PULSE OF THE IRRIGATION INDUSTRY. 



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There are also of farm crops, potatoes, 

 220 acres; oats, 200 acres; wheat, ICO 

 acres; millet, 40 acres; corn, 40 acres; 

 barley, 100 acres. The Salzer Seed Com- 

 pany is also conducting experiments there. 

 The Mellette Tribune is especially an 

 immigration organ. Last year the Milwau- 

 kee road adopted a policy of running ex- 

 cursions to the farm, which they will con- 

 tinue this year. 



UTAH. 



Active development work of the coal 

 mines has been begun in the neighborhood 

 of Provo. 



The advantages of spraying have been 

 so apparent in this State that the legisla- 

 ture provided for county and State inspec- 

 tion, and makes it obligatory upon all 

 fruit growers. 



The first sale of State bonds to the 

 amount of $200,000 has just been effected, 

 Edward H. Jones & Co., of New York 

 City, being the purchasers. They paid a 

 premium of $8,000 on 4 per cent bonds, 

 indicating the high credit of the new 

 State. 



The Millard Progress reports that 

 cold weather and heavy snows have proved 

 disastrous to nearly all the flocks in the 

 leading sheep districts of the State, caus- 

 ing a loss of ewes and sheared sheep to 

 the amount of many thousands of dollars. 



The big reservoir in Three-Mile canyon, 

 south of Hyrum City, burst its banks on 

 June 7, and a solid wall of water, sixteen 

 feet high, carried destruction before it for 

 a distance of thirty miles through the 

 valley. Fields were covered one to four 

 feet deep with sand, trees and boclders. 



The machinery of the Big Cottonwood 

 Power Company has been set in motion, 

 generating 3,000 horse-power,' which is to 

 be transmitted to Salt Lake City, and to 

 several mining camps. Under the direc- 

 tion of R. M. Jones this great work has 

 been brought to a successful completion 

 under difficulties which few would care to 

 encounter. 



Under the new law it is provided that 

 before April 15 of each year every 

 orchard and vineyard and every single 

 tree grown on a lot or parcel of land, shall 

 be thoroughly cleaned of all dead leaves 

 and other debris, which shall be destroyed 



by fire. The ground must be kept clean 

 of anything that is likely to breed dis- 

 ease or insects. 



A snow slide into Morgan lake, above 

 Park City, forced the waters out of its 

 banks, and for a time it was feared that 

 much damage would result to mining prop- 

 erty. When the flood had passed, the 

 road was found to be gullied to the depth 

 of five or six feet, but the damage was 

 promptly repaired, and there was no occa- 

 sion to suspend work at the mills and 

 mines. 



The accomplishments through co-opera- 

 tion are well illustrated in the little city 

 of Midway. The people joined in an ex- 

 penditure of about $10,000 for the con- 

 struction of water works. The cost was 

 only about $20 to each family aside from 

 the work they contributed, and every 

 family shares in the use of the water. 

 Nowhere has co-operation had more prac- 

 tical illustrations than in Utah. 



Inquiry has been made from London 

 capitalists as to the terms for power in 

 Salt Lake City for an establishment that 

 will employ 2,000 vvorkingmen. The 

 Tribune well says: " There should be a 

 dozen great manufactories established in 

 this valley; great chemical works, great 

 glass works, great iron and steel works, 

 and other works to convert the rare crude 

 materials found in such variety and abun- 

 dance in this region into commercial 

 forms. ' ' 



WASHINGTON. 



The Yakima Herald deplores the action 

 of people in its community who have in- 

 stigated injunction proceedings to stop 

 work on the Reservation irrigation canah 



Irrigation has made a wonderful change 

 in Yakima county. The introduction of 

 alfalfa and its utilization for stock feeding, 

 and the incidental growth of the cattle and 

 sheep industry, is substituting the hop 

 raising industry. 



Creameries are becoming common in all 

 parts of the State, but Kittitass which was 

 among the first to establish them, claims to 

 be well in the lead, having gained the ex- 

 perience which puts them on a safe footing 

 with success achieved. 



Spokane men have purchased Sylvan 

 Lake, in Lincoln county and will make it 



