Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-04
KING HILL LANDS
ARE SIMPLY GREAT
John M. Whitaker Returns from
Inspecting ldaho's Latest
Big Project.
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TO OPEN UNDER CAREY ACT
Drawing to Take Place on Oct. T.
REPORT on the Proposition by
Salt Lakcr.

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yet TUG N''it'y ae1 On ~ - 90
that he is enthusiastic is putting j
miIdly foi, he declares that there is
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tlefS lh the country toS'as. 't" . iu7
! from the samples of products that are
! no,y being groIyrl on tbn rich lava ash
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with him and is placing ON eNhlpltioh
at Taylor Brothers office on Main
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| sou to maze II resi'ol''i 'ou'iteos's's.
| The King Hill proposition parallels
| lIl,. Snake river at a point some 100
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| iiilleS west " foeaLtsslo. ~ rs siltsat'o
322 miles from Salt Lake on the main
line or tho Oregon short Line This
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buildings costing $25,oQo at i>ang hill.
Briefly summed up. MIR. Whitakers
,o,,a,t L, - r,,,n,si+ion &c 40 follows.
water Suppiy-Tlhe water iorl'ieE's
tho Mulad river Is OF the purest quality
-sparkling crystal water. and rlshes
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ton IN immense springs, Hardly Two
miles aboVe the diversion point t'leIG
IS no river. suddenly from d SINAI ,ti
stream II Is transformed INFO al1 M
a rail- ar Ia feet he second milo where
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it now einptles mo INC silakc iiy .iI
Inc SOUND IS a'lilose dettlg , ai'S. tile
SlSht OF Wnite loahs anu spray illosl
beautiful. rms stream never lresIes.
sIhe diversion ~ from me Malad}
river, II stream Whlch. according 70
government records. has "a minimum
flow Of 100 second feet of clear spring
water. The company has first right on
this stream The diversion dam is of
timber crib form built of l0x10 Oregon
fir, thoroughly drifted at all joints With
k-inch iron The cribs are filed will,
lava boulders. The up stream and
down stream faces are solid concrete
walls necessary to make Il perfect inn
,,srvtons CONSERVATION The diversion
gates are Eve in number. each Ave feet
wide and are set in a very complete
concrete head works. The gate raising
BROTHERS. san Lake Citv and arc OF
the very finest tvne
,"rhe canal from the head works for
the first mile is to have a capacity Or
LEO second feet. Az much as neces-
sary for irrigation and the remainder
for mower. This canal is "a wooden
n,n1a 1917 feet wide 3runnipa seven
feet Of water, on 81 Grade Of - to 100
feet II e all built Of the very hest
materiai
CANAL CROSSES SNAKE.
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N fnrn,d conIrste r,'ha' cnnnr;tv ~ this
s,inhn,, 10 e2n ,ocond foet1
hE,yo,n mo discharge and IF the canal
is desipned ia carry 2IO second feet.
a,d yr5an comnlotc viii jse % miles
long ia tho main distribution point.
dAlone. the course of this 20 miles there
are some structures necessary. ali are
being built in a very substantial man
ner. There is covered by this portion
OF the canal land aggrogating $500
acres. This land la of very excellent
quality. a lava ash four to six feet
deep SO sloped that it affords excel
lent drainage.
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at the end OF the main canal there
will be two main branches and one
smaller one. The King Hill branch
viii cover the north casterly portion of
the lands and also supply the King
ca 70 Tic T,1anI1'S Ferry