The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-06-03
Tho
Klamath
Project

The The Klamath Project is the name
nhmath that has been applied to the reclama.
rroJect ton OF about 100000 acres OF land
-, under the overflow Of the klamath
RIVER and Of Lower Klamath Lake and Tue Lake
and the irrigation Of about 10000 acres Of valley
land adjacent to the klamath River along the
OF 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 200 600 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 llorSeily 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 is
pleted. About 49, 600 acres of land will be irrigated
from the first unit, the aterals 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 IL in
sagebrush and must be cleared and broken in time
for crops in the Spring Of 1903. Work on the SEC
Ond unit il being 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 this unit will be
prosecuted as rapidly as possible
Nearly one half Of the area to be irrigated is now
under water TO depth of from TO fifteen feet
and will be reclaimed by n 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.
ership and some in very large tracts which must be
sold in tracts Of 100 less under the reguia.
tons governing the perfection Of waterright
KLAMATHs For its development and pros
GREATEST perty the klamath Basin must have
NEED people, and the right kind Of people
at that. Its great need Is intel
gent practical farmers who understand the meaning
Of intensified and diversified farming; men who will
buy land not for speculative purposes but with the
idea OF clearing OF the sagebrush and making per.
mancnt and comfortable homes Such men are bound
TO succeed. There is room for thousands Of them.
Developing Sugar beets have been grown ex.
Various perimcnally 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-
partnent of Agriculture from beets grown near
sugar in beets per cent. 2l.7; 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 tuie
lands being very similar TO 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.
ess.
There is no question that this will become a sugar
beet producing section and that n number OF facto.
rics 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, pruncs,
pums, apricots and nectarines do WELL and small
fruits bear abundantly and of excelleR quality.
There are n great many small orchards throughout
the basin that prove the adapability Of the region
tothe profitable production OF fruit.
l.. l.. Smith, former president Of the Oregon State
Board of Horticulture, gives it his opinion that
the foo,hll 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 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 is large area OF good land for sale
at reasonable fgures prices rang
ing from about $l5 to $35 for unimprOved, and so
to $50 per acre improved land. Land adjacent
70 the principal towns commands higher prices. The
purchaser pays for the water right mt cost OF about
SIS 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 farmers) have
already paid out to such companies Tor water $60 per
acre and wn no water. All of these companies have
been purchased by the Government and included in
the system.
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