The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-06-04
FACTS ABOUT KLAMATH PROJECT

The The klamath Project is the name
klamath R!a that has been applied to the rcclama.
FroJect ton OF about 100000 acres Of land now
-, under the overflow Of the klamath
R'yer aud OF Lower klamath Lake and Tule Lake
ana the irrigation Of about 10000 ncres 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 Sskiyou and Modoc Coun.
''e"' California. q total area Of 100000 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 liorsefy 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 CON-
pleted About $4,000 acres Of land will be irrigated
from the first unit the laterals 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 IL now 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 twentysix
miles OF aterals to furnish water to about 10000
additional acres Of land Work on this unit will be
prosecuted as rapidly as possible.
Nearly one.haf of the area to be irrigated il now
under water TO a depth Of from one to fifteen feet
and will be reclaimed by a 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 b.
sold in tracts Of lG0 less under the regua
tons governing the perfection OF watcr.right.
KLAMATH's For in development and pros
GREATEST perity the Klamath Basin must have
NEED people, and the right kind Of people
at that. Its great need 10 intelli.
Oent practcal farmers who undergtand the meaning
Of intensified and diversified farming; men who will
buy land not for speculative purposes but with the
idea Of clearing Oh the sagebrush and making per.
manent and comfortable homes Such men are bound
10 succeed There u room for Thousands Of them.
Developing Sugar bects have been grown
Various permentelly 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. 2l7; sugar in juice, per
cent, 2il cocffcient Of purity, s3l.
Experience has demonstrated that excellent
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 80 successfully cultivated. Through.
the world the reclaimed marshlands are the best
suited for the highest development of dairy inter.
ests.
There is no question that this will become sugar
beet producing section and that number Of facto.
res 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
plums apricots and nectarines do well, and small
fruits bear abundantly and of excellent quality.
There are a great many small orchards throughout
the basin that prove the adapabllity Of the region
to the profitable production OF fruit
f. L. Smith, former president Of the Oregon State
Board Of Horticulture, gives It rs his opinion that
eha lands
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 Expostion
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 IL large area OF good land for sale
at reasonable figures, prices rang
ing from about $l5 to $35 for unimproved, and $2O
TO $50 per acre TOR improved land. Land adjacent
70 the principal towns commands higher prices The
purchaser pays for the water right at cost Of about
$l8 per 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 irrigatos OF klamath Val
already paid out to such companies for water $50 per
acre and Cwn no water All Of these companies have
been purchased by the Government and included in
the system.
No public lands will be open for settlement for