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THE IRRIGATION AGE, 



the homestead law and already hundreds 

 of settlers have filed on claims. A por- 

 tion of the reservation is in South Dakota 

 and the remainder in Nebraska. 



and the Vermillion dams, and all the 

 seepage water from the Richfield meadows 

 north of the Vermillion dam. 



KANSAS. 



The Kansas State Horticultural Society 

 will hold its annual session in Senate 

 Chamber in the Capitol building, Topeka., 

 Dec. 28. 29, 30. In the call for the meet- 

 ing a strong plea is made for the develop- 

 ment of this most important industry. A 

 very interesting program has been arranged 

 and every subject of interest to fruit 

 growers and gardeners has been covered. 



The people of Kansas have some $10,- 

 000,000 more of money on deposit in the 

 banks this year than they had at the same 

 time last year. There is a prettv good 

 prospect that at the next election Kansas 

 will roll up something like her old-time 

 Republican majority. 



UTAH. 



The lawsuit between the Richfield Irri- 

 gation Co. and the Annabella Irrigation 

 Co. et. al., there being nine corporations 

 parties to the suit, has been terminated 

 peacefully by compromise. The dispute 

 was over the amount of water each com- 

 pany was to take from the Sevier river in 

 Sevier county. Some of the leaders of the 

 Mormon Church interested themselves in 

 the case and the result of their efforts is 

 that the water is to be divided as follows: 

 The Richfield Irrigation Company is al- 

 lowed 352 per cent of the Sevier river 

 water when there is as much as 101 feet 

 of water above the dams, the highest dam 

 being at Joseph City, and under the same 

 conditions other companies are appor- 

 tioned the following percentages: Monroe 

 Irrigation company, 19; Brooklyn Irriga- 

 tion company, 11- Joseph Canal com- 

 pany, 10; Annabella Irrigation company, 

 8i; Elsinore Irrigation company, 7; Wells 

 Irrigation company, 4; Nielson ditch, 2; 

 Isaacson ditch, \\ ; Higgins ditch, . 

 The Vermillion Irrigation company gets 

 all the waters rising between the Nielson 



IDAHO. 



Work on the irrigation system to water 

 the lands on the Indian Reservation at 

 Blackfoot is progressing. A dam 20 feet 

 high and 80 feet wide has been built 

 about three miles above Blackfoot and 

 the main canal will be sixteen miles long. 

 The amount of water available is about 

 300 cubic feet per second and will water 

 about 20,000 to 25,000 acres of land. The 

 work so far has been done by the Idaho 

 Canal Co., which secured the contract 

 from the government. Engineer G. H. 

 Nickerson, in charge. The laterals are to 

 be built by the Indians themselves under 

 the direction of a government engineering 

 corps. 



When the land now occupied by the 

 townsite of Pocatello was purchased from 

 the Bannock Indians the money was held 

 in trust by the government: It amounted 

 in round numbers to $200,000. This 

 money is now being used to provide water 

 for the Indians to use upon their farm 

 lands. This past year they have irrigated 

 about 1,000 acres, the water being turned 

 from the river by a temporary dam. 

 About twenty Indians are now at work 

 getting laterals ready for next season. 



State Engineer Fred J. Mills recently 

 inspected the works. 



COLORADO. 



James A. Lockhart of the Alfalfa Land 

 and Cattle company, has purchased the 

 remaining cattle belonging to the old Col- 

 orado Springs live stock company, paying 

 about $40,000. The cattle will be driven 

 to the feeding ranches of the Alfalfa com- 

 pany, near Fowler, Otero county. 



Another railroad from Denver to Salt 

 Lake City is proposed. The route sug- 

 gested is from Denver northwest through 

 the northern part of Colorado and thence 

 west into Salt Lake City. It is said the 

 Burlington is backing the enterprise. 



