20081024Erwin Direct.pdf

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BEFORE THE IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION )
OF IDAHO POWER COMPANY FOR )
AUTHORITY TO INCREASE ITS )
RATES AND CHARGES FOR ELECTRIC )SERVICE. )CASE NO. IPC-E-08-10
IDAHO IRRIGATION PUMPERS ASSOCIATION, INC.
DIRCT TESTIMONY
OF
SIDNEYF. ERWIN
OCTOBER 24, 2008
1 Q.PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, EMPLOYMENT AND
2 AFFILIATION WITH THE IDAHO IRRIGA nON PUMPERS ASSOCIATION?
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4 A.My name is Sidney F. Erwin. Currently, I am a fanner in Owyhee County,
5 Idaho and I am a member and the current Vice President of the Idaho Irrgation Pumpers
6 Association, Inc. ("IIP A"). My address is 29711 State Highway 51, Bruneau, Idaho 83604.
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8 Q.WHO PROVIDES YOUR ELECTRIC SERVICE, HOW LONG
9 HAVE YOU BEEN FARMING, AND WHAT CROPS DO YOU CURENTLY
10 RAISE?
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12 A.Idaho Power Company ("IPC") supplies all the electrcity for my
13 faning operations which consists of six ground water wells with irrgation pumps
14 rangig from 75 to 125 HP. I have been faning fulltime since 1974 in the Brueau
15 area. I currently raise alfalfa, oat hay, triticale (a wheat/rye hybrid), and irrgate
16 pasture.
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18 Q.WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR WORK AND PUBLIC SERVICE
19 EXPERIENCE WITH THE ELECTRIC UTILITY INDUSTRY IN IDAHO?
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21 A.I graduated from the University of Idaho in 1964 with a Bachelor of
22 Science Degree in Electrcal Engineering and am a licensed Professional Engineer. I
23 graduated from the University of Idaho in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science in
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1 Business Finance. I worked from 1966 to 1968 for IPC at its Hells Canyon complex
2 as an electrcal inspector and from 1968 to 1972 in IPC's long ter planing
3 deparent. I was a member of, and paricipated on, the 2006 Integrated Resource
4 Plan Advisory Council and I am currently a member of the advisory council which
5 has recently convened for IPC's 2009 Integrated Resource Plan.
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7 Q.CAN YOU PLEASE GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT THE
8 DEVELOPMENT OF GROUND WATER PUMPING IN SOUTHERN AND
9 SOUTH-EASTERN IDAHO?
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11 A.Yes. Ground water pumping for irrgation purposes began rapidly
12 developing in the in the 1950s and 1960s in the Snake River plain. This corresponded
13 with IPC's development of the Hells Canyon complex during the same period and the
14 corresponding surlus of cheap, clean electrcity to ru the irrgation pumps that
15 pumped water from the Snake River plain aquifer. This phenomenon is cataloged in
16 the IPC brochure of the day entitled "Water on the Land" which is attched hereto as
17 exhibit 305. Expansion of varous fonns of irrgation pumping has also been spured
18 over the years by the change in irrgation practices from flood irrgation to more
19 effcient sprinker irrgation. However, by the late 1980s additional ground water
20 pumping slowed due to the recogntion of the interconnectedness of surface water
21 rights and ground water rights and was halted in 1992 with the moratorium on new
22 ground water rights in the Snake River plain aquifer.
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1 Q.WHAT EFFECT HAS THE GROUND WATER RIGHT
2 MORITORIUM HAD THE ON IRRIGATION CLASS LOAD GROWTH?
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4 A.Without any additional land coming under cultivation as a result of
5 ground water pumping moratorium and the fact that water is limited resource, the
6 Irrgation Class load has not been growing for at least the last two decades. This is
7 clearly shown by the data provided by IIPA witness Mr. Anthony Yanel ("Yanel").
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9 Q.ARE THE IRIGATION CLASS ENERGY SALES EXPECTED TO
10 GROW IN THE FUTURE?
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12 A.No. IPC's current2008 Integrated Resource Plan Update ("2008 IRP")
13 forecasts that the Irgation Class anual sales growth wil be -0.1 percent for the next
14 ten years.! Furher, given the moratorium on ground water pumping it is hard to
15 conceive of any scenaro whereby there wil ever be any signficant Irgation Class
16 sales growt.
