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THE IKRIGATION AGE. 



Reclamation Notes 



COI.ORA.DG. 



Lee and Robert Pricer have planned the construction 

 of a reservoir near Rogan, to irrigate 2,500 acres, at a cost of 

 about $5,000. They will also construct ditches at a cost of 

 $3,000. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Carr 

 Reservoir and Irrigation Company of Dover. Capital stock is 

 fixed at $100,000. Archie F. Finley. C. C. Rogers, Chas. F. 

 Finley arc incorporators. 



The Huerfano Reservoir and Irrigation Company recently 

 filed articles of incorporation, showing capital stock of $250,- 

 000, with principal offices at Denver. Lemuel J. Husted, 

 Frank M. Keeger and Otis Beverstock are incorporators. 



The Fox-Smith Construction Company has agreed to 

 complete the 'Shaffer dam for the Beaver Land and Irriga- 

 tion Company, at Florence, before August 1. The original 

 contract called for completion on June 1, but owing to the 

 weather conditions it was found necessary to postpone this 

 date. 



The Jumbo dam of the Jumbo irrigation district, six 

 miles east of Sedgwick, was washed out on March 17, caus- 

 ing damage estimated at $40,000. About five miles of the 

 Union Pacific track were destroyed. It is proposed to re- 

 build the dam at once in order to insure a water supply 

 for the present season. 



Plans and specifications for the Surface Creek and High 

 Line canal have recently been filed at Montrose. It is pro- 

 posed to increase the water supply for the use of the Surface 

 creek district in Delta county. Surplus water from the Grand 

 Mesa will be conveyed to the creek. Robt. W. Curtis, B. S. 

 Blanchard, Clarence Dillon and Philip Stephens are interested. 



Final filings have been made by Steven C. Scott, in be- 

 half of the Bent and Powers Irrigation district, of which he 

 is president. Plans involve the construction of three dams 

 across the Purgatoire river at an estimated cost of about 

 $800,000. It is proposed to construct ditches at a cost of 

 $1,600,000. Grandby Hillyer of Lamar is secretary, and F. H. 

 Whiting of Denver is engineer in charge. 



County Judge Jos. Newitt, of Chaffee county, recom- 

 mends that the state construct reservoirs about 150 miles up 

 the Cotton Wood Creek from Buena Vista, for the pur- 

 pose of supplying water to about 2,000 acres near that city, 

 and to supply light and power for the State Penitentiary. 

 The recommendation has been referred to the State Peni- 

 tentiary Board. He also suggests the construction of a dam. 



Work has started on the Toll gate reservoir, located east 

 of the city limits of Denver. About 11,000 acres, part of 

 which is within the city limits, will be supplied from this 

 source. The estimated cost for construction is $300,000. Res- 

 ervoir, ditches and water rights are the property of A. D. 

 Annis and J. 'A. Simonson. Lands were formerly watered 

 by the old English high line canal, but the new reservoir 

 will insure a better supply. Land owners have agreed to 

 estimates. 



The Costilla Estates Development Company, with hold- 

 ings in the San Luis valley, has let the contract for con- 

 struction work, to the Wilcoxen-\^ogan Company, of Kansas 

 City. The cost of the reservoir on the Culebra river is esti- 

 mated at $500,000. Officers of the company are : Frank E. 

 Brooks, President; Gerald Hughes of Denver and Judge 

 Horace G. Grant of Colorado Springs, Vice Presidents ; and 

 H. Alexander Smith of Colorado Springs, Secretary ; and 

 Fred G. 'Moffitt of Denver, Treasurer. Eastern capitalists 

 are interested. 



It is announced that the Colorado Southern Irrigation 

 Company has let the contract for the construction of an irri- 

 gation system for that company, and the Canon City, Florence 

 and Pueblo Water Company, to Kennefick, Quiglay & Russell 

 of Kansas City, for $12.987,000. According to the terms of 

 the contract, the work must be completed by April 1, 1911. 

