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THE IKRIQATION AGE. 



constructing the dam. When completed this project will re- 

 claim more than 200,000 acres of desert land. 



Morris Bien, supervising engineer in charge of land and 

 legal matters in the Reclamation Service, returned recently 

 from an extended trip through the Northwest. He reports 

 that the work of reclamation generally is progressing rapidly, 

 and that there seems to be a feeling of optimism among all 

 -lasses as to the results. "On the Minidoka project, in south- 

 ern Idaho," said Mr. Bien, "the land is practically all settled 

 up. Two years ago the Government gave notice that it 

 could not furnish water until the season of 1907, and the 

 promise will be kept. Water will be turned into the canals 

 this fall, and will be furnished to a considerable part of 

 the project next spring. One noticeable feature is the un- 

 usually permanent and high class character of the buildings 

 that have been erected by the homesteaders. Some of the 

 settlers have been willing to work for the contractors and 

 in this way have made a good living while waiting for the 

 water. Others have cleared and cultivated small portions 

 of their entries and have raised small crops of wheat and oats 

 of good quality without other watering than the small rain- 

 fall during the spring months. Those who have cultivated 

 their ground have managed to realize sufficient return to en- 

 able them to make a living. In spite of the opportunities 

 which have thus been developed a large number of the set- 

 tlers have made no effort to get work or to cultivate the 

 ground, and it may be that many of them will be unable 

 to hold their entries through the next year. Those who are 

 clearing their lands and making the necessary preparations 

 for next season's irrigation will undoubtedly be able to make 

 paying crops and will be in a position to meet the charges 

 for the construction work, payable under the Reclamation 

 Act, the first of which will become due at the end of next 

 season. The developments on the Minidoka project show 

 very plainly that the supply of settlers for the lands made 

 subject to irrigation under the Reclamation Act is ample, 

 and that the man who is willing to work and goes upon the 

 land in good faith to make a home will, in the course of a 

 few years, find himself the possessor of an extremely valuable 

 tract of land as a result of his efforts." 



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