The daily sentinel., 1910-03-31

tion purposes.
The results obtained in Utah and
California Induced settlers in other
states and territories to try the plan
and small tracts were put under
bitches in Colorado, Idaho, Washing
ton and Oregon. The Indians in the
Clearwater country in Idaho were
the first to use artificially supplied
moisture in the cultivation OF crops.
Rev. Henry II. Spaulding. who came
to the west with Dr. Marcus Whit
man. mentioned this fact in several
of his earliest letters to relatives in
New England. Leigh Richmond
Freeman of North Yakima, Wash, is
credited with the first attempt at
practical irrigation in Wyoming, hav-
ing taken water from a stream to sup.
ply moisture to a patch of land in
what is now the Yellowstone national
park.
| There were less than 10000 acres
under irrigation in the United States
in 1870, but during the next decade
the acreage was increased to 1,000,-
600. The federal census shows that
there were 1851 1891 acres on 81 1876
farms under bitches in 1889, the
area doubling the following decade,
due largely to the extension of the
canals in operation in 1889. A spe-
cial census in 1902 showed 12G,00S
farms, with total area OF 9.034.625I
acres under irrigation. Congress
adopted the national irrigation act
in that year, which saw the begin
ming OF the construction of works un-
der the control of the secretary Of
the interior, the fund being derived
from the disposal of reclaimed lands.
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work is to be apportioned to the land
and refunded to the government in
ten yearly installments without in
terest.
| The 25 projects completed and up
On which the government is now at
work will, when fully developed, add
| 3,19S,OOO acres of land to the crop
producing area of the United States.
while lS other projects, held in abey-
ance until the completion of the for
mer will reclaim 3.270,000, a total
of 6,46S,OOO acres, furnishing homes
| for thousands of families and adding
several hundred millions of dollars
to the taxable property of the various
states. The total cost of the work is
placed at $3.50. 1000.
The Salt River project in Arizona
will irrigate 100000 acres at cost
of s5,300,000, while the Yuma in
| California and Arizona will water
| 100000 acres, costing $2,500,0O0.
Other projects are the Uncompahgre
in Colorado, $4,000 acres, $4,000
| 600; Garden City in Kansas, 5000
acres, S260,000; North Platte in wy
oming and Nebraska, 10000 acres,
81, 100000; Truckee-Carson in Ne
vada. 100000 acres, s4,000,000;
Hondo in New Mexico. 10000 acres.
| $336,000; Carlsbad in New Mexico,
10000 acres, 100000; Rio Grande
| in New Mexico, Is, 900 acres, $780,
900; Buford-Trenton in North Dako-
ia. 10000 acres, S1.270,OOO; Belle
Fourche in South Dakota, 100000
| acres, $3,000,000; Shoshone in Wy
| oming, 100000 acres, $3,5O0,000'
| and the Strawberry Valley in Utah.
$4,000 acres. $1.850.O00.
The projocts In Washington are as
follows: Suuyside, 10000 acres, ST.
soc, 900; the Tieton, 10000 acres.
81, 500, 900, and the Wapato. 1900
acres, $1,500,000. The Okanogan,
also in Washington, will water 5000
acres at cost of 100000. The Kit
titas and Benton projects are under
consideration. Other projects con-
templated in this state are the Ellens-
burg, $4,000 acres; Rattlesnake and |
Coal Creek, 100000 acres, and the |
Okanogan Valley, 10000 acres.
The government projects in south |
ern Idaho are the Minidoka. 160,0 900 |
acres, costing $4,00O.00O. and the |
Payette-Boise, 100000 acres. contem-
plated at cost of S3,0O0,000 This |
project covers the largest single tract |
under irrigation in the northwest. |
oregon has the Umatilla project, 49,
600 acres, costing $l,100,000. and |
the klamath. part of which extends |
into California, 10000 acres. cost
ing $4,000, 900.
In Montana are the Huntley, 49,
600 acres. cost 100000; the Sun
River. 10000 acres, cost 100000,
and the Milk River (including St.
Nary, 10000 acres, cost $1,200.0OO. |
The Lower Yellowstone project takes
in $4,000 acres in Montana and
North Dakota, and will cost $1,000
600. The Blackfoot will water 81
600 acres of land in Montana, where
will also be built the Flathead works.
1870, 600 acres, and the Fort Peck, To-
900 acres,
Some Of the projects waiting for
funds 10. become available are the
| Little Colorado in Arizona, 10000
acres. cost $4,000,000; Sacramento
Valley in California. 500, 600 acres,
/ $50. 600, 200; San Joaquin in Califor-
mia, 100000 acres, Sc, 600, 600; Colo
RADIO River in Colorado. Utah, Califor-
mia and Arizona, 100000 acres, $40,-
900, 900; Dubois in Idaho, 100000
acres, 100000 Lake Basin in
Montana, S00.0 acres, s12. 100000;
Las Vegas In New Mexico, $4,000
acres, st.500.O00; Urton Lake in New
Mexico, $4,000 acres. s2,000,OOO;
Walker and Humboldt Rivers in Me-
vada, 100000 acres, SIS, 1000, 900;
Red River in Oklahoma, 100. 600
acres, $f.0O0.OO0; John Day ip Ore
gon, 100000 acres, 0.O00.0oG; We
ber in Utah. 100000 acres, $4,000
600; Priest Rapids in Washington,
$4,000 acres, s2,OO9,eea, and the Co.
shen Hole project in Wyoming, 120,-
600 acres, $4,000, ,000.
In addition to the foregoing there
are more than 10,000.0OO acres of
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