The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., June 16, 1933, page 1
TO CELEBRATE COMPLETION OF HELL ROARING PROJECT SUNDAY
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Water Will Be Turned Into New Project At That Time
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WATER WILL BE TURNED INTO NEW PROJECT AT THAT TIME
GLENWOOD, WA., June 14 -- Special. There will be a picnic
at Hell Roaring Sunday, June 18th to which all surrounding communities are
cordially invited to join with Glenwood and help in celebrating the completion
of the Hell Roaring Ditch. Water will be turned on at the head of the ditch
at that time and the aim and the hope of the staunch men who have backed
the Hell Roaring project from its beginning, will be realized.
So pack your lunch basket, air up the tires, and head
for Hell Roaring Sunday and be present to see the fulfillment of what has
been a dream for the past 20 or 30 years to settlers in Camas Prairie. And
a great day it will be too, for it's father's Day and the fathers will be
there. What could be more appropriate than a celebration of this kind on
a day like this that will commemorate the completion of a project that was
proposed by fathers and completed by sons, so that their sons in turn might
live through their efforts in a valley more productive.
A suitable place to hold the picnic according to Secretary,
O.L. Conboy, would be at the spillway of the flume as plenty of good water,
shade and level ground will be available there. To reach said place take
the Mt. Adams or Glenwood-Yakima highway and travel north of Glenwood until
Cougar Creek is forded. There turn to the left up the Hell Roaring road a
short ways up that road take a lower or right hand road that leads to the
head of the ditch where the Turner Construction camp is now located. Be there
and you will enjoy a pleasant outing with plenty of nice country to travel
through and not too bad a road - just a'la' Klickitat County.
HELL ROARING IRRIGATION DITCH NEARING COMPLETION
GLENWOOD, WN., June 14 - Special. The Hell Roaring Ditch
is nearing completion, according to John Turner, who was in Glenwood Wednesday.
Less than 500 feet of ditch remains to be dug. This is expected to be finished
by Sunday or early next week. The 450 feet of flume which heads the ditch
will be finished by Sunday and the directors of the company plan to turn
the first water into the ditch then.
The ditch as originally planned was to carry 100 second
feet of water but several years ago in order to decrease the construction
expense, the company decided to cut the size of the ditch in half, so now
the ditch as completed will have a flow of 50 second feet. This added to
the normal flow of Bird and Frazier Creek Irrigation systems should provide
ample water supply for the land now in cultivation in Camas Prairie. It is
estimated that there are 13,000 acres that are irrigated, 6,900 of these
are owned by stockholders in the Hell Roaring Irrigation Co. The construction
of the ditch to date has been $52,000. The work of the directors is not
completed, as much yet remains to be done in cleaning the ditch, building
laterals, etc. However, there is much satisfaction in knowing that the water
is coming into the valley and this dream of our early Hell Roaring ditch
advocates is to be realized. Much credit is due the perseverance of the directors
of the organization who have devoted much service to the project through
the past ten years.
IRRIGATION DITCH, TO BRING WATER INTO CAMAS PRAIRIE, NEARS
COMPLETION
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OVER 200 AT HELL ROARING IRRIGATION PICNIC SUNDAY
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GLENWOOD, WN., June 30 - Special. Over 200 people picnicked
Sunday at Hell Roaring and viewed the irrigation project there which is now
nearing completion. It has been announced that the directors of the company
expected to turn water in at the head of the ditch at that time. This they
were unable to do, as the work, due to a breakdown, had not progressed as
rapidly as was expected. However, everyone was able to judge how the finished
ditch will look and it was much more interesting to see the construction
work progressing as rapidly as it has. Everyone seemed well pleased with
the work now done and the Glenwood people are proud of the fact that the
ditch is to be finished in spite of the fact that there would have been times
when the difficulties facing the company seem to be nearly insurmountable.
The irony of this situation though rests in the fact
that now that the ditch is finished and water is coming into the valley,
Old Sol so far this year has provided this with an over abundance of other
water. The Hell Roaring water will not be needed as present at least. The
solution for this situation, it seems to us, is to open up new land, induce
new settlers to locate here and open up a larger market for the Hell Roaring
product - namely irrigation water.
It has been estimated that there are 13,000 acres of
land in the Glenwood-Laurel valley which may be irrigated. However that remains
estimates runs short, there are many more thousands acres of undeveloped
land that could profitably be put into cultivation and under irrigation.
It was stated here last week by Mr. Kaideria, of Centerville, that Jim Hill
at one time proposed to transport the waters of the Muddy into the Goldendale
country and that he considered it feasible to irrigate all the land to the
hills on the breaks of the Columbia. How much easier it will be for us and
at so much less to cost, to make available the same waters to nearer acreage
of Yakima and Klickitat counties.
So if you are interested in obtaining land at bed-rock
level and getting in and growing along with the country, this is the time
to act, while the best is yet to be chosen. A wonderful opportunity lies
right at your door if you have the foresight to see it and the faith in land
as the fundamental wealth of our country with the added dash of your own
energy and industry to develop it.
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