Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-06-16

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n. r. Smith of Portland, the Pres
ident OF the Snake River Irrigation
Company. a concern that proposes to
water almost if not all of Dead OK
Flat by a pumping device, was
Payette visitor on Monday and Tues
day of this week and while here
spent three Gays going over the
territory his company proposes to
water.
While here Mr.. Smith stated the
plans of the company to a represen-
tative of the Enterprise and out
lined the general policy Of the
company. The pumping plant to be
installed is one exactly the same
as that now successfully in operation
on the Columbia River near Pasco,
where $4,000 acres of land are being
brought under cultivation and irrigat-
ed, the water being much more diff
cult to get at on account of the
large hills that line the Columbia riv-
er at this point and of the immense
rise and fall of this river between
the periods OF high and low water.
The conditions on the Snake River
where the company will install their
power generator are much better
and the plant can be installed a great
deal cheaper.
The power to be used will be
generated by a new device invented
by n. R. Smith and for which pat
ents are pending. 1t is called the
Norman R. Smith Power Generator
and where used so far has demon
stratad its successfulness. II is a
unique device consisting of an end
less cable to which are attached
L boards or paddles of sufficient size
to make each one equal in power to
a span of draft horses. The up
rights of columns. to which the ma
chinery is attached, upon which this
cable revolves when in working posi-
ton are far enough apart TO allow
Of iitty-six of these propellers being
in the water and receiving the force
of the current of the river at the
same instant. By the use of little
arithmetic one can easily figure the
amount Of power secured and to Sc
cure more power one has only 10
arrange for longer cable and put
more Dropellers in the water at the
same time as every one added means
its percentage of power more.
The plant at Fasco on the Colum-
bia river has been thoroughly tested
and It's inventor and the capital he /
has secured to exploit it on the (
land on Dead Ok flat are confident
Of what it will do and are according
to the representatives OF the COM ,
pany coming TO the land holders OF /
Dead Ok Flat with a proposition that, /
is certainly fair enough. 1--WE will
put the water on the land said Mr.. 1
Smith ''and this we are confident we
can do and successfully irrigate as
many acres of land as we care TO
put money in the plant We are
not asking the land owners to build .
this plant, neither are we asking
them to donate or assist. We are
not asking them to sign up any iron
clad contracts, but We do desire and .
must have their cooperation this .
far. If We put money in plant to
water their land and demonstrate be- .
yond the shadow of doubt that
1--WE can water it just as plentifully
Ifnd as cheap as by any other meth
Cd we feel that we are entitled to a
promise that they will use the water.
l have the necessary capital interest
ed in the proposition and men who
are satisfied of the success of the
method by which we propose to
raise the water, so much so that
they will invest their money in the
proposition if they have the assuF
ance that the land holders will stand
back OF them if they demonstrate
the fact that they can and will water
their land just as satisfactorily and .
as cheaply as by any other method"
The company has opened an office
in the Bennett block where it has .
maps. plans and photographs. Any
one interested in the watering of
this land and desiring to learn more
fully of the plan and have it ex-
planned can do so by calling at the
office where the representatives of
the company will be glad to go into
the matter in the fullest detail.
The work Is progressing nicely so
far and Chief Engineer Housh has
been in the field for the last ten
DAYS busy with the surveys for