THE IKRIGATION AGE. 



325 



The Northern Pacific Irrigation Company has com- 

 pleted the second unit of its project near Kennewick, and 

 has 5,000 acres of land under the ditch. 



It is understood that the Lower Yakima Irrigation 

 Company will install pumping plants this year to water 

 10,000 acres above the canal at Richmond, where 14,000 

 acres are already under ditch. 



The Board of County Commissioners has granted a 

 franchise to the Kettle Falls Power and Irrigation Com- 

 pany, of Kettle Falls, to construct and operate telephone 

 lines along the public highways. 



The Secretary of the Interior has issued a public notice 

 announcing that water will be furnished for the irrigation 

 season of 1910 to about 1,626 acres of land in addition to 

 the areas previously served under the Sunnyside irriga- 

 tion project. 



The first irrigation project in the Columbia River 

 valley to receive water this year was the Burbank dis- 

 trict, where water was turned in the main canal on April 

 8. The water was somewhat delayed by the concreting of 

 a mile of the main canal. 



The Upper Columbia River Irrigation Company has 

 been organized to irrigate 300,000 acres of land between 

 Bossburg and Northport. The capital stock is placed at 

 $1,000,000. Nearly $300,000 has been expended on land, 

 water-rights and a town site, the latter being twelve miles 

 south of the international boundary. 



Success of the Klickitat Irrigation and Power Com- 

 pany now seems assured, as the land owners of Horse 

 Heaven have complied with the requirements of the pro- 

 motors and capitalists, and the minimum of 250,000 acres 

 has been reached. Owners of 260,000 acres have already 

 signed applications for water-rights. 



The Hanford Irrigation & Power Company of White 

 Bluffs is installing a new irrigation system, to water the 

 land around that city. This land was under a gas pro- 

 ducer system for the past two years, but the system 

 proved a failure and was discontinued. An underground 

 wooden pipe system is now being installed. 



Secretary of the Interior Ballinger has awarded the 

 contract for construction of main laterals of the distribu- 

 tion system, under the Cowiche and Yakima branch of the 

 Tieton irrigation project, to George Cooke & Sons of 

 Spokane, Wash. This contract involves the construction 

 of 36 miles of ditch near Naches and the excavation of 

 about 385,000 cubic yards of material. The contract price 

 is $138,000. 



An extension of sixty days has been granted to Mr. 

 H. W. Hawley of Seattle, within which to complete his 

 contract for the construction of the lower portion of Sul- 

 phur Creek Waste-way, Sunnyside irrigation project, 

 Washington. The contractor was delayed in the execu- 

 tion of his work by the impossibility of securing trans- 

 portation of materials owing to strikes on railroads and 

 on account of floods and cold weather. The date of com- 

 pletion has been set forward to May 31, 1910. 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized the re- 

 lease, by notice to the Commissioner of Public Lands, of 

 the flood waters flowing in Wenas Creek during the 

 months of November to March, inclusive, each year. Such 

 waters were set apart for the use of the government for 

 the Yakima project in pursuance of the state law. In con- 

 nection with the development of the Yakima irrigation 

 project, Washington, there was a general adjustment of all 

 water right claims during the irrigation season, extending 

 from April 1 to November 1 of each year. It was there- 

 fore practicable to release the waters of this creek for 

 storage during the period from November 1 to April 1 of 

 each year, as the government could not readily arrange 

 for the use thereof. The Yakima Highlands Irrigation and 

 Land Company contemplates the storage of these waters 

 in a reservoir sufficient in capacity to irrigate 5,000 acres, 

 the water to be stored during the winter month's when 

 not needed by the government. 



UTAH. 



The Prove Reservoir Company's project was formally 

 opened April 18. Water is diverted from Provo river and 

 carried to the bench lands. 



The survey for the Spanish Valley Land Company has 



been made and work is to start within a few weeks. This 

 company expects to irrigate 10,000 acres of land about 

 six miles from Moab. 



