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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

mer and In the fall after the harvest
Is gathered, they are put onto the stub
Bile fields and fattened for market.
\ Ready Market.
In the northern or humid part of the
state natural conditions are different,
yet vegetables, grains and fruits are
grown In the same variety as in the
southern portion. Here grain raising,
wheat, oats and barley. being the prin-
cipal crops, Is carried on somewhat
and the Idaho product finds "A ready
market anywhere. Her supply Of ag-
ricultural products Is never equal to the
demand. The miner and the lumber
man are just beginning to awaken to a
realization of the unbounded resources
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

ready for use by the settlers before
about August. The immensely of the
project cannot be fully appreciated UNI
less seen. The Snake river at the dam
site IL $50 feet wide with an average
depth Of about 80 feet. BY means OF a
Golfer dam the river viii be directed
into another channel, through which
the stream Will flow while the great
dam is being completed. The dam viii
be 600 feet long, 270 feet wide at the
bottom and 81 feet high, its crest Will
be six feet above high water and 10
feet above low water. Two immense
pillars on each bank Of the river, set
1000 feet apart. serve to suspend two
strong steel cables along which slide
two slips or monster buckets, These
buckets are capable of holding % tons,
and are dumped at any required spot
In the river Rock Is being dumped
into the river at the rate Of about 500
tons per day.
The townslte OF Minldoka is situated
on the oregon Short Line railroad,
about so miles west of Pocatello. While
Mindoka Is already quite a little town,
much cannot be expected until the
water Is out for the government
grants the settlers a leave of absence
until the canals are constructed and
water is ready for their use,
Boise .Paycttc Valley.
This great project contemplates fur
nishing an all-season water supply to
about 1900 acres OF new land, and
part season supply 70 100000 acres,
which are already titled but fail at
times to attain full productive capa-
city because of lack of water during
the late summer months.
The project was approved March "a
1905, by the secretary OF ms
interior who appropriated from
the reclamation fund Sl3ON0oO
with which to begin constructive
operations. The project naturally
divides itself into two grand systems:
the one deriving It's water supply from
the Payette rivey and covering the
larger body Of arabic iGNd 90 the north
side Of the Boise valley the othrt Gr
irving its supply from the Boise river
and covering the lesser body on the
south side. All Of the 215,O00 acres of
the new land Is subject to- the home
stead law. This means that any Ameri-
can citizen who has not already eX-
hausted his homestead right, may take
up $50 acres Of this land and upon COM
plancc with the law, get a deed for 1t
from the government az no cost other
than the payment of small fee to the
land Office. The water though must be
paid FOR by the settler, The govern
ment constructs the works necessary
to securing the water, then pro rates
the actual cost among the total num-
Der OF ncres covered, which IN this in
stance, viii amount to about $50 per
acre for n permanent water right, TO be
"A I,u MI
ON the North side.
The north side System contcmplates
diverting the water from the river and
storing It in the Payeitc lakes. thence
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

A GRICULTURE In Idaho anti
N dates the period OF organization
n either as state or territory As
far back as 1852 shortly after
the discovery Of placer gold IN Idaho, at
which time a great migration Of adven'
turous gold seekers nocked into the
state, settlements were made In the val
Hes along the streams nearest the gold
dlgglngs. The land was cleared and
powed. and the agricultural industry of
Idaho received It's birth. From this
small beginning 1t has grown to its
present proportions and ranks second
IN Importance OF the Industries of the
state. These first farmers grew yege-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

fertile agricultural and fruit land. The
first announcement of the proposed
plans OF the government was made in
April, 1903, Mt which time practically
all of the land was vacant, Months ago
every acre had been entered by horE-
stead filings. which are limited to 40
acres within two miles Of townsite
location, and to 50 acres beyond this
limit.
Eighty thousand acres Of this land
will come under the natural gravity
system, the remaining 10000 acres viii
be supplied with water by the install
lation OF a huge pumping plant.
Damming the River.
Work on the big dam across the river
and the canals is being pushed with
vgor and the contractors promise to
have their part of the work completed
by the stipulated time, June, 1906. The
water, however. Will not be out and
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

