The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-05-17

death and the water drawn on in
summer, leaving them painted with
mud, soured, begged, falling over
in tangles and finally floating and
being driven before the winds to the
distant shores and there lodging in
winnows, tough, punk, unavoidable
and unburnable Go out on the
bluffs overlooking the scene and
in contemplation of the change, and
picture, II you can, his grief at los
ing his own, his nature, so dear to
him, and taking this artificial thing
in its place. He sacrifices that to the
white race, first his buffalo, then
his cattle, then his meadows, and
takes bog painted with mud. In
its stead he is offered strips of soft
paper with figures engraved in it,
or he can have piece of desert land
with ditch and water flowing at the
highest corner. A white man will
show him how to create meadows
and cattle, and fences to keep them
on the hunting grounds within gun
shot of the house, but in it all he
loses the JOY of the chase. A white
man will string wires to his place
and bring a species of sunlight into
his house at night to be in compe-
tition with the moon.
Some things are, uncertain 1t is
not definitely known whether this
new intermittent lake will be known
as the American Falls reservoir or
the Fred Reed reservoir or Harding
lake. Habit suggests the first name.
Difference to Idaho's greatest boost
er who wore out his life promoting
this and other reclamation projects,
suggests the second. Present ex-
pediency makes for the use of the
latter name, and just now Idaho men
are trying to arrange for President
to turn the first shovelful
of earth in official construction on
this national project 1t needs no
to show the advantages
1t will be in making this work IA
nous and drawing new people and
new capital to Idaho to have the as
sociated press tell all the people
that the President of the United
States is coming to American Falls |
% start work on the dam that will |
make the largest artificial lake in |
he world, and that it is to serve a |
vast system of irrigation stretching
rom the Yellowstone Park four |
miles down stream to where
he Scott caravan made it's failure
n the vistas of desert wastes.
1t is not known yet how large the
eservoir will be. Up to the first of
January, 1923, irrigators were in
Ioubt and those who were petition
f0 no Of Of u |
aking, were changing their minds
nd in February and March were
to get their names into
he lists of those who are to build
nd pay for the work and the lasting
7ater service. Even as you read
hese lines, applications are on file
Or admittance of tracts of land
angling in size from forty acres to
lirty thousand, and as fast as they
an comply with the conditions of
lie project, they are allowed to get
/ and be counted. Every day the 9
uestion is being asked, How large
this reservoir to be- and every t
ay it is different size, with posi-
Titles ranging from fifty thousand
cres to eighty-two thousand acres G
surface area. c
1t is not known just when actual Q
instruction will begin or when it +
i'll be finished, but the business
with, it is getting in full N
wing now, and money is changing p
lnds for property within the area
be flooded Work will begin S
rly this summer and the reservoir A
i'll be serving irrigators in about
rec. four or five years, with pos RI
Die continuation of construction tt
Qger than that to build it to the tt
aXimum capacity. q