The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-06-04
$4,000 Acres to be Opened
First Tract Under Great
Irrigation System In
LincOln and Cas-
sia Counties.

Announcement has just been made of
the opening to settlement Of the first
tract Of land under the great irrigation
system of the Twin Falls Land q
Water company in Idaho General
Manager Walter G. Filler of the com
pany has been advised that the State
Land Board Of Idaho had decided to
throw open 60, 600 acres nnder The com
panys canals and would make an Off
cial announcement right away
HOW 10 SECURE LANDS.
The lands will be made available for
public entry under the terms of the
Carey act on and after July 1st next
The GO, G00 acres are located along the
Snake river in Lincoln and Cassia coun-
ties, Idaho and tracts not to exceed 16O
each may be secured by settlers. AL
though entries cannot be made prior to
July !, the selection may be made by
the intending settlers in advance of the
opening, subject to the approval of the
Idaho land board The method of entry
Will doubtless be that usually followed
IN such cases, namely, a rush to the land
office, and the first man in line in the
Shoshone land Office on the morning of
July VIII get the first selection, the
second man will get the second choice
and so on. 1t is expected that the rail
roads Will announce special excursions
on the occasion of the opening
The $4,000 acres come within the
vast area to he watered by the Twin
Falls Land q Water company and set
tiers who secure claims will begin to
receive irrigation water next spring
COST or LANp AND WATER.
To locate the lands will require
cash payment Of $50 per acre The
fee to the state of Idaho is so cents,
Of which one-half must be paid down
The irrigation companys initial fee is
-, the balance Of S22 per acre to be
paid at certain intervals during the
next ten years After s35 has been paid
the settler owns perpetual right to
the wa ter. The settlers are given the
sole control of the canal after one-half
the water rights have been purchased
by the consumers. 1t is estimated that
after the canal is completed and all the
lands are under cultivation the main
tenance fee will be not to exceed 20
cents annually, while elsewhere in Ida
no and Utah today the average is said
to be 3 per annum for maintenance.
GIGANTIC UNDERTAKING.
This is regarded as the biggest under
taking of like nature ever incepted in
the United States and can scarcely
fail TO appeal seriously to the govern
ment officials and the great multitude
of agricultursts in the west now APP
plying themselves to the study of irri-
cation rs it is exemplified in this region
There are two main canals in the sys-
tenn Of the Twin Falls Land K Water
company for the reclamation and peo-
ping Of the vast empire under its sys-
TEN which embraces 27O 600 acres One
of these canals has width of eighty
feet and depth of ten feet. The other
is twentysi feet wide and six feet
deep. The system when completed will
comprise nealiy 1000 miles of canals and
lateTals.
MEANS MUCH TO UTAH.
The opening of this land to entry
means much, not to Idaho alone but
for ldaho's neighbors, more particular
ly Utah. The settlement of the 200
acres means thousands of new citizens
for Idaho with corresponding gain in
wealth and Importance for the state
Salt Lake is now regarded as the great
distributing point for idaho and Salt
Lake and Utah can therefore be regard
ed as certain to profit by the access of
people made possible i'll the adjoining
state by the gigantic undertaking of
the Twin Falls Land & Water com
pany. Salt Lake Tribune