IDAHO, In It's present form, embraces
an area of $4,000 square miles, of
which 80 square miles are covered
by the waters Of inland lakes; and
It ranks twelfth in size of the political
divisions Of the United states.
TO better understand the topograph-
Teal character OF the state and the
sources OF irrigation within It's borders,
It will De divided into two sections one
comprising all Of that part OF the state
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

There are two reasons for the at
traction Of eminent irrigation engineers
and capitalists toward the Gem state;
viz: Idaho contains a larger area OF
fertile land. and has by far greater
quantity Of waite, that Is available Tor
irrigation purposes than any of the
gtates I'm which irrigation Is required.
The big irrigation schemes that the
United states government has now ui-
der consideration IN this state, one OF
which Is already iuaugurnted are three
in number; The Mlnldoka, the Boise
Payette and the Fremont county pro-
iects. which embrace n total area OF
$4,000 acres Of land, and contemplate
the expenditure of N2,OO0,OOQ
The Nlnidolka Project.
The Minldoko project located along
the banks OF the Snake river in Cas-
STA and Lincoln counties, provides for
the reclamation of 100000 acres Of very
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

that lie before them. and the farmers
OF Idaho will be kept busy for many
years In supplying their demands. Alas
ka, China, Japan and the Philippine Is
lands are developing rapidly and all are
looking to the Idaho former for his pro-
duct and 1t may be safely said that
the present prosperous condition OF the
agricultural Industry throughout the
state, win be indefinitely maintained.
The Sugar Industry.
one other industry that Is gaining a
firm footing In the state Is that Of sugar
manufacture from the sugar beet. Fac
tories are being established in many
parts OF the southern portion of the
state, and the farmers are devoting
good portion Of their farms to the grow
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

Acethyiith is calcium carbide sur
rounded with an envelope Of sugar Il
is claimed to be OF advantage I'm aCe-
tylene lighting on small scale, as,
unlike the pure carbide, it stops gem
Grating gas when the water is turned
off and begins again when more water
Is supplied. This avoids the generation
Of am excess OF gas which Is wasted
II no gasometer is at hand for stoIs
age,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16
County.

that IS drained by the Snake river ANA
It's tributaries in it, course westward to
the oregon border line, which embraces
all OF southern Idaho, except that por-
ton Of the extreme southeast drained
by the Bear river, the other comprising
all that part drained by the salmon,
Clearwater spokane and Kootouai riy-
ors ana their MISUNDERSTANDING all
Of that portion of the state north ot
the Snake River valley The geology
character and resources Of these two
sections are distinctly different. While
the southern portion depends chiefly
upon its water supply Tor irrigation
and power for the development Of It's
resources, the northern division lies
wholly within the humid belt, whore
precipitation IS sufficient for the de-
velopment OF crops.
Threaded by Canals.
Lying within the irrigation belt IN
southern Idaho are ABOUT 5000 200 acres
Of land. OF which 2lOt09i acres are now
covered by irrigation canals, and $751;
lis acres are bon high state of cultivu-
ton. Crhe difference between these
figures viii he appreciated when II b.
understood that the many thousand
acres OF land coming under these new
irrigation projects where the land has
not yet been brought under cultivation,
IS included IN these 100000 acres) In
the humid portion OF the state are
about 100000 acres OF agricultural
land, lying along streams and In great
stretches Of open prairie country, maxi
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