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18 Q.WHAT DOES IPC ATTRIBUTE ITS CURRENT NEED FOR
19 ADDITIONAL GENERATION, TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION RESOURCES?
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21 A.The 2008 IRP and IPC primarily attrbute IPC's need for additional
22 generation, transmission, and distrbution resources to customer and load growth? This load
12008 IR, Appx. A, p. 39.
2 Id. at p. 9.; Gale DI at p. 18 11. 15-24, p. 19,11. 1-21.
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1 growth is the result of residential population growth and associated commercial development
2 in the Treasure Valley.3
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4 Q.DOES IPC'S CLASS COST OF SERVICE STUDY APPROPRITELY
5 TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE IRRIGATION CLASS' LACK OF GROWTH WHEN
6 ASSIGNING IPC'S ADDITIONAL GROWTH RELATED GENERATION,
7 TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION COSTS?
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9 A.No. As discussed by IIPA witness Yanel, IPC's class cost of serice
10 methodology more or less assumes that all customer classes grow proportionately when
11 assignng growth related costs. For customer classes that are actually growing, the cost of
12 servce studies' allocation of growth costs is offset by the additional class revenue generated
13 as a result of the realized growth. However, because growth in the Irgation Class has been
14 stagnant, and wil continue to be such into the foreseeable future, there is no offsetting
15 Irrgation Class growth revenues associated with the allocation of growth relate costs that are
16 given to the Irrgation Class in IPC's cost of service studies. As a result of this mismatch,
17 the Irrgation Class revenues wil continue to be erroneously shown as signficantly below
18 cost of serice uness the Commission acts to address ths unjust and unreasonable
19 assignent of growt related costs to the stagnant Irgation Class. The IIP A's proposal to
20 use Growth Corrected cost of service principals to assign the costs of system growth
21 addressed in this case in a nondiscriminatory maner to those customer classes that are
32008 IRP at p. 9; Keen DI, p. 5, 11. 10-17, p. 7,11. 1-21; Gale DI at p. 18 11. 15-24, p. 19,11. 1-21.
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1 actually causing this growt and generating offsetting revenue is a fair, just and reasonable
2 approach that I encourage the Commission use to address ths lingering problem.
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4 Q.HOW LONG HAVE YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE IRRIGATION PEAK
5 REWARS PROGRAM, WHAT ARE ITS BENEFITS TO IRRIGATION CLASS
6 MEMBERS AND HOW HAS IT HELPED IPC IN ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM OF
7 THE SYSTEM'S EVER INCREASING DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY?
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9 A.I have partcipated in the Irgation Peak Rewards Program ("Program") for
10 the past two years. The Program is a benefit to me and other members of the Irrgation Class
11 in that it provides an option to irrgators to voluntarly control their electrcity costs. Further,
12 the reduced load should help the Irgation Class reduce its allocation of peak demand in
13 IPC' s cost of service study and thereby help mitigate the magntude of future price increases
14 such as IPC has proposed in this case. The Program benefits the system as a whole in that it
15 has been used to cost effectively reduce approximately 40 MW of system load. In tum, this
16 load reduction helps slow the pace of growth by delaying the need for additional generation
17 resources.4
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19 Q.WHAT CHANGES AR ANTICIPATED IN THE PEAK REWARDS
20 PROGRA AND HOW WILL THOSE CHANGES BENEFIT THE IRIGATION CLASS
21 AND THE SYSTEM?
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4 See Keen DI, p. 5, n. 18-24, p. 6, n. 1-7
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1 A.Shortly, the IIP A, IPC and Staff wil be before the Commission
2 recommending changes to the Program. These changes would allow IPC the abilty to
3 interrpt the electricity to paricipating customers' pumps, at IPC's option, durng the critical,
4 sumer super-peak hours (the ''New Program"). The IIPA has been an active paricipant in
5 the development and implementation of a similar program on the Rocky Mountain Power
6 system wherein 215 MW of irrgation load was enrolled in Rocky Mountain Power's
7 program for the 2008 irrgation season. The New Program wil be beneficial to the Irrgation
8 Class in that it wil allow its members a voluntar method to signficantly reduce their
9 electrcity costs and should also improve the Irrgation Class cost of serice results in futue
10 rate cases. The program should signficantly benefit the IPC system and could conceivably
11 have the ability to reduce sumer peak load by an additional several hundred MW, thereby
12 signficantly delaying the addition of new generation resources like the recent addition of the
13 179 MW Danskin peaker plant.
