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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



North Platte Valley Irrigation Co., "LaPrele Ditch," 

 Douglas, Converse County; 60,000 acres in Converse 

 County; $30 to $50 per acre. 



Wheatland Industrial Co., Offices Cheyenne and 

 Wheatland, Laramie County, Wyoming; 33,154 acres in 

 Laramie County; $45 per acre. 



The Big Horn Basin Development Co., "The Bench 

 Canal," Office Burlington, Big Horn County; 11,251 acres 

 in Big Horn County; price of water rights, $40 per acre. 



Lovell Irrigation Co., Lovell, Big Horn County; 11,320 

 acres in Big Horn County; $30 per acre. This company 

 furnishes water also to 5,724 acres under the "Elk Canal." 



Wyoming Land & Irrigation Co., "Shell Creek Canal," 

 Basin, Big Horn County; Eastern Office, 1422 Marquette 

 Building, Chicago; 52,000 acres in Big Horn County; $50 

 per acre. 



Eden Irrigation & Land Co., Rock Springs, Sweet- 

 water County; Eastern Office, 421 First National Bank 

 Building. Chicago, III.; 100,000 acres in Sweetwater 

 County; $30 per acre. 



Routt County Development Co., Office care W. R. 

 Given, 1742 Welton Street, Denver; 38,000 acres in Routt 

 County; cost of water rights, $35 per acre. 



The Toltec Canal Co., Office care Henry M. Clark, 

 322 Cooper Building, Denver; 12,000 acres in Conejos 

 County; cost of water rights, $40 per acre. 



The Colorado Land & Water Company, care I. B. 

 Melville, 205 Symes Building, Denver; 16,000 acres in 

 Laplata County. Cost of water rights, $45 per acre, in 

 addition to which there is an extra charge of $1.25 per 

 acre for the land in payment to the Ute Indians. 



A number of other projects in the State are in vary- 

 ing stages of development. 



UTAH. 



Inquiries with reference to Carey Act projects should 

 be addressed to "The State Board of Land Commissioners, 

 Salt Lake City, Utah." 



Oasis Land & Irrigation Co., Salt Lake City; 43.120 



This scene shows F. F. Burton, Petersburg, Colo., irrigating a crop of tomatoes. He has a Dempster 6 H. P. Horz. gasoline engine and 

 a No. 2 centrifugal pump lifting the water 30 ft. vertical height through 100 ft. of pipe. No matter where you live a pumping plant to 

 supplement the natural rainfall for watering crops is an excellent investment. 



A number of other projects are in various stages of 

 development at this time. 



COLORADO. 



The method of opening lands to entry depends upon 

 the wishes of the company. Lands may be opened by 

 public drawing or by private entry, being subject to entry 

 after a specified date, set forth in a notice of thirty days' 

 publication. 



Inquiries regarding Carey Act lands generally should 

 be directed to "The State Board of Land Commissioners, 

 Denver, Colorado." 



The Two Buttes Irrigation & Reservoir Co., Lamar, 

 Colorado; 22,000 acres in Prowers and Baca counties; 

 cost of water rights, $35 per acre. 



acres in Millard County; cost of water rights, $45 per 

 acre. There are several other large projects in this state 

 in various stages of development, not open to entry. 



Beaver Land, Irrigation & Power Co., Office Salt Lake 

 City; 48,227 acres in Beaver County; cost of water rights 

 (not announced at this time). "Opening of 12,000 acres 

 contemplated before spring of 1910." There is a large 

 quantity of deeded and state land in this project, in addi- 

 tion to the Carey Act lands listed above. 



MONTANA. 



Inquiries regarding Carey Act projects should be ad- 

 dressed "The Carey Land Act Board, Helena, Montana." 



Conrad Land & Water Co., Valier; 103,000 acres in 

 Teton County; $40 per acre. 



