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Newspaper
Yakima Herald
Location
Yakima, Washington, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1903
Page
9
The report shows irrigation expanding mainly east of the Cascades with Yakima Valley leading in irrigated acreage and farms. Washington holds a growing federal reclamation fund, $1.5 million on federal books, and large canal projects in Yakima with costs around $2.3 million across 2,505 farms.
Chief Engineer Newell notes Yakima river as the best reclamation opportunity in Washington with storage in Cascade reservoirs. Private ownership and land grants complicate large scale reclamation while arid plains may hold deeper artesian water prospects. Private effort drives most irrigation so far. 1889 irrigated area was 48 799 acres, now several times larger.
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