Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-07-31
King hill Project
Will be Opened for Entry
October 18th Of
This Year
10000 acres to be 0pened---COn-
struction Work Well Along
Plenty of Water Power.

Plenty of Water Power.
one of the incest little Carey Act pro
iects in the whole west is the Kings
Hill project, which is to be opened for
entry October 18th, of this year.
This was originally known as the
Glenn's Ferry project, and was one OF
the pioneer enterprises of the kind in
the state. It fell into financial break
ers. however, and has languished for
wears. after doing work amounting to
; close to 5000, 6Oc Carey Act lands were
new, the idea had not become known as
the best thing in the world in the way
of land securities, and the company
failed to make good on its opportunity.
Last fall, however, C. H. Hammett,
wealthy man from Salt Lake, became
interested in the enterprise, and finally
took it over, putting in sufficient money
to make it 90 from the start. New
surveys were made, which at first con-
templated an acreage of close to 25, 900
acres. Later, however, it was decided
that it would cost so much to irrigate
all this land as to make it practically
prohibitive: and the state land board
relinquished portion of the land on
condition that the company go ahead
with the rest. This the company is now
ding, with remarkable success, so that
good part of the land will actually be
under water at the time of the October
opening
The water is taken from the Malad
river. a little more than mile from
where it empties into the Snake river.
The Malad is a narrow but turbulent
stream, fed by springs which double its
volume within few miles above the
diversion dam The water supply is
therefore not at all dependent on the
Big and Little Wood rivers, which go to
make up the Malad The water is
warm, and there is said to be variation
of temperature of less than one degree
between the coolest of winter and the
hottest summer. This makes it ideal
for power and for irrigation purposes.
The water is taken out of the river
from a diversion dam, and carried along
the precipitous canyon walls through
a fume and canal. 1t will reach the
Snake river by a cut off that saves al
most a mile of the rapids just before
the Malad empties into the larger
stream, and gives a fall of about 140
feet where the pipe line crosses the
Snake. Only about one third of the
water is carried across on the steel
bridge, for irrigation purposes on the
south side of the stream; the rest is to
be utilized for power purposes, under a
I4O-foot head. The power plant is to
be located at the bridge where the irri-
cation water is syphoned across. 1t is
one of the most ideal power sites in the
West, and there will be water to de-
velop II, 600 horse power at the lowest
stage of water.
Once it crosses the river, the canal is
d succession of fumes. fills, concrete
retaining walls, and plain canals, for
some miles, until it enters into the
broader valley where the company lands
are. 1t is a difficult and expensive
piece Of work, but is being so we'll done /
as to seem almost easy, and its perma (
nency is beyond question. The lands ex-
tend down to Glenn's Ferry where there
is a good area of the finest land to be
fwatered.
The construction work is in the hands
OF the Slick Brothers company, one Of
the best known contracting companies
in the intermountain country. They
have large force of men at work, and
are making exceptional time in the en-
terprise.
While the lands of the company will
all be south of the Snake river and
hence outside Of Lincoln county, the
power plant and diversion dam and
other principal works win be in Lincoln
county. hence can be considered a local
industry.
The present plans call for the irriga- {
ton of only about u, GOO acres of land
instead of the original "a, 200 acres.
The excellence of the water supply
is estimated that hardly one-fourth OF
the company water can be utilized on
the acreage of land proposed-and the
low altitude of the lands. making them
to a variety of crops not |