rsssssssH led, but Is as yet unutilized. AgrlruU li ,1' title In dependent on Irrigation, und tho fjiji! m H most Important communities have tftlHij I BH grown up along Irrigation cnnals Tho itiirilH HH most valuable crop Is hay, principally HYBWiSa !! alfalfa ft fflSSfnl ssssBBsl After a prolonged cllsrusplnn of the Kpfjlf tl IBTJBTJH geological routines of Ihe region, Prof. tMJIjWI rBBsBrll Hussell takes up thn subject ot Us KiiS'illjl water suppls. and reaches the con- ffi'R iltQ H elusion that the present surfnee water flfcIllli supply Is lugrly wasted and that It i! ritfi H H Is praulcnhlo tn use for Irrlgalion the ftLffil'l H entire summer How of nil streams JMH ffl reaching Iho Snnko river plains le "Klfflji V (hluks (hat storngo reservoirs should iW& II H be established, nnd .It Ill-holes should X MI m bo put down for testing nrtslan con- ! 14 M illtl. Mis, every Assure spilng In Soulli- ) '3.1 j l cm Idaho being a warrant that water ., i 5 i under pre ssuro exists beneath the sur- i'M ENOINEEHS SHOULD CONTROL, ri J tj He also thinks thnt It Is painfully R apparent that the control of the water I. supply, both for Irrigation nnd for 1 A, other uses, nnd Iho sanllnry inspec gj-g j IJ1H linn of low-ns and of Isolated houses UsV'h j shoulfl Ti placed In tho hands of com- O i JS mi.ni pnclneers h 1 31 BIsbsbsbI |
