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Aztec state that there is great interest in the investi- 

 gations now being conducted by private parties. 



Italian capitalists at Albuquerque and from Califor- 

 nia have filed application papers for the Sandia Land & 

 Improvement Company. A storage reservoir will be 

 constructed at the mouth of the Tijeras Canon, six 

 miles west of Albuquerque. The company controls 2,000 

 acres and is capitalized at $250,000. It is said that more 

 than 4,000 acres will be irrigated. 



A. M. Patten of Denver has secured approval of his 

 application for water rights in Bull Gap and tributary 

 streams of Water Canyon, near Alamogordo, in Lin- 

 coln County. Five thousand acres of land are irrigable 

 by the expenditure of $110,000. The reservoir will be 

 located two miles northwest of Oscur. Lands are said 

 to be particularly adapted to fruit raising. 



Application for water rights have been approved by 

 Territorial Engineer Vernon L. Sullivan from the 

 Amargo Ditch & Land Company for sixty second feet 

 of the Navajo River on the Colorado-New Mexico 

 boundary in northern Rio Arriba County, near Cum- 

 berland. It is reported that several small reservoirs are 

 to be constructed at a cost of about $40,000, and about 

 7,500 acres will be watered. Work will begin early in 

 1910 and must be completed within four years from that 

 date. 



In its application for water rights on the Gallmas 

 and Sapello Rivers and the Pecos and Sanguijuela Ar- 

 royos to the amount of 80,000 acre feet, the Las Vegas 

 grant claims priority over the government under the 

 treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It is claimed that about 

 $750,000 will be expended in the construction of an irri- 

 gation system east and south of Las Vegas. The 

 largest of several reservoirs will have a capacity of 27,- 

 580 acre feet. The Sanguijuela and Sapello Rivers will 

 be dammed. The main canal will be 58 feet wide and six 

 feet deep. 



UTAH 



F. L. Sumpter and Mabel J. Betts, of Salt Lake, have 

 made application for water rights on unnamed springs in 

 Millard County for the irrigation of about 640 acres. 



The Castle Reclamation Company, of Salt Lake City, has 

 made application for ten second feet of the unappropriated 

 water from a wash in Washington County, near Saw Mill 

 Canyon. 



The Mountain Home Irrigation Company, successor to 

 the Coveville Irrigation Company, has recently filed articles 

 of incorporation, showing capital of $5,230. Jos. Biggs is 

 president. 



The Kelton Development Company, of Brighara City, has 

 filed articles of incorporation for a general fanning, real es- 

 tate and irrigation business in Box Elder County. Capital, 

 $10,000. Jas. Jensen, president. 



The Mitchell Hollow Irrigation Company has filed arti- 

 cles of incorporation. Stock is divided among local land 

 owners. The company owns the water rights in Mitchell 

 Hollow, in American Forks Canyon. 



Application for permission to erect a dam on the Price 

 River, in Emery County, and to construct dams and laterals 

 for irrigation purposes, has been filed by E. Warren Stees. 

 It is proposed to construct a dam across the river and to re- 

 claim 60,000 acres. 



The four-mile tunnel at Strawberry Valley project has 

 been excavated 4,383 feet, the rate of progress for September 

 being 370 feet. Labor conditions were not wholly satisfac- 

 tory, due to the large amount of engineering and construc- 

 tion work going on in that part of the West. 



George A. Snow, promoter of the Buckhorn Flats, in 

 Emery County, is reported to have sold his interest to Chi- 

 cago associates. Wm. Hall Thompson, H. M. Higginbotham 

 and Gale Thompson are said to be the purchasers. The fact 

 that these gentlemen were in Utah recently is considered 

 proof. 



Suit has been filed in the Fourth District Court by the 

 Price River Irrigation Company against R. E. Benedict and 

 Jas. C. Armstrong to amend the action of the state engineer 

 in allowing the application of R. E. Benedict for 9,600 acre 

 feet of water, to be taken from White River, a fork of Price 

 River, to be stored in Utah Lake. 



It is now reported that the Weber and Davis County 

 project, which appeared to be in process of formation last 



month, has been abandoned. Chas. C. Shepard, who was in- 

 terested in the promotion of this project, is reported to have 

 made the statement. It is claimed that because of misrepre- 

 sentation and misunderstanding on the part of land owners, 

 it has been considered advisable to abandon the project for 

 the present. 



Reports from Salt Lake City state that the Northwest 

 Land Company, of Chicago, has filed on water rights on the 

 Price River. About 70,000 acres in the vicinity of Woodside 

 in Emery County are available for irrigation. A 600-foot 

 dam across the Price River is proposed for the storage of 

 water between March and November. After diversion waters 

 will be carried through a system of flumes aggregating 56 

 miles in length. Horace W. Sheley, of Chicago, is chief en- 

 gineer for the company. 



Samuel Newhouse, who has filed on water rights for 

 200,000 acres in Wayne and Emery counties, is now seeking 

 to interest capital in this project. A reservoir near the town 

 of Thurber and a comprehensive system of canals and laterals 

 is contemplated. At present the land is of little value be- 

 cause of lack of water, although it is said that engineers in 

 the employ of Mr. Newhouse have submitted practicable 

 plans for storage. In an interview, Mr. Newhouse recently 

 stated that several millions would be required to construct 

 the dam and reservoirs and that a considerable sum had al- 

 ready been interested. 



OBJMKKH 



A Pendleton newspaper is agitating the formation of 

 a co-operative company for investigation and recom- 

 mendation on good irrigation projects. It is said that for- 

 mal action in this direction may soon be taken. 



It is reported that engineers are making preliminary 

 surveys for the proposed Pine Creek irrigation project 

 near Weston. Preliminary plans call for a dam on Pine 

 Creek several miles above the city. Lands to the east 

 and south of Weston will be irrigated. 



The Idagon Irrigation Company, composed of capital- 

 ists at Boise, Idaho, is planning active work on the pro- 

 posed dam on Sucker Creek. This company operates 

 near Homedale, Idaho, where 50,000 acres are supplied 

 with water. The Jump Creek dam is nearly finished. 



The Desert Land Board is considering the advisability 

 of extending the time given the Portland Irrigation Com- 

 pany to complete a portion of the work in Klamath Coun- 

 ty. It is reported that little work has been accomplished 

 and that the company advances sufficient reason therefor. 



The Grande Ronde Reservoir Company of La Grande 

 is planning the construction of its south side canal, of the 

 Meadow Brook project. This canal will extend from the 

 river north to La Grande and east toward Katherine 

 Creek. It is proposed to complete the work early next 

 year. 



After long deliberations, the Desert Land Board has 

 reached the decision that the Deschutes Irrigation & 

 Power Company cannot demand an increased lien of 140 

 per cent or $40 per acre from the settlers in this district. 

 It is claimed that there will be further litigation as the 

 result of this decision. 



The Citizen's Committee from Grants Pass recently 

 visited the Rogue River valley and secured signatures of 

 farmers who desire to have water supplied to their land. 

 A competent engineer has been secured and work is about 

 to begin on a gravity ditch, which will water thousands 

 of acres in the river bottom. 



At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the 

 Columbian Southern Irrigating Company, successor to 

 the Three Sisters Irrigation Company, the acting presi- 

 dent, T. W. Clark, recommended the plan whereby the 

 annual flow of the Tumalo Creek might be stored in reser- 

 voirs, to be constructed at a cost of $450,000. 



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