Manuscript Group 13
Papers, 1902-1937
10 cubic feet
The descriptive inventory for the papers of John E. Hayes was originally created by Judith Nelsen in 1982. Marilyn Sandmeyer developed a revised finding aid in 2007 that designates box and folder numbers. Most of the original text written by Judith Nelsen was retained.
This archival group contains reports, memoranda, charts, graphs, maps, photographs, and other material collected by or written by John E. Hayes, a Twin Falls hydraulic engineer, in connection with his survey of the Snake River. This study, which was financed by the Milner Corporation, representing the original Twin Falls Land and Water Company, "began in 1932 and for more than two years, Mr. Hayes devoted most of his time pursuing Snake River Waters above ground and under ground. His purpose was to determine sources of increment, conditions affecting losses as well as increment, fluctuation of supply and influences contributing to fluctuation; diversions from the river, manner and effect of utilization of water, conditions determining successful irrigation, etc. Mr. Hayes was convinced that much water was being wasted, too much water being applied to certain crops, needless seepage conditions developing and most important, there remained in Idaho thousands of acres of fertile land unused for lack of water that could be diverted from the Snake River." (TLS Anna H. (Mrs. John E.) Hayes to Siegfried B. Rolland, Department of History, University of Idaho, January 14, 1964.)
The material in this group is contained in 8 document boxes, a bundle of five maps, and three circular metal map cans.
Since the material in this group is almost exclusively concerned with the Snake River Water Survey, the physical nature of the material was the only basis for organization. Within each group material relating to particular portions of the survey have been organized together.
| I. Reports |
Boxes 1-2
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| II. Alphabetical Folders |
Boxes 2-3
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| III. Miscellaneous Alphabetical Reports |
Boxes 3-5
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| IV. Daily Summaries of Data, 1919-1929 |
Box 6
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| V.Oversized Reports, Maps, and Charts |
Boxes 7-9
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| I. Reports | ||||
| Box | Folder | Description | Items | |
| 1 | 1 | Baldwin, G. Clyde, F.A. Banks, and W.O. Cotton. "Reports to Water Users' Committee of Nine, District no.36." 1923. | 1923 | |
| 2 | Coffin, Mans H. "Report on experiments conducted to show the comparative evaporation from swamped areas, seeped areas, and open water surface, in the Pioneer Irrigation District in Boise Valley, 1918 and 1919." | 1918-1919 | ||
| 3 | Cotton, W.O. "Report on distribution of Snake River Storage, season of 1913." | 1913 | ||
| 4 | Cotton, W.O. "Report on distribution of Snake River Storage, season of 1914." | 1914 | ||
| 5 | Cotton, W.O. "Report on distribution of Snake River Storage,, season of 1915." | 1915 | ||
| 6 | Crandall, Lynn. "Crandall on Snake River and related data." (Plaintiff's exhibit no.249) May 2, 1917. | 1917 | ||
| 7 | Crandall, Lynn. "Losses and gains in the Snake River between Heise and King Hill, Idaho, and in the Henry's Fork of the Snake River." | 1931 | ||
| 8 | Crosby, W.O. "Report on the American Falls Project of the Snake River Valley, Idaho." | 1919 | ||
| 9 | Empey, John, D.G. Martin, and C.F. Elford. "Report on canal deliveries of natural and stored water from Snake River between Jackson Lake, Wyoming and Milner, Idaho for the period July lst to September 21st inclusive, 1918." | 1918 | ||
| 10 | Empey, John. "Watermaster's general report of Water District no.36, season of 1917." | 1917 | ||
| 11 | Haight, H.G. "Preliminary report and general information regarding project conditions, Twin Falls South Side Project." | 1930 | ||
