The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1908-06-10
FACTS ABOUT KLAMATH PROJECT

rne The Klamath Project is the name
Klamath Klamath that has been applied to the recama
rroJect ton OF about 100000 acres Of land now
under the overflow OF the klamath
R'vcr and Of Lower Klamath Lake and Tule Lake
ana 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 M0d0c C0un.
tics California. total area OF 200 900 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 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 wa. started in the Spring
OF l9OG and the first unit OF nine miles In now com.
petcd. About $4,000 acres Of land will be irrigated
from the first unit the aterals 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 In now in
sagcbrush and must be cleared and broken in time
for crops in the Spring Of 1903. Work on the
ond unit IL 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 acres Of land. Work this unit will be
prosecuted AZ rapidly as possible
Nearly one half Of the area to be irrigated il now
under water to 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.
ershp and some in very large tracts which must be
sold in tracts Of l60 less under the regula.
tons governing the perfection OF watcr.right.
KLAMATHB For it, development and pros
GREATEST perity the Klamath Basin must have
NEED people. and the right kind Of people
gent practical farmsrs who understand the meaning
Of intensified and divsrsined farming; mon who will
buy land. not for speculative purposes but with the
idea Of clearing OF the sagebrush and making per.
10 succeed. There b room for Thousands Of them.
Developing Sugar beets have been grown eI.
Various permentally 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, 2I1 coeficient 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 successfully cultivated. Through.
out 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.
ries will be built and operated with the development
Of the industry.
All kinds of fruit adapted to the temperate zone
thrive hereapples, peaches pears, cherries prunes
plums apricots and nectarines do well, and small
fruits bear abundantly and of excellent quality.
There are great many small orchards throughout
the basin that prove the adaptabiity Of the region
TO the profitable production Of fruit
f. L. Smith, former president of the Oregon State
Board of Horticulture, gives it 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 alfalfa, the soil
being peculiarly adapted to its growth.
Exoess All landowners being required
Holdinas Must 10 sell their holdings, there
Be Sold IL large area Of good land for sale
at reasonable figures, prices rang
ing from about SIS to $35 for unimproved, and $50
to $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
$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
So. .nj MN m water All Of these cOmpanies have