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15 Q.DOES THIS CONCLUDE YOUR DIRECT TESTIMONY?
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17 A.Yes.
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FOREWORD
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History of the Snake River Valley's economic grwth is synony-
mous with the development of land through irgation.
Early irrigation was accmplished by diverting wate from river
and streams, utilizng natural forces of gravity to cay water onto
thousands of acres of Idaho's rich desert lads and creating in the
Snake River Valley one of the larest and most productive irrigation
developments in the world.
A generation a.go. with the opportunities for sound economic
development of largescale gravity projects virtually exhausted, a
signifcant chage ocurred in new la recmation methods. Vision-
ar men sank deep wells. tapping underground water to reclaim vast
acrges where gravity systems were either impractica or impossible.
Thus began a second pbase of Idaho's growth . . . an ingenious
/ and enormous land development that in less than 20 year has added. over a millon new acres under cultivation. It is an expansion which
has been accomplished by individual enterprise without federal aid,
and no tax dollar obligation. Ths growth has outstripped any federal
relamation project in America, including the famed Columbia Basin
project in Washington.
Millons more virgin acres wait only for the ma.gic of irigation.
Continued exanion of any magnitude in the Snake River Valley
.. wil be accomplished only by pumping. Ample surface and under.
ground wate is avaible, and low cost, investor.owned power stads.
ready to pump it. Future orderly development, coincident with eco-
nomic factrs which justify land expasion. hinges on the encour-
agement Idaho a.nd the nation provides for individual enterprise to
create new agricultural wealth from Idaho's large area of virgin
deser landa.
This booklet discusses many Uttle-known faets about the rapid
development of this new-method concept in deser land reclamation
and includes observations by some of the men who have played a
vital role in its development.
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Builds Idaho
Private development. without
taxpayers' funds. is adding 50,000
acres of new Idaho croplands a
year. Above, Saior Creek pumps.Pumps below are part of the Dry
Lake project.
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BY PRIVATE ENTI
Idaho today ranks third in th
three million aces of this de-velothe state.
Extensive southern Idaho lanè
the turn of the century through e1
mation and private developers. Toideveloped entirely as Bureu proj
developed by private enterprise r
feder storage prjec. The ren:
brought under cultivation entirely ¡for federal fuds.
Over 1 million of these acres hation, either froIn dee wells into UJ
by pumping diretly from the Snal
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SPECTACULAR RECENT DEVELOPMENT'
From a simple beginnng with a few scattere wels sunk less than
20 yeas ago, deep-well pumping has grown spectacularly. Currntly,
new land is being placed under cultivation at a rate of 50,000 acres
per yea by individuals using private capital. This is the equivalentof a new "Columbia Basin" irrgation project in Idaho every 6th
years without a penny of taayer obligation.
Scattered across the width of Idaho. this fantaie grwth is largely
unreognized. It has been quietly developed by individuals and com-
panes receiving little publicity. Today, there are in opration over
8,500 irgation pumps with a combined power requirement of 454,000,
horsepower.
1951 1957
FUTURE POTENTIAL
v1stimates indicate more than three millon acres of undeveloped
land suitable for irrgation and cultivation remain in southern Idaho.
Among the larger virgin desert areas are: an area south of Moun-
tain Home betWeen Orc.hard and King Hil, and another area south
of the Snake River generally extending from Bliss to Murphy. Many
other area of signficant acreage are available along the entire
length of the Snake River Basin, extending the full width of the
state of Idaho.
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UNLIMITED RESOUi
o / There appears to be an abundaniv Some 11 miion acre-feet of water
Snake River, and a trendous resE
ground water is evidenced.
Giant 1,250 horsepower electric
economically more than 600 feet aT
practi~ and economicaL. The g~owtion pomts the way to conservation,
use and for crop contrl. Ample írfor the foreseeable future at seasona
lowest in the nation. Financing is m
more projeds are proving the soune:
I~ remains for the people of Idahi
possible to encourage men of, vision
of irrigation pumping and help creat
whi.ch j~stify expansion ot reclamati
by mdividual enterprise.