| 12 | Haight, H.G. "Report on return flow accruing to Snake River and the American Falls Reservoir Basin from lands in the vicinity of Blackfoot and the Fort Hall Project, Idaho." | 1928 | ||
| 13 | Haight, H.G. "Report on the ground water conditions with regard to return flow accruing to Snake River and the American Falls Reservoir from lands in the vicinity of Blackfoot, Idaho and the Fort Hall Project." | 1927 | ||
| 14 | Hamming, Henry. "Clear Creek District, report of assistant commissioner, for 1936." | 1936 | ||
| 15 | Hanna, F.W. "Water supply and uses for Boise Project, Idaho." | n.d. | ||
| 16 | Harding, S.T. "Report on irrigation investigations made on the North Side Minidoka Project in 1915, for irrigation investigations, U.S. Department of Agriculture." | n.d. | ||
| 17 | Hayes, John E. "Analysis of 1931 report of Watermaster, district no.36." | 1932 | ||
| 18 | Hayes, John E. "Comparative analysis of natural flow rights together with duty of water and consumptive use on Twin Falls tract." | 1932 | ||
| 19 | Hayes, John E. "General report of the Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company's system, November 1, 1914 to October 31, 1915." | 1915 | ||
| 20 | Hayes, John E. "General report of the Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company's system, November 1, 1915 to October 31, 1916." | 1916 | ||
| 21 | Hayes, John E. "General report of the Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company's system, November 1, 1916 to October 31, 1917." | 1917 | ||
| 22 | Hayes, John E. "General report of the Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company's system, November 1, 1917 to October 31, 1918." | 1918 | ||
| 23 | Hayes, John E. "General report of the Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company's system, November 1. 1918 to October 31, 1919." | 1919 | ||
| 24 | Hayes, John E. Photographic negatives showing conditions on Twin Falls South Side Project for amplification of evidence, Twin Falls Land and Water Company vs. Twin Falls Canal Company. | 1931 | ||
| 25 | Hayes, John E., Photographs showing conditions around American Falls Basin and Lake Walcott. | 1931 | ||
| 26 | Heroy, W.B. "Report on geology and ground-water investigations of the Twin Falls tract." | 1914 | ||
| 27 | LaRue, E.C. "Report of investigations made on Snake River from Blackfoot to Twin Falls." | 1905 | ||
| 28 | LaRue, E.C. "Report of investigations on Snake River between Montgomery's Ferry and Shoshone Falls." | 1905 | ||
| 29 | LaRue, E.C. "Report of Snake River investigations, Jackson Lake, Wyoming to Milner, Idaho." | 1909 | ||
| 30 | LaRue, E.C. "Report, Snake River Storage, 1910." | 1911 | ||
| 31 | Lewis, M.R. "Experiments on the proper time and amount of irrigations, Twin Falls Experiment Station, 1914, 1915, 1916." | 1917 | ||
| 32 | Martin, D.G. "Snake River Storage Project - Wyoming; report on distribution at Minidoka and Milner, Idaho, season of 1916." | 1916 | ||
| 33 | Meeker, R.I. "Discussion on evaporation on United States reclamation projects." | 1926 | ||
| 34 | Meeker, R.I. "Report: Snake River water problems concerning operation, Jackson Lake Reservoir, transmission losses reservoir water, water district 36, Idaho." | 1924 | ||
| 35 | Minear, V.L. "Report on hydrological investigations on American Falls Reservoir, June to December inclusive, 1924." | 1925 | ||
| 36 | Nelson, Elias. "Seepage measurements on Twin Falls canals in 1906." | 1907 | ||
| 37 | Newell, Thomas R. "Segregation of water resources: American Falls Basin and American Falls Reservoir, April 15 to October 15, 1927." | 1928 | ||
| 2 | 38 | Newell, Thomas R. "Segregation of water resources: American Falls Basin and American Falls Reservoir, May 21 to October 17, 1928." | 1929 | |
| 39 | Newell, Thomas R. "Segregation of water resources: Jackson Lake and Jackson Lake Reservoir, Moran, Wyoming, 1924." | 1924 | ||
