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hap, as the levels are accurately tested before they leave 

 the factory, but it is advisable to always apply the tests 

 before using. The device on the builder's level for 

 clamping the turret by means of only one screw is novel. 

 Attached to the upper end of the screw is a short lip 

 or dog, which bears on the flange on the turret. This 

 dog is connected by small wires with two similar dogs 

 equilaterally disposed. When it is desired to remove 

 the turret, the clamping screw is loosened and pushed 

 toward the center of the instrument. This action TG-, 

 leases all three dogs simultaneously, leaving the turret 

 free to be lifted from its seat. The tripod is of special 

 design, which contributes to its lightness. Instead of 

 the ordinary solid legs, the legs are split longitudinally, 

 the split parts being separated by blocks, so that a very 

 rigid construction is obtained. These instruments are 

 being largely used in agriculture and building and have 



RECLAMATION SERVICE NOTES. 



The President has issued an order reserving the north- 

 east quarter of section 24, town 9 north, range 5 east, Black 

 Hills meridian, South Dakota, within the limits of the Belle 

 Fourche irrigation project, for the purpose of experimental 

 work in agriculture, under the supervision of the Department 

 of Agriculture, the tract, however, to remain under the 

 general jurisdiction and control of the Reclamation Service. 



A conference has been called to be held at Portland, Ore., 

 or Seattle, Wash., early in July between the engineers of 

 the Reclamation Service and Chief Engineer Code of the 

 Indian Irrigation Service, and Mr. J. Lynch, superintendent 

 of the Yakima Indian Agency, to consider matters with refer- 

 ence to the reclamation of the lands in the Yakima Indian 

 Reservation in connection with the Yakima project. 



A contract has been executed with the D'Olier Engi- 

 neering Company, of Philadelphia, Pa., for furnishing and 

 installing an electric power plant in connection with the 

 Garden City irrigation project, Kansas. The contract calls 

 for the installation, ready for operation, of an electric power 



The Rural Road Giader and Ditcler at woik. 



commanded testimonials of the highest character from 

 parties using them in all sections of the country, and 

 we predict that when their merits are better known, no 

 farmer or contractor will consider his outfit complete 

 without one. Write to the Bostrom-Brady Manufac- 

 turing Company, Atlanta, Ga., a perfectly reliable con- 

 cern, for descriptive circulars and such other informa- 

 tion as may be desired and your inquiries will receive 

 prompt and courteous attention. 



THE C. D. EDWARDS MACHINERY. 



We are presenting in this issue an advertisement 

 of the Edwards' ditching machine, road grader and 

 stump pullers and show also in our reading pages illus- 

 tration of a road grader at work. These machines have 

 been manufactured by Mr. Edwards for many years and 

 have given excellent satisfaction, as will be noted by the 

 testimonial shown in the advertisement. For additional 

 information and copies of testimonials from numerous 

 people who are now operating them successfully, write 

 C. D. Edwards, Albert Lea, Minnesota. 



plant of 450-kilowatt switchboard output, for pumping pur- 

 poses, including boilers, engines, generators, switchboards, and 

 whatever may be necessary to make a complete plant, using 

 for prime movers two De Laval steam turbines. The bid of 

 the contractors was $46,300. 



Mr. J. B. Lippincott, consulting and supervising engineer 

 in charge of work in California, has resigned his position with 

 the United States Reclamation Service. Mr. Lippincott, who 

 is a graduate of Dickinson College, Pa., and the University 

 of Kansas, has been engaged in civil engineering since 1886. 

 For several years he was prominently connected with irriga- 

 tion work in California in private capacity, and since 1895 

 has had charge of the hydrographic investiagtions for the 

 United States Geological Survey in that State. He is one of 

 the oldest engineers in point of service in the reclamation 

 bureau, and the resignation of so able and energetic an as- 

 sistant is greatly regretted by the officials of the department. 

 There is an increasing demand throughout the country for 

 the services of first-class engineers, and owing to the limited 

 salaries offered by the Reclamation Service the Government 

 is losing many men of experience and ability. 



Authority has been granted to the Reclamation Service 

 to prosecute the work incident to the construction of nineteen 

 miles of canal and twenty-seven miles of laterals, with ap- 

 purtenances, in connection with the Klamath project, Cali- 

 fornia-Oregon, by force account, and to employ the force re- 

 quired to carry the work vigorously to completion in order 