LAND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH
PUMPING
BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
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This chart shows the tremendous 1
mation that has occurred in southeri
an average of 50,000 new acres undithan a decade. Today, one-third of:
pump-irrgated, reclaimed by the
investors. (These figures do not in
which would add about 100,000 mO'
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SOUTH-EASTERN IDAHO
Pump irgation in the upper valley, or Easte Idaho, largely
cente around Pocatello, American Falls, Aberdeen, Blaoot, Idaho
Falls, Rexburg, Montpelier and Preston. Scattered pumps opeate
in most irrgab1e setions of the area. Altogether about 425,000 acres
are being supplied water by electric pumps, about half supplied with
puwer by Utah Power and Light Company and most of the balance
receiving their low-cost power from Idaho Power Company.
While lifts vary considerably, most pumping here is from 150 to200 feet, generally with 70 to 100 HP pumps. Sprinkler systems
dominate the application method.
At higher elevatlons grwing seasons are necessarly short. Far
ers concentrate on fast maturing crops such as potatoes, sugar beets,
specific grains and feed crops.
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PRIVA TE RECLAMATION
PUMP IRRIGATED LANDS
IN UPPER SNAKE RIVER VAllEY
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he larger sections of private enterprise
evelopment are located. Due to map size,
ma.ller acreges (under 500 acres) ar not
10wn, but there are a great many here.
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Irgation Pumping in this mi
deep-well pumping' and here are Je
highest pump lifts served by Idah
some 360,000 acres receiving' wat
of about 350 feet. Pumps average
are not uncommon and some lifts
Longer growing seaons make
income seed crops in addition to
Sugar beets and onions.
While there are some large area
below, this ar is typified by sm~
small to show on the scale map.
highly profitable and the area pri
nation's garden seeds. Clean, sprir.
quality crops by reucing weed Cl
control of seed crop matUrity,
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PUMP IRRIGA
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ECONOMICS OF HIGH LIFT PUMPING
COSTS OF LAND RECLAMATION
Currently, desirable la.nd under existing irrgátion projects isvalued at between $700 and $1,000 per. acre. New U.S. Bureau of
Reclama.tion projects, typified by the Columbia Basin Project, cost
about $1,000 per acre to bring under cultivation.
Private enterprise development of new lands in the Snake River
Valley costs signicantly less than this. It is not unusual for newlands to prouce crp values the first year suficient to defray thetotal cost of the reclamation.
A tyical example of an area where high lifts are necessar is at
Dry Lae, where the exprience of some 20,000 acres can be ana-
lyzed.
Privately owned desert land cost the developers from $50 to $125
per acre. Dry Lake tota developments, including clearing, necesarleveling, complete pumping installations, ditches and sprinkler sys.tems total from $226 to $325 per acre. Thus this new land, fonnerly
regarded as not economically feaible for reamation, was placed
under cultivation for an average of less than $400, creating farm lands
comparable to exiting lands with a market value of $700 or more
per ace.
Many variable factors affect the total development costs of
individual initiative irrgation pumping reclamation. The general
patter, however? shows this private enterise opening of new lands
to be a sound investment for developer whose initiative and ingenuity
are making the best use of otherwise practically unused desert areas.
INCREASED LAND VALUATION THROUGH RECLAMATION
This chart showing costs of de-
velopment and the incrase in land
value that is added by recamation,
is based on the actual exerience
of developers in the Dry Lake area
on some 20,000 acre of desert land.
Estimated market value of
land after reclamation, $700
or more per acre.
Costs of projec may vå. gratly.
Desert Entry land, for example,
may initially cost as little as $2.00
per acre.
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The unique charteristics of elee
ready availabilty from investor-owne.
lowest in the nation, have been sigi
orderly and continued growth of pnm
Snake River Valley.
Today, virtually all power for pUl
new southern Idaho acres is being su
cient electric motors, some of which ha
since the 1980's.
