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Show ter for tho IrrlR.itlug of IO.i'iOO acres I of land, arid the second one will store water enough to Irrigate C0.0O0 acres, the tw0 structures having the capacity originally planned for the single dam. VI hi.s aecoud dam will cost in the neighborhood of $L'iio,nun. ra puis fos BIG IDAHO DAI The IMg Iyist River Irrigation company com-pany may decide upon some Important Impor-tant changes iu ihe consti uctlon of its big dam near Mnekay, Idaho, If the foieclOHiire proceedings brought by the Corey Drotheru Construction company of Ogdeu for the huiij of $:25r6lG.0'i are amicably settled. The original plaus were drawn Tor j the building of a lam on nig I.ot river 1C0 feet In height, which would iorni a reservoir lait-'e enough for tho Irrigating of lUO.OOii acres of laud. -Already this huge piece of work has risen to a height of nearly r,o feet. It has a base i00 feet w I'l"?- wilM a concrete: con-crete: tore of 4 feet, and H length Is 2.250 feet. It is e.slimatej that the company has up to the present time expended expend-ed $1,300,000 In the work of construction construc-tion A second dam may be built in Thousand Springs valley, about 20 miles up the river from tho ite of the present structure. The present dam at a height of CO ffot Is capablo of holding enough wa |