| 40 | Paul, D.J. "Report on drainage investigation of Pioneer and Nampa-Meridian districts of Boise Project, Idaho, for the year 1917." | 1917 | ||
| 41 | Piper, Arthur M. "Possibilities of petroleum in Power and Oneida counties, Idaho." | 1924 | ||
| 42 | "Report of Board of Engineers to consider projects in Snake River Valley which may affect the proposed American Falls Reservoir, Idaho." | 1920 | ||
| 43 | Riles, E.H. "Report on the distribution and the losses and gains of water for the Twin Falls Canal Company for the season of 1927." | 1927 | ||
| 44 | Ross, D.W. "Reports on investigations of Snake River between Montgomery's Ferry and Shoshone Falls." | 1905 | ||
| 45 | Sloan, W.G. "A report of investigations on the South Side Twin Falls Project, Twin Falls, Idaho, 1914-15-16." | 1917 | ||
| 46 | Smith, Burton. "Annual report of manager of Twin Falls Canal Company, 1927-1928." | 1929 | ||
| 47 | Smith, T.R. "Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation hydrometric report of American Falls Reservoir area for 1925." | 1926 | ||
| 48 | Smith, T.R. "Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation hydrometric report on American Falls Reservoir area for 1926." | 1927 | ||
| 49 | Steward, W.G. "Consumptive use or net duty of water as related to irrigation on the Twin Falls South Side Project, Idaho." | 1931 | ||
| 50 | Steward, W.G. "Report on consumptive use or net duty of water as related to irrigation under southern Idaho conditions." | 1930 | ||
| 51 | Steward, W.G. "Report on consumptive use--net duty of water as related to the proper adjudication of water rights on the Boise River." | 1931 | ||
| 52 | Steward, W.G. "Report on the investigation of the losses and gains in the flow of Snake River between Blackfoot and the Clough Ranch during the irrigation season of 1926." | 1927 | ||
| 53 | Steward, W.G. "Report on the water situation along the Snake River between American Falls and Milner for the irrigation season of 1927." | 1928 | ||
| 54 | Steward, W.G., and H.G. Haight. "Water resources of the Snake River Valley showing the origin and amount of natural flow available to the lower rights." | 1931 | ||
| 55 | "Surface runoff, Twin Falls Project." | 1931 | ||
| 56 | "Temporary decrees and stipulations for the delivery of water to the Twin Falls Canal companies for 1910, 1911 & 1912." | 1913 | ||
| II. Alphabetical Folders | ||||
| 57 | Agricultural Data – Idaho | 1935-1938 | ||
| 58 | Alton Reservoir - Sheep Creek Drainage Basin | 1939 | ||
| 59 | American Falls Reservoir | 1920-1929 | ||
| 60 | Bench Marks - Hot Spring to Buhl | 1934-1937 | ||
| 61 | Big Wood River Data | 1930-1935 | ||
| 62 | Black Canyon Project | 1939 | ||
| 63 | Black Canyon Project | 1939 | ||
| 64 | Castle Creek Data | 1939 | ||
| 65 | Center Irrigation District | 1932 | ||
| 66 | Civil Works Administration | 1933-1935 | ||
| 67 | Cohn Ranch (Arimo, Idaho) | 1937 | ||
| 68 | Crops | 1907-1926 | ||
| 69 | Drainage and Levee Districts | 1929 | ||
| 70 | Drought Relief Program | 1934 | ||
| 71 | Dry Creek Reservoir | 1927-1933 | ||
| 72 | Duck Valley Reservation | n.d. | ||
| 73 | Emmett Project, Idaho | 1938-1939 | ||
| 74 | Expenses of J.E. Hayes, September | 1931 | ||
| 75 | Grants Pass, Oregon | 1936 | ||
| 76 | Gray's Lake | 1918-1927 | ||
| 77 | Hansen Butte | 1936 | ||
| 78 | Idaho Projects (Proposed) | 1938 | ||
| 79 | Idaho Falls | 1935-1936 | ||
| 80 | King Hill Project, Idaho | 1938-1939 | ||
| 81 | Kootenai Valley Drainage District | 1933-1936 | ||
| 82 | Legal | 1932-1933 | ||
| 83 | Lewiston Orchards | 1936-1939 | ||
| 84 | Little Lost River | 1938-1939 | ||
| 85 | Little Willow Irrigation District | 1939 | ||
| 86 | Little Wood River Drainage Basin | 1939 | ||
| 3 | 87 | Lost River | 1934-1937 | |
| 88 | Madison River | 1935 | ||
| 89 | Malad River | 1932-1939 | ||
| 90 | Mesa Orchards | 1936 | ||
| 91 | Minidoka | 1936 | ||
