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granted a segregation of 07,000 acres in the Sunnyside dis- 

 trict. 



Land owners under the Canyon Canal Company's 

 project have applied to the State Land Board for the en- 

 forcement of the terms of the contract between the state 

 of Idaho and the Trowbridge & Niver Company. In 

 their complaint they assert that construction work is in- 

 ferior and canals insufficient in capacity to supply water. 

 They state that there has been a depreciation of $500,000 

 in land values within five months, owing to loss of crops 

 and discouragement of settlement. Chairman R. B. Wil- 

 son of the water users' committee, was accompanied by 

 a delegation of prominent Emmett citizens when the ap- 

 peal was taken to the Land Board. The complainants 

 pointed to the fact that the difficulties are set forth in 

 the report of C. C. Stephenson as filed with the State 

 Board. Water users stated that their efforts to secure 

 recognition from the Trowbridge & Niver Company met 

 with unsatisfactory results. 



MONTANA. 



Grading operations have been suspended for the win- 

 ter on the government's Milk River project. The greater 

 'part of the cash contracts were completed before suspen- 

 sion of operations, and with one exception all cash con- 

 tracts can be completed in a short time after operations 

 are resumed in the spring. 



On the Fort Shaw unit of the government's Sun 

 River project betterments and maintenance work closed 

 down about the middle of the month on account of cold 

 weather until spring. The east and west ends of the unit 

 are ready for another season's service, and but little work 

 is required in the middle of the unit, which can be fin- 

 ished easily prior to any call for water. During the win- 

 ter advantage will be taken of the frozen condition of the 

 ground to haul rock to strengthen prospective works 

 along the river bank. 



John R. Hedley of Butte, said to be representing Den- 

 ver capitalists, has filed on the water of Red Rock and 



Beaver Head rivers to the amount of 5,000 second feet. 

 According to the plans of Mr. Hedley a ditch will be 

 constructed on the east bank of the Red Rock river about 

 two miles southeast of Armstead, a point twenty miles 

 south of Dillon. Water will be conducted down this 

 canyon to Beaver Head valley and along a canal which 

 will be about forty-five miles in length. Estimates call 

 for the expenditure of approximately $2,000.000. The land 

 to be reclaimed will aggregate about 30,000 acres. The 

 company proposes to purchase the Lima dam and to en- 

 large the structure to give an adequate water supply. 



NEW MEXICO. 



Reports from Las Vegas stated that final arrange- 

 ments have been made for proceeding with construction 

 work on the Camfield Reservoir project. The company 

 conferred with the board of trustees of a Las Vegas 

 grant and arranged a definite basis of procedure. 



Business men at Roswell have conferred with J. L. 

 Norton, of Chicago, with a view to the construction of a 

 dam on the Rio Penasco. It is proposed to generate cur- 

 rent for lighting in the Pecos valley and to supply power 

 for pumping water to irrigate a tract of approximately 

 100,000 acres. 



The Oasis Development Company has applied for the 

 segregation of 30,180 acres in Otero county. It is pro- 

 posed to take waters from the Sacramento river sixty 

 miles south of Alamagordo and convey the supply to a 

 reservoir through a natural arroyo. An earth embank- 

 ment 5,810 feet long is proposed. The cost is estimated at 

 $175,000. 



The auction sale of excess lands under the Carlsbad 



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