Actual power, costs may vary fr
depending on. type of soil, applicatior
growing se~ons, height of pump lìft
The chart below .shows engineerii
costs at various lifts for pumping 0
estia.tes indicate that many acrs for
margial can now be reclaimed and p
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The grwing 'use of sprinkler irri
avenues of operating economy. Sprii
up to 80%. It reduces weedig ani
leveling- cost, peritting greater use
of thin soil areas unsuitable for diti
power for sprikling costs about $1.JI
NOTE: In the above estiates, n
include interest and amortization (
variations mae generalization an
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HIGH YIElD - HIGH INCOME CROPS
This development is occuring in virtually every area of the Snake
Rh'er Valley where rich lava-ash soil are adaptable to Successful
cultiyation of almost any farm crop. Yields are heavy . . . but,
signficantly, these bumper crops do not contrbute to the national
crop surplus. A ready market generally exists for leading area crops
such as potatoes, sugar beets, fruits, onions, corn, beas, a wide
variety of seed crps, alfalfa, 1iv~stock and feeder cattle.
The avaHabüity of an almost unlimited variety
of top quality farmproduce has enabled the opening of 21 new food procsing plants in
the past 12 yeas, with a peak 1963 employment of over 7,000 peple.
These plants provide national distribution of canned, frozen and
dehYdrated Idaho produce.
While SUpplying fresh fruits and vegetables to these procesing
plants is high in economic importance, the area climate with con-'
trolled irrgation is especially adapted to raising of seed crops. Bean,
carrot, onion and many other farm, garden and flower seeds are
- shipped allover the world. About 4/5 of the nation's requirements of
hybrid seed, corn is produced on valley farms. Comparatively' new,
bulb crops have been highly sUCcessful. For example, there appears
to be an almost instant market for tiny cocktail onions, formerly
grown and imported from Holland.
Crop values run consístentJy high. TyPical of the 5-year average
for two of the many basic are crops is shown in the following report
of the Soil Conseration Service and the U.S. Department of Agri-
culture:
IDAHO STATE AVERAGE - CROP COSTS AND RETURNS PER ACRE
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GROSS NET Ill'NCROPCOSTYiElDSRETURNBlil'ORS TAXESPOTATOES$206.61 204 cwt.$324.40 $119.79SUGAR BEETS 156.94 20.2 ton 262.26 105.32
These are all-Idaho figures. They average the best with the
poorest farm productions. Typical farm on pump-irrgated lands
often exceed these averages, as in the case of Sailor Creek, where
the first year potato crops ran 400 cwt per acre and Dry Lake, where
the i.96~,~rop produced over 800 ~t p'e.r,acr~¡'o;f, p'Qtato~ lu:.d ~E!tter
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using a low value of $200 pel'
mation, these new acre hat
agriculture weath.
New lands requir machinE
busineses have been launchstrJthened and stailized. lofertilzer industries have been
invested.
It is estimated that threeacre of new land, one on the :
industr. On that ba is, thou;from this new land developme
The ta base of all 80uth
increasd values on land and
wages, procssing faeiUties 801installed by investor-oed util
menta with Jaw-cost power.
These are just a few of tlinticaly accre as new land i:
powerfl benetit, providing ad
erations to come.
ImgatioJl, pumping has enji
ment, taking pl..just as fast asian onto new areas. Land ca,most innces"cr ca be ha
. Private initiative developme'.. simes. Modem :,agrcultural pioJ
tñe rikS and irvest in new landher availlhle water for Present
i/ ) Idaho's fuuie may well depei'men at initiative, imagiation athe :ramation of new lands a:
'great, compartively vIrgin wes'
CROP PRODUCn(
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Idaho's pump-irrigation development was pioneered by imaginative
men who invested their own time ,and money to prove the feasibilty
of tapping underground and surface water to cultivate the desert.Their vision and determination has added untold new agriculturalwealth to Idaho's economy . . . a vast new resource that wil continue
to expand for generations to come.
Observations by investors, developers, irrgators and men
in alled industries provide a challenge to Idaho people toprovide the political and economic climate that wil encour-
age the continued efforts of these modern day pioneers.
Lower Cost
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"We of the Travelers Insurance Companyhave considered it a privilege to take part
in the dynamic development of the Dry LakeArea through irrigation pumping from the
Snake River. The Trvelers has invested
substantial amounts of money through mort-
gage loans to private farmers who havebrought into production thousands of acresof rich farm land from the desert.
"These desert acres cost as litle as 50f.
per acre on up to $250 per acre. The cost toirrigate these desert acres has run from
$200 to $250 per acre. The total investment has run from $250 to$400 per acre. This land development represents about one-third thecvst the federal government bad estimated would be necessary, and
it has been done approximately 'in one-third of the time the federal
government indicated it would have taken to accomplish the same
task.
