. Conservation. Forests and forestry. ihe Heart of Spokane an estimated cost of $4,000,000, and the Payette-Boise, 200,000 acres, costing $3,000,000; while Oregon has the Uma- tilla project, 20,000 acres, costing $1,- 200,000; and the Klamath, part of which extends into California, 165,000 acres, costing $5,950,000. The projects in Montana are the Huntley, 33,000 acres, cost $840,000; the Milk River, including Saint Mary, 30,000 acres, cost $1,200,000, and the Sun River, 16,000 acres, costing $500,000. The Lower Yellowstone project in Montana and North Dakota takes in 66,000 acres, and will co
. Conservation. Forests and forestry. ihe Heart of Spokane an estimated cost of $4,000,000, and the Payette-Boise, 200,000 acres, costing $3,000,000; while Oregon has the Uma- tilla project, 20,000 acres, costing $1,- 200,000; and the Klamath, part of which extends into California, 165,000 acres, costing $5,950,000. The projects in Montana are the Huntley, 33,000 acres, cost $840,000; the Milk River, including Saint Mary, 30,000 acres, cost $1,200,000, and the Sun River, 16,000 acres, costing $500,000. The Lower Yellowstone project in Montana and North Dakota takes in 66,000 acres, and will cost $2,- 700,000 when completed. Two hundred private projects are in operation in the Inland Empire. Nu- merous irrigation canals have been con- structed in Chelan County, which has the VVenatchee, Chelan, and Entiat val- leys. There are also important works along the Columbia River in eastern Oregon and in the Spokane, Kettle Falls, Bitter Root, and Snake River and Clearwater valleys. One hundred thou- sand acres of land in the Spokane Valley is capable of irrigation. The Spokane River, near-by lakes, and an under- ground stream, flowing through the valley, are used by these plants, one of which raises the water by means of electric pumps from wells, ninety-seven to 140 feet in depth. The extent of operations on irrigated lands in the Northwest will be better when it is known that the value of the apple and other fruit crops in the Inland Empire amounted to $14,- 030,000 in 1908. It will be $60,000,000 m 1912. by which time several million trees, set out in the last two years, will come into bearing, and others planted between 1903 and 1906 will have reached maturity. This is only the beginning of the fruit i,ldu^trv in the Northwest, where mil- 387. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work
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