THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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ten usual irrigation streams. That car- 

 ried their crops to a point where they will 

 need no more water this year, and from 

 their crops the extra return will more than 

 pay for the farm that they bought and the 

 dam that they built. How many places 

 there are in Utah where this same thing 

 could be repeated with similar results?" 



THE GILA BEND CASE. 



After years of litigation the Gila Bend 

 case is settled. Under date of July 25 

 a Phoenix (Ariz) paper says: "A man- 

 date from the Supreme Court of the 

 United States, in the case of the Gila 

 Bend Eeservoir and Irrigation Company 

 aginst W. H. Linn et al., of Peoria, 111. , 

 was received by the clerk of the Territor- 

 ial Supreme Court today. The mandate 

 affirms the decision of the Territorial Su- 

 preme Court in affirming the judgment of 

 the District Court three years ago in favor 

 of the appellees. No further action can be 

 taken until a remittitur is ordered down 

 next October, when the property will be 

 sold. 



The irrigation project was begun eight 

 years ago by Gov. Wolfley, originally de- 

 signed to cover a million acres along the 

 Gila River below Gila Bend. The pro- 

 ject was to reduce 150,000 acres, and 

 $1,000,000 was expended in construction by 

 the Arizona Construction Company, com- 

 posed of John B. Greenhut, John B. Fran- 

 cis and other Peoria capitalists. 



Litigation ensued and three years ago 

 the property was thrown into the hands of 

 a receiver. All the land under the system 

 had been entered, but the people were dis- 

 couraged and the entries were forfeited. 

 A removal in that section is expected." 



STATE NEWS. 



IDAHO. 



The rains which came the latter part of 

 July were of inestimable benefit to dry 

 land crops, which have been greatly in 

 need of the moisture, but interfered ma- 

 terially with haying. In the extreme 

 southeastern section the rainfall was com- 



paratively light, and the drought has 

 been only partly relieved. Grain is for 

 the most part in excellent condition and 

 promises more than an average crop ; in 

 parts of the western section wheat will 

 soon be ready for harvest. The potato 

 crop is doing nicely, and many early po- 

 tatoes of fine quality are on the market. 

 Garden truck is in a good condition gen- 

 erally. The fruit crop is doing well. 

 Cutting of the first crop of lucern is near- 

 ing completion. All hay crops in the 

 northern and western sections are appar- 

 ently short, but *in the eastern they are 

 fully up to the average. The second 

 crop of lucern is growing well. 



Lewiston, Idaho is soon to have railroad 

 connection with Spokane, Wash. For 

 the past forty years, Portland was its 

 market, but the building of the 120 miles 

 of railroad between it and Spokane will 

 take a great deal of the trade to the latter 

 city. Lewiston is a city of 3000 inhabi- 

 tants and is a thrifty progressive place, 

 which will soon add a street railway 

 and a suspension bridge to its other 

 improvements. E. H. Libby, a promin- 

 ent business man of Lewiston and con- 

 nected with the Lewiston Water and 

 Po\\er Company is very enthusiastic about 

 the advantages of Lewiston Valley in the 

 Snake river vicinity. The timber, he 

 claims, is unsurpassed by Michigan, the 

 reports of experts show abundant deposits 

 of gold, copper, and silver in the vicinity 

 of Lewiston, while the fruit and wheat 

 growing capacity of the surrounding coun- 

 try is acknowledged by all who are ac- 

 quainted with that section. 



UTAH. 



The early part of July was extremely 

 hot in Utah, the thermometer at Beaver 

 recording a temperature of 104 degrees, 

 the highest ever known in that section 

 since 1856. While at Milford it reached 

 108 degrees. 



"While several attempts have been 

 made in Emery county within the past 

 two years to foster the silk industry, Mr. 



