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Show I and at t::o phi-ai tin! l.'ai n: it v h . ; II u e 1 iiijl rh la ' v. r r to oilier locators. Luiu i.,j coc-I coc-I 1 i J a 1 i iiiTj I 1 J " no w 1 ! 1 1 i tlto Ujt r ( r v i J c n enf ti e ! auv fuels ;o u uiuic. To Reclaim the Desert- BOISE ClT' III I e 1 ! - I co of capitalists hesded by W F. Sergeant of the Merchants' National 13 ink cf Tauoma, W. J. Gee. vice-presnieiH of the Kittetss and Ktlsnsbnrs Ditch & Improvement CamnAtiy. pad lieury Gager of Seattle have coaimcnced woru in Ada coun 5 r 1 1 power system, wmch 111 lmcorranco and scope will have no equal in tae Wesi. The companj pnrp r g 0C0 acro3 ofdesirt laud lung m Ada and Owyhee counties, and will make it possible to w k 11 i 1 1 1 and gravel bars of the great Snake River valley, upon w 1 to get water. The c uiuiany wail build a dam across tiie SnaKe a: Red trail fa'is, forty mil, s from h use. aad from that point wul eouswisei a canal one hundred miles m leiiTi'i. witn ?. capacity of 150,000 m n s 1 t r T e canal will be seven feet in depth, foitv-eight foitv-eight feet wiua 111 tne boitom and sov-enty-four feet wine across toe top. I an head gate oi too cual will be located in Owyhee l s h 1 be conducted across tno SnaKe by a hose aqueduct luO feet above tno Snake River, Tin 1 1 111 in length, uno wul be bum at a point between Beruardd and Frumaus ferries. The company eupec s that the wa'er that will How o.-ar the ten of the dam will furnUh power sunicieat to generate electricity for Nampa. Silver Liiy. De Lamar aud too snrroundta? country. The total cc t ' t gr 1 t will l3 $750.u.Ai. aud next Kpnug a' |