"Tn the Dry Lake Area alone, the land so developed. is now valued
at npproximately ten milion dollars. In addition to the developmentcosts. these farmers have purchased approximately two milion dollars
worth of machinery to farm that ground. This is economic develop-
ment for Idaho in the finest sense, and Traveler Insurance Company
is proud to have been a part in this development."
DONALD S. REED. Mortgage Loan Representative.
The Travelers Insurance Company
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Pioneer Spirit
"Irrigation Service. Inc.,., is prolj
been a part of the private irgatio
ment in the Dry Lake area, south '
as wen as otber individual project:
out Southwestern Idaho. We belie'
pioneer spirt and the obvious prid
opment of the individuals involvedcommended. Their foresight has)
vided a real contrbution. to the fu1communty, state and nationJ~
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"It has been 'a privilege to se.
needs of irrigators with pumps
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HARLYN J. WOOD. H. J. Wood Co
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leI started m;r deep well irrigation pump-
ing operation on Michaud Flats west of Poca-
tello in 1953. As one of the pioneers of this
area, I have proven my deep weH pumping
to be successful and others have followedmy opera.tion and found it haa also been an~wer to solving their problems. By bring-ing the desert land into cultivation, I feel
that I have contributed greatly to the sup-
port of my community. Had it not been for
this private development. there would be
thousands of total aces lying idle instead of
being in prouctive fars today."
J. W. PRIESTLY, Pocatello, Idaho
Continued Growth
Proessing Plant!
"The development of one milinew lad by pump irrigation j
Idaho has mae possible a vas'
processing induatr, whicl areaithe a2Tcultural economy . and tl
economy of the entie ar. Wimillion or more acr of the sai
high quaity land V(hich should b.
in the., rela tive1:r" :near future bypumpig., we can J.ok forward to
ing drtic incre in processjnhere.'.r:'
"These plants asur faners l
market for:thei far produce, e
the crops are planted. Area proesirequire tremendous investment:thousands of people in food hand
keting and trsporttion, and b
faners, the businessmen and thethe area alike."
Private Capital _
Individual Initiative
"Over most of the past 72 years Our Com-
pany has financed and helped establish thou-sands of acres ot gravity and pump irrigation
developments throughout Southern Idaho
and SUrrounding states. These lands havebeen engineered and financed with privatecapital and completed by individual initiative.
:rh~y. are Operated and managed by lH"ivatemdividuals and private companies.
"Through this method, we believe the de- 'velopment has been aourid, orderly, economi_
cal and guided by the individual judgment of
thousands oJ eXPerenced farmers and busi-
nessmen.
. "As one of the largest mortgage lenders
!n. the Intermountain West, we have the facil-ities and stand ready to continue helping in
the future development of Idaho's land andwater In a manner that wiH give the Inaxi-
mum permanent economic growth from thesetwo importnt resources."
DAVID R. MEAD, Assistant Secrtary and
Manager, Twn Fallii Offlce
Uta Mortgage Loan CorporaLlon
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J. R. SIMPLO'J. R. Simplot Co., :
For the Good of All
"The Basin Lad Company wasmajor land developer in the Dry Lsouth of Nampa. At that tIme, to j525 fee, and to lift it stiU furhei
sprnker pressure, wa considered
people to be not eeonomically feaj
Company invested substantial ammoney in the lad as well as the i
system to farm 4,200 acres, yet tebusiness judgment has proved fru
cause thls is a sound, economic venti
"We ha.ve added land, at apprecreed value, on the ~ rolls of t
and County, have prouced taxable
and have employed inny people, an
same time foster a vigorous new c
"As Preident of the Basin Land Co
I have bee personally gratiied not 0:
the SUccess of this endeavor, but aJS(
liz that private intitive and privati
can stil accomplish outsnding bemthe good of all."
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'i,Pumping Best Answer
"I feel the electric pumping has been thebest. ~nswer in developing 500 acres nearMeridian, Idaho. We exerence no weeds
saves leveling costs, and We have water when~
ever we need it with sprinker pumping. All
ou neighbors have since installed piunping."
