THE IKRIGATION AGE. 



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OREGON. 



Plans and maps have been filed with the Secretary 

 of State for the Pine Creek Irrigation project, which will 

 reclaim thousands of acres of land lying in the vicinity of 

 Weston. Water will be taken from Pine creek. A dam 

 200 feet high will be built three miles above Weston. 



The lands under the Silver Lake irrigation project, 

 ten miles northwest of Summer Lake, are to be thrown 

 open by the Department of the Interior on November 

 2<;th, but will not be subject to entry, filing or selection 

 until December 36th, at the United States Land Office in 

 Lakevievv. The project embraces about 19,000 acres of 

 land and the soil is considered very good. 



State Engineer Lewis has approved the government's 

 filing on rights for irrigation of the 60.000 acre tract ad- 

 joining the Umatilla project, known as the East Umatilla 

 project. The government must start actual work by Sep- 

 tember 15th, 1911, or the filing of Andrew Smith, of Port- 

 land, which is next in priority of time, will be taken up 

 by the board of control. Under the permit granted the 

 government is allowed to use 600 cubic feet per second 

 of the regular flow of the Umatilla river, with the addi- 

 tion of 175,000 acre feet storage to be taken from surplus 

 flood water of the Umatilla river. The low water flow of 

 the river will be supplemented by a storage not to ex- 

 ceed 1-80 of one cubic foot for each acre irrigated. The 

 total limit of water procured under the filing is 748 cubic 

 feet per second. 



Tassey Stewart of Umatilla has purchased 700 acres 

 of land in the Poe Valley and will install a pumping plant 

 with which to irrigate his land. At a cost of about $2,000 

 he expects to irrigate the entire tract. 



S. W. Gould of Vale, is spending $20,000 on one of 

 the largest private irrigation enterprises in Malheur 

 county. The lands to be watered lie near Skull Springs. 

 The concrete dam will store enough water to irrigate 

 from 1,500 to 2,000 acres of land. 



State Engineer Lewis has approved the application of 

 Fred M. Cummings for a waterright to irrigate 55,000 

 acres of land in the Rogue river valley in the vicinity of 

 Medford. Four-Mile lake and Fish lake will be trans- 

 formed into storage reservoirs for storing water to irrigate 

 the land. Work on the project will be started immediately. 



The Warner Valley Land and Irrigation Company 

 have applied for the segregation of 150,000 acres of land, 

 a part of which the company caused to be withdrawn from 

 entry last fall under the Carey Act. The company has 

 a watershed of about 800 square miles, and plans to take 

 water from a reservoir to be built at a point where Honey 

 creek leaves the hills of the Warner mountains and flows 

 to the Warner chain of lakes. The plans of the project 

 also cover the pumping of water from Warner or Flag- 

 staff lake by electricity. 



The Lone Pine Reservoir and Irrigation Company 

 has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of 

 state. The' capital stock is $10,000 and the principal office 

 of the company is at Mabton. 



Contracts for the disposal of the Hatchtown reser- 

 voir irrigation project have been signed by the State 

 Board of Land Commissioners. Lloyd Sigler, manager of 

 the National Bond and Trust Company guarantees to 

 dispose of the land at prices which will net the state 

 5 per cent on its entire investment on the project. The 

 ditches have been completed and the water turned on. 



The reclamation of 106,880 acres of land in Grand 

 county is planned by the Grand Mutual Development As- 

 sociation of Denver. An application for 100 cubic feet 

 per second of the flow of Grand river has been filed by 

 this company with State Engineer Caleb Tanner. The 



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No. 3. Traction Gasoline Machine crossing the high Sierras of 

 Eastern Washington, where fuel and water are not to be had. We 

 made the 25 mile move in 8 hours, using 20 gallons of gasoline at 19c 

 per gal. We had no team nor needed any. The one in the picture 

 did not belong to the machine. 



THE DESERT DRILL 



This is a Standard KEYSTONE Traction Cable Drill 

 driven by a two cylinder double opposed gasoline engine. 

 Size 3 has a 22 H. P. engine and is guaranteed for 500 ft. 

 depths. Size 5 has a 30 H. P. engine and is guaranteed 

 for 1000 ft. with manilla cable or 1500 ft. with wire line. 



Requires no fuel but gasoline. 



Requires no water except for cooling engine and a 

 little for the hole. 



Will go anywhere on its own power. 



Ask for Bulletin Xo. 7 



KEYSTONE MOTOR DRILL WORKS 



Beaver Falls, Pa. 



No. 3 Traction Gasoline Drilling in Eastern Washington, using 

 500 ft. of 2>4 in. cable and cutting 10 in. hole. Has 28 ft. string of 

 tools with 3'ix22ft. stem. This drilling was all hard basalt boulders 

 and our best day's work was 50 ft., using 15 gal. of distillate at 13 cents 

 per gallon. 



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