The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-05-09
FACTS ABOUT KLAMATH Project
The Klamath Project 10 the name
that has been applied to the reclama.
ton Of about 10O,OO0 acres Of land now

yne The klamath Project 10 the name
Klamath Klamath that has been applied to the reclama.
rroJeot t0n OF about 900 acres Of land now
=, under the overflow Of the klamath
RIVER and OF Lower klamath Lake and Tule Lake
nhd the irrigation Of about 10000 acres Of valley
and 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 bnt
also embracing part Of sSkiyou and Modoc Coun.
ties. California. total area Of 200 600 acres
The Project embraces the construction Of very
great mileage Of canals aterals and drainage canals
and will have its principal source in Upper klamath
Lake Clear Lake and Horsefy are reservoir sites
where flood 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
Oi loOO snd the first unit OF nine miles 10 now COM
pleted. About $4,000 acres Of land will be irrigated
from the first unit, the lateras 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 ID In
sagebrush and must be cleared and broken in time
for crops In tho Spring Of 1908. Work on the &c.
ond unit II being done by the Government and EN-.
braces nineteen miles OF main canal and twenty.sx
miles Of laterals 10 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 10 be irrigated il now
under water to q depth Of from one to fifteen feet
and will be reclaimed by 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 bs
sold in tracts Of 1G0 less under the regua-
tons governing the perfection OF . water.right.
KLAMATH's For it, development and pros.
GREATEST perity the Klamath Basin must have
NEED people. and the right kind Of people
at that. lN great need u intslli.
gent practical farmers. who understand the meaning
Of intensified and diversinsd farming; men who win
buy land not for speculative purposes. but with the
idea Of clearing OF the sagsbrush and making psr.
mansnt and csmi0yasbls homes. Such men are bound
70 succeed. Thsrs q room for thousands Of them.
Developing Sugar beets have been grown ex.
Various perimentally 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, 2I.l coefficent Of purity, S3.l.
Experience has demonstrated that excellent as.
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 30 successfully cultivated Through.
out the world the reclaimed marshlands 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-applcs peaches pears cherries, prunes,
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 adaptabiiity Of the region
to the profitable production Of fruit.
f. 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 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 10 alfalfa, the soil
being peculiarly adapted to its growth.
Excess All landowners being required
Holdings Must to sell their excess holdings, there
b Sold IL q largo area Of good land for sale
at reasonable figures, prices rang.
ing from about $l5 to $35 for unimproved, and go
to $50 per acre TOR improved land. Land adjacent
20 the principal towns commands higher prices. The
purchaser pays for the water right at cost Of about
els 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
scra and Nm no water All Of these cOmpanies have