M. A. STCKLER, Boise, Idaho R. L. RICE,:Basin Lad Compay, Inc. Nam;16
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Future Welfare of Idaho
"For many years I had a. vision of beauti-ful. productive farms in the Dry Lake areasouth of Nampa. Along with others I wasquite active in encouraging the Bureau of
Reclamation to proceed with their plans to
irrgate this section.
"When the idea and feasibilty of pumping
from Snake River were presented, I was glad
to c.ooperate with the other farmers in de-velopment of this fine land. I feel that theeconomic contribution of the area is equal tomay large industries and is a. tremendous
investment for the future welfare of Idaho."
JOHN H. BRANDT, Brandt Agency,Nampa, Idaho
New Job Opportunities
"My company is pleased to be a part of
the development of water and land in South-
ern Idaho. We feel we have provided goodsen'ice to many individual pump land farm.ers. The results of year 0:£ privately fi-
nanced research and development of pump
design are a..ailable to each individua.l pump
owner.
"Southern Idaho's irrigation pumping de-velopment is an exa:ple of private enter-
prise in action. The Layne & Bowler Pump
Company has invested apprecable sums ofmoney to compete for a portion of this typeof pumping business. It has created jobs and
helped to substatially increase the economy
of Souther Idaho."
THOMAS M. THOMPSON. Manager
Lc'iyne & Bowler Pump Company. Twin Falls. Idaho
Pumping Speeds Development
"New types of farm equipment have con-tributed in helping open up new tracts ofland. Pumping water from rivers and wells
has made it possible to develop new land with
private capital in helping far operators
with their problems."
RAY HARRIS. Harris Trck & Impleient Co..'Mountain Home, Idaho
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Power on Fast CaU
"O~r food processing business is
geared to agriciiltural development
the products grown on some 25,()land annually. For a prope three-
rotation program, this involves abc
acre of crp land at present time
"Our business has bee developdenterprie basis and the agrcultura
ment, community work force and inand power utities have all c
towards our success.
"Land development has been panecessary in keeping pace with ouruet needs. Lage tracts adjacer
Snake River water supply in southhave been developed. Adequate Jthese vast water pumping projectsnecessar on an economica basis.
"Another great private enterp
ness, Idaho Power Company, has 1
coperative in supplying this need
call, the power has been made a vailpumping area and to the process
themselves."F. NEPHI GRIG'
Ore-Ida Foods, Ontl
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''We in
pay arethe Dry ,part of tl
cultivatio
gratly t,
which WE
"Had i
ment the'lying jdl
far tcexperem
ents. anc
water on
to our p:
Thankful for Opportunity
"Men-il and I have been pumping water
from the underground supply on the NorthSide for fourteen seaons. DUring this time
we have seen the desert change from sage-
brush land to beautiful farms. We have been
privileged to have had a sha.e in the develop-ment of this beautiful farming area that has
contributed so much to the economy of Mini-
doka County and the State of Idaho.
"Our operation has also develope with
the growth of this area which would not
have been possible without the undergroundwater and the power to pump that wate
onto the 'land. Idaho Power Company hasfurnished Us with the electrical energy to
pump this water. We are indeed thankful for
the opportunity; that the land, the water.and the electrical power have made these
things possible:'
ROGER E. DEAN, Rupert, Idaho
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Sound - Orderly - Economical
"TIie full ecoDomic development of Idaho
as it affects the beneficial USe of land andwater resources requires the effective use ofall interests, private and governmental. In
my efforts I've leaned heavily' on the Cooper-
ation and guidance of state and federal insti-tutions and agencies but have found private i
Sources of capital and man)' privately owned
companies and individuals ready and eagerto take on cern relamation jobs.
"1 have organized and helped establish
mani- of these irrgation pumping projectsthroughout Southern Idaho _ with piivate
capital. I believe these developments have
been sOtind, orderly, economical, and guided
by individual judgment of traied people inann out of goverment agencies, by hundreds
of experienced fanners, and businessmen.
"The future development of land and water
should continue In this fashion on several
hundreds of thOusands of acres if Idaho is to
receive the maximuni permanent economical
growth from these resOUrces."
~G. T. NEWCOl'IB, Twin Falls, Idaho
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Productive Enterpr
"My pump far is the resul.t
bined effort of myself and pnv.
tors. I know that development 0:land by private individuals like
sutts in a well-planned productivl!
