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THE IRBIGATION AGE. 



THE TWIN FALLS IRRIGATION PROJECT OF 

 IDAHO. 



Information About This Giant Enterprise That Will Cost Its 

 Promoters Over a Million Dollars. 



A representative of THE IRBIGATION AGE spent a 

 week's time in Idaho recently looking over different 

 irrigation projects, among them the Twin Falls Land 

 & Water Co.'s project along the Snake Eiver. This 

 is the largest private project ever undertaken in the 

 United States, and the vast area under the Twin Falls 

 canal is peculiarly favored for irrigation. It slopes 

 gently to the west in such manner that it can be watered 

 from the canal and laterals with no difficulty. The 

 amount of land to be irrigated by this canal is about 



are usually delightful; sometimes the weather is warm 

 in summer, the thermometer in the Snake River valley 

 running up as high as 105 to 108 in the shade. This 

 was the temperature during the writer's visit at Sho- 

 shone and the Twin Falls district, but he could hardly 

 believe the statement made that it was over 105 in 

 the shade, as it certainly did not seem to be over what 

 would be known as 80-degree weather in Chicago. This 

 peculiarity is due to the fact that there is so very little 

 moisture in the atmosphere, and furthermore, a good 

 breeze is always blowing from the mountains on the 

 south or . north. 



Away to the north of this tract of land is what is 

 known as the Saw Tooth range, a beautiful range of 

 mountains, snow capped, which have the appearance 



Shoshone Falls, near Twin Falls City, Idaho. 



240,000 acres. It is located in the Snake River valley 

 in the vicinity of the world-famed Shoshone Falls, 

 which are second only to Niagara Falls in importance 

 and beauty. The land, also, surrounds the Twin Falls 

 noted for their scenic grandeur and enchanting beauty, 

 these falls being nearly as large as the Shoshone Falls. 

 Near the lower part of the land to be irrigated are 

 also to be found the Auger Falls, of no small signifi- 

 cance. The soil under this canal is exceedingly rich 

 and productive and contains no alkali or mineral sub- 

 stances injurious to vegetation. It is particularly free 

 from gravel and stones. Idaho is known distinctively 

 as a land of sunshine. It is noted for cloudless skies, 

 and there are very few days in the year when the sun 

 can not be seen. It is also noted for its healthfulness. 

 The winters are comparatively mild, with but a mod- 

 erate amount of snow, while the spring and fall seasons 



of saw teeth, owing to their almost equal height and 

 uniform size. This is really one of the prettiest moun- 

 tain ranges in the country, the only possible objection 

 to them from a scenic standpoint being the monotony 

 in regard to height, one peak being apparently no 

 higher than the others. This range. extends from the 

 extreme east looking north from Shoshone Falls to the 

 end of vision to the west. Another mountainous country 

 lies south of the Twin Falls tract. The State of Idaho 

 has long been known as "the gem of the mountains," 

 this title having been given it, no doubt, from the fact 

 that large quantities of minerals were found in this 

 State at an early date. That title holds good now 

 that large areas of the State have been watered from the 

 mountain streams and have been turned from sage 

 brush plains and trackless areas into lovely farms and 

 gardens. 



