The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1910-04-03
SUPERVISING ENGINEER OF REC.
LAMATIoN SERVICE IN WEST.
ERN STATES TALKS.
NEW WORK IS OUTLINED
Are TO Be Extended to Cover More
Than the Six Thousand Acres Now
Ready for Irrisation-Steam Shovel
and Grader to Be Installed.

\ Last evening II. n. Savage, super
\ vislng engineer Of the work that IL
being done by the United States rec
\ lamation service In three westcrl
states. arrived In Missoula from the
reservation, where he had just COM
! pleted u three-day inspection tour
over the Flathead projectg With Mr..
Savage was w. II. Sanders Of Los
Angeles. u consulting engineer of the
reclamation service. Both OF the gen
tlemen have gone over the work on
the reservation. making the trip with
r.. +. Taber, project engineer In
charge OF the administration of the
western Montana irrigation scheme.
At the Savoy hotel last evening Mr..
Savage, who will be remembered by
many people Of Missoua for the lee
ture on reclamation work on the Vel
lowstone delivered by him last fall at
the Harnois theater. reviewed briefly
the purposes of his trip and the plans
of the service he represents. To a
Missoulian man he granted the fol-
lowing interview:
Il have been on the reservation for
the purpose of developing plans for
the seasons construction work. which
the government is doing In installing
an Irrigation system. building canals
and reservoirs to supply water to the
lrrigable lands. The works begun last
season VIII be extended at Jocko to
cover several thousand acres I'm addi-s
tion To the G.000 for which the water
Is now ready. Al the mission sup
ply canal will be constructed from
Post creek to the Kicking Horse res
eryolr and several canals will be ex-
tended from this reservoir westerly
and southerly To cover 10000 acres,
ana other extensions will be made in
subsequent years. A supply and gath
ering canal win be built from the
Pablo reservoir. In the north end of
the Mission valley. the canal to run
out east and south along the foothills
and ultimately 10 extend to Post
creek.
"a beginning will be made on the
Pablo reservoir and a distributing
canal VIII be constructed from this
y,
erly and westerly.
New Equipment.
In addition to the construction
equipment now at the work, large ad-
ditions will be made this season A
steam shovel has been ordered for i'm
mediate delivery and it will be NOV
ing the dirt within month An ele-
waiting grader Is also being acquired
First. Of course, opportunity will be
given to all Indians who desire to
work with their teams
Work on Tunnel.
AZ 10 the work that is being done
at the Newell tunnel. s.t.ate1 six
miles west Of Poison on the PEN
d'Oreille river, Mr.. Savage had the fol-
lowing to say:
The tunnel driving Is progressing |
IN satisfactory way. Special care
Is being taken to keep the cost do IN |
to the lowest possible figure, 4 tSon- !
spienously efficient force of men is in |
charge OF this work These men |
have been selected with especial care
each because of his merit w. r. |
Hooking Is tunnel superintendent and |
the force totals 23 men. Mr.. HHck-
Ing Is assisted by single shift boss, |
these two being the only men other
than laborers engaged on the work |
The tunnel has been driven 300 feet.
A New Road.
"A construction camp Is being es-
tablished seven miles northwest of ST
Ignatius, and it Is expected that a
public highway will be laid out from
Dixon, running up the east side of the
Pend d'Oreille river, west of the boun-
dary line of the Bison range and con-
tilung across the reservation. The
grades are particularly favorable. 1t
is understood that the county will /
take up the work Immediately.
THE United States has just COM
pleted the construction of a ware
house at Ravalll. 1t was finished to-
day and will be used in connection
with the canal construction work, for
the storage OF grain, hay and con-
struction equipment. tools and sub
sistence supplies. Construction camps
are to be established east of, the Jocko
agency and a third will be, estab-
lished Immediately east of the Pablo
reservoir"
This Is to be the largest reservoir
on the project, isn't 1t, Mr. Sayage?"
the newspaper man asked.
Yes, II is was the answer The
Pablo reservoir will cover approx
mately 5000 acres, but 1t will effect
the irrigation Of 10000 acres"
Mr.. Savage leaves this morniag for
his headquarters IN Helena