| 92 | Miscellaneous Correspondence & Notes | 1938-1939 | ||
| 93 | Montpelier Creek Reservoir Project | 1939 | ||
| 94 | Oakley | 1936-1939 | ||
| 95 | Opalene | 1939 | ||
| 96 | Owyhee Project | 1937 | ||
| 97 | Percentage Loss Equation | 1919 | ||
| 98 | Portneuf River | 1939 | ||
| 99 | Raft River Valley | 1934-1939 | ||
| 100 | Releases (Press Releases) | 1937-1939 | ||
| 101 | Robin School Water Supply | 1938 | ||
| 102 | Snake River Irrigation District | 1921-1926 | ||
| 103 | Salmon Basin | n.d. | ||
| 104 | Steward, W.G. | 1929-1933 | ||
| 105 | Texas Creek Dam | 1935 | ||
| 106 | Twin Falls Canal Company | 1927-1930 | ||
| 107 | Twin Falls Land and Water Company vs. Twin Falls Canal Company | 1929-1932 | ||
| 108 | Twin Falls South Side Project | 1914-1931 | ||
| 109 | U.S. Geological Society Maps and Surveys (non-Snake River) | 1871-1928 | ||
| 110 | "Annual reports of the Committee of Nine to the water users of district 36 for the year 1934, 1935." (Idaho Falls) | 1934-1935 | ||
| 111 | "Arable land traversed by railroad." n.d. (Grants Pass, Oregon) | n.d. | ||
| 112 | Bark, Don H. "Report of seepage investigations on the South Side Twin Falls Project.'' (Twin Falls South Side Project) | 1912 | ||
| III. Miscellaneous Alphabetical Reports | ||||
| 113 | American Falls Reservoir, Minidoka Project. Three party agreement for lease of reserved capacity in American Falls Reservoir. | 1931 | ||
| 114 | Application of Little Wood River Irrigation District of the County of Blaine, State of Idaho, to Reconstruction Finance Corporation ... for funds. | 1938 | ||
| 115 | Baldwin, G. Clyde. "Water distribution and hydrometric work in district no.36." | 1919 | ||
| 116 | Baldwin, G. Clyde. "Water distribution and hydrometric work in district no.36." | 1924 | ||
| 117 | Carpenter, Jay A., Russell Richard Elliott, and Byrd Fanita Wall Sawyer. The history of fifty years of mining at Tonopah, 1900-1950. Reno, Nevada Bureau of Mines | 1953 | ||
| 4 | 118 | Crandall, Lynn. "Water distribution and hydrometric work, Snake River, Idaho, district no.36 | 1931 | |
| 119 | Diagrams to accompany report on water supply for T.F.N.S.L.&W. Co. project. 59 diagrams. | 1917 | ||
| 120 | Hurlebaus, Harvey W. "Twin Falls North Side Project, reminiscences and a forecast." | 1936 | ||
| 121 | LaRue, E.C. "Report, Snake River storage, Idaho." (The set of plates is more complete than in Report 2, listed in series I) | 1910 | ||
| 122 | LaRue, E.C. "Snake River water investigations." | 1909 | ||
| 123 | Meeker, R.I. "Snake River water problems, water district no.36, Idaho." Preliminary report. | 1923 | ||
| 124 | Meinzer, Oscar E. Outline and glossary of ground-water hydrology. Washington, D.C., U.S. Geological Survey | 1919 | ||
| 125 | Paul, D.J. "Detailed report on low water conditions on Boise River from Canyon Bridge above Caldwell to Notus Bridge opposite Notus." | n.d. | ||
| 126 | Piper, Arthur M. Geology and water resources of the Goose Creek Basin, Cassia County, Idaho. Moscow, Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology, | 1923 | ||
| 127 | Russell, Israel C. Geology and water resources of the Snake River Plains of Idaho. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office | 1902 | ||
| 128 | Smith, T.R. "Hydrometric report on American Falls Reservoir area for 1925." | 1925 | ||
| 129 | Smith, T.R. "Hydrometric report on American Falls Reservoir area for 1926" | 1926 | ||
| 130 | Steward, W.G. "Report on return flow and seepage into Boise River during the low water period of 1914." | 1914 | ||
| 131 | Twin Falls Canal Co. vs. Charles N. Foster. Decree | 1913 | ||
| 132 | Twin Falls Canal Co. vs. Charles N. Foster. Decree | 1916 | ||
| 133 | Twin Falls Land and Water Co. vs. Twin Falls Canal Co. Brief of the Plaintiff | 1932 | ||
| 134 | Twin Falls Land and Water Co. vs. Twin Falls Canal Co Statement of Facts (opinion of Judge Fee) | 1933 | ||
