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by the construction company are not to cost in excess 

 of $75,000 unless paid for by the district. The entire 

 work is to be completed within a period of three years 

 from date work is begun. 



Over 11,000 acres of rich land, the nucleus of an irri- 

 gation system, which will eventually make productive 1CO,- 

 000 acres, located near Hudson, is involved in suits in the 

 Federal Land Office. Over thirty contests have been filed 

 against entrymen and women, and if the government sus- 

 tains them, thousands of dollars will be lost to the settlers 

 and the growth of the country retarded for several years at 

 least, as appeals will be taken before farms already under 

 cultivation are given up to contestants. In 1906 the Hud- 

 son Reservoir Company was formed to bring water from 

 the western slope out to Barr creek and then on to the 

 land. The law provides that if water was not gotten onto 

 the land in four years the filers had to relinquish their 

 lands to the government. Most of them failed because the 

 irrigation company could not raise the money on bonds 

 or stocks to bring the water down. A Denver firm of 

 lawyers, seeing the future of this country, when the big 

 irrigation project is completed, took advantage of the 

 delay in bringing the water to the land in four years, 

 and have secured people to make new filings on every 

 claim. 



The hearing of testimony in the suit brought by Fred 

 Bass and others, and the Bob Creek Farmers' Protective 

 Association against the Twin Lakes Land and Water 

 Company has commenced. The action was brought be- 

 cause the Twin Lakes Company, it is alleged, is guilty of 

 having sold far more water-rights than can possibly be 

 accommodated. It is charged that the full capacity of the 

 reservoirs and the actual supply has long since been dis- 

 posed of. It is said that the ditch is not carrying the water 

 prescribed, in accordance with the agreements with the 

 farmers and that they are not getting as much water as 

 they are paying for. 



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