through canals to the land to be served.
The south side will construct a series
Of storage reservoirs In the Boise valley
with feed and distributing canals. The
first OF these reservoirs to be built e
the one to be known as the Deer Flat
storage reservoir, located In Canyon
county. about midway between Nampa
and Caldwell. This reservoir will con-
stitute the largest artificial body ot
water in the world holding 10000 acre
feet. or in other words, "A quantity ot
water sufficient to cover 10000 acres
foot deep. The natural supply for these
reservoirs Is abundant, The preliminary
surveys and engineering investigations
are practically all completed, there re-
naming to be adjusted only some do
tails which are in the hands Of the peo-
pie.
Fremont County Project.
In 1903 the government authorized an
examination OF tract of desert lana III
the western part of Fremont county
and the surveyors showed that II was
entirely feasible to conduct the waters
Of the North Fork of Snake river from
n point near st. Anthony on to more
than 200. 900 acres of land. IL was EVIL
dent that the stream would not furnish
enough water for all of the lands tn
butary TO Il, without controlling tins
flow by means of reservoirs. An m
vestlgation, which was carried thiousW
all Of last year, has revealed the la,I
that satisfactory results can be- Oh,
tanned by this means; mat storage OF
1000 acre feet of water can be ei-
fected at reasonable cost
Private Enterprises.
The Twin Falls Land & Water COM
pany. The most extensive Irrigation r'',
terprise promoted By private caplla'
within the United States ~ un'
dertaken by the Twin FANS Lahu Il"
Water company on the Snake river W
Cassia county. The lands under tuH
canal system were withdrawn uude'
the Carey act" from the public DOMAIN
by the state land board of ldaho. 10y
,SIs act the United States goyernmen,
transfs~s the title 10 the state ana lh'
state conveys 1t direct to the settler,
The irrigation company enters mo
contract with tho state 10 colstlN.~
canals and furnish water FOR the ~.
clamatlon OF the land, the cost Oh ',.'
struction being paid pro rata =! '"'
settlers.
This project provides for the reolain1'
ton OF 100000 acres OF choice land, az ?
cos. OF about four and one-halt ml!IiV',
dollars. The main canal IS 81 mn
long with thousands Of miles OF nv.
erals. II Is so feet wide on the Do'lg', ,i
| 1870 feet wide at the top, ana ratrlee
feet OF water Through th's sSSsit
water is conveyed to WITHIN y n
| mile OF every quarter section OF Ian,
| covered. 1.-THE greater part ut -
land. Together with that OF the Mliiluo'
ka proiect IS already settled upon
win the construction OF the "orAi
Continued on page sSJ
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16
Farmers Number $1,000.

According to the agricultural statist-
ics Of last year the number of farmers
of the state was put at 2l,0OO, covering
an area OF 5,0O0000 acres Of land, valued
at 200000.0O0. These figures will be
materially Increased By the great colo
nlzlng schemes OF the many Irrigation
projects recently inaugurated IN the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16
Agriculture the Second Industry Of the Gen" State

TO anyr.,o ,,,,orostod a, agriculture. n
coro,,i go, ~ ,bssa agnrea viii re-
veaI y ,o,It,,or thar cannot fail TO in
te,est n w., ,rbo yieId of cereals TO the
acre IN rdobo A. shown 10 be nearly
double ~ a,.o,',g, ,ield OF the United
Sta US o .,o "s,cca.rIt,siv Tho vohe NJ ina
rro., ,-r v,,u ~. ana ocre i'm Tdaho is
neart,s 9o,'tto ,bn valne of Inc crop
crown an ~ n ycr,s,e nero I'm the Unit
Ell sta,os
TIC t,,turo for ,,n agricultural indus.
.,,, q, thts st,+, 81, ',arv nrornieing Tho
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

ing a total OF II 900 900 acres OF agTicul-
tural land for the whole state The
grazing lands of the state are conserv-
atively estimated at 20 100000 acres.
Irrigation Statistics.
The statistics on irrigation as collect
ed by the state bureau Of immigration,
labor and statistics at the close ot 1904,
are set forth in the following schedule,
which shows by counties the amount
Of land under irrigation I'm the southern
district OF the state, where irrigation Is
required 60 mature crous.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16
Small Farms Pay Best.

