The Globe-republican., 1909-09-30
OFFICIAL COUNTY and CITY PAPER
THURSDAY, SEP. 30, 1909
EXTENT OF IRRIGATION.

acres are under irrigation.
Colorado leads in the number OF
acres irrigated, California has the
largest number Of irrigators, while
Washington has the greatest per-
ceptage in the number Of irrigators.
There were less than 10000 acres
under irrigation in the United States
in 1870, but during the next decade
tire sctrsge was increased to 1000,
900. The Federal census shows
that there we're 3,63l,38l acres on
54,l36 farms under the dit:hes in
1889, tho ucerage dou ling the fol-
loving decade, due largely to the ex-
tensi, n Of the canals in operation in
1889 A special census in 1917
showed l26,008 farms with a total
of 1904, 500 acres under irrigation.
Congress adopted the natural irrig-
alton act that year, which saw thu
beginning Of the construction works
under the control Of the secretary OF
the interior, the fuI d being derived
from the disposal Of reclaimed lands.
The law provides that the cost OF the
work is to be apportioned to the land
and refunded to the government in
10yearly installments without inter
sst.
The rs projects completed upon
which the government is now at
work, will, when fully developed, add
3.i98,OOO acres of land to the crop
producing lea of the United States,
while 10 other projects, held in
allegiance until the completion OF the
former, will reclaim 3,27O,00O total
of6,46S,OOO acres, furnishing homes
for thousands OF families and adding
several hundred million Of dollars to
the taxable property Of the various
states. The total cost Of the work is
placed at $3.50, 900.
The Salt River project in Arizons
will irrigate 100000 acres at cost
Of 100000 dollars, while the Yama
in California and Arizona will water
100000 acres, costing $3,5OO,OOO.
Other projects are in the Uncom-
pabgre in Colorado, 100000 acres
IS, 2OG, OOO;The Garden City, Kansas,
5000 acres 100000; North Platte
in Wyoming and Nebraska, 10000
acres. s4,lO0,0O0; Hondo, New
Mexico, 10000 acres $336,OOO; Carls-
bad New Mexico, 10000 acres,
100000; Rio Grande. New Mexico,
125,OOO acres, 100000; Buford,
Trenton, North Dakota, 10000 acres
$1.27O,OOO Bell Fourchs, South Da-
kota, 100000 acres $3,ooo,ooo;
Thoshone, Wyoming, 100000 acres,
$4,000, 900 and the Strawberry Valley
Utah $500 acres 81 $4,000.
Some Of the projects waiting for
funds to become available are:
Little Colorado, Arizona, 10000
acres, cost "a ooo, 900.
Sacramento Valley, California,
100000 acres, $50, 100000.
San Joaquin Valley, California,
100000 acres, $6,ooo,o 900.
Colorado River, Colorado, Utah,
California and Arizona 100000
acres, $4o,ooo.ooo
Dubois, Idaho, 100000 acres
$4,ooo,ooo.
Lake Basin, Montana, 100000
acres, $l2,ooo,ooo.
Las Vegas, New Mexico, $4,000
acres 81, 100000.
Triton Lake, New Mexico, $4,000
acres, 100000.
Walker and Humboldt Rivers,
Nevada, 100000 acres $4,000, 900.
Red River, Oklahoma, 100000
acres, $4,000, 900.
John Day, Oregon, Zoe, 1000 acres,
41o,ooo,ooo.
Weber, Utah, 100000 acres,
100000.
Priest Rapids, Washington, $4,000
acres, 100000.
Goshen Hole, Wyoming, 10000
Acres, 100000.
In addition to the foregoing there
ne more than 1o.ooo.ooo a6res Of
lsnd under private pFCiscts IN various