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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



for irrigation purposes. The first named company desires 

 to use all the spring, snow waters and all other waters 

 flowing through the canyon, for the irrigation of about 

 800 acres. The second application relates to the irrigation 

 of 3,520 acres in Beaver and Millard counties, the water 

 supply to be drawn from the Beaver River. It is esti- 

 mated that 50 cubic feet per second will be required. 



The Provo Reservoir Company has stated that it will 

 be ready to deliver water to farmers on the highlands of 

 Provo bench within the next few weeks. This project 

 includes about 9,000 acres. Water is taken through Provo 

 river from lakes at the head of Provo canyon and other 

 sources. A number of contracts between the company 

 and water users have been filed with the county clerk. 

 The cost with water is $75 per acre. Ten annual pay- 

 ments are provided for and at the end of twelve years the 

 system will belong to the users. Jesse Knight, Joseph 

 R. Murdock and Joseph B. Keeler are interested. 



TEXAS. 



Construction work has commenced on the canal and 

 reservoir near Chopin. Water will be taken from the Rio 

 Grande river above La Lomita. 



Wm. Donnell and Messrs. Robertson and Dooley of 

 Graham, Texas, will irrigate 700 acres of land on the 

 Clear Fork river, in Young county. Several pumps have 

 been installed. 



The National Land & Sub-Irrigation Company of In- 

 dependence, Kas., with a capital stock of $3,000,000. has 

 recently filed articles of incorporation and has established 

 a southwestern office at San Antonio. Thos. Wagstaff is 

 president of the new company, and Logan H. Bagby is 

 vice-president. 



NEW MEXICO. 



E. M. Teel of Hope has filed an application for waters 

 of the Penasco, which has been approved. 



Mr. Burke Machey of Dayton has filed an application 

 with Engineer Sullivan to pump waters from springs along 

 the Penasco. This application has also been granted. 



Irrigation by pumping is being carried on extensively 

 around Deming. J. M. Williams has just installed a 25- 

 horsepower vertical motor for use on.his ranch near Dem- 

 ing. 



Final surveys of the Urton Lake Irrigation project 

 have been completed and it is likely that work on the 

 ditch will be begun immediately. This survey includes 

 about 100,000 acres of the best land in the territory. The 

 channel of the main canal will be 100 feet wide. A dam 

 will be built about 30 miles north of Albuquerque. 



Territorial Engineer Sullivan has approved the appli- 

 cation of the Cat Claw Canal Company for an additional 

 56 second feet out of the Pecos river for a new canal, to 

 cost $10,000. This will reclaim 5,600 acres. The applica- 

 tion of Sammons & Pitrat of Farmington for 180 second 

 feet out of the Las Animas river to generate 500-horse- 

 power was also approved. 



The Taos Valley Irrigation Orchards Company filed 

 articles of incorporation with Territorial Secretary Nathan 

 Jaffa. This company has a capital stock of $500,000, di- 

 vided into 5,000 shares. The headquarters of the company 

 are at Taos, and Alexander Gusdorf is the territorial agent. 

 The incorporators and directors are: Alexander Gusdorf, 

 Bertha Gusdorf, Gerson Gusdorf, all of Taos; J. Ralph 

 Young, Callidore D. Weiner, both of Colorado Springs. 

 The company proposes to build four irrigation projects. 

 Water will be taken from the Ranches del Rio Grande, 

 Canada de los Alamos, Miranda Arroyo and Rio Chequito. 



Territorial Engineer Sullivan has approved the appli- 

 cation of W. P. Turner, W. R. Kinney and W. R. Allison, 

 of Roswell, for 100 second feet of water to produce 1,000- 

 horsepower at a cost of $25,000. He has also approved 

 the application made by William Benson of Artesia, for 

 90 second feet of water to produce 10,980-horsepower at 

 a cost of $150,000. The last named project is to have five 

 power stations. A hearing was given the Sandia Land 

 and Improvement Company and D. R. Benston to con- 

 flicting applications for the waters of Tijeras canon. 

 This hearing resulted in Mr. Benson withdrawing his ap- 

 plication in favor of the land company. Territorial En- 

 gineer Sullivan has now approved the application of the 

 land company whereby they may irrigate 640 acres of land 

 from Tijeras canon, subject to prior rights. 



