The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-12-30

reclaimed tract viii reach the railway,
| there remaining a wedged-shaped tract
south of the railway between Gooding
ana ShoShone that cannot be covered.
| This part of the system will embrace
several large storage reservoirs, as the
normal flow of the river does not fur
nish sufficient water to carry this addi-
tional tract through the dry season.
Under the Carey Act.
Work has been started on another
project of far-reaching importance in
the same vicinity. This is being done
by the Idaho Canal company. The plans
of this company involve the reservoir
ing of the waters o. Big and Little
Wood rivers at a point between HALEY
and ShoshOne. This water IS to be de-
lIVered upon a tract of some $50 600
acres reaching southwark from the re-
servoir almost to Shoshone. The tract
overlaps portion of the tract claimed
by the Twin Falls company, crossing the
railway between ShOshOne and Good
ing and covering some $4,000 acres or
the tract which the other corporation
proposes to reclaim. This enterprise is
also under the Carey act. Each of the
companies has made application for
segregation of the lands desired. ana
the conflict is to be fought out before
the state land board. The latter must
make the application to the government
for segregation and it must determine
for which company application shall be
made for the $4,000 acres in conflict.
These two enterprises viii bring a
vast acreage under cultivation in that
section For miles the railway runs
through a. sagebrush area in that To-
cality, but when these works shall have
been completed much of the land along
the line will be cultivated. while the re-
claimed area will reach northward
half way to HALEY and southwark to
the Snake river.
Other Important Projects.
During the year much has been done
on the project Of the American Falls
Canal company. This company. also
operating under the Carey act, aims to
reclaim large tract reaching from T.
vicir5ty Of BiackfoOt nearly to Amer
lean Falls. The canal works are about
completed and settlement of the tract
IS in progress. The land embraced in
that tract, nearly 100000 acres, is very
desirable, and it is thought the tract
will be one of the most productive in the
state
sim another Carey act project is that
in the vicinity of Marysville. in FIRE.
mont county. That has been completed
during the year, bringing u gcod-sized
tract, about 10000 acres, under cultiva-
ton.
Another Carey act project completed
during the year is the Canyon Ca
nal company. This company takes wa
ter from the Payette river for irrigation
Of large tract on the north side of the
river near Emmett, and also to reclaim
a smaller tract on the south side. The
works are now being finished and wa
ter is to be turned on in the spring
for the use of settlers. The tract on the
north side is said to be the best iand
in the state. While the tract is not SO
large as many others, less than 40 OOG
acres, the fact that the land is adapted
tn production of all kind Of fruit makes
the project one of very great import
ance in the development of the state.
camas Prairie Developed.
One of the very interesting and I'M
poTtant developments of the wear has
been in Camas prairie, In Blaine coun-
ty. In 1905 the attention of farmers
from the Palouse country in Washing
ton was attracted to the prairie. They
made uD their minds that grain could
be produced without irrigation. and A
great number of people ffocked in from
that section. This drew settlers from
other localities, and the entire prairie,
containing some 250000 acres of arabic
land, has been settled up In connection
with this settlement several irrigation
enterprises have been launched. These
take the form of reservoir schemes. the
waters of streams entering the valley
being stored for summer use. One Of
these reservoir systems has been prac-
tically completed. and two others are i'm
course of construction. Between this IT.
rigation and the dry farming that great
valley is likely all to be brought under
cultivation at once.
Work of Sugar Company.
No more interesting reclamation prof.
ect has been in progress than that of
the Great Western Sugar company at
Mountainhome under the direction of
J. Fl. Garrett. That company has made
a great expenditure in collecting and
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