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March 



ably be less than 100 acres and the 

 total number of farms will be some- 

 thing more than 2,500. These farms 

 and the immense timber resources of 

 the country will easily support a popu- 

 lation of 50,000 people. 



The engineers of the service are not 

 here confronted with difficult engineer- 

 ing problems. The water supply is 

 abundant and nature has provided the 

 necessary reservoirs. The larger area 

 of irrigable land, about njo.ooo acres, 



Klamath Lake. This latter lake ex- 

 tends from Klamath Falls, Oregon, to 

 Laird, Siskiyou County, California, a 

 distance of twenty-five miles. The 

 depth of water varies from one to 

 twelve feet and a heavy growth of 

 tules marks the greater area. The lake 

 has an elevation of 4,086 feet and an 

 area of about 80,000 acres. Except 

 for a large drainage channel, which 

 will probably be navigable. Lower 

 Klamath Lake will be reclaimed bv 



Link River, Oregon, Outlet oi Upper Klamath Lake. 



will be supplied with water drawn 

 from Upper Klamath Lake, situated in 

 Klamath County, Oregon. This lake 

 has an area of 60,000 acres, an average 

 depth of about 8 feet and an elevation 

 of 4,142 feet. The lake receives the 

 drainage of an immense water shed. 

 Its only outlet over a rim-rock is Link 

 River, a stream which has a length of 

 about one mile and a fall in that dis- 

 tance of 56 feet, emptying into Lower 



drainage and evaporation and subse- 

 quent irrigation. Its outlet at Keno 

 into the Klamath River will be deepen- 

 ed twelve feet by a rock cut. 



The second reservoir is Clear Lake, 

 in Modoc County, California, where a 

 restraining dam must be constructed. 

 The outlet of the Lake is Lost River, 

 which flows north through rich valley 

 lands in ( )regon and then turns south, 

 emptying after a course of sixty miles 



