The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-06-13
FACTS ABOUT KLAMATH PROJECT
The klamath Project is the name
that has been applied to the rcclama-
ton OF about 100, 900 acres OF land now

Inc The klamath Project is the name
klamath Rla1ast that has been applied to the recalna
froJect ton OF about 100000 acres OF land now
under the overflow OF the klamath
River and Of Lower klamath Lake and Tule Lake
ahd the irrigation Of about 10000 acres Of valley
land adjacent to the klamath River along the course
plateau lying chiefly in klamath County, Oregon, but
also embracing part Of Siskiyou and Modoc Coun.
tics, California. total area Of 200, 900 acres.
The Project embraces the construction of very
great mileage Of canals lateras and drainage canals
and will have its principal source in Upper klamath
Lake. Clear lake and Horsehy are reservoir sites
where flood water will be imp0unded and utilized for
irrigation Of land included in the upper portion Of
the Project.
Work on the main canal was started in the Spring
Of 1906 aud the first unit Of nine miles in now com.
pleted About $4,000 acres Of land will be irrigated
from the first unit, the lateralS for which being
constructed under the supervision Of the engineers
having charge Of the Project. by far the largest
proportion Of the land under the first unit is now in
sagebrllSh and must be cleared and broken in time
for crops in the Spring Of 1908 Work on the sec.
ond unit in Deing done by the Government and EN-.
braces nineteen miles OF main canal and twenty-sx
miles Of laterals TO furnish water to about 10000
additional acres Of land Work on this unit will be
prosecuted rapidly possible.
Nearly onc.hnlf Of the area TO be irrigated 10 now
under water to n depth Of from TO fifteen feet
and will be reclaimed by system Of drainage to
Of the swamp land and practically all Of the valley
land in the klamath Basin are held in private own.
crship and some in very large tracts which must BE-
sold in tracts Of 1G0 less under the regua
tons governing the perfection OF water-rght.
KLAMATH's For it, development and pros
GREATEST perity the klamath Basin must have
NEED people, and the right kind Of people
at that. Its great need u inteli.
gent practical farmers who understand the meaning
Of intensified and divsrsined farming; men who will
buy land not for speculative purposes but with the
idea Of clearing OF the sagebrush and making per.
mansnt and comfortable homes. Such men are bound
10 succeed Thsrs d room for Thousands Of them.
Developing Sugar beets have been grown ex.
Various perimentally throughout the Klam
Industries ath Valley. The percentage OF sugar
is high, as will be noted from the
following analysis made by the United States DE.
partment OF Agriculture from beets grown near
sugar in beets, per cent, 2l7; sugar in juice, per
cent. 2il coeficient OF purity, S3l.
Experience has demonstrated that excellent as.
paragus, onions and celery can be grown, the tulc
lands being very similar to those Of the Sacramento
and San Joaquin Valleys Of California, where such
vegetables are successfully cultivated. Through.
out the world the reclaimed marshlands the best
suited for the highest development Of dairy inter.
ests.
There is no question that this will become a sugar
beet producing section and that number OF facto.
ries will be built and operated with the development
OF the INDUSTRY.
All kinds Of fruit adapted to the temperate zone
thrive hereapples, peaches pears cherries, prunes,
plums apricots and nectarnes do well, and small
fruits bear abundantly and Of excellent quality.
There are a great many small orchards throughout
the basin that prove the adaptablity Of the region
TO the profitable production Of fruit.
f. L. Smith, former president of the Oregon State
Board Of Horticulture, gives it his opinion that
the foothill lands specially adapted to apple
growing.
Cultivation Of the potato has passed beyond the
experimental stage the sandy loan Of the uplands
producing them in great abundance
klamath County wheat, grown without irrigation,
took the premium at the New Orleans Exposition.
The most important forage crop ID alfalfa, the soil
being peculiarly adapted to its growth.
Excess All landowners being required
Holdinss Must 10 sell their holdings, there
Be Sold Ia large area Of good land for sale
at reasonable figures, prices rang
inR from about SIS to $35 for unnlprOved, and $50
TO $50 per acre TOR improved land. Land adjacent
70 the principal towns commands higher prices. The
purchaser pays for the water right at cost Of about
$l8 per acre to be paid for in ten equal annual in
stallments without interest This amounts to less
than the ordinary annual rental paid private ditch
companies Some Of the irrigators Of klamath Val.
ley land they the most prosperous farmcrs) have
already paid out to such companies for water $50 per