The Oasis Land and Irrigation Company's project, 

 composed of 43,000 acres, has been approved by the state 

 land board under the Carey Act. The contract has been 

 ratified and the work of reclaiming will be made at once. 



A franchise has been granted to the Sego Irrigation 

 Company of Provo to construct a twenty-inch pipe line 

 from the mouth of Provo Canyon along the country road 

 to convey water to the new town of Ionia on Prov bench 

 west of Olmstead. 



Ephraim Dastrup of Sigurd has been experimenting 

 with irrigation by pumping. During the past year he has 

 sunk six wells, all of which are giving good flows. His 

 neighbors are watching the experiment with interest and 

 it is said that a number of wells will be sunk this year. 



The case between the Moab Irrigation Company and 

 the Wilson Mesa Irrigation Company, in which the water 

 rights for approximately 20,000 acres are involved, has 

 been continued until August. The defendants represent 

 that they wish to secure expert agromists to test the Moab 

 soil and testify as to the supply of water there. 



Citizens of Moroni and Fountain Green are planing 

 to bring under cultivation the large tract of land between 

 the two towns. The proposition is to drill for water 

 along the bench land above the tract, and if it is found, 

 to install a system of pumps by which it can be raised to 

 the surface. The power by which these pumps would be 

 made to operate can be secured from the Big Springs 

 Electric Company at Fountain Green. 



The Provo Reservoir Company's irrigation system was 

 opened April 18. Work on the divertig dam, or intake, 

 was commenced in September, 1909. The intake is op- 

 posite Carter's station near the mouth of Provo canyon, 

 where a cement dam is constructed across the river. The 

 cost so far has been about $75,000, and it is probable the 

 system will cost $500,000 when completed. Land em- 

 braced in this project is about 10,000 acres. 



It is reported that one of the largest irrigation projects 

 in the history of reclamation in Utah will soon be launched 

 by capitalists. It is said to involve an ultimate expendi- 

 ture of from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000, the land to be re- 

 claimed being in Uintah county. William H. King of 

 Salt Lake and John T. Pope of Oregon are reported to be 

 interested in this project. It is predicted that within the 

 next two years the project will be completed. 



Articles of incorporation have recently been filed by 

 the San Juan Land Company, with headquarters at 

 Spokane, Wash. The capital stock is placed at $100,000, 

 fully paid. R. G. Belden, vice-president, states that four 

 wells have already been drilled to supply water to 1,500 

 acres of the land located at Bluff. The company proposes 

 to sink additional wells to irrigate about 8,000 acres near 

 Monticello. Officers of the company are R. G. Belden, 

 vice-president; A. E. Wayland, secretary, and B. D. Harsh- 

 berger. 



A stock company was organized at Moab recently to 

 construct a reservoir on La Sal Creek at Rattlesnake 

 Flat, about thirty miles above Moab, to store water dur- 

 ing the winter months and irrigate 20,000 acres. W. E. 

 Sheldon, chief engineer, has reported the project to be 

 feasible. Among those interested are Engineers W. E. 

 Sheldon and Harry H. Preston, J. M. Cunningham and 

 T. B. Carpenter of La Sal, D. M. Cooper, V. P. Martin, 

 Dr. J. W. Williams, G. P. Bryan, R. C. Clark and J. H. 

 Clarke of Moab. 



On May 25, 25,000 acres of inherited Indian lands on 

 the Uinta reserve will be sold. Sixty-three separate allot- 

 ments are advertised for sale, including tracts in nearly 

 every part of the Uinta and Ouray agencies. All of the 

 land has water rights and is covered by a complete irriga- 

 tion system. Bidders must forward sealed bids to Acting 

 Indian Agent C. G. Hall, at White Rocks, Utah, and must 

 enclose a certified check to the amount of 25 per cent of 

 the offer made. If the bid is accepted the balance must be 

 paid within 60 days. 



The Middle Canyon Irrigation Company and John 

 Berclay of Clear Lake, Utah, have applied to the state 

 engineer for permission to use certain waters in the state 



