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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



FARMS ON LAKE BEDS. 



GREAT TRANSFORMATION. 



Clear Lake dam, another large structure of the Gov- 

 ernment is now practically completed. This dam is located 

 on Lost River at the outlet of Clear Lake, in Modoc 

 County, California. Its purpose is to form a reservoir 

 for impounding water for use in connection with the Kla- 

 math irrigation project. Oregon-California. Excavation 

 at the outlet was begun during the fall of 1908, and actual 

 construction of the dam itself was begun in June, 1909. 



The dam is of the earth and rock-fill typ.e, with con- 

 crete outlet works and spillway. Its extreme length is 

 approximately 940 feet, and its extreme height 33 feet. 

 The reservoir has a surface area of approximately 25,000 

 acres, and a capacity of 1.089,000,000 cubic feet. 



The Klamath project involves perhaps the most unique 

 engineering works yet undertaken by the Government. 

 A considerable portion of the lands to be irrigated are 

 now covered with the waters of navigable lakes. This 

 water is to be drawn off and the lake beds turned into 

 agricultural fields. When completed the project will em- 

 brace nearly 200,000 acres of land. 



TRUMP TURBINES. 



Representatives of the Trump Manufacturing Company, 

 makers of water power machinery, at Springfield, Ohio, state 

 that there is heavy inquiry for the company's turbines for 

 driving centrifugal pumps for irrigation plants. Within the 

 past few weeks the company has sold to the King Hill Irri- 

 gation Company, of King Hill, Idaho, to W. B. Slick, of Bliss. 

 Idaho, and several other irrigation enterprises throughout the 

 west. 



Among the other recent sales of Trump turbines are the 

 following: 



High Falls Power Company, Haileybury, Ont, two high 

 head special horizontal turbines designed to work under a 

 head of eighty-five feet, direct connected to generators. These 

 wheels will generate power to be furnished the gold mining 

 properties in the Cobalt district. 



Basic City, Va., for municipal hydro-electric plant. This 

 shipment consisted of two pair of horizontal Trump turbines 

 of draft chest type driving direct-connected generators. This 

 plant will furnish the city with light and power. 



C. Miller & Son, of Clermont, Iowa, have secured a fran- 

 chise from their city to furnish same with electric light and 

 power. Trump turbines will be used in this plant and it will 

 be noted that this is the third important hydro-electric 

 development in which Trump turbines have been used in the 

 state of Iowa, during the past few months. 



Send $2.50 for the Irrigation Age 1 year, and a cloth 

 bound copy of the Primer of Irrigation. 



The great importance and benefit of the present agitation on the 

 subject of irrigation is seen not only in its opening up of territory 

 which has heretofore been uninhabited and entirely unproductive, but 

 in its renovating and practically working over of the oldest com- 

 munities in the United States. 



Such a condition we find at Santa Fe, New Mexico, which claims 

 the distinction of being the oldest city in America, with the first 

 buildings, both churches and residences, that were ever built on the 

 American continent. Irrigation has been practiced in this vicinity for 

 centuries, but only in a primitive way. The tourist of the present 

 day will find Santa Fe transformed into a modern, up-to-date city 

 with magnificent residences and public buildings, a splendid public 

 school system and quite a number of important private educational in- 

 stitutions, and. a goodly supply ot churches, both Protestant and 

 Catholic. Banking and commercial houses are conducted along up-to- 

 date and approved lines, whe_re the traveler and homeseeker can find 

 the most modern accommodations along these lines. 



As one of the strongest evidences of the awakening of the Santa 

 Fe District we find a modern, up-to-date irrigation project, well under 

 way, a few miles from the city on a mountain stream known as the 

 Arroyo Hondo. This project is being exploited by the Santa Fe Irri- 

 gation and Improvement Company, and is backed by men of ability 

 and of sufficient means to carry out the undertaking. It is the ex* 

 press purpose of this undertaking to irrigate a tract of about 10,000 

 acres of land beginning about four miles from the city. 



A little trip among the gardens and orchards of Santa Fe and 

 surrounding country, where fruit growing and gardening has been 

 practiced for upwards of three hundred years, we find some results 

 that are astonishing to those who are not posted on this territory. 

 We find beans averaging 2,000 pounds to the acre, currants netting 

 $500 per acre, wheat running 50 bushels to the acre, oats 80 bushels 

 to the acre, tomatoes producing $700 per acre, potatoes averaging 

 300 bushels to the acre, alfalfa from four to five tons per acre and 

 worth from $12 to $18 per ton, celery bringing as high as $1,600 per 

 acre, Spanish onions 30,000 pounds to the acre, worth from 3c to 4c 

 per pound, cabbage 50,000 pounds to the acre. It is possible to find 

 cabbage heads weighing 20 pounds or more raised in this neighbor- 

 hood. Apples from $500 per acre up. Other fruits are raised suc- 

 cessfully, such as pears, peaches, prunes, grapes, nectarines, etc. 



Apparently very satisfactory conditions face the man who wishes 

 to settle in the Santa Fe District. One of the strongest attractions, of 

 course, is its climate, which the government reports indicate to be the 

 finest on the American continent. 



ENGINEER HAYS LEAVES SERVICE. 



In the resignation of Mr. David W. Hayes, employed 

 on ,the Truckee-Carson irrigation project, Nevada, the 

 Reclamation Service has lost one of its most efficient en- 

 gineers. Mr. Hays received his education in the Nevada 

 State University. In 1900 he was levelman and topog- 

 rapher under the Commissioner of State Highways of the 

 State of California, in survey of road into Yosemite Val- 

 ley, and in survey of the Placerville road between Placer- 

 ville and Lake Tahoe. In 1901-02 he was assistant hydrog- 

 rapher and engineer in stream measurement and surveys 

 of canals and reservoirs under L. H. Taylor, U. S. Geolog- 

 ical Survey. On January 1, 1903, he was appointed assist- 

 ant engineer in the U. S. Reclamation Service. Mr. Hays 

 will engage in private practice of his profession with head- 

 quarters at Reno, Nevada. 



From 600 trees'Mlss Cowperthwaite harvested 450 boxes summer and fall ap- 

 ples; 3,000 boxes of winter varieties, which sold for $1.35 per box, making a 

 grand total of $4,657.50. Photo taken October 9, 1909, Santa Fe District. 



Land Opportunity 



in the 



Santa Fe] District 



Get your share of the profits on the present day high- 

 cost of living. 



Prices on "fool stuff are governed by the law of supply 

 and demand. 



Secure a 20 -acre tract in the Santa Fe District and be a 

 producer, and at the same time reduce your own expenses. 



This land all within a short drive of New 1 Mexico's 

 beautifully situated capital city. 



Proven by government statistics to be'the finest climate 

 in the world. 



Two town sites on the land and two railroads crossing it. 



Every tract within three mile? of a town site. 



A former governor of New Mexico says: "THE SANTA 

 FE DISTRICT HAS MORE ADVANTAGES AND FEWER 

 DRAWBACKS THAN ANY IRRIGATED SECTION IN 

 AMERICA." 



Send or call for fulllpartlculars. 



National Mortgage and Bond Company 



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