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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



WYOMING 



The dam under construction near Douglas, by the Platte 

 Valley Land & Irrigation Company, is nearing completion. 

 Water from the La Poudre and tributary streams will re- 

 claim 50,000 acres. 



Eastern capitalists were recently in Greyyille, Wyo., to 

 attend the mortgage sale of the Wiley irrigation project. It 

 is claimed that they secured control and that work will be 

 completed within a year. 



The French Creek Irrigation & Development Company 

 has matured its plans to reclaim 50,000 acres of land in the 

 Platte Valley from waters in the French Creek. It is re- 

 ported that the company is about to let the contracts for 

 construction work. 



Eastern bankers are said to have investigated conditions 

 in the Buffalo Basin, between Worland and Meeteetse, with 

 a view to the reclamation of 150,000 acres. W. H. Rohrer, 

 of Chicago, was one of the party. It is claimed that an irri- 

 gation company has already been organized and preliminary 

 work is now being done. 



The Lake Hattie Water Company, formed to operate the 

 Lake Hattie irrigation system in Albany County, has recently 

 filed articles of incorporation showing capital stock at $150,- 

 000. F. W. Bowen, president; W. R. Smith, vice-president, 

 and N. E. Corthell, secretary; also constitute the board of 

 directors for the first year. In its charter the company is 

 empowered to own, operate and manage the Lake Hattie 

 system, to collect charges for water and to acquire such 

 property as necessary in the pursuit of this work. 



The North Platte Valley Irrigation Company has taken 

 over the plans and irrigation works of the La Prele Irriga- 

 tion Company and assumed control. About 60,000 acres lo- 

 cated in the valley of the North Platte are included in this 

 project. Water will be stored on the headwaters of the La 

 Prele River. The cost of this work is estimated at $600,000 

 and involves the construction of a power plant. Much of this 

 sum has already been expended, and it is said that the com- 

 pany will complete the work within the next three months. 



Appropriates of water from the Big Laramie in this 

 state are planning to contest the right of the State of Colo- 

 rado to grant water rights on this river: State Engineer 

 C. T. Johnston, of Cheyenne, asserts that the entire supply 

 has been appropriated in Wyoming and that there is every 

 reason to believe that proceedings started to prevent the use 

 of Laramie waters by appropriates in Colorado must result 

 in suspension of Colorado claims. It is reported that Wyom- 

 ing parties are prepared to institute proceedings at once be- 

 fore the United States court in order to prevent the financ- 

 ing of Colorado companies now planning to divert water 

 from the Colorado section of the Laramie River. 



MISCEILAKEOUS 



Engineers are investigating the feasibility of supplying 

 water to 300,000 acres of ranch in the Boca Grande Valley in 

 Mexico. 



New York and Philadelphia bankers are said to have in- 

 vested $2,500,000 in bonds of the Arkansas Valley Irrigation 

 Company, of Kansas. 



The Colonial Land Company, of Lake City, Fla., has pur- 

 chased the gravity canal and 16,000 acres of land at Bay 

 City, Texas. The canal will be extended. 



George W. Decker, of St. Louis, Mo., is said to be in- 

 terested in a project near San Geronimo, Mexico. By an 

 expenditure of more than $1,000,000 they hope to reclaim 

 90,000 acres. 



Reports from Chester County, Pa., state that the farmers 

 are becoming interested in irrigation affairs and are endeavor- 

 ing to find some means by which water may be stored and 

 carried to their farms. 



Water users in the proposed Rillito irrigation district, . 

 near Tucson, Ariz., are considering formal articles of incorpo- 

 ration with a view to perfecting this organization. They plan 

 to irrigate by deep well pumping. 



Water users in the Keith-Lincoln counties irrigation dis- 

 trict, Nebraska, have employed an engineer to make sur- 

 veys and plan improvements of its ditches. It is proposed to 

 construct a tunnel through Sutherland hill. 



News reports state that the South Gila project, below 

 Gila Bend. Arizona, will soon be extricated from litigation, 

 which has been pending for several months. This project in- 

 volves the reclamation of about 20,000 acres. 



