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the Engle reservoir completed their work. It is expected 

 that work can be resumed at once. Surveys have been 

 continued over the El Paso Valley, and that portion 

 known as the Island, containing a number of thousand 

 acres, is now being surveyed. 



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The Snyder Irrigation Company with principal offices 

 at Dayville, has incorporated with capital stock of $600,- 

 000. Incorporators are, Allen P. Snyder, Ada Snyder and 

 May Snyder. 



The Desert Land Board in session at Salem recently 

 authorized the Eastern Oregon Irrigation Company to 

 proceed with its work for the reclamation of 20,000 acres 

 in the vicinity of Eagle creek, in Eastern Oregon. 



At the January meeting of the Deschutes Land Com- 

 pany at Salem, J. E. Marlow and A. A. Aya presented a 

 bond for $30,000, as demanded by the state, and a cash 

 payment to the state of $1.00 per acre for lands to be 

 reclaimed. 



The bondholders committee of the Deschutes Irriga- 

 tion and Power Company has brought action asking fore- 

 closure of the mortgage, and for a receiver to sell the 

 company's property and remunerate bondholders. An- 

 other suit of importance has been filed at Columbus, Ohio, 

 where there are numerous stockholders in this concern. 



On February 26th, land owners in the Hood River 

 irrigation district near Hood River, held an election to 

 decide on the issuance of bonds for the completion of the 

 project. The land on the west side of this district has 

 not had an adequate water supply and plans were made 

 for extending ditches to Green Point creek. The cost of 

 these improvements is estimated at $45,000, but land own- 

 ers are asked to vote on a $70,000 issue. 



District Attorney John McCourt has brought suit at 

 Portland to annul the rights of the Umatilla Irrigation 

 Company operating near Pendleton. The company was 

 organized in 1892 with Samuel Sturgis at the head. While 



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