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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



THE LEWISTON-WAHA LAND WATER & POWER 

 COMPANY'S PROJECT. 



A PROMISING ENTERPRISE. 

 E. W. HART. 



It is doubtful if there are many of the citizens of 

 the central or eastern States who have even a glim- 

 mering of what irrigation means to this country, not- 

 withstanding the fact that the subject has been largi ly 

 exploited and advertised throughout these sections. 



West, which wen- intended to educate our readers in 

 the central and eastern States along the right line, so 

 they may better comprehend the situation, in case they 

 contemplate moving into the West where they would 

 would make a- livelihood along the line of irrigation 

 farming, or have an idea of reaching out into this 

 rapidly growing section of the country along invest- 

 ment lines. 



Among the many projects which have been in- 



WAHA LAKE RESERVOIR, , Lewlston-Waha Project 



To the ordinary individual this seems a strange con- 

 dition when the eastern and central States are bound 

 to benefit by irrigation as much as those of the West. 

 Irrigation is a large subject. It comprehends a vast 

 amount of health, wealth, energy, happiness, economy 

 and power. 'It means conquest of a fascinating sort. 

 There is life, activity, humanity in it. 



Farming has become a combination of work direct- 

 ed by business ability and science and this applies just 

 as strongly to irrigation as to ordinary farming. THE 

 IRRIGATION AGE has at various times published de- 

 scriptive matter concerning projects throughout the 



vcstigated by this publication during the past years 

 is that of the Lewiston-Waha Land, Water & Power 

 Companyj of Lewiston, Ida-ho. This company was or- 

 ganized for developing water in the Craig Mountains 

 by ditches so located as to gather the various branches 

 of creeks on the mountain and store the water in 

 Waha lake, from whence it is to be conveyed to the 

 mesa lands in the vicinity of Lewiston, which is a 

 city with a population of 8,000 at this time. Vine- 

 land, which is located directly across Snake River from 

 Lewiston, is one of the best known irrigation projects 

 in the West today, owing to its rapid and healthy de- 



