The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-06-05
FACTS ABOUT KLAMATH Project

The The klamath Project il the name
Klamath that has been applied to the rccama.
froJect ton OF about 100000 acres Of land now
under the overflow Of the klamath
River and Of Lower klamath Lake and Tule Lake
and the irrigation Of about 10000 Of valley
Innd adjacent to the klamath River, along the
'i Lost River and the tributary portion Of the great
plateau lying chiefly in klamath County, Oregon but
also embracing part Of SiSkiyou and Modoc Coun.
ties, California. total area OF 2OO, 600 acres.
The Project embraces the construction Of very
great mileage Of canals aterals and drainage canals
and will have its principal source in Upper klamath
Lake. Clear Lake and HOrsciiy reservoir sites
where food water will be impounded and utilized for
irrigation OF land included in the upper portion OF
tho Project.
Work on the main canal was started in the Spring
OF 1906 and the first unit Of nine miles is now com.
plced. About l3 900 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
sagebrush and must be cleared and broken in time
for crops in the Spring Of 1908 Work on the sec.
ond unit IN being done by the Government and EN-.
braces nineteen miles Of main chnal and tweDty-six
miles OF laterals to furnish water to about 10000
additional acres Of land Work on this unit will be
prosecuted M rapidly az possible.
Nearly nehalf Of the to be irrigated is now
under water TO a depth Of from to fifteen feet
and will be reclaimed by system OF drainage TO
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.
ersip and some in very large tracts which must BE-
sold in tracts Of lG0 less under the regua
tons governing the perfection OF water-right.
KLAMATHs For iu development and pros.
GREATEST perity the klamath Basin must have
NEED people, and the right kind Of people
at that. Its great need Il intelli.
gent practical farmers who understand the meaning
Of intensified and diversified farming; men who will
h,ss 1usrl aNsyAv
idea Of clearing OF the sagebrush and making per.
manent and comfortable homes. Such men are bound
to succeed. There IL room for thousands Of them.
Developing Sugar beets have been grown ex.
Various perimentay throughout the klam.
Industries ath Valley. The percentage of sugar
is high will be noted from the
following analysis made by the United States De.
par,ment Of Agriculture from beets grown near
sugar in beets per cent, 2l7 sugar in juice, per
cent, "a. coeflicient Of purity s3.l.
Experience has demonstrated that excellent as
paragus, onions and celery can be grown, the tule
lands being very similar to those of the Sacramento
and San Joaquin Valleys of California, where such
vegetables are 40 successfully cultivated. Through
out the world the reclaimed marshands are the best
suited for the highest development OF dairy inter-
ess.
There is no question that this will become 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 here-apples peaches pears, cherries, prunes
pums aprcots and nectarines do well, and small
fruits bear abuadantly and Of excellent quality.
There are n great many small orchards throughout
the basin that prove the adaptabiity OF the region
to the profitable production of fruit.
H. Smith former president of the Oregon State
Board of Horticulture gives it rs 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 is alfalfa, the soil
being peculiarly adapted to its growth.
Excess All landowners being required
Holdings Must to sell their excess holdings there
Be Sold m a large area OF good land for sale
at reasonable figures, prices rang
ing from about SIS to $35 for unimproved, and $40
to $50 per acre tor improved land. Land adjacent
70 the principal towns commands higher prices The
pays for the water right at cost of about
SIS per acre to be paid for in ten equal annual i'll
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 farmers have
already paid to such companies for water 500 per
acre and no water. All Of these companies have