Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-16
fine SYSTEM
FOR SUNNYSIDE
FINE SYSTEM FOR RECLANIA-
TION OF SUNNYSIDE
LAND.
Southern Idaho Reclamation Com
Company Propose To Put in One
of the Most Complete Projects
in the western country.

(ndlIcS Is. OIllin anu DcnJdhiiA
Moves, President and secretary
treasurer, respectively. of the South
ern Idaho Reclamation Company,
together with S. G. Yerkes general
manager for the company, have been
in the city on business and in con-
sultation with patrons Of the sunny
side irrigation project, says the
Boise Evening Capital News.
The other officers of this company,
whic hhas its headquarters at Seattle,
are Samuel Loeb, vice president, and
James Armstrong, assistant secre-
tary-treasurer.
General Manager Yerkes, when
seen at the Idanha by a representa-
tive of the Capital News, spoke very
frankly about his company, its or
ganization, its holdings, water rights
and it purposes Through action of
the state land board a few days ago
the Southern Idaho Reclamation
company was granted the right to a
segregation of $1,000 acres Of ex-
ceedingly rich land in the Sunnyside
district, which doubtless, when fur
nished with water, will be among
the richest lands in the west. The
land has been filed on and is already
held by individual holders, but these
holders have agreed to release their
title to the government again, the
state filing on the land in turn under
the Carey act, and contracting with
the Southern Idaho Reclamation
company to furnish water the set
tiers being given a preference right
for 30 days after the segregation is
completed to file on the land accord
ing to the Carey act, or to designate
who shall file for them. The plan
adopted is identical with that pur-
suedsued in the project of the King
Hill extension at Medbury, which
proved so successful last month, the
purpose being to furnish water, pro-
tect the esettelrs and place the whole
project under the control of the state
land board.
Not "a Garrett Project.
Rumors have been rife for some
time. and the direct accusation has
been made taht thi sproiect is but
revival of the old John Garrett pro-
ject of the Great Western Beet Sugar
company at Mountain Home and
Sunnyside. Manager Yerkes was
asked to make statement relative
to thisma tier. He said:
"There is absolutely no connection
whatever between the Great Western
Beet Sugar enterprise or John
Garrett. and the Southern Idaho
Reclamation company and the Sunny
side project. None of the water
rights acquired by Garrett or his com
pany, not any of the material or
property ever owned by him or that
company is to be utilized in this pro-
ject, or to be in any manned con-
nected with il. We have an indie
pendent water right in the food
waters of Fall Creek, more than adj
equate to water al the land in the
project. an dive have independent
and separate reservoir sites. We
will not use a foot of the canal con-
struction of the Garrett enterprise.
I'VE have our reservoir location
in the Long Tom basin. and it is
possibly due to this fact that some
confusion has arisen The Great
Western Beet Sugar company filed
on and used the Lower Long Tom
basin, with a capacity. according to
its filings and completed construc-
ton, of only 265S acre feet. We
have the upper Long Tom basin, and
only a small part of its capacity will
be required for the Sunnyside pro-
ject. The reservoir site we have
selected is the one so highly rec
commended by A. ID. Foot, who made
a geodotic survey of this county, and
MiO 10 ohC VI lAN AtOoC ANhtoi hdDl1
men from an irrigation standpoint
who ever came into the state of
Idaho. In the ear 1883 Mr. Foot
recommended that this site be with
drawn from entry and held for res
ervoir purposes, and the department
of the interior acted upon his recon-
mendation in 1898. The site is, as
stated by Mr. Foot. one of the great
est natural storage basins in the
west. and Mr.. Foot certainly dis
played wonderful foresight in recon-
mending the withdrawal of this
basin for reservoir purposes at a
time when the science of irrigation
was very little known outside of
India and the Nile.
ct is not possible for any of the
old difficulties and law suits arising
from the Garrett explorations at