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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



rectors. The capital is $10,000 in dollar shares fully paid 

 up by the taking over of rights in the canal. 



Articles of incorporation of the Mountain-Tunnel Irri- 

 gation Company of Mt. Pleasant, Sanpete county, have been 

 tiled with the Secretary of State, placing the capitalization at 

 $16,800 in shares of $20 each. Officers of the company are: Alex- 

 ander H. Poulson, president; John E. Madsen, vice-president; 

 George Brown, secretary and treasurer, and these, with 

 James W. McClenahan and N. F. Madsen, form the board 

 of directors. The stock is fully paid up in taking over water 

 rights owned by Alexander H. Poulson, Edmund C. John- 

 son and Asa Coates in Bacon Rind and Boulder canyons, 

 east of Spring City. 



Application has been filed in the office of the State Engi- 

 neer by J. M. Lauritzen of Richfield for 500 cubic feet of 

 water a second to be taken from the Virgin river. This ap- 

 plication makes a total of 100,000 acre feet of water to be 

 used and stored from January 1 to December 31. This water 

 will irrigate 60,000 acres of rich land on the Virgin river. 

 The point of diversion is four miles above Shonesburg, 

 Washington county. The work includes a dam and canal, 

 the latter with a diverting channel 10,000 feet in length, forty 

 feet in width at the top and twenty feet in width at the bot- 

 tom, with a grade of two per cent. 



After a mass meeting at which the advisability of con- 

 structing a comprehensive irrigation system was exploited 

 at length, land owners in Weber and Davis counties de- 

 cided early in September to petition for the creation of an 

 irrigation district to comprise about 56,000 acres in these two 

 counties. It is reported that Chicago capitalists are ready 

 to accept the district's bonds and to construct a system at 

 a cost of between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. The main canal 

 will begin four miles west of Morgan, on the Weber river, 

 and will extend to the extreme Davis county line, a dis- 

 tance of fifty-two miles, with a carrying capacity of six hun- 

 dred second-feet or a capacity four times greater than the 

 Davis and Weber county canal now in operation. Part of 

 this water will be distributed at a point where the Weber 

 river goes into the Uintah valley, the canal dividing intr> 

 the north and south branches. The north canal will ex- 

 tend eight miles north, irrigating 6,000 acres in Weber county 

 on what is known as the Burch Creek Bench, and extend- 

 ing as far north as Twenty-fourth street in Ogden City, to 

 which point the canal has been surveyed. The south branch 

 of the canal will terminate at the old White farm at Bonne- 

 ville, giving the south branch a length of thirty-two miles 

 and carrying the water to a point within four miles of Salt 

 Lake City, irrigating 50,000 acres of land. It will take two 

 years to complete the project. 



OREGON. 



To reclaim about 10,000 acres near Spray,' Carl Wagner 

 and Charles Royse have arranged to take water from the 

 John Day river near the Spray dam. They propose to invest 

 $10,000 in work and machinery. 



Active work on the dam for the irrigation project in the 

 Grande Rounde valley will be begun soon. The south ditch 

 line has been surveyed and the north ditch is now being sur- 

 veyed. About 20,000 acres will be watered by this project. 



D. M. Brogan, of Seattle, reports excellent success in his 

 preliminary work toward the development of a project on 

 Willow creek, about twenty-four miles from Vale. This 

 [jioject was abandoned by the government for lack of fund-> 

 and involves about 30,000 acres. 



Charles M. Lanning, Joseph G. Houston and George 

 Broughton have filed articles of incorporation of the Odin 

 Falls Irrigation & Power Company. The capital stock is 

 $90,000, with $30,000 of preferred stock. The papers cover 

 general development work, as indicated by the name of the 

 company. 



The John Day Power Company, composed of Oregon 

 and Washington irrigation enthusiasts, is preparing to develop 

 the immense water power of John Day river, about 14 miles 

 west of Arlington. The energy of this water, which has been 

 idling away its strength for ages, will be converted into 

 electricity and distributed over three or four counties. 