| 135 | Water Resources of Idaho. Volume 2: Hydroelectric Power in Idaho. By the Idaho State Planning Board in Cooperation with the National Resources Committee. | 1937 | ||
| 136 | West, S.W. and S.W. Fader. "Records of wells and groundwater withdrawals in the Dry Creek area, Cassia and Twin Falls Counties, Southern Idaho." | 1952 | ||
| 137 | Albion-Idaho Land Co. vs. NAF Irrigation Company | |||
| 138 | Drainage | |||
| 5 | 139 | Gray's Lake Seepage | ||
| 140 | Milner, A.C. (Correspondence) | |||
| 141 | Newspapers | |||
| 142 | Photographs (of railroad line and crossing) | |||
| 143 | Shodde, Thomas | |||
| 144 | Snake River Data | |||
| 145 | Trees (Fifield Basin juniper cut in 1928) | |||
| 146 | Twin Falls Canal Company | |||
| 147 | Twin Falls Land and Water Company | |||
| 148 | Twin Falls Land and Water Company vs. Twin Falls Canal Company | |||
| 149 | Typed copy of J.E. Hayes's personal notes | |||
| 150 | Transcript of the record in 3 volumes | |||
| 151 | Water Distribution and hydrometric work, district no.36, 1920-1928. Extracts from annual reports | |||
| 152 | Water Use | |||
| IV. Daily Summaries/Reports | ||||
| 6 | 153 | Maps and Charts | ||
| 154 | American Falls Reservoir Basin, Snake and Portneuf Rivers and Tributaries. Map showing springs and rating stations | |||
| 155 | Hayes “Relation of American Falls Reservoir to natural flow.” | |||
| 156 | McDole, G. R. | |||
| 157 | “Percentage loss equation.” | |||
| 158 | Stearns | |||
| 159 | Steward | |||
| 160 | U. S. Reclamation Data | |||
| 161 | Hayes, “Draining the desert from the past.” | |||
| 162 | Daily Gage Reports: Blackfoot River near Mouth | 1929 | ||
| 163 | Deep Creek near Malad | 1932-1937 | ||
| 164 | Devil Creek near Malad | 1932-1937 | ||
| 165 | Malad River near Malad | 1932 | ||
| 166 | Lake Milner at Milner | 1929 | ||
| 167 | North Canal at Milner | 1909-1929 | ||
| 168 | North Canal at Minidoka | 1909-1919, 1929 | ||
| 169 | Rock Creek at Twin Falls | 1927-1931 | ||
| 170 | South Canal at Milner | 1909-1919, 1929-1930 | ||
| 171 | South Canal at Minidoka | 1909-1919, 1929 | ||
| 172 | Daily Gage Height and Discharge Records: Snake River at Blackfoot | 1910-1919 | ||
| 173 | Clough's Ranch | 1929 | ||
| 174 | Milner | 1909-1920, 1928-1929 | ||
| 175 | Minidoka | 1910-1919, 1928-1929 | ||
| 176 | Montgomery's Ferry | 1895-1910 | ||
| 177 | Neeley | 1906-1923, 1928-1929 | ||
| V. Oversize Reports, Maps, and Charts | ||||
| 7, 8, 9 | Dr. Harris's water requirements for various crops. Seven charts and graphs for water requirements and soil analysis. | |||
| Dry Creek Reservoir, maps & charts | ||||
| Evaporation and Diversion charts | ||||
| Hydrographs: Snake River discharges at various stations: Cloughs | 1910 | |||
| Howells Ferry | 1911-1930 | |||
| Montgomery's Ferry | 1895-1910 | |||
| Milner | 1909-1930 | |||
| Neeley | 1906-1930 | |||
| Lynwood Shopping Center, Twin Falls. Plat maps | ||||
| Minidoka Irrigation Project: map showing wells measured and rise of ground water | 1927 | |||
| Minidoka Irrigation Project: map showing rights of way | ||||
| Natural flow of Snake River at Neeley | 1911-1930 | |||
| Snake River Basin in Idaho and Wyoming (map) | ||||
| Snake River Decree: map showing points of diversion and locations of dams | ||||
| Snake River distribution charts | 1911-1918 | |||
| Snake River Plain, Idaho, and adjacent areas that contribute ground water to the Snake River. U.S.G.S. map | ||||
| South Fork of Snake River through Jefferson & Madison Counties | 1928 | |||
| Twin Falls Canal Company's project map | ||||
| Twin Falls Canal Company's project map showing mileages | ||||
| Twin Falls South Side project map | ||||
| U.S. Geological Survey map showing gauging stations on Snake River | 1918 | |||
| Upper End of Snake River Valley, map showing irrigation diversions from Snake River | ||||
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