Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-07-08
WE FOUND THE DAM.
A Most Highly Educational and In
teresting Trip Made To the jack
son Lake Reservoir.
we Were at the Site of the Dam
But no Easy Task To Get There
by Dam Site.

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Wendell lrrigationist. j. ID. Minis. of |
the News, and l.. T. Alexander, OF the |
Times. spent the latter part of the |
week in "A tour OF investigation in the |
Jackson Lake country, where our set
tiers have been tod there was a dam
being erected TO empound storage
water for this tract As stated above
We found the dam. and Il big body OF
water pressing against II. which Is
known as Jackson Lake. AS to the
details connected with the building
OF the dam and the statistical infor-
nation which we gained while on our
visit there. the same is being com
piled into report which will be pre-
scented next week. accompanied by
several illustrations. which OF course
We were unable to obtain for this is
sue Suffice 1t to say however, We
found conditions there about as has
been explained to the settlers here by
representatives. of the company. with
good prospect OF a material increase
In the amount OF storage water an
other year.
Jackson Lake rs located in what is
known as Jackson Hole. valley ex-
tending from the National Park for
distance OF many miles. down
through Wyoming following the bed
OF the Snake river. and bordered on
a. 49, . H.. 4 r.,
mountains The lake lies 2l miles
south OF the National Park line. and
% miles east OF the Idaho state line.
II is 20 miles distant from Ashton.
Idaho. u point on the Yellowstone
Park line OF the o. S L. from which
point most OF the freighting is done.
and from which point our party start
ed overland for the scene OF the dam.
Arriving at Ashton in the early
morning OF July lst. we were met by
G. o. Swanson. who has charge of
the government reclamation service
at that point Arrangements had
been made by Mr. Swanson for trans
portation over this stretch OF 20 miles
of mountain road. and $3.50 that
morning found us comfortably seated
In an auto which by the way was the
reliable Ford. and on our way. About
an hour later we stopped at road
house for breakfast. which we can
assure you was heartily enjoyed by
the hungry editors. At about this
point the road enters a huge pin,
forest, which is included In the for
est reserve, and which extends almos
to the lake. or distance OF about 5,
miles. The road takes us over tn,
divide which separates the north ant
south forks of the Snake. reaching
an altitude of about 5000 feet. Al
this road is used for freighting pur
poses. IL was pretty well cut up, ant
very rough in places. and a weel
earlier it would have been impossi
BILE to travel II with an auto on &C
count of the mud In many places
Some idea of the magnitude of tn
freight business being done over thi
road might be gained from the state
ment that during last summer 13
four horse teams were employed b
the government in freighting in ms
terials. over $4,000 having bee
paid to the freighters during tina
time. However, with a little assis
ance in some of the high places, an
of course editors are well known {
pushers. the Ford was gotten ov,
the hills and little after noon foun
us about so miles on our way whei
we stopped at another road house (,
dinner These road houses are l
Gated at intervals along the road
accommodate the freighters. as the
are no signs of habitation along Il
route excepting these road houses.
After dinner we found that we st
had 23 miles to travel to reach d
lower end of the lake where the wo
is being done, and this road takes o.
around the upper end of the la
and along the east side of the san
giving one an idea of the magnitu
of this great body of water. T
lake has length of about IA mil
and an average width of some
miles, and II has been sounded to
depth of 400 feet in some places. F
lowing along the border of the la
we arrive at the point of the dam
about 4 o'clock In the afterno'
While the ride was tiresome one
was at the same time very itnere
ing one, as II took us through W
and unsettled country, the timl
section abounding in all kinds
game, including elk and antelope a
while It was out of season, poach
killed five elk the day we arri'
there within only a short distal
from where we took dinner. and VI
arriving at Ashton upon our ret