The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-08
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
| BOISE Ida April Tho proposed eN-
tension OF rhc Minldok;i x Southern rail
road from Buhl In Twin Falls county,
southern Idaho. across the big Brupeau-
] Twin Falls irrigation project. west 10
/ Nyssa. giving the Hartman system Two
| parallel lines in the southern part OF this
| state. will be completed within the next
| year. ii rhe promise of the oregon Short
! Line 90 the big bonding company of 1ro-
bridge Il Nivcr Is kept This informa
tion Was given out by Attorney - o,
Haga. who Is associated with tho com
| pany in the taking care OF the bonds
which Includes large tract Of land sur
! rounding Nyssa and estimated at between
$50 600 and 200. 400 acres.
The Kuhn and Buhl capitalists Of Pitts
burg. who are backing the irrigation OF
the 5000 acres in the Bruncau- Twin
| Fails project, nave also been assured that
the Hartman system has planned 10
make the extension on the Minidoka &
Southwestern from Bull across TO NYssa.
This line Al present has its eastern ter
minal In Buhl and runs east through
Twin Falls 10 Minidoka, whore II con-
meets with the main line of the Oregon
Short Line. Prospects are considered
to be good Tor both projects, and the
road, which viii pass through both, one
of which is the largest irrigation project
I'm the world. that OF the Bruneau-Twiu
Falls, ON which the survey was recently
approved by the government and the
segregation granted by the state.
The Owyhee- HIehline project Is viz
tus!ly assured. according 10 the state
ments made by Mr. Haga. and will
eventually reclaim some OF the riches,
land in western Idaho and eastern Orc
con. '"hc action Of the board Of county
commissioners OF Malheur county in or
ganizing the Kingman colony district
and calling an election, to be held May
Is. is one OF the final steps, and II is
expected that n similar order will be
taken affecting the Owyhcc district. These
two districts I'm oregon and the Gem dis
trict In Idaho VIII form tho greater por-
tion OF the land TO be reclaimed, although n
the plans Of the engineers include what
is known as The Dead OK Flat and other
scattering areas. amounting i'm all TO be
tween $4,000 and 10000 acres. Or tne
entire area within the boundaries OF the
project. but Is 600 acres, under the old
Nevada and Owyhcc district surrounding
the towns OF Ontario and Nyssa, are un-
der wafer,
The project when completed Will cover
great eXpausc OF territory, extending
along ,ne Oregon side Of the Snake river
FOR distance OF lhtrly-sN miles ana
into the northern Owyhee country ana
almost as far south as Murphy. All Idaho
land to be included is now dry land,
The water supply for the project is TO
he the Owyhec river. n reservoir with Il
capacity Of SOn 900 acrcfcct TO me con
structed a. point near where the river
enters the state of Oregon. rms is
greater amount. II Is estimated by the
engineers OF the company than required
for the irrigation OF the greatest possi-
blc acreage which may feasibly be COW
cred by this canal.
The plan for financing the project is
different from any previously undertaken
In This section OF the west. The coustruc-
ton company will contract with the
yarious districts 10 build the project and
turn il over 10 each district. certain
interest I'm inc work i'm proNor;ion 10
the acreage therein. the districts TO or
raniza and issue bonds I'm obtaining funds.
By this method the contracting company
win not have any dealings with the indi-
vidual water user. and any lien wilich
may attach will he against the entire
district. instead Of against the claims or
separate water users.