The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1910-12-22
WORLD BEATER
in IRRIGATION
Idaho Makes 'Em All Look
Alike From the Phara-
obs Down.

lnMeTVtSW 10 the ctateSfnau thursday
which Is eloquent, in facts and fig
ures, of the marvellous irrigation re-
sources and accomplishment OF Ida
no, setting forth especially. the
enormous amount of work done in the
last year. Mr.. Heber said In part:
Idaho leads the world as an irri-
cation state. No other state in the
American union cam boast of such an
Irrigated area as Idaho containEs; no
other state has expended so many mil
hons In the reclamation of arid lands,
and no other state has so many acres
available for public entry.
"Idaho's canals are the longest, her
engineering feats are the most won
derful, and her water supply the most
No other state has
been more active i'm securing the bene-
fits of the provisions OF the Carey
act than Idaho. and. with possibly
one exception, no other state has
benefited SO much from the United
States reclamation act. And further
more, no other state has done so
much and made such progress DIN ir-
rigation through individual efforts
and private enterprises.
History OF Irrigation.
"Idaho's irrigation history does not
extend back over four decades. From
a beginning SO insignificant as to
consist Of simple pillow flrrow ex
tending from rivulet to a garden
spot a few rods away practical irri-
CATION In this state has developed
to embrace 5,003.S33 acres, with can
ais aggregating 10,491 miles i'm length
constructed at a cost of 100000, 600.
Worlds Greatest Reservoir.
THE most stupendous proposition
thus far undertaken DIN Idaho, if not
In the world. is that of the Twin
Falls Land & Water company, who
propose to irrigate about $50, 900
acres of land in Owyhee county at an,
expenditure OF SIT 100000. To accom-.
plish this end, Ut will require the
construction of a main canal over
lao miles in length, besides hundreds
of miles of laIterals. and the building
of a dam across Snake river just
above American Falls. This dam will
be 80 feet high and 5000 feet long,
forming reservoir with a capacity
sufficient to store 3,036, 900 acre feet
of water. covering 10000 acres of
land. constituting the largest artific-
ial reservoir i'm the world The en-
tire TOWNSHIP of American Falls will
be submerged. besides thousands of
acres OF adjoining INDIAN lands. The
intake of the great canal, which viii
be 200 feet feet wide at the bottom,
will be at the Miner dam. The huge
American Falls reservoir is to store
the water during the flood season
and supply the demands of the cam
al flow during the irrigating season.
The hands have been withdrawn from
the public domain and the company
Is engaged in running dts surveys
and doing preliminary work. The
Buhl Enthusiastically interests are
back of the scheme They success
fully completed the original Twin
Falls project of 244.000 acres.
Carey Act Projects.
There are under the AZ different
Carey Act projects i'm this state,
2, $3.50, S33.43 acres of land which is
now being. or is designed in the near
future to be, supplied with water.
Add thereto $4,000 acres under U.
s. reclamation projects and the 1900,
600 acres of private lands, and we
have grand total of 5.003.S33 acres
OF land situated under irrigation can
ads.
THE estimated cost of eonstruc-
ton of Carey act projects so far UNI
dertaken dn this state aggregates
the enormous total OF SIS, 667 $40, of
which amount $17,562.58 have been
expended to date. OF the $3.50, $50
acres under these projects 1884
acres have been sold: of the unsold
acreage 270.1S4 acres are now open
10 public entry.
The aggregate length OF the main
canals is 1863 miles; length of the
laterals 3.12s miles; making total
of 4,491 miles OF canals under Ida
hos Carey act projects.
'sThe aggregate length Of all other
Irrigation canals dn the state is APP
proximately 5000 miles. this added
to the mileage of Carey act canals
gives us grand total of 10,491 miles
of canals In this state.
"Out of the 1900, 900 acres, there
fore. granted to this state by the gov.
eminent 2,630,s3S acres have already
been taken. leaving balance OF $685.
167 acres to be absorbed in further