In the Federal court at Portland the suit brought against 

 the Three Sisters Irrigation Company, seeking to have its 

 filing on a tract of 27,000 acres set aside, Justice Bean has 



handed down a decision favorable to the defendant. The 

 court held that charges of misappropriation of moneys col- 

 lected and failure to complete the irrigation system were not 

 substantiated. 



The reclamation of 20,000 acres on Quincy flat, near 

 \Venatchee, is under consideration by people who have Hol- 

 land capitalists interested, and engineers are working on the 

 project with a view of giving the estimated cost of the work. 

 Preliminary examinations of the water in the Columbia river 

 have been made, and it is estimated that water can be thrown 

 over all of the 20,000 acres. 



Umatilla county capitalists are said to be interested in 

 a project for the reclamation of about 12,000 acres near 

 Weston. It is proposed to construct a storage reservoir on 

 Pine creek about three miles above Weston, at a point known 

 as Rocky Ford. By the construction of a dam 200 feet in 

 height it is claimed that water for the irrigation of 1,800 

 acres may be stored. A power station will be installed and 

 it is estimated that the total cost will reach $250,000. 



Application for the appointment of a receiver for the 

 Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company has been made by 

 John G. Deshler, of Columbus, Ohio, but has been refused 

 by Judge Bean, of Portland. It was alleged that the 

 officials of the company are guilty of conspiracy, misman- 

 agement, and breach of trust. To these charges the present 

 officers of the company entered denial and in. detail explained 

 the financial operations of the concern and its prospect of 

 meeting all obligations. 



Will R. King, of Portland, is heading a group of capi- 

 talists who propose to construct a dam for power and irriga 

 tion purposes on the upper Klickitat river under the name 

 of the Klickitat Valley Development Company. The point 

 of diversion is about ten miles above Glenwood and water 

 will be sent about eighty miles through flumes, to the Camas 

 Prairie district where a tract of about forty-five square miles 

 will be available for irrigation. It is claimed that the com- 

 pany has a paid up capital of $730,000. 



MONTANA. 



R. M. Calkins has recently purchased a tract of 22,000 

 acres of land lying about fifteen miles south of Harlowtown. 

 He proooses to construct a system to irrigate about 4,000 

 acres of this tract. 



It is reported that the irrigation project being constructed 

 by W. B. Jordan and Hi. Gilmore on the Little Dry river is 

 nearlv completed, and that water will soon be turned on the 

 6.000 acres to be reclaimed by the work. 



Edward Donlan of Thompson Falls has brought injunc- 

 tion suit against the Montana Copper Mining & Milling 

 Company to prevent the latter company from using water 

 from the Thompson river. Mr. Donlan proposes to use the 

 supply for the irrigation of several thousand acres of land 

 and claims a prior right. 



WYOMING. 



The Medicine Wheel Irrigation project, east of Lovell, 

 has comoleted its preliminary surveys and will soon start 

 active work. Denver capitalists are said to be backing Pro- 

 moter Gregory. 



A reorganization of the Shoshone River Canal Company 

 with the .expenditure of $2,000,000 for the development of 

 the Oregon basin reservoir project, abandoned some years 

 ago, is being considered by capitalists from Chicago, who 

 are consulting with the state officials. It is proposed to re- 

 claim 250,000 acres of land. 



The Lake Hattie Water Company has been incorporated 

 at Laramie by F. W. Mowen, N. E. Corthell and W. R. 

 Smith, who are also the trustees for the first year. The com- 

 pany will have a capital of $150,000, and will engage in build- 

 ing the irrigation system now in course of construction at 

 Lake Hattie to reclaim a large amount of Laramie valley 

 lands. 



Eastern capital is said to be interested in an irrigation 

 project of magnitude in the Big Horn valley, Big Horn 

 county. Land located on Chapman's Bench, known as the 

 Sand Coule countrv. and aggregating about 40,000 acres, is 

 available for irrigation. Water will be taken from Cla.rk's 



