Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-03-10
News and Notes of Progress
from a Regular Correspondent

one selected by the railroad COM
pany, and a campaign at once
entered upon to make this fact gen. [
orally known. 1t is thought that this
plan will find support among the
settlers when the matter is brought
before the next meeting of the assoc
citation. which will be held Saturday
evening, March ~.
The county bridge across Bennett
creek. which was washed from its
abutments by the heavy food of last
week, has been repaired sufficiently
to allow travel over it. The con-
tractor who built it last summer
did not follow specifications, and the
bridge was put in too low by at
least fee. The bridge was pre-
vented from floating away by cables
put in a few days before the rush Of /
waters. The bridge across Cold I
Springs creek was washed from its /
foundations and carried to the river /
but a force of men from Sticks con-
struction camp captured it and re-
placed it in a day.
The run-off in the various creeks
has reduced to the normal spring
flow. which will continue until into
June. Beginning last fall the irri-
cation company has taken careful
measurements of the flow of all the
creeks which are to be diverted to
the reservoirs which will supply the
high lands, and already it has been
found that the combined flow would
have filled both reservoirs to twice
their capacity and the bulk of the
water is still to come, Representa-
tives of the U. S. Geological Survey
are also keeping a record of the run
q off of these steams.
e The Orchard Improvement COM
v pany has the contract for planting
n the shade trees along Riverview
e Boulevard, which runs south from
e the townsite to the river and follows
J. that streams for three miles. This
e riverside drive, which has been
r. graded it's full length, will have nc
Is equal in Idaho when the trees an
lie shrubbery have attained a full years
lie growth and the acreage tracts on thu
- river front have been improved an'
8 planted
Z No such food as the one whicl
z happened in Medbury valley las
: week has been known in the past q
Z years. The drainage facilities of tn
Z valley have been proven to be tn
9 very best, for, with an enormoa
: volume of water passing through tn
Z various creeks. there was almost n
2 damage at all to the property Of tn
: settlers-the railroad alone sustain
< ing all the damage that was done b.
z high water. The chief cause, o
= course. was the sudden thawing q
: a large fall of snow on the platea
Z above the valley caused by a heavy
2 warm rain. Usually this snow goe
! off gradually and the culverts unde
= the tracks at the creeks have bee
z of sufficient capacity to take care q
: the water. 1t is understood that i
Z replacing the culverts they will b
x made much larger. A crew of 40
9 japanese have been at work recor
y structing railroad grades in the va
= ley the past week.
The damage to the bridge across tn
- Snake river at Glenns Ferry whic
q is to carry the syphon Of the King
- Hill extension ditch is not as grea
4 as was thought at first. Although
Z considerable amount of the falls
z work of the bridge was carrie
: away by the food and some Of th
: steel for the bridge dropped into th
x river. il is now known that the dan
= age can be quickly repaired. TIL
: bridge contractors were fortunate
= locating the steel material in Oh
z river. The Short Line rushed
! shipment of piling to the aid of th
Z builders. and the false work is bein
= rapidly re-erected. The steel for tn
: structure is all on hand as well Z
: material for the syphon, and viii
Z nothing further to hinder, the sypho
. will be laid to connect with Il
: ditch extension in time for the d
~ livery Of water to the Medbury ira
2 by May 1st. Work on the bitches
= progressing nicely and the thr'
crews working on them will
2 added to if found necessary in ord
: to finish on contract time. Sill
~ Bros. big camp is now located
~ the valley at Cold Springs cree
3 2 Large forces of carpenters are
y work on the fumes at vario
! : points. The lumber for the FUN