The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
DAY
JAN UARY
SIXTEENTH
IN TIL EAMERICAN FALLS RESER.
vOIR PROJECT
ELECTION WILL BE HELD All
SPRINGFIELD SCHOOL
HOUSE

January 16 has been designated as
election day for the American Falls
Reservoir District. Elections will be
held in different counties. Springfield
has been designated as the place of
Power counties. The election will be
held in the school house and the polls
will be open from o'clock in the
morning until seven p. m.
Many reasons why the American
Falls Reservoir district should be
formed, are cited by the committee
chosen to place all available infor-
nation regarding the issue before the
citizens of the district.
The committee is composed of rec
lamation service engineers, govern
ment attorneys and state officials Ia
miliar with the irrigation history Of
the state. Data for their report was
gained from the reports Of the canal
company boards in the Snake river
valley, official statistics regarding
shortages and purchases of extra wa
ter for irrigation, and from reports of
the United States Reclamation Ser
vice.
While it is recognized that some
differences may exist as to policy,
there is a general agreement as to the
facts involved. Some Of these facts
are set forth in the report of the i'm
partial committee, as follows:
The Cost
The present plans call for the con-
struction of a reservoir of 100000
acre feet capacity, the estimated cost
OF which is s6 per acre foot. If the
Aberdeen-Springfield tract purchases
one-haf an acre foot per acre as now
contemplated the cost to this tract
will be $500 per acre. Assuming that
s per cent bonds can be sold at par,
the standard irrigation district bond
would require payment of about |
1Sc per acre for the first ten years
and about 42c per acre for the next |
ten years. If desired, the first five
years interest can be funded into the
principal and refunding bonds Issued
to extend the payments over forty in
stead OF twenty years.
-. Both the Arrow Rock and Jackson
Lake reservoirs were constructed by
the Reclamation Service for less than
the estimated cost.
Immediate Benefits
into circulation in this community
will pay several dollars worth Of
debts and improve conditions gener-
ally.
Any section tied In with this ma
tionally advertised reservoir is bound
to benefit immensely by it's construc-
tion, and any section having a perio- ,
dical water shortage will suffer a
handicap continuously unless steps
are taken to provide against 1t.
An increase in population and
wealth will assist in reducing taxa
Ion.
Freight rate reductions can be more /
sasily secured. for competition In {
will seek commune 7
les where production and general ac- {
ivities justify it. It is grave ques- a
ion in many minds whether any i'd d
litional transportation will be pro- =
fded for this section unless addition )
i population and unfailing produc-
fo}SA assured. Water insurance ca q
sfS p,oAinently into the subject. a
S1he Tine is OpportuRe
We find from official sources that, a
It the present time, there is pending L
'efore the Federal Power Commission =
n application by a Pacific Coast 81
'ower company for permit to develop
ver 100000 horse power on the low s.
r Snake river. The consumation of IL
his plan would virtually prevent fur b
her irrigation development on Snake Il
iver or any Of its tributaries unless is
he American Falls reservoir is con- IL