Successful tests of deep well pumping for irrigation pur- 

 poses in the Sulphur Springs Valley of Arizona, have in- 

 duced many farmers to turn their attention to this method. 

 It is said that several organizations will take action toward 

 securing central pumping plants. 



A competent engineer is said to have declared that two 

 dams constructed on the Brazos River, about 100 miles north- 

 west of Waco, Texas, would result in the reclamation of 

 about 200,000 acres of arid land. Newspapers in this section 

 are trying to interest eastern capital. 



Land owners in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, are or- 

 ganizing to secure government assistance in irrigation proj- 

 ects. The organization is to be known as the Cimarron Val- 

 ley Irrigation Association. J. A. Ellis has been elected presi- 

 dent; Ralph Sloan, vice-president, and Ira Wolf, secretary 

 and treasurer. 



Rice growers on lands of the Louisiana Irrigation & Mill 

 Company, near Crowley, La., are protesting against a water 

 rent of $6.00 per acre, as voted by directors of this company. 

 Farmers assert that they will not cultivate their land if the 

 company insists upon this rent. Heretofore one-fifth of the 

 crop was given for the water right 



Farmers in Quaker Valley, west of Galena, Kans., will 

 petition to government to supply water for irrigation pur- 

 poses. It is claimed that the drouth of the past few years 

 indicates that the rainfall is insufficient for crops. The Spring 

 River traverses Quaker Valley and is said to contain suffi- 

 cient water to irrigate the entire district. 



Jas. Goode, of Pecos, Texas, is promoting a company to 

 irrigate about 8,000 acres of land in the lower Pecos Valley. 

 It is proposed to pump water from the Pecos River or to 

 secure a supply from artesian wells. G. M. Noble, Scott 

 Hopkins, C. Foote, J. W. Kelly, N. B. Burg and H. A. Heath, 

 of Topeka, Kans., and Attorney J. S. Dean, of Marion, Kans., 

 are said to be interested. Capital stock is placed at $80,000. 



Farmers and stockmen, of Leon Valley, Texas, are be- 

 coming interested in irrigation by pumping. Within the past 

 few years there has been a decrease in yields because of lack 

 of moisture. Reports from Waco state that land owners are 

 considering the feasibility of pumping water from the Leon 

 River. It is also intimated that a dam may be constructed 

 by a privately controlled irrigation company in the near fu- 

 ture. 



The newly organized Barnes-Daily Power, Land & Irri- 

 gation Company, of Tucson, Ariz., is threatened with litiga- 

 tion involving a parcel of land abutting the junction of the 

 Santa Cruz and Rillito rivers. Parties acquired an option on 

 the land in question. When the option expired and before 

 same could be renewed, it was purchased by H. J. Donau. 

 The new owner proposes to restrain the company from de- 

 veloping its system. 



Henry Esten, president of the Wadsworth Power, Light 

 & Water Company, of Wadsworth, Nev., states that local 

 farmers will apply to the government to place under irriga- 

 tion a tract of 40,000 acres of fertile farming land in this 

 vicinity. Surveys for canals and laterals have been completed 

 by the government_ in connection with its Truckee-Carson 

 project. Settlers will urge that the government give imme- 

 diate attention to the Wadsworth district. 



W. T. Sterley, general freight agent of the Denver & Rio 

 Grande Railway, is authority for the statement that the Palo 

 Duro Canyon, near Ft. Worth, Texas, can be utilized as a 

 storage basin for water to irrigate nearly 1,000,000 acres of 

 land in this vicinity. This canyon is about 138 miles in length 

 and of varying width. . 



CAPITAL WANTED. 



I have 18,000 acres of excellent irrigable land 

 in the Northwest, which I will sell for $20 per acre. 

 Can all be easily irrigated by gravity system for 

 about $18 per acre, from large stream running 

 through tract. It is good fruit or general farming 

 land, and will readily sell for $125 and more per acre 

 when watered. It is near a railroad and is the best 

 irrigable land proposition left in the West. For full 

 information, write E. G. Dickson, P. O. Box 743, 

 Seattle, Washington. 



