Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-08-25
IDAHO APPROVES
AMERICAN FALLS
RESERVOIR Plan
Land Owners Must Not De
lay Action
SWENDSEN'S REPORT
swENDsEN's REPORT
Is Last Opportunity to Get Protec-
tion or Additions to Water Sup
ply, Says the Commissioner

Pocatello, Idaho, Aug. 24.--AfteI
the investigation required by law
the State of Idaho, through its De
partment OF Reclamation, has placed
the seal of It's approval upon the
great American Falls reservoir
project. The report on this project
has been sent by Commissioner War
rem G. Swendsen to the county COM
missioners having jurisdiction.
In this report Commissioner
Swendsen points out that the propo-
sition affords the last opportunity
for those sections in Snake River
valley needing addition, or protec-
tion, to bring their water supply up
to requirements at all times, before
the present surplus Is dedicated to
new areas, which, he adds, ''is a
policy greatly to the interest of the
state and its citizens"
| Commissioner Swendsen's report
goes into the subjects of water sup
| ply, reservoir construction, etc, and
points out that the purpose of organ
izing the proposed super-district is
solely to finance the project and not
to operate or maintain, thereby again
giving state construction to the linn
itation of the powers Of the district.
Attorney General Black had previ-
| ously given the Idaho Reclamation
| Association an opinion to the same
effect.
Commissioner Swendsen's report
follows:
August is, 1922.
Re proposed American Falls Reser-
voir District.
Honorable Board of County Commits
sioners, Twin Falls, Idaho.
Gentlemen:
Under date of July 6, 1922, there
was filed in this Office the petition
| off Irwin G. Lincoln ct al, praying
for the organization OF an irrigation
district embracing the following
| areas:
4,2OO,3O acres of land, Madison
| county,
| 2,504.82 acres of land, Bonneville
county,
51,7S2.1S acres of land, Bingham
county,
| 1864 acres Of land, Power
county,
95,293.44 acres OF land. Jerome
county,
| 1852 acres of land, Gooding
county,
6,2S7.16 acres of land, Elmore
county,
221,981.37 acres of land, Twin
Falls county,
making a total of 4S7,523.11 acres.
| The said petition was accompanied
| by a general map showing the boun-
Diary of the proposed district, the
lands to be included therein, together
with the location of the canals and
other structures now in existence
and serving the lands In the pro-
posed district, and the location OF
the American Falls reservoir, which
is to be constructed for the purpose
Of providing an additional water sup
ply for the said lands.
Pursuant to the provisions OF law,
have given this petition, together
with the accompanying data and
other information relating thereto,
available to this department, consid-
GRAFTON and 1t Is my pleasure to offer
the following report.
An examination of the data, In
cluding land descriptions, together
with my detailed knowledge OF the
area embodied in the proposed dis
trict, discloses the fact that lands
included in the said district are all
situated in irrigation projects which
have heretofore been constructed,
and have been in operation for
number Of years last past. The evil
dent purpose of organizing this dis
trict lis therefore, to secure an addi-
tional or supplemental water supply
WATER SUPPLY: The supple
mental water supply for the proposed
district is, according to the petition
and accompanying data, to be de-
rived from reservoir to be con-
structed at American Falls, such wa
ter supply to be made available to
the lands situated below American
Falls by releasing the same to Snake
river, conveying 1t thence in the
natural channel TO the various
points of diversion now in use and
the lands situated above American
Falls are to receive supplemental wa
ter by exchanging rights to be ac-
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