The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-04-14


at the United States land office fol
the segregation of $4,000 acres O
land under the Carey act yesterday
the first official step was taken il
connection with a mammoth pro
ject which contemplates the reclama-
tion of 100000 acres of land al
tributary to Boise and more than
doubling Ada county's area of irri-
gated land. NJ l. Church, register
OF the state land board, acted as the
selecting agent for the promoters
and presented the application as ap-
proved by that board.
The estimate cost of the proposed
enterprise is from 15,OOO,00O to
s20,000,000 and will tap the Salmon
watershed, bringing from 100000 to
100000 acre feet of water, partially
conserved by a system OF storage
reservoirs, into the Payette river and
thence into the Boise by means OF
tunnels through the divides, amount
ing in all to a distance of more than
three miles. BY this means waters
from Reddish, Petit and Alturas lakes
and tributary streams will be utilized,
the first point of diversion being two
and one-half miles above Highland,
where the first canal will be taken
out A small area will be reclaimed
in that vicinity and at carious other
places accessible before reaching the
Boise valley, where the canals will ex-
tend southwark so as to outskirt the
South Side Payette-Boise project of
the reclamation service. Running
above the government high line canal
the tract to be reclaimed will reach
to the Snake river and as far east
as point below Sunnyside or Can
yon creek near the Ada-Elmore coun- /
ty line.
The papers show that the water
filings for this project were made
in the names of Ern G. Eagleson and /
Lewis l.. Folsom, engineer and fiscal
agent respectively of eastern capital
lists, who are financing the undertake
ing, and are upon water of the Sal
mon river and tributaries and Boise
river and tributaries, amounting to
1870 feet The plans contemplate
as stated, with capacity
of 622,500 acre feet, which are to
store flood waters so as to give a
stated in the filings.
Engineer Eagleson stated yester-
day, after describing the plans for
the Reddish and Alturas reservoirs,
that after the waters had been turn
ed into the Boise river they are to
be gathered together again into one
Of the largest reservoirs in the state.
Obviates Flood Danger.
''This reservoir, considered in con-
junction with other storage reser-
yoirs to be built by the United States
service on the Boise
liver, will undoubtedly overcome all
uture danger from floods in the val
ey below and will create a lake Of /
iuch size as to make an ideal sum-
aer. resort and camping place for
Boise people within easy reach.
Approximately 100000 acres OF
and is to be reclaimed by this pro- 5
ect. all Of which but $4,000 acres is
n the Boise valley, and the remain
er on the Salmon river side. 1t will n
e known as the Boise City Carey t
Act project, the main body of the e
and lying to the east and south OF f
he city and almost all within Ada d
ounty. The main line canal is about Il
25 feet above the grade line of the h
ayette- Boise gravity line, and the =
arious pumping lifts VIII cover S
bout 70 feet above the main line. a
II the power that can be developed P
t Highland will be used in pumping el
ater to the higher levels" II
Descriptions of the land covered fl
V the Carey act segregation of &c., Il
90 acres cover lands in township OF
north, range east; 1 north, 3 te
lst; 1 south, east; 1 south; east D;
south, 1 east; 2 south, l west; 3
,uth, 1 east; south, 1 west; 8
,uth, 1 east; 3 south, 2 east;
uth, east; 5 south, east, and m
,rth, east Portions of this tract If,
} within three miles Of Boise fo
More Property Valuations be
The project when completed will if