The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-05-15

Inc The klamath Project IL the name
hlamath that has been applied TO the reclama.
rroJect ton OF about 100 900 acres Of land now
-, 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 course
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.
t'e". California. total area Of 200, 900 acres.
The Project embraces the construction Of Q very
great mileage Of canals laterals and drainage canals
and will have its principal source in Upper klamath
Lake. Clear Lake and llorsefy reservoir sites
where flood 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 10 now COM
plctcd About $4,000 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 10 now In
sagcbrush and must be cleared and broken in time
Tor crops In the Spring Of 1908 Work on the ssc-
ond unit il being done by the Government and
braces nineteen miles OF main canal and twenty-six
miles Of laterals TO furnish water to about 10000
additional acres Of land Work on this unit will be
prosecuted as rapidly as possible.
Nearly one half Of the area TO be irrigated 10 now
under water TO a depth of from one to fifteen feet
and will be reclaimed by a system Of drainage 10
lower the level Of the rivers and lakes. large part
OF the swamp land and practically oil Of the valley
land in the Klamath Basin are held in private own.
crshp and some in very large tracts which must b
sold in tracts OF lG0 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 u intsln.
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 psr.
mansnt and comfortable homes. Such men ere bound
10 succeed. There q 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 rs will be noted from the
following analysis made by the United States DE.
sugar in bec,s per cent, 2l7; sugar in juice, per
cent, "A. cocfiicient OF purity, S3l.
Experience has demonstrated that excellent as.
paragus, onions and celery can be grown, the tue
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 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.
rics 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,
phlns, apricots and nectarnes do well, and small
fruits bear abundanty and Of excellent quality.
There are 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 footh lands specially adapted to apple
growing.
Cultivation Of the potato has passed beyond the
experimental stage, the sandy loan OF the upands
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.
Excsss All landowners being required
HoldinRs 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 $l5 to $35 for unimproved, and $50
10 $50 per acre for improved land. Land adjacent
10 the principal towns commands higher prices. The
purchaser pays for the water right at cost OF about
Sls 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