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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



verted into rich bearing fruit and hop lands. W. H. 

 Redman is the engineer in charge. More than 50,000 

 acres of land has been reclaimed by the Government at 

 an expenditure of $75,000. 



Members of the Tieton Water Users' Association 

 and the Reclamation Service have locked horns over 

 the location of the Athamm lateral of Tieton canal, 

 and appeal will be made to the Secretary of the In- 

 terior for the settlement of the question. 



To provide irrigation for the town of Trent, involv- 

 ing an outlay of $15,000 to flood 363 acres of land 

 seven miles east of Spokane, the Trent Power & Irri- 

 gation Company has been formed with these officers: 

 H. Ward Wright, president; Frank MacKean, secre- 

 tary and manager; J. A. Narup, vice-president and 

 treasurer. The Hydro-Electric Development Company, 

 of which Mr. MacKean is president and manager, has 

 the contract for the work, and will construct a diverting 

 dam in the Spokane River and carry the water by a 

 canal to the western boundary, where an electric power 

 plant will be erected. 



J. E. Tupper, surveyor of Garfield County, south 

 of Spokane, says the federal appropriation will be asked 

 to make a survey and determine the feasibility of divert- 

 ing water from the upper Tucannon near the mouth Qf 

 Cummin's Creek for irrigation. It is planned to con- 

 struct several large reservoirs in the mountains by 

 which an immense quantity. of water "can te stored 

 during the freshet season. Mr. Tupper believes the 

 water can be conducted to the reservoirs at a reason^ - 

 able cost. From these reservoirs water could be dis- 

 tributed over the Dutch and Dataha flats, irrigating 

 some of the best lands in the State,. 



The general land office has just given out. a state- 

 ment that nearly $500,000 was contributed by the State 

 of Washington to the reclamation fund last year. The 

 receipts from all sources were $4,822,084, much larger 

 than the estimate made less than a year ago by the 

 Secretary of the Interior, when that official was trying 

 to determine the probable extent of the reclamation 

 fund between then and 1908. 



F. H. Ray, assistant state bank examiner and 

 member of the irrigation code commission of Mon- 

 tana, while in Spokane a few days ago, announced 

 the details of a code submitted to Gov. John K. Toole 

 to be sent to the incoming legislature. These points 

 are emphasized: The just and early adjudication of 

 the many conflicting, uncertain water rights now re- 

 corded, and this at the least possible cost. The full 

 and prompt protection of water right users without 

 costly litigation; to afford the persons of companies 

 now owning or hereafter acquiring a water right clear 

 and indisputable title to the same ; to make of beneficial 

 use the basis, measure and limits of rights; to prevent 

 waste; to have all records relating to water right? tab- 

 ulated by stream systems and accessible to the public 

 at the State Engineer's office, so that the title may be 

 easily ascertained. 



C. E. Lum, of North Yakima, Wash., west of Spo- 

 kane, has been awarded the contract by the Reclama- 

 tion Service for two crib dams at Lakes Cle Elum 

 and Kichelos, to cost approximately $40,000. One Will 

 raise the waters of Lake Cle Elum thirteen feet above 

 the present level, and the other will raise the waters 

 of Lake Kichelos ten to twelve feet higher, to conserve 

 the waters at the head of Yakima River. 



Members of the Sunnyside Water Users Associa- 



tion met at Prosser, Wash., west of Spokane, recently 

 for the purpose of inducing holders of water contracts 

 with the Washington Irrigation Company to sign con- 

 tracts with the Government, which will extend the Sun- 

 nyside canal. The maintenance fee will be reduced to 

 60 cents per acre, as against $1,50 charged by the 

 Washington Irrigation Company. The proposition was 

 well received and most of the members joined in the 

 Federal plan. 



Work has been begun on the Government irriga- 

 tion scheme in Okanogan County, west of Spokane. 

 The direct benefit of the project will be for Alma, 

 Riverside and all river towns. Conconully will be the 

 supply end of the system, furnishing the water, the 

 reservoir and the altitude to give flow and power. It 

 will make the Pogue prairie blossom with orchards 

 like, the proverbial rose. 



The -Chelan Electric Company, which recently 

 bought fhe control of the Chelan Water Power Com- 

 pany, has- -just secured the riparian rights of a num- 

 ber of landowners along the Chelan River, four miles, 

 and will put in an irrigation plant in Chelan County, 

 west of Spokane. 



-Four hundred acres of land in the Spokane valley 

 %ill be served 'with water by the Trent Power & Irriga- 

 tion Company, recently organized by Spokane and Chi- 

 cago -.men. The company has been incorporated for 

 $15^00. ; The dam will be built by Frank McKean, 

 engineer of the Hydro Electrical Engineering Com- 

 pany of Chicago. The plant will cost $10,000. 



-MAKE AN INVESTMENT IN BOISE, THE 

 BEAUTIFUL. 



Boise, the beautiful Capital of, Idaho, is a city with 

 a great future, and one of the safest places for real 

 estate investments, in the world. 



The population has increased from 9,000 to 20,000 

 in the past three years. With the great Boise-Payette 

 irrigation scheme trebling the irrigated land at its 

 doors, and the many other irrigation systems building 

 in southern Idaho, it can not fail to double again in 

 the next five years. This means a tremendous increase 

 in the price of Boise real estate. 



We are offering lots in our Londoner, South Boise 

 and Denver additions at prices ranging from $125 four 

 blocks from car line to $300 on car line. These lots 

 are being purchased and built on freely by our home 

 people ; having increased in value from 25 to 50 per cent 

 in the past year, and we believe they will double in less 

 than five years, probably in three. 



The terms on the lots valued at $175 or less are 

 $2.50 per month; on those of a higher valuation, $5.00 

 per month; 8 per cent interest on deferred payments. 

 You can pay out as fast as you like, and interest ceases 

 (on payments as they are made. Why not buy four of 

 these cheaper lots or two of the higher-priced ones? It 

 is the greatest savings bank proposition you ever saw. 



You will save up $10.00 a month you would other- 

 wise spend, and when your lots are paid for you will 

 find you have a nice little stake. 



If you will write to the Capital State Bank or the 

 Idaho Trust and Savings Bank, we think they will tell 

 you you can trust us to make as good a selection for you 

 as you could make for yourself. 



Should be glad to write you further. 



W. T. BOOTH, 

 211 N. Eighth street, Boise, Idaho. 



