The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-15
u ncle Sans Reclamation:
iss Projects. NJ

our arid lanOa SaIef uot ~ e1i0AA
beginning Those already unde aiken an
pla nned VIII involve an expenditure OF
about thirty-three million dollars. ana Il
when completed they will make fertile
| almost two million acres OF land THIS
|3land Is now worth comparatively moth
ing, but when the water is on it aitSs Will
bring something Like Atty dollars an
acre. The average price has been estl-
ma ted at SAT an acre, and at this figure
tho total woul d be worth ~, 900 ,0oO. Y ad y
ding ttat8much to our at!onnl veal tn: 8
ls3 A large part OF this reclamation Is west
, OF the Rockies and in some phi ces mil
| lions OF dollars have already been spen!t.
IN Southern Oregon and Northern III
form there Is a ject to redeem three
hundred Thousand acres by the diversion
| OF the Klamath River, and the &Malheur
River, in Eastern Oregon, y properly ger.
Used will redeem several hundred tho y
ssnnd acres In the Umatilla Valley. In
Arizona 5thirty-six hundred thousand dol
Lars have been set aside to redeem one
hundred ana eighty thousand acres py
the Salt River project, and IN Idaho the
! AIinidoka8 project will redeem sixty thou
sand at d cost of thirteen hun dred thou l7''.
sand dollars. a Il ..,,,
IN Wyoming the shoshone protect !, WIZ =! !
rede em one hundred and tWenty-'n y, NOV
"a nd acres, and will neoessitate the con-
gtruction .of the highest dam in the world.
Tie dan, site is in narrow canyon W tn
|nernendicular walls about K a. third sof.f g
milo high, and the dam itself VIII Be three
hundred and ten feet IN he'll ht, .ES3
In addition to these there arc other
protects under construction and approved
by the Secretary Of the Interior N Col
orado, Nebraska. Nevada, Wyomln g, rev New
Mexico South Dakota. N orth D kota, Mon,
tana 81 4 rizona and washington. have
already written OF the Milk Riber scheme
and OF irrigating parts OF the inland
empire. $ !. fsE3y VI Il 55 3E.att Il 55
Crops Every Other Year.
II addition to the grid lands which can be
Irrigated, understand there are vest
tracts in the West which will produce Il,
crops every other year 4 the g1ouhd !, ! y :
twenty three million acres OF such soil.
| It is desert. but II the rain can Pc
saved 1t will produce abundanty once
| In two years. All that is needed u that
| stho land should be plov.d deep n the
| fall and the top kept well STIR 60 Tn ms
holds the moisture and the twelve incnes
Of rain for one year becomes ewenty-
four inches IN two years, Issu ~ ~ ~ .
| 5bIg Drop IL planted the second yea[.
| 5if There are now six experimental farms
working In these Utah deserts They are
s,ipported by the State and are testing
ali matters regarding desert crops.
They expect to have an arid farm OK
hlbit this year, and to show that wheat
can be raised on lands which are now
considered almost worthless. AT pres
| ent u tab is sclling such lands ct s, 50 an
|i15The mon who are testing the matter
claim that the land Will produce fifteen
bushels Of wheat per acre. which, Ct 70
cents per bushel., would net H. u They
say that 1t costs $3.50 per acre to raise
| this wheat, 80 that q man could pay ZOE
| His land with his flrst crop and have
about IS per acre to the good. This state
| mont is made by the Officers Of tho e1-'
pertinent station at Logan, Ltah.
FRANK q G. "A CARPENTER. IS