The National tribune., 1907-08-15

lantine, which utiliZes the power devel-
| oped by a necessary drop of 1914 feet
| in the main canal, to lift about o6 cubic
| feet per second of water about so feet,
| to the high line canal. The main canal
| is about 80 miles long, and the high
| line canal about seven miles long. 1tsis
proposed later to extend both these
canals to water additional land.
The Sun River Project.
The Sun River project in Montana in
wolves the reclamation of 256,00 acres
of land tributary to the sun River. A
large percentage of the land is public
domain. The land is broad prairie,
extending from Teton River on the
north to and including the Sun River
Valley on the south. The irrigable tract
has length east and west OF about 10
miles and north and south of about 80
miles. The topography of the country
and water supply combine to make the
project an attractive one.
Fort Shaw, the first unit to be re-
claimed will be located on the south
side of sun River, and contains an area
of 1900 acres. The unregulated flow
of the Sun River will afford ample sup
ply for this land during the early irri-
cation season, and tO insure an ample
supply thruout the year a storage rescr-
voir will be constructed on Willow
Creek. This reservoir will have a ca
pacity of 10000 acre-feet the drainas
Of Willow Creek being ample TO supply
this amount in seasons of low rua-off.
The topography and quality of the SOIL
combine to make it practicable to divide
the Fort Shaw tract into small farm
units.
Good grazing land surrounding the
project viii also contribute to the sue
cess of the iriigators. While the farms
will probably be restricted to so or 40
,f irri peb lDp NJ wi he
BILE to give a large per cent of these
farms an area of grazing land, bringing
the total farm unit up to 100 acres.
The Milk River project in Montana
conter1plates ultimately the reclamation
of 100000 acres of land in the Milk
River Valley between Havre and Glas-
&c ". Mont In addition to regulating
Il discharge of the Mill: River tie wa
ter supply will be supplemented from
the St Mary Lakes. II is proposed to
store the discharge of the st. Mary'S
drainage basin and conduct the water
by canal, 26 miles long, having ca
pacity of 1000 cubic feet per second, to
the head waters of the Milk River
Storage for Nebraska and \. yOming.
storage" system is projected for
Nebraska and Wyoming on the North
Platte. This project has for its object
the storage of the food and surplus wa
ters of North Platte River, in reser-
NoiI ti'dt'd Il 'IdIi Ittt tllSn IN
narrow canyon. just below the mouth
of the Sweetwater River in Wyoming
During the irrigatin2 season the water
will he released from The reservoir and
Will flow down the channel of the river
for about $50 miles. At this point n low
diversion dam will turn it into canals
which viii distribute il over the lands
to be irrigated. II Will probably be com
pleted in 1908.
When completed il is believed that
this system VIII supply water to about
100000 acres cf land in Nebraska and
100000 acres of land in Wyoming part
of which will he ty means of punping.
II is all wonderfully fertile.
The pabi.c lands embraced under the
first lateral system of 10000 acres. OF
which probably IS per cent was subject
20 the reclamation act have been filed
upon in part. The size Of tie farm unit
is so acres.
TIE R.O Grnntle Project.
The Rio Grande project in New Mexi-
co involves the construction OF storage
dam 255 feet hign opposite Engle, N
NJ, across the Rio G-ande, which will
form Il reservoir i15 feet deep at it's
lower end and 30 miles long, with :;
fstorage capacity of 2,000. 600 acre-fcet
for the irrigation of 10000 acres OF
land in New Mexico, Teas ana Mexico
The Leasburg Diversion, which is n
part of the Rio Grande project, calls for.
the construction of q low 600-foot con-
crete diversion dam, with pier, en.bank-
ment and siuice gates, head weir and
head gates. In connection with the di-
version dam ii will lie necessary to con-
struct six miles Of full-size canal to
connect with the old Las Cruces Canal.
Construction was begun Nov. 27, 1906
The Carlsbad Project. !
The principal works under the Carls- !
bad project in New Mexico include the
reconstruction Of canals and s.orage
reservoirs, on Pccos River in Eddy