The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-01-23

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The farmers have organized the
Miner Canal company and have agreed
to buy stock in that company at the
rate of S55 per share, one share for
each acre to be irrigated This stock
Will be paid, $3.50 in October AFTER
THE WORKS ARE CONSTRUCTED,
then nothing is to be paid for three
years excepting six per cent interest,
after which payments are to be made
in installments.
What the Miner Canal Company has
got: They have 600 cubic feet of water
from Snake River filed on by d. B.
Moorman for himself and all other
users under the canal system.
In addition they have filed on a
reservoir with capacity all ready pro-
vided to the extent of $4,000 acre feet.
In addition they have made appli-
cation to United States government
for $4,000 acre feet capacity from
Jackson Lake; 10000 feet of which is
Immediately available, and the govern
ment attorney states that the balance
will be ready in a very short time.
This insures full storage required for
this entire project from Jackson Lake
alone. The Jackson lake application
has been on record at Washington for
more than a year.
In other words the project has filed
upon water from three separate and
distinct sources, any one of which is
ample for the entire project.
Machinery has been ordered: The
machinery for this project was order
ed December Is, 1916, from Alliss-
Chalmers of Chicago. But market con-
ditions are in such a state that it was
absolutely impossible to get this great
house to furnish all of this machinery
for the spring of 1917, but by offering
them extra inducements they have con-
tracted to deliver on May 18th, 1917,
two 500 horse power pumps. with a
capacity each of As second feet. These
l two pumps have sufficient pumping
capacity to take care of 5000 acres
which is the first unit of this irriga-
ton project. These pumps are COM
plete with generators ETC.,
The additional machinery will be
delivered in time to be installed in
the spring of 1918. This machinery
will be sufficient to irrigate the bal
/, ance of the 10000 acres.
d Construction of pump houses: Work
i on the foundation for the pump house,
= will be commenced just as soon as
0 weather conditions will permit and
e will be ready for the installation of the
: first pumping unit in May 1917. With
II the foundation in and ready when the
d machinery arrives it will be a matter
7 of a very short time to get the frs
e unit into actual work.
n Canals: Work on the canals ant
+ bitches will commence as soon a;
weather conditions have let up anC
will be prosecuted vigorously.
n Financial arrangements have beer
II made with the Daniel Hays compan,
/, of Rock Island and their associated
n bankers in New York, Chicago, Peoria
N to underwrite this whole project. The,
J. will purchase all the farmers mort
is cages and other securities thus fur
of nishing money to complete this entire
IS project. In fact considerable SUM
p of money have already been advance,
e. by them in order to get the matte
ot started and as far along as it is now
)r Milner-Twin Falls Land and Wate
ID company has employed Geo. w. Sturte
s, want of Chicago as Designing Enginee
or of machinery to be used in Milne
Id Canal Company's project Mr.. Sturte
want designed and built the Shoshon
Falls power plant and other larg
= plants and irrigation projects in til
, United States and is entirely familia
p with local conditions.
- F. c. Horn of Boise, who built th
- Salmon dam and other big irrigatio
" nrOiects in the west has haen emnlo,