The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-05-13
FACTS ABOUT KLAMATH PROJECT
The
Klamath
Project
The klamath Project 10 the name
that has been applied 10 the reclama-
ton Of about 100, 900 acres Of land now

x,, The klamath Project 10 the name
hlamath that has been applied 70 the reclsms-
rroject ton Of about 100000 acres Of land now
. under the overflow Of the Klamath
Rivcr and Of Lower Klamath Lake and Tule Lake
ana the irrigation Of about 10000 acres Of valley
land adjacent 10 the klamath River along the course
OF Lost River aud the tributary portion Of the great
phtenI lying chiefly in klamath County, Oregon, but
also embracing part Of Siskyou and Modoc Coun.
t''s California. total area Of 200. 900 acres
The Project embraces the construction Of very
great mileage Of canals, laterals and drainage canals
ana will have its principal source in Upper klamath
Lake Clear Lake and liorseHy are reservoir sites
where Hood 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 il now com.
plcted About $4,000 acres Of land will be irrigated
from the first unit the latcras 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 Ii now In
sagcbrush and must be cleared and broken in time
for crops in the Spring Of 1908 Work on the &c.
ond unit IN being done by the Government and Elm.
braces nineteen miles Of main canal and twsnty.six
miles Of lateraIs TO furnish water to about 10000
additional acres Of land. Work on this unit will be
prosecuted IN rapidly ms possible.
Nearly one half Of the area 70 be irrigated 10 now
under water to u depth Of from one to fifteen feet
and will be reclaimed by II system Of drainage 10
lower the level Of the rivers and lakes large par.
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 l6O 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. IT. great need q intslli.
Of intensified and diversified farming; men who will
buy land not for speculative purposes but with the
idea Of clearing o6 the sagsbrush and making pr.
msnent and comfortable homes Such men are bound
Developing Sugar bects have been grown ex.
Various pcrimentally 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.
partment Of Agriculture from beets grown near
sugar in beets, per cent, 217 sugar in juice per
cent, 2il coefcicnt OF purity, S31.
Experience has demonstrated that excellent us.
paragus onions and celery can be grown. the tue
lands being very similar 10 those Of the Sacramento
and San Joaquin Valleys OF California, where such
vegetables " successfully cultivated. Through
out the world the reclaimed marshlands the best
suited for the highest development Of dairy inter.
csts
There is no question that this will become sugar
beet producing section and that number Of facto.
rcs will be built and operated with the development
of the industry.
An kinds of fruit adapted 10 the temperate zone
thrive here apples, peaches pears, cherries prunes,
plinis 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 il his opinion that
the foothill lands are specially adapted to apple
growing.
Cultivation Of tire 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 to sell their excess holdings, there
Be Sold Is large area Of good land for sale
at reasonable figures prices rang.
ing from about $l5 to $35 for unimproved, and $50
to $50 per acre TOR improved land. Land adjacent
to 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 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
hoou uurch nv thu Covernment and included in