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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



ing to plans, will have a capacity of 80,000 acre feet. En- 

 gineer Hunter also recommends investigation of the 

 project for the diversion of Little John creek into the canal 

 of the South San Joaquin irrigation district. 



Articles of incorporation for the Sierra Irrigation 

 Company with a capital of $3,000,000 have been filed at 

 Red Bluff. The principal offices of the company are at 

 San Francisco, but operations will be directed from Red 

 Bluff. The company was first organized as the Valley Ir- 

 rigation Company, but it was decided to change the name. 

 Several directors of the Antelope Water Company are 

 said to be interested. Incorporates are as follows: H. C. 

 Swain, O. C. Coombs, Alva Dennie, W. L. Bransford, T. J. 

 Wells, all of Red Bluff. 



KONTANA. 



Farmers in the Tobacco Plains region in Lincoln 

 county are planning for the organization of an irrigation 

 district. Preliminary surveys have been made. It is 

 proposed to construct a system to insure adequate water 

 supply. 



Press reports from La Crosse, Wis., state that W. S. 

 Cargill and W. W. Withee, promoters of the irrigation 

 project at Valier, have arranged for a $3,000,000 bond 

 issue and that a Chicago bonding house has taken the 

 securities. 



Lewis W. Hill, president of the Great Northern Rail- 

 road Company, is giving his support to the movement 

 requesting the government to abandon its Milk River 

 project in the northern part of the state. Mr. Hill is re- 

 ported to have declared that the project could be easily 

 financed through a bond issue by a private company. 

 Engineers for the Great Northern Railway are said to 

 have made an exhaustive estimate of cost. Local senti- 

 ment is favorable to his plan. 



H. N. Savage, chief engineer of the United States 

 Reclamation Service, has filed on water rights on the 

 Flathead reservation for the irrigation of 54,000 acres. 

 This district is in the western part of the state. Much 

 of the water will come from Pend Oreille river and a 

 small amount from Mud creek. After conveying the 

 water through several tunnels it will be raised by turbines 

 to the arable land It is estimated that the cost of con- 

 struction work will be between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000. 



IDAHO. 



It is announced that the Salmon River Land & Irri- 

 gation Company, having a tract of 5.000 acres in Custer 

 county, has been financed. Spokane capitalists are in- 

 terested. 



The application of the Idaho Irrigation Company for 

 segregation of 9,000 acres under the Carey Act has been 

 approved. Contract figure is $50 per acre for low land and 

 $60 per acre for high land. The lands lie sixteen miles 

 southwest of Caldwell. 



Owners of land watered by the Owyhee ditch in the 

 Boise-Owyhee project held a meeting recently for the 

 purpose of discussing organization. It is said that senti- 

 ment was favorable. Steps will be taken shortly tending 

 to the formation of an irrigation district. 



Water users under the Canyon canal near Emmett 

 have decided to organize an irrigation district to take 

 over this canal, which will be completed early in the 

 spring. Officers are: R. B. Wilson, president; H. S. 

 Worthman. vice-president, and V. T. Craig, secretary and 

 treasurer. 



It is reported that the Twin Falls-Raft River irri- 

 gation project has been financed, and that work will com- 

 mence on the dam early next spring. The company has 

 a tract of 96,000 acres in southern Idaho, and has head- 

 quarters at Rupert. A land drawing will be held before 

 the close of 1910. 



Surveyors for the Reclamation Service have been in- 

 vestigating the head waters of the Boise river for the 

 purpose of locating reservoir sites to provide a supply 

 for the Payette-Boise project. Large tracts of land in 

 the headwaters of the river near Centerville have been 

 withdrawn from entry. 



The final steps in the organization of the Jump dis- 

 trict near Caldwell has been consummated. At a recent 



election Charles McCord and C. S. Faurot were elected 

 directors, while there was a tie vote between George Hum- 

 rickhouse and Charles E. Tabor. Contracts for construc- 

 tion of a canal are now being signed. There are some 

 matters to be adjusted with the Succor Creek land own- 

 ers, but it is claimed that these will be easily arranged. 



At the annual election of the Portneuf-Marsh Valley 

 Irrigation Company at Downey the following officers 

 were elected: D. W. Stanrod, president; Jos. Burns, vice- 

 president and general manager; T. M. Edwards, secretary, 

 and Geo. T. Hyde, treasurer. In addition to these the 

 following directors were chosen: H. O. Harkness, Louis 

 E. Wettling, of Lincoln, Neb., and Paul H. Marley of 

 Mason City, Neb. Work on the canal will be resumed 

 at once. 



J. E. Lane has announced that work on the dam 

 across the Snake river above American Falls will be 

 begun within twelve months. This project involves an 

 expenditure of $20,000,000 and will supply water to 600,000 

 acres in the Owyhee district north of the Idaho-Nevada 

 line. The Kuhn-Buhl syndicate of Pittsburg is financing 

 the project. By enlargement of the south side canal sys- 

 tem to three times the present capacity it is proposed to 

 reclaim a vast acreage. The dam will be 70 feet in height. 



NEW MEXICO. 



J. E. Eddington, who applied for water-rights on the 

 Penasco river in Eddy county for power purposes has 

 been refused because of failure to comply with the law. 



As a result of the controversy over the appropriation 

 of water from the Pecos river, the matter has been car- 

 ried into the courts at Albuquerque by the Reclamation 

 Service, A. A. Jones and his associates, and the Las Vegas 

 land grant claim rights. Territorial Engineer Sullivan is 

 listening to the testimony. 



Territorial Engineer Sullivan has approved the ap- 

 plication as presented by J. Turley, civil engineer, for 640 

 second feet of the San Juan river in San Juan county near 

 the Colorado line. The company represented by Mr. Tur- 

 ley proposes the reclamation of 25,000 acres of valley and 

 mesa lands. Part of the water will be diverted into the 

 main canal for the valley lands and about 40 second feet 

 will be elevated to the mesa lands. 



The Portales Irrigation Company has filed articles 

 of incorporation showing capital stock of $875.000. Land 

 owners representing 10,000 acres have approved the plan 

 of organization. Engineers are now working on plans 

 and specifications. The incorporators and directors are 

 as follows: John A. Fairley, Geo. L. Reece, W. E. Lind- 

 sey, Robt. Hicks, Thos. Molinari, S. A. Morrison, Hobson 

 Jones. Mr. Lindsey is president and Mr. Molinari is sec- 

 retary. 



It is reported that the final survey on the line of the 

 Eden canal near Aztec has been completed and that 

 actual construction of this high line canal will be begun 

 within a few weeks. The ditch will be about 40 miles in 

 length and will reclaim 40.000 acres on the east side of 

 the Animas river and nearly 80,000 acres on the west side 

 of this river where the line runs into the La Plata valley. 

 W. G. Black of Aztec is reported to have interested Den- 

 ver and New York capitalists and to have arranged the 

 finances. Water costs are estimated at $40 per acre. 



Business men and land owners near Melrose are in- 

 terested in a proposition for the construction of a $450,000 

 irrigation plant. Mr. L. Y. Fuller recently submitted a 

 proposition whereby he would insure the construction of 

 this plant providing farmers contracted for water at_a 

 specified rate. While there are nearly 100,000 acres avail- 

 able for irrigation it is claimed that about 15,000 acres 

 have already been pledged. It is proposed to construct 

 a plant with three 500-K. W. generators and three 750- 

 H. P. engines to pump the water. There is great interest 

 in this project and it is claimed that farmers in nearby 

 districts are planning organizations for similar purposes. 





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