The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-05-12
FACTS ABOUT KLAMATH PROJECT
The Klamath Project 10 the nams
that has been applied TO the reclams.
ton Of about l00, 900 acres Of land now
The
klamath
Project


Klamath that has been applied to the reclams.
rro)ect ton OF about 100 900 acres Of land now
-. under the overflow Of the klamath
h'y"r and OF Lower klamath Lake and Tue Lake
ana The irrigation Of about 10000 acres Of valley
n'd 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, but
also embracing part Of Sskyou and Modoc Coun.
t"H. California. total area Of 200. 600 acres.
The Project embraces the construction Of very
great mileage Of canals, laerals and drainage canals
and will have its principal source in Upper klamath
Lake. Clear Lake and iorsehy are reservoir sites
where food water will be impounded 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.
pleed. About 1900 acres Of land will be irrigated
from the first unit, the lateras 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 ID now In
sagebr,ish and must be cleared and broken in time
for crops in the Spring Of 1908 Work on the &c.
ond unit IL being done by the Government and
braces nineteen miles Of main canal and twenty.six
miles OF Slaterais 10 furnish water to about 10000
additional acres Of land Work on this unit will be
prosecuted us rapidly M possible.
Nearly one half OF the area to be irrigated 10 now
under water tO depth OF from one 10 fifteen feet
and will be reclaimed by system OF drainage 10
lower the level Of the rivers and lakes large part
land in the klamath Basin are held in private own.
ership and some in very large tracts which must BE-
sold in tracts OF lCO less under the regua
tions governing the perfection Of o water.right.
KLAMATH's For iu development and pros.
GREATEST perity the klamath Basin must have
NEED people, and the right kind Of people
gent, practical farmers who understand the meaning
Of intensified and diversified farming; men who win
buy land not for speculative purposes but with the
idea Of clearing OF the sagebrush and making pr.
manent and comfortable homes. Such men are bound
Developing Sugar bects have been grown ex.
Various perimentally throughout the Klam-
Industries nth Valley. The percentage Of sugar
il high, as will be noted from the
following analysis made by the United States De.
partmcnt of Agriculture from beets grown near
sugar in beets, per cent, 2l7; sugar in juice, per
cent. 2il cocflcient Of purity, S3l.
Experience has demonstrated that excellent as.
paragus, onions aud celery can be grown, the tule
lands being very similar TO those Of the Sacramento
aud 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 sugar
beet producing section and that a number OF facto.
res will be built and operated with the development
Of the industry.
All kinds OF fruit adapted to the temperate zone
thrive here-appes, peaches, pears cherries, prunes
plulns apricots and ncctarnes 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
T. L. Smith, former president of the Oregon State
Board of Horticulture, gives it 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 ID alfalfa, the soil
being peculiarly adapted to its growth.
Excsss All landowners being required
HoidinRs Must 10 sell their excess holdings there
Be Sold IL large area Of good land for sale
at reasonable figures, prices rang.
ing from about SIS to $35 for unimproved, and $50
10 $50 per acre tor improved land. Land adjacent
10 the principal towns commands HIGHER prices. The
purchaser pays for the water right at cost OF about
$ls 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 are the most prosperous farmers) have
already paid out to such companies for water $50 per
acre and Cwn no water All Of these companies have
bcen p,lrchased by the Government and included in