The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-03-18

Bruneau, 100000 acres, and Brun-
eau, 10000 acres.
While the lands thus controlled
will be The most mammoth under
taking OF the kind 10 all the
world, contiguous irrigated tracts,
including the proposed Glenns
Ferry and Cedar creek projects.
will bring thu acreage up to q
100000 acres. The Cedar creek
segregation includes about 30,
900 acres OF land in the A No. /
class, and it is II current rumor
that, owing to it's relation to their
segregations or proposed projects,
the Twin Falls people contemplate
taking it over, but of this there is
no confirmation.
The project will mean the en-.
argement OF the South Side Twin
Falls canal to immense proper
tions, SO that it will carry the
greater part of the water for the
Twin Falls. Bruneau segregation,
which will be taken from the Snake
river and from conservation reser
voirs, principal among which will
be the Jackson Lake reservoir in
which the canal company will
share with the reclamation service
I'D which will furnish largely the
supply for the Minadoka tract,
which will also be practically con.
tignous to this wonderful wet land
area. Advantageous sites for res
ervoirs for further conservation Of
food waters along the valley OF the
Snake river have been selected by
the company engineers, and plane
for construction work are now un.
der way. Experiments to test the
volume OF the food waters have
been on for more than two years,
and the value OF such a saving has
been SO satisfactorily demonstrated
that the promoters feel assured
of the success of the business ven
ture.
The south side canal will not
only be enlarged, but extended
from the point where it at the high
line inter sects the Salmon river, al
most directly west to the Bruneau
river, dista nee Of about 30 miles,
or point in Owyee county oppo,
site Mountain Home, in Gilmore
county, forming the high line
canal for the main body, 100000
acre tract, thence running along
the Bruneau toward the Snake
With this canal on its southern
boundary the tract, together with
the land of the original Bruneau
segregation, will extend to the
Snake river and the Glenns Ferry
segregation on the north, and be
bounded on the east and west by
the Salmon and Bruneau rivers.
The company has already let a
contract to the J. G. Arnold COM
pany of Chicago for the construc
lion of the Salmon river dam, and
engineers have been on the ground
for some time making ready for
the beginning of operations, which
will commence as soon as men
teams and materials can be put in
to the country, which is at dis
lance OF about 30 miles from Twin
Falls, the nearest railroad point.
The water will be backed up the
canyon for a distance of Is miles,
and carried through tunnel to the
high line canal, distance of saw.
erel hundred yards. Work will
commence on canal construction at
olce, and it is expected that the
work may be so far advanced that
an opening OF Salmon river lands
may be held in June, with the un.
derztanding that the water is to be
delivered for the following irrigat-
ing season.
AS soon as this work has ad
vanced until it is anywhere near
completion the plan is that the
construction forces may be trans
ferred to the greater 100000 segre.
CATION which at best will take sew.