I have taken personal financialthis is the secret of Success of tl
The risks proved to be good one~
that the opportunity for future.
velopment of water and land 11
Idaho should continue. Communi!
velop by substantial, healt.hy gri
private individuals do the Job thr
own initiative."
J. W. "JIM" HENRY, Hazelton-I
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"The d.
water by
SUccessfulland has'
this methiwould notfor this t:
.have con'
economy
project an
investmen'this form
Development Wil Conti
"Most of our pump sales in South
have been to private indivjdu~ùi 0companies. This Company behevesbusiness here is sound and .has iiiv~sums of money in service facili
equipment to continue to serve ourera. We feel that we have made a
trbution to the economy. Our bu
geaed to serve individual pump Cl
We plan to compete for a share of t1pumping business in. Idaho ~d 1
development will contmue as it hathe past 10 to 16 year."
J'. S. DUFELLayne Pumps, Inc., Tw F.
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Processing Plants Made Possible
"Enterprising individuals from various
walks of life and with varied skils and abil"
ties have combined efforts to develop hun-
dreds of thousands of acres of new land in
Southern Idaho with irrigation pumps sup-
plying the water.
"Our proc.essing plants were made possible
... by the volume of produce now available from
these new lands, added to the existing pro-duction of established crop land. The newland has created, directly and indirectly,thousands of new jobs for Southern Idaho.
"Processing the crops grown. in Idaho is a
logical step towards further industralization
of this area. Much growth thus far ca beattributed to private enterprise. Many farmsand processing plants are being privately
financed and privately operate.
"I plan to continue to help and encourage
present and future water development. Everyindividual and business in Southern Idahohas an opportunity to benefit from this type
of development of land and water."
VANESS ANDERSON, Burley, Idaho
Increased Land Value
"Agricultural Services. Inc., Blackfoot,
Idalio, an independent corporation, has pro-
moted Idaho land development since 1952
through sales and service of deep well pumps,
sprinkler irrigation systems. fertilzer andchemicals. A new office building and bulkfertilizer plant were built in 1964. The fer-
tilizer bulk plant has 6,000 ton capacity per
season.
"Complete financial aid has been madeavailable to out' Idaho Farmers for land de-velopment a.nd land production. Agricultural
Services, Inc., has assisted with increasing
Idaho land valuation to an average of over
$1,200,000.00 per year. This has been madepossible through the development by privatepumping."
THOMAS B. SLAYTON,
Agrieultm:al Services, Inc., BlaekIoal. Idaho
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Sound and Reliable
"Our bank has had the privileg
ing ma.ny new customers and has a
ices for existing customers as a re:pump land development in this arei
upon this grC?~th as sound and ~eli
stantial additions to our service
and facilties were made possible bbusines.
"Developments such as tbis bindividual farm businessmen ha.
solid growth to the economy of t1serve. We believe in private enteare looking forward to the futw
nient of Idaho's land. water, and l
ii D. McKlJ
Twin Falls Bank and Trust Co., Kim
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"The (
in Idaho
help, is
of Bingl
brush, 1made tl
135,000
This haipotato t
teen mi
duced aJ
made p
establis'
segmen-
Individual Developi
"Development by the indivíd
ver successful in Southern Ie
not been for this type of devi
farm would still be non-prodrprofitable . . . It has proved
economic investment for mySE
other individuals in Southern I.
c. W. "Chet" McCLAIN, (
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Tax Roll Benefits
"As the developer of the firs piece of
grund upon which water was lifted from theSnake River in the Dry Lake Area, it is a
pleasur to state that thi has been a splendideconomic development for me. Sinc.e that
tie, I have paricipated in ventures to bring
under cultivation thousands of acres at the
Sailor Creek Project. This too has been verysUccessful. Because of this, we are planning
more developments up and down the Snake
River.
"Through the combined efforts of privateindividuals. like myself. who have invested
their private capital. it has been possible to
brig about a large amount of economic gainto many peple and to the tax rolls of the
counties and the State of Idaho.
"Development costs have been about $350.00 per acre on federal groundid $450.00 per acre on private grund. These are very favorable economic
ises from which to build more developments. as we have in the Pas.
"I, personally, am Very pleased to be a part of this new concept and gainit the citizens and the State of Idaho."
ALLEN NOBLE, Nampa, Idaho
A GREAT FUTURE FOR IDAHO RECLAMA nON
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