THE IREIGATION AGE. 



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Reclamation Notes 



OAUCFOSBX&. 



By a signed decision of Judge Buckles of Solano 

 county, the injunction asked by Malvina Gallatin, against 

 the Corning Irrigation Company, was refused. The com- 

 pany is now empowered to use the flood waters of Elder 

 Creek. 



Farmers of Miarysyille township propose the organiza- 

 tion of an irrigation district, comprising about 4,000 acres. 

 An assessment of $5.00 per acre will be levied to provide 

 an irrigation system. Water will be taken from the Yuba 

 River at Daguerre point. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Ra- 

 mona Power & Irrigation Company, showing capital stock 

 of $10,000. The following are incorporators: Ehrman 

 Grigsby, A. W. McPherson, A. H. Koebig, R. M. Miller, 

 H. J. Englebrecht, J. H. Grigsby & T. S. Ingham. 



Articles of incorporation for the Land and Irrigation 

 Company of Northern California have been filed with the 

 county clerk at San Francisco. The company is authorized 

 to own and operate irrigation projects and develop water 

 power. The capital is fixed at $2,000,000. Directors are, 

 Oscar T. Weber, W. P. Read, Burke Corbet and John R. 

 Selby, all of S'an Francisco. 



Jos. H. Bohon, of Los Angeles, has purchased about 

 8,000 acres of land near the town of Firebaugh, and pro- 

 poses to irrigate by pumping. It is said that he also has 

 plans for a comprehensive irrigation system to be operated 

 in connection with that owned by Miiller & Lux. For the 

 present water will be supplied by pumping. 



COLORADO. 



Among the recent incorporations is that of the Geary 

 Creek Irrigation & Land Company, with capital stock of 

 $50,000. The incorporators are: B. B. Markle, Clarence E. 

 Gosselin, Volney C. Gates; all of Greeley. 



Fred Lucas, manager of the Denver Reservoir Irriga- 

 tion Company, has recently made an extensive examination 

 of the construction work on his projects, and reports that 

 the company will be able to supply water to all land in 

 this project during the present season. 



Reports from the Canon City, Florence & Peublo 

 Water Company and the Colorado Southern Irrigation 

 Company, the two corporations having charge of the sale 

 of water-rights for the great De Weese irrigation project 

 indicate that this company is meeting with excellent suc- 

 cess in the sale of land. 



E. C. Van Diest, engineer for the Palmer estate, has 

 filed plats for a reservoir to irrigate a large tract of land 

 east of Colorado Springs. The cost is estimated at $449,- 

 000. Other plats filed by Engineer van Diest show an ex- 

 tensive system of canals and ditches. Water will be 

 drawn from Jimmy's Camp creek. Surveys have been 

 nearly completed. 



The Lone Tree Ditch & Reservoir Company, recently 

 organized to irrigate a large tract northeast of Denver and 

 adjoining the Antero district, has been reorganized by the 

 election of James F. Bradley as president. It is claimed 

 that this reorganization will result in rapid progress of 

 construction work, and the completion of the system be- 

 fore January 1, 1911. 



The Colorado Southern Irrigation Company has pur- 

 chased 25,000 acres from the Hill Land & Investment Com- 

 pany of Denver. This land lies along the Arkansas River 

 in Pueblo and Fremont counties. This tract is a part of 

 the 300,000 acres that this company proposes to place un- 

 der water. It is estimated that the cost of supplying 

 water will approximate $75.00 per acre. 



Promotors of the Costilla Estates Development Com- 

 pany announces that work will begin on the construction 

 of a large reservoir for its project April 1st. Three small 

 reservoirs have already been completed, and approximately 

 20,000 acres owned by this company have been sold. 

 (Continued on page 223.) 



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