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work was progressing rapidly and more than $20,000 had 

 been expended, Mr. Sturgis died. The district attorney 

 asserts that the company's rights were forfeited by its 

 failure to construct the ditches as mapped out and sub- 

 mitted to federal authorities within a period of five years. 

 WASHINGTON. 



The Pluvius Development Company has started work 

 on a project to water 1,000 acres of land in Spring Canyon, 

 north of Almira. The gravity system will be used. 



Promoters of the Klickitat irrigation project in the 

 Horse Heaven country report success in securing con- 

 tracts from ranchers and land owners. Nearly 500,000 

 acres are included in this project. 



Land owners near White Bluffs are interesting them- 

 selves in pumping water for irrigation. Government re- 

 ports state that artesian wells are feasible. Several heavy 

 land owners are preparing to instal individual systems. 



The large irrigation systems near North Yakima, are 

 planning the use of pipe lines to take the place of open 

 ditches. It is claimed that, through the use of pipe, 

 evaporation and seepage will be reduced and that a larger 

 acreage will be placed under water. 



Philip W. Blake, special representative of Clinton, 

 Hurtt & Company of Boise, Idaho, states that his com- 

 pany is planning the reclamation of 450,000 acres, of which 

 250,000 acres are in Washington. He refuses to give a 

 detailed statement of the location of this land, but inti- 

 mates that the cost will aggregate $15,000,000. 



Reports from the Quincy Valley Water User's Asso- 

 ciation state that capital has been interested in the pro- 

 ject to irrigate 200,000 acres in Grant county near Quincy 

 and Euphreta. The association has filed, on 10,000 second 

 feet on the Pend Oreille River near Newport, forty-six 

 miles north of Spokane. 



The Spokane and Columbia Land & Development 

 Company, with holdings at River Homes and Crystal Cove 

 on the Spokane River, and at Hell Gate on the Colum- 

 bia River, is negotiating with the Washington, Water 



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