The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-23

. project, and whereas the United
, States desires to secure at some con
yenient location on Snake river above
, the said Minidoka project, a suitable
storage reservoir, or storage capacity
sufficient to furnish. the stored water
needed in connection with the recla.
nation of the lands of the said pro.
ject, and any other project or pro.
jects. in Snake River Valley which
may be undertaken by the United
States.
: 8. AND WHEREAS, there are q
number of other proposed projects and
proposed extensions of projects both
above and below American Falls, in
GLIDING a very large acreage of arid
land which may be reclaimed by stor-
ing and saving the flood water and
winter flow now going to waste in
Snake river.
A. AND WHEREAS. the landown-
ers under many of the existing canals
in the Snake River Valley have suf-
fered a heavy loss of crops on account
tof shortage of water during certain
portions of the irrigation season of
1919, and other years, and in order to
supplement the vested rights of the
|existing canals in the valley and guard
lagainst repetition of the losses which
have occurred in the past, desire to
provide for the construction of an adj
ditional reservoir or reservoirs on
Snake river, and whereas, the various
individuals, canal companies and irri-
cation districts diverting water from
Snake river and from the South Fork
of Snake river have indicated that
they desire to secure, and are willing
to pay for additional storage to an ag-
gregate amouna of about seven hum
| drQd forty fhnnconH f7d0 000N
feet to supplement the rights of the
existing canals diverting from the
Snake river, and the South Fork Of
Snake river
| 5. AND WHEREAS, the applicants
for over Ninety 5000 per cent of the
proposed supplemental storage have
expressed preference. for having the
| work handled by the U. s. Reclama-
ton Service.
| 6. AND WHEREAS, the best site
on Snake river for the construction
of a large reservoir is at American
Falls, being especially desirable for
reservoir purposes on account of pos
sessing the necessary typographical
and geographical features and being
so located as to collect all the return
flow and unused water from the en-
tire water shed of the upper Snake
river and it's tributaries and to make
said waters available for use below
American Falls.
Z. AND WHEREAS it is feasible
to construct at American Falls res
ervoir of from six hundred thousand
(600,000) to three million (3,000,O00)
or more acre-feet capacity, as may be
required to meet the needs of the
parties desiring to cooperate in the
proposed enterprise.
s. AND WHEREAS, the cost per
acre-foot of storage in such reservoir,
decreases rapidly with the size of the
reservoir so that the cost per acre.
foot of constructing a reservoir. to
store two million five hundred |
thousand (2.500,000) acre-feet would
be only about one-half as great |,
as the cost per acre-foot to con-
struct reservoir to store six |
hundred thousand (600,000) acre-feet |
and, whereas, it is to the interest of ,
all parties desiring additional storage |
water from the Snake river or the /
South Fork of Snake river, that such |
reservoir be built to as~large capacity |
as possible within the limits of the
available water supply. and that all |
parties should cooperate for the pur-
pose of storing and saving as much as
possiVle of the flood water and win
ter flow now going to waste in Snake
river.
8. AND, WHEREAS, the United
States constructed on the South Fork
of Snake river, at Jackson Lake, Wyo-
ming, a storage reservoir, known as
the Jackson Lake Reservoir, having a
capacity of about eight hundred forty
seven thousand (S47, 000)' acre-feet, of
which about one hundred two thousand ;,
G02,000) acre-feet have been acquir-
ed by projects in the upper valley
above American Falls, and the re-
mainder thereof by the projects in
the lower valley, below American
Falls, l. c., the Minidoka project, the
North Side Twin Falls project and
the South Side Twin Falls project.
10. AND WHEREAS, if the pro-
posed reservoir be constructed at
American Falls, the said projects of
the lower valley can be supplied from
the American Falls Reservoir, and the
water which such lower projects are
now entitled to receive from Jackson
Lake can be released for the use of
such parties in the upper valley as
shall cooperate in providing storage
at American Falls for such exchange.
IL. AND WHEREAS. the United
States, through it's Indian Service, has
the Blackfoot Reservoir
on the Blackfoot river, tributary of
Snake river, for the irrigotion of the
lands ofthe Fort Hall Indian project,
and whereas, the lands of the Fort
Hall project can be irrigated from
Snake river when additional storage
shall have been provided on Snake
liver for such purpose. and the wa
ers of the Blackfoot Reservoir can
hen be diverted to irrigate arid lands
n'the vicinity of Bancroft, Idaho, and
between Pocatello and American Falls, I
or which no water would otherwise hi
re available. II
IL. AND WHEREAS, the contrac-
or owns and operates that certain
irrigation canal known as the... II
Canal, IL
which diyerts water from the Snake H
liver at point on the II
ank thereof in Section............ II
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