THE IRKIGrATION AGE. 



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The irrigation companies interested in the lakes at 

 the head of Prove river which have been appropriated for 

 reservoir purposes have applied to the state land board 

 for a $50,000 loan with which to perfect the work of reser- 

 voiring the lakes and the amount has been practically 

 granted. A large amount of money has already been ex- 

 pended on this project in building canals in the valley to 

 convey the water on to the lands to be irrigated and it is 

 expected that at least $250,000 will be used before the 

 work is completed. 



It is stated by government officials that work on the 

 Price River Irrigation project lying south of the thriving 

 town of Price, will be completed by November first of this 

 year. The approximate cost of the canals and reservoirs 

 to irrigate this tract will exceed $500,000. Water is 

 diverted from the Price river by means of a large dam 

 midway between Helper and Price. The water is carried 

 twenty-one miles to the land which is to be reclaimed. 

 The land will be thrown open to entry under the Carey 

 Act on October first. 



WASHINGTON. 



Five business men of Chesaw have purchased the Che- 

 saw Indian allotment comprising eighty acres of land ad- 

 joining the townsite of Chesaw. It is planned to plat the 

 tract and put it on the market. 



It is reported that the Electric Bond and Shares Com- 

 pany of New York, a subsidiary company of the General 

 Electric Company, has secured an option on the holdings 

 of the Hanford Irrigation and Power Company of Seattle. 

 The Hanford company owns and controls water rights on 

 the Columbia river at Priest Rapids sufficient to generate 

 100,000 horsepower, in addition to about 30,000 acres of 

 land. 



The town of Mabton has had an irrigation district 

 surveyed and has advertised for bids for the construction 

 of canals and flumes within the city limits. 



Announcement has been made by the Pasco Reclama- 

 tion Company of Pasco that everything is in readiness for 

 starting the pumps as soon as the pumping cables have 

 been stretched across the river. The pumps will then be 

 connected and water will flow through the entire system 

 of irrigation works. 



The Tieton irrigation project was formally opened on 

 June 8th. More than 30,000 acres extending back about 

 15 miles up the Tieton in the vicinity of North Yakima 

 will be made productive by the Tieton ditch. The project 

 is considered one of the greatest engineering feats under- 

 taken by the federal reclamation service. For miles the 

 canal, of concrete, steel reinforced, is hung on the per- 

 pendicular walls of the Tieton canyon. It pierces a moun- 

 tain of solid rock for a distance of two miles. Three main 

 laterals, in large part concrete lined, will convey water 

 for the irrigation of the lands under the three units of the 

 Tieton project. It is estimated that the cost of the project 

 is something over $2,000,000. 



Actual work on the Wapato irrigation project near 

 Chelan was started on June 21st. 



An irrigation project which may involve the expendi- 

 ture of from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 and result in the 

 bringing of water to 60,000 acres of land in Adams county 

 is practically assured. W. R. Brown, H. F. Fellows and 

 R. M. McMurray of Spokane are interested in the enter- 

 price, working under the name of the Keystone Irrigation 

 Company. The proposition is to take water from the 

 lower end of Lake Colville and carry it by ditch or flume 

 in the direction of Ritzville, 15 miles distant. 



A counter petition to the one recently filed against 

 the organization and operation of the Yakima Highland 

 Irrigation & Land Company by residents of the Wenas 

 valley, to water 7,000 acres has been filed with Engineer 

 C. H. Swigart of the reclamation service by other residents 

 of the valley. 



When writing to advertisers please mention The Irrigation Age. 



The Twentieth Century 

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OR 



The System of the Future 



THE ONLY ONE OF THE KIND IN COLORADO 



Water conducted onto land entirely 

 through pipe lines. 



105 feet of Beaver Creek water 

 rights. 



Three miles of main pipe line, 42 

 inches in diameter, made of 2 inch 

 Oregon fir lumber, with y% steel 

 bands every 4 to 6 inches. 



37 miles of cement pipe laterals, 

 from 8 to 24 inches in diameter, laid 

 18 inches underneath the ground, pre- 

 venting seepage, evaporation, distri- 

 bution of weed seed, breakage of 

 ditches, and keeping the water pure 

 and cool. You can cultivate right 

 over them. 



Schaeffer Reservoir, holding 5000 

 acre feet of water. 



IS BACK OF 



The Beaver Park Fruit Lands 



In buying irrigated land the first thing to 

 be considered is the irrigation system itself. 

 Why not get the best while you are getting ? 



We have unimproved 

 land; also growing 

 orchards from one to 

 two years old. Prices 

 from $200 to $100 per 

 acre. The greatest 

 values in Colorado. 

 Easy terms. Ten years 

 time on unimproved 

 land, in equal pay- 

 ments. Growing 

 orchards, $ 1 to 

 $2000 down on a ten 

 acre tract, balance 

 yearly until paid. 



Beaver Park land 

 has increased in value 

 over 100 per cent 

 during the past two 

 years. It is going to 

 do the same thing in 

 the next two. Own a 

 FRUIT FARM and be 

 independent for life. 

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The Beaver Land 

 & Irrigation Company 



PENROSE, COLORADO 