II is the experience OF those who have
made practical test OF the question:
that IN the irrigated region the greatest
profits accrue from small farms well
worked. In such cases forty acres can
be made to produce more profit TO the
owner than 100 acres VIII now produce
In the Old settled states OF the east, FOR
this reason the government, in opening
up the lands OF the Minidoka tract,
which is located along the Snake River
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

IN Cassla and Lincoln counties, limited
a homestead entry 10 10 acres when
made within two miles of a town site,
and to so acres when made beyond this
two-mile limit. This Is wise pro-
vision on the part of the government
and IL an equally profitable one for the
settler. With proper care given TO the
land, 1t will produce double the amount
II otherwise would do and support dou-
BILE the population and become twice
as valuable per acre as II would II the
larger filings Of 100 acres were permit
ted. While this might be the more adj
vlsable condition, II Is by no means
closely adhered 10 throughout the state,
The average farm IN Idaho would con-
tain at least eighty acres, Many large
farms. or ranches. consisting OF hum
dreds Of acres are devoted exclusively
TO the production of hay, both wild
grasses and timothy and alfalfa, The
irrigated districts OF southern Idaho
constitute the great alfalfa reglon,whlle
| the principal hay crop in the northern
| section H. timothy Hay Is grown by
the hundreds OF tons ana fed out TO
stock and sheep during the winter sea-
son.
Dry Farm Wheat.
Farmers In the arid region have been
quite successful in late years In pro-
| ducing wheat on dry farms: still a crop
under such conditions is not To be de-
| pended upon. But when water Is APP
piled to the land, miracle Is wrought.
| The land brings forth In mighty abund-
ance. Under such conditions an acre
| I'm wheat viii produce from 40 TO 50
bushels: oats and barley VIII yield from
| 90 to 100 bushels, and alfalfa from to
| tons per acre. Hay is o ready seller
In Idaho. bringing from 81 TO SO ton
for alfalfa,an from s. to s. for timothy
! In stack. A profitable addition TO the
| farming industry is hog raising. Many
OF the Idaho farmers raise hogs In grass
| and alfalfa pastures during the sum
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16

tables and grains of various kinds, With
whic' they supplied the mining camps
and for which they commanded such
prices as would make the business
nearly as profitable to them as the dig
gin-s 10 the miners Year after year
the industry grew ms did the populn-
ton of the territory until it has reached
the broad proportions which 1t now oc-
CuDieS,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-16
ON the North Side.

The north side System contcmplates
divertinB the water from the river and
storing 1t In the Payettc lakes, thence
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Continued on page '''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
STANDS BY HIS PROFESSION.
john L. Sullivan says Prize Fighting
Isn't Brutal.

John L. Sullivan, who with a troup
of sixteen will be at the Auditorium
for four engagements next week, un-
der the auspices of the Eagles. is an
interesting character. He looks like
the prosperous head of a bank or a
man who tells trusts what to do; he
might be the mayor Of city dressed
for his dinner.
In fact he looks like the mayor of
city; he has white hair and fierce
moustaehe. the large and heavy frame
and the pink and white complexion of
a man who sits in the chair g3eat
city has reserved for her chief ex-
ecutive.
Then it also appears that he is at
most times dressed for dinner. He
does not study the hands of the clock
when he arrays himself I'm the black
uniform that is usually accepted as
mans conventional garb at shutdown.
At 1880 on the day that the e1-pugil-
list arrived here he was sitting in his
hotel receiving visitors, scruputously
scrubbed and brushed and wearing a
Tuxedo coat and low cut waisteoat
Tt must be confessed that nothing
la the appearance and very little in
the conversation would lead you TO
believe you were talking to a hero of
that 24-foot ring where two men are
popularity supposed to beat one an
other into jelly.
John L. has small, regular features.
a dimple in his chin and a benevolent
expression.
But he defends the profession which
he once adorned-that is when you
bring up the subject
prize lighting is not so brutal as
football, he remarked in a deep voice.
He has the figures to prove this, too.
why, in one short season, 1904-'O5.
less than twelve months thirty-two
men We're killed playing football. In
all the years of prize fighting, not
since it was started in 1901. have
there been thirty~tWo men killed he
argued.
1.-THE fists are natures weapons"
he continued, warming up to the sub
iect. If this is so his own have un-
doubleday been made for the purpose
to which they were once put. To say
they are huge is putting it mildly
they would make several of these
members for the ordinary Individual.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
KANSAS SELLS LANDS.
Disposes of 74,2t4 Acres During Year
just Past.