 The system involves twelve reservoirs and a 60-mile main 



canal, with 30 miles of diversion canals. The reservoirs will 

 have a storage capacity of 750,000 acre feet, and will be 

 sufficient to irrigate 300,000 acres in the Arkansas valley. 



Recent reports in the Denver papers state that the 

 Southern Colorado Irrigation Company, which has been 

 organized for the construction of irrigation projects in 

 Chaffee and other southern Colorado counties, has interested 

 itself in the Montrose & Paradox railroad. This report is 

 denied by Sam Brown, Jr., secretary of the irrigation com- 

 pany, who states that his firm is not financially interested. 

 Reports in the Denver papers also indicate that the Southern 

 Irrigation Company plans several small projects in the south- 

 ern part of the state. Plans have been formed for a 40-mile 

 canal to convey water from the San Miguel river to a large 

 reservoir and for the construction of radiating ditches at a 

 cost of $500,000. 



CALIFORNIA. 



The Natomas Consolidated Company is reported to have 

 floated bonds in London for reclaiming 80,000 acres of land 

 in the American basin above Sacramento. This tract lies 

 east of the Sacramento river, and comprises some of the 

 finest lands in the state. Plans include great dikes to protect 

 lands from overflow. 



T. W. Patterson of Fresno has recently completed a 

 pumping plant in Stanislaus county, at a cost of $250,000, 

 capable of watering 18,000 acres. The method employed by 

 Mr. Patterson and the construction company are being in- 

 spected by land owners in other arid sections with a view 

 to taking similar steps to obtain water. 



By the completion of a line to Meridian, in Sutler county, 

 the Pacific Gas & Electric Company expects to interest the 

 farmers of that section in the use of power for irrigation. 

 The company has made arrangements to water thirty acres 

 near the town of Meridian by means of motor and pump in- 

 stalled on the bank of the Sacramento river. 



A canal to irrigate 6,000 acres north and east of the city 

 of Marysville has been projected by farmers. Seven thou- 

 sand miners' inches will be diverted from the Yuba near 

 Daguerre Point. It is said this will be one of the cheapest 

 irrigation systems in the entire valley, the engineer estimat- 

 ing that it can be built for a sum ranging between $10,000 

 to $12,000. All the rights of way have been secured, and 

 active surveying and construction work will begin without 

 delay. 



IDAHO. 



Land owners north of Pocatello, under the Ft. Hall 

 Irrigation Project, believe that through the efforts of Senator 

 DuBois, water will be supplied at a rate of $6.00 per acre. 

 It was originally intended to charge $18.00 per acre. 



Settlers on the Idaho Irrigation Company's project will 

 receive a rebate for all lands that are not placed under water. 

 Representatives of J. G. White & Co. have recently made an 

 investigation and arranged for surveying lands to determine 

 what rebates are necessary. 



It is announced that the final surveys on the mammoth 

 American Falls Project have been approve! -by the Secretary 

 of the Interior, and that work will be started on the project 

 at once. The cost of this project is estimated at $20,000,000, 

 with 600,000 acres of land to be reclaimed. 



. In a recent court action at Mallard, wherein the Onida 

 Irrigation District sued Geo. C. Parkinson and Arthur W. 

 Hart for accounting, a verdict was returned in favor of the 

 defendants. It is claimed that these officers used the Irriga- 

 tion District's funds for the purchase of property at $29,500, 

 which was later sold at $40,000. 



Members of the State Land Board recently made an in- 

 spection trip over the lands under the Oasis Land and Irri- 

 gation Company's project in Millard county, to determine 

 whether or not sufficient progress had been made for land 

 opening. Latest reports indicate that the board was satisfied, 

 and will arrange for an opening in the near future. 



Chas. H. Paul, project engineer on the Minidoka Project, 

 has executed a contract, on behalf of the United States, to 

 furnish a water supply to the town of Heyburn from the 

 government irrigation system. The length of season during 

 which water is to be furnished is from April 15 to October 15. 



