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Reclamation Notes 



COLORADO. 



Stockholders in the Grand Valley Irrigation Associa- 

 on held their annual meeting recently at Grand Junc- 

 on. Directors were re-elected and reports show that the 

 sar has been prosperous. 



The county commissioners have authorized the or- 

 inization of the Platte Valley Municipal Ditch near 

 reeley. Land involved in this organization lies on the 

 ist side of the Union Pacific tracks between Brighton 

 id Platteville. 



Cincinnati capitalists are said to be financing the 

 lorida Irrigation Company whi,ch will include the Pen- 

 ington Lake reservoir site and the Farmers' Enterprise, 

 nd other ditches near Durango. About 22,000 acres are 

 antained in the proposed system. 



Land owners in the Mesa County and the Palisade 

 rrigation Districts recently held an election to decide on 

 proposed bond issue of $176,000 for the construction of 

 diverting dam across Grand river above Palisade. These 

 onds will be equally divided between the two districts. 



In connection with the projected consolidation of the 

 rigation systems known as the Teller Reservoir, the 

 lanyon City, the Florence and the Pueblo Water Corn- 

 any, it is stated that the Teller Reservoir Company has 

 ecided that its plans are too far advanced to admit of 

 le combination. 



The Fountain Valley Land and Irrigation Company 

 as recently authorized the issuance of $500,000 for im- 

 rovements in its property near Fountain. It is stated 

 lat the company has already expended one million dol- 

 irs in this work, and that the new bond issue will result 

 i reclamation of additional acreage. 



E. L. Tebow has brought suit against J. C. Teller, John 

 )lsen and William Olsen, doing business as the Olsen 

 lonstruction Company, for the sum of $60,000, which he 

 laims to be due him for his interest in the Turkey Creek 

 eservoir. Tebow claims that he filed on this site many 

 ears ago and that the Construction Company has usurped 

 is rights. 



District Judge Rizer, in court at La Junta, recently 

 ecided that the proposed bond issue of $650,000, voted by 

 lie Holbrook Irrigated district, is valid. It is reported 

 hat farmers will take bonds to the amount of about 

 400,000. and that the remaining $250,000 will be placed 

 >n the market. The district is comprised of 20,000 acres, 

 ping about five miles from La Junta. 



Promoters of the Bent County Reservoir Company 

 lave filed plans with the state engineer, showing the site 

 if the reservoir to be in Bent county and the supply of 

 rater to be taken from Rule Creek. By the construction 

 if a dam at a cost of $200,000 there will be stored about 

 i50,000 acre feet. To complete the entire system bonds 



the amount of $650,000 will be issued. 



Petitions for the new Hardscrabble Irrigation District 

 n Freemont county have been generally signed by land 

 iwners and it is claimed that a majority of the district is 

 low represented. Several surveys have been made with 



1 view to filing on the waters of Hardscrabble creek and 

 >ther available reservoir sites. It is proposed to issue 

 >onds for necessary construction work. 



Farmers of the Otero Irrigation District held a meet- 

 ng recently and nominated the following directors: 

 ?rank Taylor, R. W. Norton, D. A. Bole and M. W. 

 Vlclntyre. George Anderson, a civil engineer of Denver, 



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