American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-01-06
WILL BUILD THIRD DAN q
tas AT AMERICAN FALLS.
Third Gigantic Enterprise Launched
on Raper With Prospects az Bright
as Those That Have Gone Before.

Third GIganuc Enterprise eAhuhcneu
on Raper with Prospects az Bright
as Those That Have Gone Before.
American Falls is to have another
big dam. So says the Statesman Of
last Sunday, and that plans and spec
ifications will be out this month. 1t
is to he cooperative dam this time,
the Reclamation service Joining with
the big Carey Act enterprises of the
Twin Falls country.
This is the third dam that has been
built here-on paper, The, first one
was about sHts feet high and ext
tended from near the water tower to
the hill opposite the Drake place. The
second dam was taller-SO feet-and
was built between the railroad and
wagon bridges and rested its other
end in the hill east OF the schoolhouse.
II was a fine dam, this one, with solid
rock foundation and wagon road on
the top.
The third dam is to be still higher,
ninety feetA While details have not
been made public II may probably be
truthfuly said that it. is tc be a larger
and better structure than either of its
predecessors, and will make a fine
swimming hole and fish pond out OF
the townsite. And we are all good
swimmers.
There has been talk of this great
/, undertaking for the past six years,
and much money has been expended
in surveys and preliminary work Am
erican Falls people will welcome the
talk if anything comes out of il. They
want the dam and have kept in close
touch with every developmentp. There
has been revival Of the talk during
the past two months and it is to be
hoped that something substantial Will
develop. The following from the
Statesman of last Sunday gives more
"details than has heretofore been per-
iGitted to be given out:
Within the present month details
OF the most gigantic Irrigation and
power project in Idaho will be per-
fected to an extent sutrIcienI to en-
able the interests behind it to formu-
late their plans for cooperation. II
involves the constrpctionA Of a dam
about ninety feet high at American
FsrfHs \ M stc4area of three miilioy
acre feet of@ateI1 ! the Irrigation %
six hundred thousand acres of lant
between the ASamon and Br,neatt
.NO u = - 4
rivers, and the generation OF a tire
mendous AMOUNT, of ELECTRIC power
Itlwill solve for all time the irrige
tion and power probIeAsis ON lthe9 low
erl Snake river. providing as it vii
an abundance of water for 'hoth9 ~
construction viii necessitate coopera
tioh between the United States gov
ern nmenl the State Of Idaho, thel con
struction company ,ahd9 the) stalers
This is gradually being brought about
The federal government yillfbs read
10 submit II roposal before, te en-
of the present month. The other in
terests are ready to proceed with tn
preliminary work now.
The condition of the national treas
VI ~ and ,the preparedness" program
I'm proBabi make It difficult to 90
cure lthe imfiediatel 6, Cooperation q
the federal Igovernment, but, the pre-
ID Yet hsssbesHse shordpghly eHgineel
ed and its feasibility 50 fully Seunof
stratfa that fssN c0OpssrraataiOnn s'oefa COZ
fidenhy expected.H 'sib3u y !'lgno 70.
Another important toctaAis Il
rural credit bill now before congress
81 houldl it, 'becoma anlew,Oit woyid. ID
nd uch to assist in the financing. Sc
tlement and development of irrig;
tion proiects