Lower Falls in 



scores of private works in other parts 

 of the West, the Government of the 

 United States early recognized the pos- 

 sibilities of the land in the Northwest, 

 where its operations cover more than 

 1,000,000 acres. More than that, the 

 economic value of irrigation has become 

 so established there is no longer doubt, 

 if any existed, that the West, once 

 called the Great American Desert, is 

 bound to become the home of the 

 highest agricultural civilization of all 

 America. 



The largest of the Government's 

 works in the state of Washington is 

 the Sunnyside project, in the Yakima 

 Valley. It covers 99.000 acres, and 

 will cost $2,253,000. The Tieton proj- 

 ect, in the same valley, will reclaim 

 30,000 acres, at a cost of $1,800,000, 

 and the Wapato, also in the Yakima 

 Valley, will eventually take in 120,000 

 acres at a cost of $3,600,000. The 

 Okanogan project, in the county of the 

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same name, will water 9,000 acres, at 

 a cost of $585,000. 



In addition to these, the Government 

 has authorized the Kittitas and Benton 

 projects, covering several hundred thou- 

 sand acres in Washington. The Indian 

 and Reclamation Service estimate that 

 $25 or less will cover the cost for water 

 right on the reservation. This is about 

 one-half the cost of watering land under 

 other canals in the Yakima Valley. 

 There are also twenty successfully op- 

 erated private irrigation projects in this 

 valley. 



Government officials report that event- 

 ually more than $20,000,000 will be ex- 

 pended by the Reclamation Service in 

 the state of Washington in reclaiming 

 500,000 acres of land now entirely or 

 partly waste. Of this, 50,000 acres will 

 be in the Ellenburg district. 



The Government projects in southern 

 Idaho are the Minidoka, with an area 

 of 160,000 acres, to be completed at 



