The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-08-25

above all the old canals. The cana
city of this canal will be about thre
times as great as that of any of tn,
old canals. 1t will be carried across
the great body of land lying between
the Boise and Snake rivers, and will
strike Indian creek near Kuna. Work
on this canal is well under way. The
flow of Boise river at low water will
be strengthened by storage reservoirs
on its upper course. Another canal
Will be taken out of the Boise river
on the north side. The Payette river
will be reinforced by great reservoirs
at Payette Lakes. The Payette hay-
ing the greater volume of water, and
the Boise the greater area of tribu-
tary land, great body of land in
the lower part of the Boise valley
will be supplied by a canal taken
from the Payette about five miles
below Emmett, and carried through
shallow cut in the divide.
The greatest body of land under
this project is that lying on the south
side of the Boise river. The work
on this part of the project will per-
haps be completed before that on the
other division is commenced One of
the chief features of the work on
this division, and which is most par
ticularly described in this article, is
a great reservoir built on Deer Flat,
natural basin lying south of Cald-
we'll and southwest of Nampa. This
reservoir will supply about 10000
acres of new land lying south and
west of Caldwell, furnish late sea-
sons supply for other lands and
strengthen the system in other ways
Caldwell is situated in the heart
of the territory covered by this great
reclamation project. Canyon county,
of which it is the capital and chief
town, includes much of the greater
part of the whole territory of the
project, and a still larger proportion
of the new land in it. The largest
body Of the new land, that south of
Boise river and below the Deer Flat
reservoir, is directly tributary to il;
and the greater part of the new lands
on the other side of the Boise are
wholly or partially tributary to it.
These and other considerations in
dictate that the advantages to be de-
rived by Caldwell from this great
are likely to be greater
than those derived by any other
town, and bid fair to put Caldwell in
the front among all the towns af-
fected by the project.
Results of government investiga-
tons of the feasibility of this pro-
ject began to be made public nearly |
three years ago. Public meetings in |
furtherance OF the project began to |
he held in the communities prospec- |
lively affected about that time. The |
government withdrew from general |
entry the lands subject to the pro- !
posed system about year ago. Ne
''o'd'iohs pelWeen the government |
and the water-users' organizations
were satisfactorily concluded and the |
project accepted by the government |
about the first of this year. Bids |
FOR snch of the construction work in
The first division as was to be done
by contract We're opened February 1
The contract for the construction
Of the lower dam of the Deer Flat
reservoir was awarded to hubbard Il
Carlson Cd. r. Hubbard and Gus
Carlson), a Boise firm of contractors,
we'll and honorably known in this
region. They formed their camp on
he ground on February 23, and
broke ground about March /. A
visit to their works this week showed
and progress as described
below:
Lake Lowell is the name adopted
'or the reservoir, in honor of Mr.. J.
Il. Lowell. president of the Payette-
Boise Water Users association, and
he chief organizer of the peoples
'orces in the negotiations with the
government. 1t extends from q point
nearly south of Nampa to point
vest of south of Caldwell. Its length
s nine or 10 miles, aud Its area is
bout 5000 acres. Its capacity Is
estimated at 10000 acre feet.
The dam is situated nearly six