The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1905-05-14
WAY Is CLEAR
FOR BIG WORK
Government Has Agreements
That Make 1t Possible
to Water $4,000 Acres
ENGINEER GIVES NEWS
klamath Irrigated Area to
Equal That of MOiStened
Land South of Tehachapi

J. 3. Lippincott, supervising engi-
neer Of the United States Reclamation
Service, announced yesterday that ar
rangsments have been made with the
owners Of private rights and existing
canal systems in the klamath coun-
Try 10 surrender their water rights and
canal systems 10 the Government. This
clears the way FOR the great irrigation
project that the Government has in
hand, and work Will proceed as rapidly
as is feasible.
The area that may be reclaimed in
the klamath basin, exclusive of any
future developments in the Shasta Val
ley, is as great as the entire area of
land now irrigated in Southern Califor-
MIA A board Of engineers, consisting
Of w H Sanders. Joseph Jacobs, It. H
Humphreys, o. II. Ensign and q. Y
Wisner, have recently inspected and
reviewed the project in the field. and
also the plans and estimates OF Mr..
Humphreys. who is the project engi-
neer, ard have made favorab BILE recon-
menoatiOns to the Secretary of the De-
partment Of the Interior
In part Mr. Lippinc0tt said: There
are three valleys. known as LangeIl,
Aikah and Poe, in the basin of Lost
River. Under the proposed upper canal
system OF the klamath project they
contain 5505 acres of public lands and
4z,652 acres Of private holdings. a total
OF 1887 acres.
TWO RESERVOIR SITES.
1t VIII be necessary 10 utilize two
reservoir sites, known as the Clear Lake
reservoir site on Lost River and Horse
Fly reservoir site on Mixer Creek.
These reservoirs win perform the dou-
bic function of restraining flood waters
for the irrigation Of this land, the re-
ductiOn Of which waters will cut off
the greater portion Of the present water
supply Of Tule Lake. which is a basin
without an outlet.
The Lower klamath basin, exclu-
sive Of TnIe Lake, contains u. 324 acres
Of public land and sc. 72I acres of pri-
Vate land, a total of 13S, 045 acres. These
lands viii be reclaimed by a diversion
canal from the Upper klamath Lake
and by the lowering Of the outlet Of
Lower klamath Lake.
'Tule Lake bed contains approx
mately 94.f76 acres of land, all of which
is public. This is an interstate lake.
Ii is estimated that by Withholding the
flood waters Of Lost River, v hich is the
main source Of water supply OF this
lake, in Clear Lake and Horsefiy reser-
voir sites, and by the diversion of the
remaining portion of Lost River into
Klamath River. about $4,000 acres OF
The land in the bed Of this lake will be
uncovered by evaporation, which
amounts 70 three feet per annum. The
rainfall is in the neighborhood of ten
inches.
The State of California has con-
veyed TO the United States Government
for disposal under the reclamation act
al its title TO these lands by an act
approved February 3, 1905. Oregon has
made a similar concession by an act
approved January 20, 1905. The United
States has granted the privilege Of
lowering this lake and disposing of this
land under the reclamation act, by an
act approved February 8, 1906. This
Federal act also conveyed a similar
right to drain and dispose of the lands
OF Little or Lower klamath Lake,
which are included in the Lower Kla-
math basin and which are portion Of
this project
The total area of public land in the