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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



KEARNEY'S BOND PROPOSITIONS. 



IN THE DAKOTAS. 



The city council of Kearney, Neb., has passed an 

 ordinance to submit to the electors of the city a pro- 

 position to vote $60,000 of five per cent, twenty year 

 bonds for the purpose of increasing the capacity of 

 the present canal from 2,000 to 9,000 horse power and 

 supplying the necessary head-gates, weirs, etc. 

 These bonds are to be negotiated and sold by the 

 city and the proceeds deposited in the city treasury 

 to be paid to the canal on vouchers and estimates ap- 

 proved by the city engineer. The canal company 

 agrees to furnish the city of Kearney free of charge 

 for twenty years, electric lights or power to the value 

 of $3,000, and all water needed for flushing sewers 

 and irrigating public and private grounds of the city 

 for a term of 87 years. The basis for figuring the 

 value of electric power is the rate now charged or 

 that may be hereafter charged at Niagara Falls, or 

 the cheapest price for electric power in any of the 

 five largest cities in the United States. The canal 

 company also agrees to furnish the manufactories at 

 a maximum rate of $20 per horse power per annum. 



Another ordinance was passed by the council to 

 ,submit a proposition to vote $15,000 of five per cent, 

 twenty year bonds to 'construct a system of water 

 works to take water from the canal. 



CONVENTION AT HURON. 



A convention was held at Huron, S. D., on the 8th 

 of last month. The subject of irrigation from arte- 

 sian wells was thoroughly discussed, and all were of 

 the opinion that more wells should be put down as 

 soon as possible. A permanent organization was per- 

 fected, with the following officers : R. B. Hassell, of 

 Redfield, president; Asher D. Pay, of Huron, secre- 

 tary, and S. W. Narregang, of Aberdeen, treasurer. 

 A committee was appointed to prepare an address to 

 the people of the State, and plans were outlined for 

 securing State and national aid in perfecting a prac- 

 tical system of irrigation for South Dakota. 



IN FIRST-CLASS ORDER. 



The plant of the Prosser Falls Irrigation Co. in 

 Washington is now in good working condition and 

 the farmers in that section are correspondingly 

 happy. A large number of people were present last 

 month, when the test of one of their great pumps was 

 made, and all pronounced it more than satisfactory. 

 Another large pump is being put in place. The com- 

 pany is working Victor turbines and Smith-Vaile 

 pumps, furnished by the Stilwell-Bierce & Smith- 

 Vaile Co., of -Dayton, Ohio. 



Mr. S. W. Narregang, writing from Aberdeen, S. 

 Dak., says he has 200 acres of his 2,000 acre farm under 

 ditch and ready for irrigating this season and expects 

 to have 200 more in shape shortly. The Dakota Irri- 

 gation Company is sinking a large well at Newark, 

 in that State, for running a 75 barrel flour mill. A six- 

 inch well at Edgely, in North Dakota, is about fin- 

 ished. 



SHOULD HAVE HAD CREDIT. 



The paragraphs used in the March issue of THE 

 IRRIGATION AGE on " The Birth of Irrigation in Kan- 

 sas" were taken from " The Progress of Irrigation," 

 as prepared by J. W. Gregory, of Garden City. Inad- 

 vertently, THE AGE failed to give that gentleman 

 credit for the same. 



The Mesilla Valley Irrigation Colony Company 

 filed articles of incorporation with the territorial sec- 

 retary. The incorporators are Nathan E. Boyd, of 

 England; W. T. Thornton, of Santa F6; A. M. 

 Loomis, E. V. Berrien, E. C. Roberts, P. E. Kern, J. 

 L. Campbell, of El Paso ; W. S. Hopewell, of Hills- 

 boro; Phoebus Freudenthal and Henry Bowman, of 

 Las Cruces. 



The company is organized with a capital stock of 

 $250,000 to lay irrigation pipes, establish a colony, 

 etc., in the Mesilla valley. The charter also author- 

 izes the company to build houses, lay out towns, es- 

 tablish banks, etc. The principal places of business 

 are at Las Cruces, El Paso, Albuquerque, Chicago 

 and New York. 



E. C. Rittsher, M. E. Miller and W. H. Holcomb 

 are the incorporators of a Chicago company known 

 as " The Land of Sunshine Company," organized to 

 sell 40,000 acres of agricultural and fruit lands in 

 Central California now owned by the Southern Pa- 

 cific Railroad Company. The land is in the pictur- 

 esque San Joaquin valley. It has formerly been de- 

 voted to standard agricultural products, but it is 

 especially adapted to fruit growing, for which it will 

 be used. The railroad and the land companies will 

 combine in giving the tract a good substantial boom. 



A box factory has been established at Williams, on 

 the Atlantic & Pacific road in Arizona. It is turning 

 out 4,000 boxes per day, which are being shipped to 

 California, where a contract for 200,000 boxes has 

 been entered into with the Orange County Fruit Com- 

 pany. The company will turn out 6,000 boxes per 

 day when everything is completed. 



A. C. Powers is putting in an irrigation reservoir 

 on his farm west of Garden City, Kansas. 



Fully 1,000 acres will be set out to prunes 

 Stevens county, Washington, this spring. 



