Arizona republican., 1904-06-25
TWO YEARS, WORK l.
What the Reclamation Service Has
 Done in Brief Period.

The June number of Forestry and IT, rigation contains a four-page article on the subject Two Years of Reclama- tion Work It reviews very briefly what has been accomplished toward the reclamation of arid lands in the first two years following the signing of the national irrigation law June IT, 1902
 TWO years is not very long time and the officials of the reclamation ser- vice, organized since the passing of the law, have displayed an energy seldom seen in government enterprises, except in the event of war or some equally ur- gent circumstance. The secretary of the interior has approved the plans of the engineers for projected works in four teen states and territories, and has begun actual construction on the Truckee river, Cal, and Salt river, Arizona enterprises.
 Forestry and Irrigation in reviewing the situation names the projects where approval has been given the plans of the engineers. It should be borne in mind, however, that some of these pro- | jects are still in the Investigation" stage; in fact all of them are to some extent and necessarily will be till they are completed. Beside the Truckee river and Tonto projects, the names ale as follows: Uncompahgre of Colorado; Minidoka of Idaho; Yuma of California and Arizona; Milk river of Montana; Pathfinder ,or Platte river project of Wyoming, formerly known as the | Sweetwater and to irrigate lands In both Wyoming and Nebraska; Hondo of New Mexico; Malheur of Oregon; Belle Fourche of South Dakota; Utah Lake of Utah; Big Bend of Washing ton, and Cody of Wyoming.
 | MT. Fowler, who leaves tonight to | join Mir Newell in the north, will have the pleasure of inspecting at least two of these projects with him and possi- bly others also. The ones he eXpe cts to see first are the Minidoka of Idaho and the Malheur of Oregon. The Min | idoka will be of special interest tc him for it also involves a pumping proposi- tion, one of the main features of the l Tonto enterprise. Respecting this pre- | ject Forestry says
 "In Idaho the sum of g, 600, 900 ha1 been provisionally allotted for the con- struction of the Minidoka project in the valley of Snake river. The area to be irrigated is about 120, 900 acres. Prac- l llcdlly all or IHe IdIu liiS PIO- ject belongs to the government. It is proposed to divide the lands into tracts of forty and eighty acres each, thus creating 400 new farms, with homes for 1000 people. This project contemplates the construction of a dam fifty feel high and 572 feet long, which will con | vert a canyon on the Snake river into a reservoir thirty-five miles long. Grav- ity canals run on each side of the river which will cover about 6S,000 acres. In addition, 1T000 horse power will be de- veloped at the dam, which will be used for pumping a supply of water to ir- rigate about 53O00 acres of land lying above the gravity canals. Fifteen large pumps, each having a capacity of about no second feet, or 5000O gallons per minute, will be installed"
 Of the Malheur, Oregon, project the same journal says: This project con- templates the reclamation of land ir eastern Oregon near the Snake river, ir the vicinity of the towns Vale and On T tario. The irrigable tracts include about 4O,OO0 acres of good bench land: lying on the north and south sides O
 Malheur river. Two reservoir sites oi
 sufficient capacity to retain all the flooC } waters have been found on the stream and have been surveyed.