Kansas is the biggest real estate dealer
in this part of the country.
During the fiscal year ending 1868 it has
sold 74214 acres OF school land at a price
of s192. So OF this amount Sle3oe2 mas
gone into the general school fund. 81, 600
into the Agricultural college funds and
IS 03O into the Normal school funds.
Since 1868 the state has sold 1.924,05i
acres of school land, which has enriched
the school funds to the extent Of $s,s61,-
514.56
The land owned by the permanent
school fund has been sold at an average
price of 1882 per acre, The state un1yef-
sity lands have averaged only S. per acre,
while the agricultural lands went at s5.SS
and the normal lands at S5.41.
All of these land sales are handled
through the office of the state auditor.
One clerk devOtes his whole time to the
work of preparing patents looking up
old surveys and keeping the records. In
preparation Tor the puphcation OF the
next report the complete transactions for
the last fiscal year has Just been conf
pleted and We're made public yesterday
by Assistant State Auditor James Nation.
The total number OF patents issued dur
ing the year is AT, representing AZ. 414.21
acres, for which the state received $685.,
SS2.15, an average price of about 500 per
acre This is about 81 per acre below the
general average for all sales since 1865.
The biggest price per acre for which
land was sold in the state this year was
in Douglas county, where somebody bid
in a 40 acre tract for $500, or $3.50 per
acre
Linn county was close second, its
sales amounting to 11161 acres for a total
of $8325 or S7.49 per acre.
The county having the largest acreage
sold was Ness, where 1885. IS acres chang
ed hands. This was covered by 3 differ
ent patents, the largest number issued in
any one county But the total amount
realized from the sale of this land was
only 1922, or less than 81 20 per acre
The largest amount of money turned in
BY any one county was from Decatur
where $85SS was realized from the sale
of 1888 acres This makes the average
price per acre $213 in that county.
Phillips county was close second ON
the amount of cash realized. its total be-
ing $500 for 40 acres. or s.. A per acre
which is therefore considerably higher
rate than Decatur.
There are quite a number of counties
in the state in which no land was sold
In some Of them. like Wyandotte and
Atchison, the county is so old that there
is no school land left that is worth tax
ing. In others. like Grant and Stanton
there seems to be no demand for the
land.
In Shawnee county there were only two,
patents issued during the year They
covered 80 acres of land, for which the
state received 1910. or $3.50 per aero.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-10
NOTHING SETTLED.
Football Rules Committee Adjonrns
without Definite Action.

Philadelphia, Dec. 9.-The football
rules committee, who have under con-
sideration the advisa bility of changing
IN present playing rules governing
the game of football to eliminate brut-
al play, met this evening at the home
Iof George McFadden on Broad street
and We're still in session at midnight.
THOSE who took part in the meeting
were A. A. Stage, Chicago; John c.
Bel, Pennsylvania; Walter Camp.
Yale; William T. Reid, jr., Harvard;
Paul Dashiel, Annapolis, and Prof. J.
b. Fine, Princeton. While it was inn
possible to learn the consensus of
opinion among the experts or to gain
any Information as to what was being
discussed, it is said that Walter Camp
suggested his pet theory of ten yards
and three downs, and also urged that
separate rules made to govern the
scholastic and college games.
Mr. Bell presented Pennsylvania
suggestion which is a practical returm
to the original game of Rugby. This
means fewer men in the line of de-
Tense. ten yards in three downs and
severe penalty for foul playing.
Pennsylvania urged the removal of a
player from the game for smuggling, and
for second similar offense the Offend
ing player to be debarred for the en-
tire season. The meeting terminated
shortly after midnight and the an
nouncement was then made that a
resolution had been passed showing
that the committee was in favor of the
open play and reducing the brutality
and that legislation along these lines
would enacted in the near future. The
committee also approved of a central
body OF officials who will be assigned
to officiate in the different games on a
plan somewhat similar to baseball UNI
pires, Each of the members Of the
committee submitted for discussion the
various suggestions prepared by the
universities they represented and While
it was not officially announced. it was
said, however, that rules would be
adopted favoring one additional UNI
Dire; weakening the line of defense by
placing the secondary defense ten
yards behind the line and allowing a
forward pass behind the line of scrim-
mage. 1t was the general opinion that
rules covering these points will be pre-
pared and adopted before January /.