After the testimony and the arguments in the con- 

 demnation proceedings instituted by the government of 

 the United States against the Victorio Land and Cattle 

 Company, involving the land to be covered by the Ele- 

 phant Butte dam, the defendants have filed their final re- 

 port. The government offered the Victorio Land and 

 Cattle Company $65,000 for the 30,000 acres of land which 

 the waters of this dam will cover. The land was assessed 

 at 30 cents an acre for taxes, but the company demanded 

 $600,000. After the condemnation proceedings were in- 

 stituted the company demanded $1,000,000 additional for 

 a strip of land 1,200 by 100 feet in size, which would form 

 the site of the dam. The appraisers assessed the value of 

 the land at $199,097.25, from which they deducted $1,380 

 for the land in litigation, to be held in trust and paid to 

 the rightful owner as the court should decide. The ap- 

 praisers also awarded the company the right to water its 

 cattle from the reservoir. It is now announced by the 

 engineer in charge that work will be resumed and pushed 

 to completion at an early date. 



WYOMING. 



The Secretary of the Interior has approved the award 

 of the following contracts for excavation of portions of 

 the lateral system under the North Platte Irrigation pro- 

 ject, Nebraska-Wyoming: To Eddie E. Madson, of Mina- 

 ture, Neb., for the excavation of approximately 9,600 cubic 

 yards of material, contract price $1,104; N. A. Nelson, 

 7,900 cubic yards of excavation, contract price $932; J. F. 

 McAllister, 31,900 cubic yards of excavation, $3,514.75; 

 George W. Horn, 8,300 cubic yards of excavation, con- 

 tract price $993. 



The North Platte Irrigation Company has let the con- 

 tract for the installation of the initial units of a power 

 plant which is to supply electricity to this district of the 

 Wagner Electric Company of St. Louis. The power house 

 will be located a mile below the North Platte Company's 

 reservoir on the La Prele, and the fall from the reservoir 

 will be used to generate electrical power. The plans for 

 the completed system call for an expenditure of $400,000. 

 Electricity will be supplied to irrigators along the Routt 

 river for use in pumping water from the river to their 

 lands. 



MONTANA. 



At a recent meeting of the Tongue River Irrigation 

 Ditch Company held at Miles City a committee was ap- 

 pointed to endeavor to secure the consent of the water 

 users under the ditch, to a proposal to organize an irriga- 

 tion district under the statutes governing such matters. 



W. I. Moody, who has been connected for the past 

 five years with the Bitter Root Irrigation Company, has 

 announced his resignation, to take effect at once. It is 

 announced that Frederick H. Nichols has also resigned 

 general sales manager of the company. 



The , Secretary of the Interior has awarded contract 

 to the Atlantic Equipment Company of New York ^ 

 for furnishing two 30-ton steam shovels for use in the 

 work of the Reclamation Service on the Sun River and 

 Flathead irrigation projects, Montana. The contract price 

 is $6,900 each. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded contract to 

 Mr. C. H. Hall, of Sears, Mont., for excavating and grad- 

 ing work necessary to raise dam and dike above the main 

 canal of the Lower Yellowstone irrigation project at 

 Burns Creek, Mont. The work involves about 7,000 cubic 

 yards of excavation and the contract price is $2,130. 



The Red Rock Reservoir and Irrigation Company 

 project has been approved by the Carey Land Act Board 

 and filings have been made in the local land office. The 

 company proposes to reclaim 12,000 acres of land in Madi- 

 son county. A reservoir has been constructed and the land 

 will be thrown open to settlement as soon as the Washing- 

 ton officers approve it. 



A contract involving $1,000,000, which will result in 

 the complete irrigation of 130,000 acres of land on the 

 Conrad-Valier project, was signed in Great Falls recently 

 by the Conrad Land and Water Company and Kennefick 

 & Russell of Kansas City. The contract calls for the com- 

 pletion of certain work by the first of July and the entire 

 project to be finished during the present season. Work 

 will be started immediately. The Arnold Company have 

 charge of the engineering of the project, and the general 

 management and colonization end of it will be taken care 

 of by Clinton, Hurtt & Co., of Boise and Chicago. 





