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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



IRRIGATION 

 SUPPLIES 



MERCHANDISE FROM SHERIFFS' 

 AND RECEIVERS' SALES! 



THE CHICAGO HOUSE WRECKING COMPANY 

 saves yon 30 to SO per cent on staple merchandise 

 from Sheriff*' and Receivers' Sales. Wrecking- 

 prices have come to he known as bargain prices. 

 Here you have the most wonderful bargain offering 

 ever advertised. Such an opportunity seldom oc- 

 curs. The very best manufactured articles offered 

 at less than original cost of production. That's 

 our merchandising method. We do not buy our 

 goods In the regular way, but take advantage of 

 various sales to secure bargains. Onr mammoth 

 plant is the largest in the world devoted to the sale 

 of general stocks. Increasing business has necessi- 

 tated an addition to our already enormous insti- 

 tution. Over thirty-five acres literally covered with 

 merchandise. 



We built our enormous business 

 by always giving our Customers 

 Absolute Satisfaction. 



PIPE BARGAINS. 

 STANDARD BLACK WROUGHT IRON PIPE 



Overhauled, with screwed ends and threaded 

 couplings, sutiable for water, gas, oil, etc. 

 1 inch. Per foot, 4c zy 2 inch. Per foot, 14c 



1 54 inch. Per foot, 5c 6 inch. Per foot, 42c 

 l^inch. Perfect, 6%c S inch. Per foot, 75c 



2 inch. Per foot, 9c 



WROUGHT IRON LAP- 

 WELDED CASING. 



This Casing is the highest quality pipe manufac- 

 tured. It only differs from standard pipe In that it 

 Is lighter in weight but, being made especially 

 good, it will stand just as high pressure. It Is all 

 carefully overhauled and Inspected before shipment. 

 Threaded at ends with casing threads, fourteen to 

 trie Inch. Covered with a preparation of asphaltum 

 and graphite, thus insuring its wearing qualities. 

 Suitable for Irrigation purposes, because of Its light 

 weight. Freight will be much less than on standard 

 pipe. It is about %-inch thickness and is fitted 

 with brand-new casing couplings. 



The sizes mentioned below are outside diameter: 



\Ya, inch. Per foot, 6j4c 354 inch. Per foot, 

 234 inch. Per foot, 12c 414 inch. Per foot, 20c 

 3% inch. Per foot, 14c 5^ inch. Per foot, 34c 



CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS. 

 1 No. 4 Centrifugal Pump, direct connected to 



Westinghouse Engine. 

 1 No. 6 Centrifugal Pump (belted). 

 1 No. 5 Belted Centrifugal Pump. 

 1 16x20x36 Marsh Vacuum Pump. 



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Chicago House Wrecking: Co. 



35th and Iron Streets, CHICAGO 



STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND PAPER. 



Water Supply for Irrigation and Power San Joachin 

 Valley Tulare Lake Climate. 



This magazine made a general reference last month 

 to the importance of the San Joaquin valley. It was 

 shown that in time its very fertile irrigable lands may 

 sustain a population of 5,000,000 or more. 



It was not stated that fine rivers flow down from 

 the heights of the Sierra Nevada mountains capable of 

 supplying, when fully husbanded, an abundance of 

 water, not only to reclaim all the lands, but a stupen- 

 dous aggregate of power for manufacturing and farm 

 use. These rivers come from the regions of eternal 

 snow, are constant, and the total fall or head possible 

 in the distance of say ten miles is in some instances 

 6,000 feet, about thirty-nine times that of Niagara 

 Falls ! 



The San Joaquin and Kings rivers alone may bi 1 

 made to supply over 400,000 horse power ! The moun- 

 tain streams of the state probably represent this is an 

 estimate a million horse power when fully appropri- 

 ated, as it may be. This water can be used for me- 

 chanical purposes before it reaches the level of the 

 farm lands. Hence, it would not interfere with agri- 

 cultural interests, but would, in fact, benefit them im- 

 mensely. For water powers would require storage works, 

 thus conserving the supply for the later season where 

 limited. Again, an abundance of power would enable 

 farmers to raise water to levels difficult to reach by or- 

 dinary flowage. This would increase the tillable area 

 and the productive power. Then, to have factories in 

 the midst of the farming sections, placing the industrial 

 consumer beside agricultural producer, is clearly a most 

 fortunate advantage. Besides, this power can be used 

 for a complete system of electric transportation, thus 

 almost perfecting the conditions of convenience and 

 prosperity. 



After the San Joaquin river leaves the mountains 

 it bends northward to near the center of the valley 

 and becomes the middle drainage channel of the lower 

 end. The Sacramento river is the central flowage chan- 

 nel of the upper valley. The surface of the land de- 

 clines gradually from, the foothills toward these rivers-. 



THE GREAT YOSEMITE VALLEY. 



The world-famous Yosemite valley has been under 

 the control of the state of California until the past 

 year, when it passed to the jurisdiction of the United 

 States and became one of the national parks. Under 

 the direction of the military authorities new roads arc 

 being constructed; the game, which was being extermi- 

 nated by hunters, will be restored and protected, and 

 this picture of scenic magnificence maintained in a man- 

 ner worthy of its greatness. With, electric railway con- 

 nection established between the railroads and the park 

 entrance, the time and trouble heretofore required to 

 visit Yosemite will be a matter of the past. 



Near the south end of the San Joaquin valley, in 

 Kings county, is a phenomenon found in few place's in 

 the world. Years ago Tulare lake existed there, a shal- 

 low basin of water about fifteen miles in diameter. A 

 small steamer plied upon its surface. A little stream 

 from the mountain prevented it from drying up. But 

 this inflow later on was diverted for irrigation uses, and 

 gradually the lake's waters evaporated. Enterprising 

 land men have been engaged in selling off its bed for 



