The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-05-07
FACTS ABOUT KLAMATH PROJECT

The The klamath Project 10 the name
Klamath that has been applied 10 the reclsms.
FroJect ton Of about 100000 acres Of land now
under the overflow Of the klamath
I''v"r and OF Lower klamath Lake and Tule Lake
and the irrigation Of about 1000 acres Of valley
land adjacent to the klamath River, along the course
OF Lost River and the tributary portion Of the great
plateau lying chiefly in klamath County, Oregon, bat
also embracing part Of Siskiyou and Modoc C0un.
ties. California total area Of 200. 600 acres
The Project embraces the construction Of . very
great mileage Of canas, laterals and drainage canals
and will have its principal source In Upper klamath
Lake Clear Lake and IIorseHy are reservoir sites
where flood water will be mpounded 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 and the first unit OF nine miles 10 now com.
pleted. About 1900 Of land will be irrigated
from the first unit, the IsteraS for which are 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 u now IN
sagebrush and must be cleared and broken in time
for crops In the Spring Of 1908 Work on the 80.
ond unit in being done by the Government and en-.
braces nineteen miles OF main canal and twenty-six
miles Of laterals 10 furnish water to about 10000
additional acres Of land. Work on this unit will bs
prosecuted as rapidly as possible.
Nearly one half of the area to be irrigated 10 now
under water to depth Of from one TO fifteen feet
and will be reclaimed by n system OF drainage 70
lower the level Of the rivers and lakes large part
OF the swamp land and practically all OF the valley
land in the klamath Basin are held In private own.
ership and some in very large tracts which must b
sold in tracts OF 1G0 less under the regua
Tons governing the perfection OF water.right.
KLAMATHS For it, development and pros.
GREATEST perity the Klamath Basin must have
NEED people, and the right kind Of people
at that. In great nesd q intelli-
gent practical farmers. who understand the meaning
Of intensified and diversified farming; men who VIII
buy land not for speculative purposes. but with The
idea Of clearing on the sagebrush and making pr.
manent and comfortable homes Such men are bound
10 succeed. There q room for Thousands Of them
Developing Sugar beets have been grown ex.
Various permentally throughout the Klam.
Industries ath Valley. The percentage Of sugar
is high. will be noted from the
following analysis made by the United States Dc.
partmcnt Of Agriculture from beets grown near
sugar in becs, per cent, 2l.7 sugar in juice per
cent 2il cocficicnt OF purity, s3.l
Experience has demonstrated that excellent ss.
paragtis, onions and celery be grown the tule
lands being very similar those Of the Sacramento
and San Joaquin Valleys Of California, where such
vegetables successfully cultivated. Through.
out the world the reclaimed marshlands are the best
suited for the highest development Of dairy inter-
csis.
There is no question that this will become q 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
thrive here apples peaches pears, cherries prunes,
plrnls apricots and nectarines do WELL and small
fruits bear abundantly and Of excellent quality.
There are n great many small orchards throughout
the basin that prove the adaptability Of the region
to the profitable production OF fruit.
H. l.. Smith, former president Of the Oregon State
Board of Horticulture gives it as his opinion that
the foothill lands are 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 10 alfalfa the soil
being peculiarly adapted to its growth.
Excess All landowners being required
Holdings Must 10 sell their excess holdings. there
Be Sold is large area Of good land for sale
at reasonable figures prices rang
ing from about SIS to $35 for unimproved, and $50
to $50 per acre for improved land. Land adjacent
to the principal towns command. hiRher 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 lees
than the ordinary annual rental paid private ditch
companies Some Of the irrigators OF klamath Val.
ley land they the most prosperous farmers) have
already paid to such companies for water $50 per
acre and Cwn no water All Of these companies have
been purchased by the Government and included in
the system.
M ruhl;c lands will he open for settlement for