The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-26

meaning now Of an endeavor to trcs
Wltn lhem for an additional cession o
their reduced reserve.
Up-to-Date Methods.
nus tribe OF Indians possesses n whit,
nao tha grade OF Intelligence. They reac
lhs papers and keep abreast with tn,
shliling scenes of the times, and. sngu
| lariy sos with the eager demands for snc
the rapid increase in the price of rea
tths.aae, thn, ot which they are owners Of man,
People in the vicinity OF the Fort Hal
reservation will remember the delays ans
the dlfficulties attending the last treat,
erected with this tribe for the release o.
the lands adjacent to Pocatelo and thu
allotting of lands In severalty to ths
DUCKS. squaws and papooses comprlsnl
the indefatisable determination and SUI,
perior integrity OF Special Commissions,
Hoyt, cousin of Grover Cleveland, fl
the year 1897.
The Indian lands intended to be GOV.
cred by this storage system are the IA.
NOUS Fort Hall bottoms an Ideal fish.
ing and hunting ground for the tribe ant
an elegant fall and winter range for theii
ponies For many Interesting years il
has been their general custom to go &c
the bottoms to fish and hunt and grazc
their STOCK during the late summer. fal
and early winter seasons.
1t Will be necessary TO exert reason
able amount of ingenious craft to induce
these reds" to yield this custom 10 the
An additional difficulty attending the
initial develonment OF the great storage
plan finds lodgment in the breasts of the
Fooatello and Blackfoot people and those
and northwest of the former city.
They sec commercial reasons why this
great reservoir might work a bardshlr
on them. through the cutting off of some
$4,000 to a, 900 acres OF contributory ter
ritory ultimately valuable for agricultural
purposes. In addition. II find them ap-
prehensive of the sanitary effect which
this reservoir might have on their home
tersf fof the river and OF the artificial lake
would recede. leaving large area OF
bare ground. with probable bogs and
Other residents scoff at tho idea of such
an element of danger and hope the enter
prise may obtain. that beautiful summer
resorts may bo established about its
shores. with boats for sailing purposes.
and ultimate shade, walks and drives
But the greatest source OF difficulty
will probably lie In the long distance this
impouuded water must be taken from the
place OF storage 10 the land it is designed
10 serve.
More Difficulties.
From the proposed dam in Snake river.
some three miles up stream from Amer
ican Falls. it is planned to carry the
water in the channel OF the Snake past
the Minidoka and to the Miner dam a
distance of about seventy miles. Here
IL must be diverted and carried by high
line canal a distance of 100 miles TO the
nearest point obtainable OF the enormous
rich Bruneau tract OF land. in course OF
reclama ton.
This route of canal would pass over
the great picturesque chasm of the South
Salmon river. requiring a flume OF some
two miles in length. When the lands arc
reached n continuance Of the main canal
length Of forty miles. and at least four
large lateral canals OF an average length
OF at least twenty miles.
For the major portion of the distance
from Miner dam TO these lands the orig
inal Twin Falls South Side canal might
be enlarged. When We contemplate that
the loss OF water conveyed through an
earthcn canal is approximately one-IaiI
OF per cent per mile, and that at inns
point 100 miles distant from the dam
which diverts the water from the chan
mel OF the Snake river. 1T reaches ,hc
first OF the Bruneau lands. We can PC
ihig gigantic undertaking. which amid al
these seeming distinctions If 1ustlhcd, ~
noint Of fact by the fertility and deplh
Of the Bruneau soil its cllmatic condl .
lions altitude protection by the adjacent
ronres OF hills and mountains, proximity
Ia transportation facilities. ana tne m m
crrasing demands. local ana lorcieh, loI
Inc enormous crops IL is susceptible OF
let us pause TO suggest however, that
sbouid tuc state land board contract win
the promoters or inns ,ehttip pll9. ~,
Lasis OF the highest price thus far au-
,borIzed for water on any Idaho Carey
act proioct that is $50 per acre. The TO.
tal sales of water To cover this proJec'
would net $4,000, 0Oa.
Scope Of the Plan.
This plan IS so immense In it's scope
that the. brief review 9t us ots prHp%SeTI ptbomeI
based on entirely superficial premises
is staggering. ,t., 90,
confidence OF the mon VINO are 10 LnSSs' n,tsr
their millions in TINS venture 10 "''oe'''e
No one who makes cursory review
NJ the obstacles they must surmouht ano
OF the risks they must take mn ,I ',,I ml.n vii
hesitate 10 take off his hat IN adUlrt
;ion of these empire builders, VINO .IoSo. Sn, !.
and shape the face OF Mother Earth 10,
tbe desiInics of future generations sna'
the waste places Of the great American
Icsert may be transformed Into hcids oi
profit and gardens OF beauty a.,
Properly ssfeguarded and pursued ~ ~
Tho high shirt by contractor ara stale
iand hoard designed by the oriSlnators
~ the popular plan Of reclamation ol nv
arid west, all men and all women r1n Jn !,
nected with the developmcn, vi u,o hh ~" q
NAV do Ike honor and uredit 10 oo''
n,,bI,c trust and private fortune.
let us all hope that In the hccolnpl,Ssn 'I,sl.
uout OF the maximum resullS httclo,,'7
lhe rninutia OF THIS Srehe '!eM aaros,jn 9
In ali It's intricate and its intereSvmg ie Mnnng
phases OF prime development; no,ntsd ,ns nts to
Single al J'a, auestionablc transaction; ina' nm
nome ,1s of The acreage Of the Splendidi i, new Nv
tract tract. or OF lots In townsiies w, 1S
.a,ed IN The records. 10 the rcsPeG.,Fc
trace,u o Of ,be state land board making
,,,is Contract with the projectors he,
ns rn'S hone that the settlers TO he invited invited
across ' our borders from a., our w.at siS.II may
states I'll, W '' rc1icved of fears OF collusion
be cn1tTss and contrac!ee In the irr
C5 ca tion Go' Of this great splendid BrTHenu ~ a.
area Of land, promising dmen SmRiFe ana children I'll
sell y, WIN cnn,e and build n community oi
spG spIendid homes surrounded by cIyilr%eo aI nSr
sp1ei"'" 5.p.n,in,,css Of the higher order OF per-
fection
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