The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-04-14
Salmon River Tract.

Kuhn Bros. The water is taken from
the Salmon river or the Salmon Falls
river at a point about six miles from
the Utah state line and about SO miles
above the point where the Salmon
Falls river empties into the Snake
river, and about 80 miles from the
town Of Twin Falls.
An immense dam, the segment of
circle in shape, the convex up stream
is of solid concrete. The dam is an
immense wall solidly bonded into the
solid lava rock at each end. The main
structure is about 22O feet high, $50
feet long on top and APO long on the
bottom. 1t is 106 feet thick at the base
and 20 feet thick at the crown and con-
tains about 100000 cubic yards of
masonry. Great rocks were embedded
in the concrete, adding strength and
solidity to the mass. There will be
a 16-foot roadway on top of the dam,
with handsome parapets on each side
and well-constructed grades leading
from both sides of the canyon. This
roadway will carry the traffic to Jar
bidge and the Cedar creek country
The outlet from the reservoir is a
tunnel in the solid rock wall Of the
canyon. which leads, to a deep open
cut and thence to the spillway and a
second tunnel, debouching into a nat
ural depressions which ofrms check
basin.
In the first tunnel which is lined
with concrete and protected by steel
trash racks, are set the great con-
trolling gates. These are operated
| through a shaft which has been sunk
from the surface Also there are
gates at the mouth of the second tun-
mel. These can be closed at will and
the water sent over the long spillway
back into the Salmon river.
The dam makes a reservoir ranging
in width from a few hundred feet to
several miles. The reservoir is from Is
to 20 miles long. The river drains an
area of about 1900 square miles assur-
ing sufficient water at all times.
Friday of last week the water flowed
into the first tunnel and into the main
canals and distributing laterals The
work of three years was completed
and the tract is ready for cultivation
Mr. F. c. Horn was the engineer in
charge during the construction work.
He is one of the best and most compe-
tent civil engineers in the west
The Salmon River tract is one of the
finest sights man ever looked upon
Standing at a point where the main
canal energies from the canyon one
can see gently sloping to the north
and west in a compact body one humid
red and forty thousand acres of the
richest land in the world
The Goose Greek Tract.
The Goose Greek tract lies east of
the Salmon River tract and south of
Miner, in Twin Falls and Cassia
counties There are $4,000 acres in this
tract Work has already been started
and the land will be open for settle
ment in the near future, a couple Of
years at the outside. The water is
derived from Goose Greek and will be
conserved by storage reservoirs. This
Is also Kuhn enterprise. The land
S said to be very fine. When fully re-
claimed it will be a yeritable garden
spot The source of the creek is. in
Utah and the reservoirs will be located
n the mountains of the same name.
Twin Falls West End Tract.
The Twin Falls West End project
overs about $4,000 acres. The land is
% the west of the Salmon River tract
and southwest of the South Side Twin
Falls tract. The water will come from
Devil and Cedar creeks. A large reser-
roir is now in course of construction
IN Cedar creek about 10 miles west Of
he Salmon River reservair. 1t will
Re natural gravity system and water
rights will cost $40 per acre. About
$4,000 acres have already been sold on
this project.
The Glover Greek Propect.
The Glover creek tract is located
northwest of the North Side Twin Falls
project and consists of about $4,000
acres. The land is west and northwest
If Gooding The main line of the
Oregon Short Line railroad runs
through the southern part of the tract
rhe towns Of Fuller, Bliss, Ticeska
nd King Hill are located on this tract.
he Clover creek project is an extern
sion Of the North Side project.