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the action brought by F. R. Hanke for the recovery of pay- 

 ment amounting to $937.00. Other settlers are watching 

 the progress of this case with great interest and are assist- 

 ing in the prosecution. 



Reports from Hood River state that the Dee Irriga- 

 tion and Power Company has won in its controversy with 

 Mr. W. R. Winans over the water-rights on the west fork 

 of the Hood river. The Dee company had already completed 

 about two-thirds of its main ditch. Mr. Winan had filed 

 on the waters for power purposes, and it is claimed had 

 planned the organization of a $1,000,000 company. The 

 land to be watered by the Dee company consists of about 

 25,000 acres, formerly covered with forests, and owned at 

 that time by the Oregon Lumber Company. 



At a hearing before the Oregon State Land Board re- 

 cently, the East Oregon Irrigation Company, with head- 

 quarters at Boise, was authorized to proceed with its project 

 for the reclamation of a large tract in Eagle Valley, Baker 

 county, Oregon. This company, headed by McCready Sikes 

 of Boise, made investigations and survey some time ago. 

 Upon presentation of their request for segregation, 

 another company appeared and asserted that by di- 

 verting waters of Pine creek, they, could reclaim a portion 

 of the land at less cost. This latter plan was rejected by 

 the State Land Board, and the Boise Company is now in a 

 position to begin construction work. It is claimed that about 

 30,000 acres will be brought under water. Officers of the 

 East Oregon Irrigation Company are as follows: McCready 

 Sikes. president, of Boise, Idaho; Edward M. Blake, man- 

 ager, Boise. A. H. Brickentien, of Boise, is general counsel 

 for the company. 



UTAH. 



About 24,000 acres in Emery county, on what is known 

 as the Buckhorn Irrigation Project, will soon be open to entry. 

 This land is situated about twenty-three miles south of Price 

 Station, in Carbon county. 



Work has been resumed on the Weber-Davis county canal, 



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GET A 



GOVERNMENT 

 FARM 



Before they are all gone 



You get from Uncle Sam either a 320- 



acre farm, FREE, ' or an irrigated 



farm for the mere per capita 



cost of the irrigation system 



320-acre Farms Free 



The U. S. Government is now offering over 

 three million acres of homestead lands in eastern 

 Wyoming, along the Burlington Route, under the 

 new Mondell homestead law permitting settlers 

 to take 320 acres instead of the usual 160-acre 

 homestead. These lands are ideal for dry farm- 

 ing and hundreds of farmers have made a suc- 

 cess of this method of farming in the locality 

 where these lands are located. 



Irrigated Government Lands in The 

 Big Horn Basin and Yellow- 

 stone Valley 



where rich productive lands with perpetual water 

 right may be purchased for about one-half the 

 cost of land in the central states and where the 

 water can be turned on and off the land to suit 

 the convenience of the farmer, and where you 

 are not bothered with rain during harvest; where 

 a single crop can be made to pay for the land; 

 where 50 bushels of wheat and 75 bushels of oats 

 commonly grow to the acre. 



Don't Wait Longer, 

 But Get a Home To-day 



These lands are being rapidly taken up and 

 ere long all of the Government lands will be 

 gone. Thereafter land will be possible of ac- 

 quirement only at prices phenomenally high com- 

 pared to those of to-day. 



OUR PERSONALLY CONDUCTED EX- 

 CURSIONS on the first and third Tuesday of 

 each month and cheap homeseekers' tickets on 

 those dates, allowing stop-overs in both direc- 

 tions, will give you an opportunity to examine 

 the irrigated lands and the Mondell lands on one 

 trip. 



OUR NEW FOLDERS WITH MAPS, show- 

 ing the location of all of the above-mentioned 

 lands and explaining in detail the crops raised, 

 the natural resources of each locality, and the 

 method of procedure to acquire title, will be sent 

 to you, free for the asking. Write for them to- 

 day. Free for the asking. 



D. CLEM DEAVER, General Agent, 



Burlington Route Landseekers' Information Bureau 

 137 Q. Building, OMAHA, NEB. 



N. B. The winter weather in the Big Horn Basin Country is 

 fine and lands can usually be seen to advantage all Winter. 



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