The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1924-03-26

basin for delivery to between 100000
and 100000 acres of lands within the
Boise Mountain Home or the Sunny
side project, total Of 100000 acre
feet of water that comes from the
great watershed of the Sawtooth
mountains, towering in eternal snow.
and which can be delivered through a
series of tunnels to the land.
This in brief is the findings of a
special commission OF engineers which
made study of the data gathered
on the water supply and has submit
ted its report. The report was made
public by S, H. Hays, who has been
securing data on the project for east
ern fnanciers who have been inter-
Iested and it is undertoosd are willing
to finance it. The details of the fl
nancial plan have not as yet been an
nounced, it being necessary to deter
mine the availability OF water for the
irrigation of the arid lands.
This commission was composed of
4. J. VILE. consulting engineer OF the
Ireclama lion service; W G. Swendsen,
state reclamation commissioner for
Idaho; Professor NJ. R. Lewis OF the
University OF Idaho and James 3.
Hays of Boise, who designed the pro
Jet.
Parties of eastern financiers have
not only inspected the project, but the
source OF the proposed water supply,
among those in the party were: Gen.
:. r. Champlin. president of the Mas
sachusetts Trust company and F. E.
Buxton, a director of that COMPANY;
H /. Johnson of the American Lock
er company, Walter c. Eayes of the
true webber company. Charles H. r.
oh, president Of the Irving Berk Ma
.,.asl h9nk, Chicago; ~
Gowns. director Of the Mass cha1
trust company,
Extracts from Report
The following extracts arc ta1
from the report of the engineering
commission:
From an economic standpoint "
should use if possible the waters OF
Salmon River found in Stanley Basin
if those waters can be used as cheap
ly and will furnish as adequate wa
ter supply S Snake river All should
agree upon this.
"These findings upon the water sup
ply by the commission call for our
continuation of these investigations
and the working out of the problems
as to where the water had best be
stored and the amount, the seepage
losses in reservoirs and canals, the
question of evaporation, the style and
design of dams and numerous other
questions.
'sThe present state of agriculture is
we'll known and we are not unmlnd- |
full of the conditions, which have been
taken into consideration.
The Carey Act projects with which
members of the orgaization investing
their money in this project have been
connected during the past twenty
years represents an expenditure OF
$40 900 900. The reclamation service
since their organization twenty years
ago have expended in the state of Ida
no approximately s22,OO0,0O0. The ex-
penditure on the Boise-Mountain
Home project will exceed the joint
of both the Reclamation
service and the Carey Act people for
the last 20 years.
perhaps this may seem an ambi-
tious undertaking. There are people,
however, still living in Boise, who
considered the investment made in
the Twin Falls project excessive and
i'll advised, and who would not go
that far to enter land. Perhaps con-
ditions have changed, but conditions
also are different on this project,
Gas before stated members of the
connected with the bulk
of the Carey Act development in this
state costing approximately $4,000
600 feel that this development now
can be made and financed.
They are not yet ready to state how
much it will cost but they are think
ing of a tract which will comprise
325, 900 acres and a cost that will be
reasonable Ultimately they feel that
100000 acres and upwards can be de-
veloped. 1t is anticipated that 3d.
OOOacres can first be put in while the
long tunnel on the project is being
built
"The contemplated works will con-