Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-04-20
IRRIGATION SYSTEM
ON LITTLE WILLOW
WILL COST $4,000 AND
COVER 1000 ACRES or
FARM LAND.

AT last the problem or lrrlgat1ng a
large tIacreage of the very finest
land in this part of Idaho, in the
Little Willow and Lower Big Will
low creek valleys, seems to have
been definitely solved by the sale
of bonds to the amount OF $4,000
The people who will be immediate
ly benefited by this big undertaking,
by having their lands brought under
an irrigation system that will be
both permanent and adequate, are to
be congratulated They have waited
long and worked hard to bring about
the condition of things that will
make them the most prosperous
and independent community of farm
ers and stock raisers to be found
anywhere in the Northwest.
The completion of this project will
also have another significance, that
of developing a large amount of
territory contiguous to Payette, which
will result in largely increased busi-
ness activity in this city, not only
during the construction of the big
dam and other parts of the system,
but permanently, through the develop
ment of a large section of country
Whose people have made Payette
their regular trading place during
ell the years they have been striving
and planning for the end that is
happily so soon to become reality.
If it were not for the modesty of
some people the Enterprise might
mention the names of few resi-
dents of the Little Willow creek
country to whom their neighbors owe
a debt of gratitude for the untiring
efforts they have put forth to bring
about the final consummation of
these plans.
The Daily Statesman yesterday
printed the following particulars:
Surveyor General Utter on Mon
day, April "a, will send Walter H.
Heyde with a double party of engi-
neers, consisting of a transit and
level party, to the Little Willow
creek country, lying about 10 miles
from Payette, to do the necessary
surveying to enable him to make
plans and estimate the cost of con-
struction of an irrigation system for
that district.
''The works will consist of an i'm
pounding dam and lateral distribu-
ton system. The dam will be con-
structed of reinforced concrete of the
multiple arch type, So feet high, and
the reservoir will hold thirty-eight
thousand acre feet of water.
There will be about seven thous-
and acres in the district, which is
all settled and we'll developed.
portion of it is now being irrigated
for a short time in the spring, the
creek going dry later. A carefully
tabulated statement of the resources
of this district divulges the fact that
in 1914 there was s58,500 worth OF
produce raised and sold from the
farms, the larger portion of it be-
Ing livestock and dairy products.
General Utter stated Tuesday that
the district would vote a $4,000
bond issue, which would be purchas-
ed by associates of D. Miller, presi-
dent of the Wickahoney Land q
Water company, and that this COM
pany will take charge of the con-
struction of the work, turning it
over to the district, completed and
ready for use,
This is one Of the many legiti-
mate enterprises that can be found
In Idaho said General Utter, and
1t is fortunate for the state that
such men as Mr.. Thayer and Mr..
Moore have become interested in Our