The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-05-23
FACTS ABOUT KLAMATH PROJECT
The
klamath
Project
The klamath Project il the name
that has been applied to the reclama.
ton Of about 100000 acres of land now

. under the overflow Of the klamath
Kiver and OF Lower Klamath Lake and Tulc Lake
ana The irrigation Of about 10000 acres Of valley
hhd adJnccnt TO the Klamath River along the course
oi 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.
Ties, California. total Of 200 600 acres.
The Project embraces the construction OF a very
great mileage Of canals, latcras and drainage canals
and will have its principal source in Upper klamath
Lake. Clear Lake and IIorscny are 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 il com
plctcd. About $4,000 acrcs Of land will be irrigated
from the first unit, the lacrals 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 il in
sagcbrush and must be cleared and broken in time
for crops in the Spring Of 1903 Work on the sec.
ond unit is being done by the Government and EN-.
braces nineteen miles of main canal and twenty-six
miles Of laterals TO furnish water to about 10000
additional acrcs of land Work this unit will be
prosecuted as rapidly as possible.
Nearly one half of the to be irrigated 10 now
under water to a depth of from 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 held in private
ershp and some in very large tracts which must be
IN tracts OF ltD acres or less under regua.
tons governing the perfection OF wnter.right.
KLAMATHS For It's development and pros
GREATEST perity the klamath Basin must have
NEED people, and the right kind Of people
at that. Its great need IL intelli.
gent practical farmers, who understand the meaning
Of intensified and diversified farming; men who will
buy land not for speculative purposes, but with the
idea Of clearing of the sagebrush and making per.
manent and comfortable homes. Such men are bound
to succeed. There IL room for thousands Of them.
Developing Sugar bees have been grown ex.
Various pcrimentally throughout the Klam.
Industries a,h Valley. The percentage Of sugar
is high, will be noted from the
following analysis made by the United States DE.
partmcnt of Agriculture from beets grown near
sugar in bces per cent, 2l.7; sugar in juice, per
cent 2il cocficcnt of purity, s3.l.
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 successfully cultivated. Through
out the world the reclaimed marshands are the best
suited for the highest development of dairy inter
csts.
There is no question that this will become a sugar
beet producing section and that number OF facto-
res will be built and operated with the development
of the industry.
An kinds Of fruit adapted to the temperate zone
thrive hcreapplcs peaches pears, cherries, prunes,
plums apricots and nectarines do well, and small
fruits Dear hDlnunillII Hnu vi tActilcHt uuaits'
There are n great many small orchards throughout
the basin that prove the adaptablty of the region
to the profitable production of fruit.
T. L. Smith, former president of the Oregon State
Board of Horticulture gives il as his opinion that
the foo,hill lands 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 is 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 n large area of good land for sale
Mt reasonable figures prices rang
ing from about $l5 to $35 for unimprOved, and $40
10 $50 per acre Tor improved land. Land adjacent
10 the principal towns commands higher prices. The
purchaser pays for the water right at cost OF about
SIS per acre be paid for in ten equal annual in.
stalments 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 own 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
several years.
Climate The upland soil is mainly rich sandy
and loan Of great uniformity and composed
Soil largely Of disintegrated and erOded lava
with an admxture Of volcanic ash and
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