The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-11-30

on the reservation between Blackfoot
and Pocatello, and within this month
thefield notes will be ready 70 send to
Washington to be worked on. The plan
is to impound the winter and spring
waters in the Grays Lake Basin until it
is needed in summer, and then let it
come down the Blackfoot to suitable
place to take it out for use on the res
ervation. This will not affect the older
water rights, except to save their head
gates from the danger 81 damage from
foods, and may be the means Of Great,
ing q larger agricultural district on the
plains below Blackfoot. VI
Another new project that has promise
81 being carried out is to use the waters
Of Upper Cedar Creek, above Mackay,
to reclaim "Sononkalh's Vineyard on
the shores Of the future Lake Barton.
This needs some explanation, by the
way.
AT the mouth Of the Cedar Creek Cam
yon is what biologists call "an alluvial
fam The wash from the canyon in
prehistoric days spread out like the rays
Of fan at the mouth Of the lnyon, and
made q smooth slope Of several thou
sand acres, tilted toward the sun at all
hours from about 10 a. m. until sunset.
It has nice slope for irrigating, and
has much longer season free from frost
than other land that has not the advant-
age Of facing the sun and being under
the draught from the canyon, both Of
which operate to prevent frost
A long time ago, Oscar Sononkalh, a
German surveyor who came from 'Bing-
en- on the Rhine looked it over and
said it was an ideal place for vineyards,
tho be did nothing with it. Within the
last year j.. M. Hill has secured the wat
or supply and made canal, thus secur-
ing the key to the whole situation, and
before many moons we are going.to tell
you more about 1T.
just below Cedar Creek, referred to
above, narrow place in the valley has
been taken up for site for dam that
will turn the valley above for many
miles, into lake, which for want Of a
better name we call Lake Barton. A
large canal to be built in 1903 will con
duct the water out to the Snake River
Plains for use in a big settlement where
you would least expect to see it If you
have been over the land and considered
the bigness Of the. valley and time.k lit
takes to 60 from one settlement ITO
another. During the period Of con-
strnction and settlement Of this new
project, it will tax the nearest settle
ment to furnish supplies for the build
ers and the new settlers, and by the time
they all get to raising crops, the factor
les will come to take products from them
all. This does not include the tremend-
GUS market that would be created for q
hundred miles around il SHELTERS are
located at the proposed .Lavado' spok-
en- Of elsewhere in this issue.
About twenty miles west Of Arco, D.
w. Nichols is developing system Of
storage reservoirs and canals to furnish
water for large tract Of very rich land
He has been working on it for about
three years, and has demonstrated some
things about seepage and evaporation
that were subjects Of dispute before he
began He has met with unexpected
success, and promoters who have ex-
pressed a desire to get in on the deal
have been refused. Mr.. Nichols takes
things step at time, and when he is
ready to have people know more about
his plans we will tell you something Of
how wealth is created by letting water
and fine soil get together at seed time.
His play ground embraces nearly a
hundred square miles.
A number Of parties are developing
some lead silver mines in the mountains
southwest Of Arco, and you may hear
something drop when they get ready to
ship their ores. OF course it would be
better il they could have their ores
treated near by, at "Lavado' for IN
stance, but even il they ship it to Salt
Lake it will add bunch Of wealth to
that part Of Idaho.
The Meta Mining Company is devel-
oping group Of mines on Little Lost
River that shows up more promising all
the time. The work b as been going on
for two years, and during the past few