Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-06

redeem Go0 acres. II is now &, per
cent completed. In Nevada is the Truckee-
Carson project. which involves more
than coo miles OF canals. and 5a.e00 feet Of
dykes and dams. This. when finished.
will irrigate 100000 acres and tie first
unit Is now ready.
And then there is the Boise project,
where dam forty-five feet high has
been constructed at the mouth of cam
yon not far from Boise City This turns
the waters of a river into a canal, which
In the non-irrigated season throws them
into reservoir which will store $4,000
acre feet.
The Minnadoka project is already irri-
eating the Snake River valley, and 10
furnishing electric power to pump water
on to lands which are too high for the
gravity canals The total area there I'M
der ditch is 10000 acres and about
5000 acres are being irrigated by pump
ing.
In Colorado the Gunnson river has been
carried under A mountain 1000 feet high
by tunnel six miles In length into tho
Tncompahgre valley. This is a part Of a
scheme which eventually will irrigate
10000 acres, and the engineering con-
nected W. n IT is most remarka BILE. The
tunnel was made in eight-hour shifts, the
work being kept up day and night, and
II completed in the shortest time
upon record. In one month S23 feet
were made, and one gang of laborers
dug out 800 feet in one year.
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/ have already written of the Pathfinder
dam. This is connected with the Ne
braska project on the North Platte river.
and it includes a diversion dam 600 feet
long and 20 feet high which has been
built across that river near the station OF
Whaen. An interstate canal carries the
waters stored in the Pathfinder reservoir
through this dam over the lands OF
Wyoming and Nebraska. This project is
about three-fourths completed. The canal
has been dug to length of 100 miles. sup
plying about $4,000 acres of land, and the
men are now at work upon reservoirs
which are to be filled during the non-ir-
rigating seasons. The watered lands are
being settled and are yielding abundant
crops.
An interesting situation is that of the
Rio Grande project which is just across
the river from Mexico, and as to which
Mexico objected. as it diverts the waters
of the river which forms the boundary
of the two countries. This matter has
been settled by the reclamation service
placing its dam near the station Of Engle
on the Santa F'e system, and agreeing to
give the republic of Mexico an annual
supply of $1,000 acre feet of water. The
reservoir which will be made will have
a capacity of about 2,5OO.OO0 acre feet.
and it will irrigate $4,000 acres. The
work is already in progress there. A
railroad has been built from Engle to the
dam site
In North Dakota the government pro-
poses to pump the water from floating
barges in the Missouri river. using the
cheap Ignite coal which is found every
where in that region. By this means II
will irrigate the Bench lands in the
vicinity of Wlliston and Trenton, uti-
mately reclaiming perhaps 10000 acres.
During the past year about 400 acres
have been irrigated in this way.
In South Dakota the Belle Fourche
project has been So per cent completed
This is an important system. including a
storage reservoir an enormous storage
dam and a large canal. The project will
water 100000 acres of land, of which
about half is already supplied.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER