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tainty as to where an abundance of artesian water can or cannot 

 be found if a thorough search is made for it by putting down 

 wells. Since the discovery of an abundance of artesian water in 

 McMullen county by the well put down by Dr. J. B. Taylor on his 

 ranch a large number of additional wells are to be drilled in that 

 immediate locality by stockmen and farmers, and that the water 

 will be used for irrigation and stock purposes The mam- 

 moth Miller & Hill irrigation pumping plant on the Nueces river, 

 near Mathis, has just been put in operation. In one hour and 

 twenty minutes after steam was turned on for the first time the 

 river stopped running below the plant, the whole flow of the river 

 having been turned through the immense pump on to the land 

 through properly constructed ditches. The operation of this 

 plant inaugurates a new era for farmers in southwest Texas, who 

 may now profit by the experience of their neighbors. This plant 

 is the first of the kind in the Southwest, and was designed by 

 Engineer Frank L. Taylor, and was constructed by Greathouse 

 & Taylor, and is in every way a success and more than merits the 

 expectations of its projectors. 



The success of the above enterprise proves that thousands of 

 acres of land can be irrigated in southwest Texas at but smal. 

 cost. All that southwest Texas needs to make it the most pro- 

 ductive [country in the world is plenty of water, and this can 

 easily be had by sinking artesian wells and by utilizing the water 



in the creeks and rivers The Rio Grande Dam and Irrigation 



Company, El Paso, on April 15th will open bids for construction 

 of dams and canals. 



Washington. It is reported that 85,000 acres of land have 

 been reclaimed by ditches near Walla Walla last year, known as 

 follows: The Willis ditch, fourteen miles long, covering 25,000 

 acres. Frank Lowden's ditch, fifteen miles, will cover 20,000 

 acres. Lowden's Dry and Mud Creek ditches, each three miles 

 long, covering 20,000 acres. The Hawley ditch, fifteen miles long, 

 and covers 10,000 acres, and the Wallula ditch, which is twenty 

 miles long and covers 10,000 acres Preparations are now be- 

 ing made to extend the Middle ditch above Ellensburgh, Kittitass 

 county, the bonds having been declared legal by the supreme 

 court. This will reclaim about 35,000 acres of rich productive 



land Surveys have been completed for an irrigating ditch on 



the south side of the Wenatchee river, starting at Peshastin 

 creek, and destined to supply water to Wenatchee, Pine Mission 



and Brown Flats Reports from irrigation districts in eastern 



Washington are to the effect that where it formerly took several 

 days to put water the whole length of a ditch, it requires but one 

 day this season. This may be explained from two causes. First, 

 the longer a ditch is used the more the interstices become filled, 

 causing less leakage, and again, the ground is thoroughly soaked 



with water and will not take up so much Prosser celebrated 



the completion of her great irrigation pumping works on the 16th. 



The prospects for a fruit packing and preserving plant to 



be started in Tacoma this season are now excellent. The Tacoma 

 Fruit Growers' Association will form a prominent factor through 



which mutual benefit to its members will be derived H. K. 



Owens is interested in surveys that are to be made for an irriga- 

 tion ditch at Ellensburgh Spokane and Helena capitalists 



have authorized G. M. McKinney, of North Yakima, to secure 

 right of way for the proposed Wide Hollow ditch, and will give a 

 bond of $150,000 to have the ditch built in six months. It will ir- 

 rigate 12,000 acres. 



Wyoming. Two thousand acres of the choicest land on the 

 Fort Fetterman reservation near Douglas, Wyoming, have been 

 located by J. M. Brockway, Alexander Brockway, James A. 

 Brockway, David S. Brockway, Willard Virden, G. W. Dickson, 

 Mrs. Matilda Foggett and Miss Maggie E Brockway, of Douglas. 

 It is the intention of these people to begin the construction of an 

 irrigating canal from the Platte river to irrigate the lands. The 

 selection comprises some of the finest agricultural land in the 

 State. 



Kansas. The Garden City Irrigating Company are reported 

 to be getting in good shape to handle their properties success- 



fully this season. The. system is reported prepared to supply 

 water for the coming season, and the company is making con- 

 tracts.for that purpose. 



Florida. P. S. Partridge, of Jacksonville, Florida, has been 

 given a contract at $2,100 to construct an irrigation system for 

 Creeling, Huling & Sawyer's orange grove. 



Mexico. W. Pierson and President Diaz are discussing the 

 pushing of the Mexican Valley drainage canal to the six-mile 

 tunnel, which is expected to be ready for opening May 5th. The 

 present conference is to devise means by which the $10,000,000 

 work may be expedited. 



NEW COMPANIES. 



Arizona. The Southwestern Irrigation Co., of Phcenix. 



California. Irrigation Machinery and Manufacturing Co., 



Los Angeles; $25,000. April 10 Uras Water and Land Co., 



San Francisco; $40,000. April 11 The Sunset Irrigation and 



Location Co., Los Angeles; incorporated by J. F. Crank, A. E. 

 Pomeroy, F. J. Cooper, John A. Pertle and George P. Adams. 



Capital stock, $10,000 The Loomis Fruit Growers' Union, 



Loomis; incorporated by J. N. Barton, S. C. Laird, H. M. Brand- 

 stetter, G. H. Turner and G. G. Lavers. Capital stock, $10,000. 



The Elsinore Land and Nursery Co., Elsinore; incorporated 



by Peter Wall, Clara Wall, Elizabeth Wall, Ida Wall and G. M. 

 Washburn. Capital stock, $20,000, of which $18,850 has been sub- 

 scribed. Organized for the purpose of dealing in water, land and 

 nursery stock, and doing a farming, fruit-growing and nursery 

 business. 



Colorado. The Montezuma Valley Irrigation Co,. Cortez; 



$700,000. April 11 The Granby Ditch and Reservoir Co., 



Delta; $7,000. Operating irrigating ditches, etc. April 16 



The Hudson City Ditch Co., Denver; $100,000. Operating irrigat- 

 ing ditch. April 17 The Fort Morgan Reservoir & Irrigation 



Co., Fort Morgan; $150,000. April 14 The Glenwood Orch- 

 ard & Irrigation Co., Denver; $200,000; April 5 The Lake 



Reservoir Co., Denver; incorporated by A. A. Dicker and others; 



capital stock, $25,000 The Nauman Lake Reservoir Co., 



Denver; incorporated by A. A. Dicker, J. G. Benton and E. H. 

 Benton. Capital stock, $2,000 The Hesperus Town and Im- 

 provement Co., Denver; incorporated by A. C. Hunt, Alexander 

 Anderson and Thomas Marshall. Capital stock, $25,000. 



Kansas. Arkansas Water Power and Irrigating Co., Kendall, 



incorporated. Capital stock, $20,000 The Chapman Wind 



Mill Spring Company, Topeka; incorporated by Thomas C. Gunn 

 and others. Capital stock, $2,000. 



Nebraska. Middle Loup Valley Irrigation & Canal Co., 

 West Union; $50,000. April 7. 



Missouri. Mexican Colonization & Land Co., Kansas City; 

 $2,000. April 13 The Arkansas Valley Water Power and Ir- 

 rigating Co., Kendall; incorporated by Franklin Wright and 

 others. Capital stock, $20,000. 



Texas. Milford Artesian Well Co., Milford; $7,500. Supply- 

 ing water; April 10 The Corsicana Water Development Co., 



Corsicana; incorporated by Charles Allyn and others. Capital 

 stock, $100,000 The American Well and Prospecting Com- 

 pany, Corsicana; contract for sinking three 'artesian wells for 



$30,000 Charles W. Ogden, E. G. Holden and S. N. Johnson, 



Rockport, are organizing a company to encourage Grape culti- 

 vation. 



Florida. A company is being formed at Leesburg to cut a 

 canal, three-qUarters of a mile long, between lakes Harris and 

 Griffin. 



Washington. North Seattle Land Co., Seattle; $100,000. 

 March 31 Oceanside Land Co., Olympia; $10,000. April 2. 



