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THE IKKIGATION AGE. 



projected construction work will reach $6,000,000. Water 

 will be taken from the San Joaquin River and carried 

 through canals about eighty feet above the level of the 

 stream. The Miller-Lux intere-t, at present owning a pri- 

 vate irrigation system, may be include'd. . .'* 



The following trustees were elected for the new recla- 

 mation district in the vicinity of Wheatland, Yuba County: 

 F. M. Hollingshead, R. Russell, R. H. Dursk. The pre- 

 liminary organization was formed about three months ago. 

 Reports from Hanford state that James Newland, of 

 San Francuco, and J. Minturn and G. W. Goodfellow, of 

 Fresno, have purchased about 4,000 acres on the west side 

 of Tulare Lake. Formerly it belonged to the Tulare West 

 Side Company and D. S. Kohn. Part of the land is sub- 

 merged and it is proposed to construct an extensive sys- 

 tem of levees. 



New York capitali:ts are said to have recently pur- 

 chased about 05,000 acres of land in Southern Tehama and 

 North Glen counties. A reservoir will be constructed in 

 the basin of Dry or Little Stony Creek. .Surveys for the 

 dam and main canals were completed early in December. 

 About $800,000 will be expended for the reclamation of 

 16,000 acres and it is estimated that nearly 140,000 acres 

 are'available for irrigation in the same district. The new 

 company will use the filing of L. W. Warmboth, of Pas- 

 kenta in Thorns Creek. 



Reports from San Bernardino state that a company 

 is planning the reclamation of 1,000 acres near the New 

 York Mountain. Experiments with artesian wells show 

 that a copious flow of water can be obtained at 250 feet. 

 The following dispatch from Willows appeared in the 

 Oakland Inquirer: "The Sacramento Valley Irrigation 

 Company has ceased work on the development of the 

 Delevan and Maxwell units of its 250,000-acre irrigation 

 and colony project, following the constant litigation over 

 the right-of-way for its main canals. The large Chambers 

 tract adjoining Hamilton City, consisting of over lb,000 

 acres, which was recently purchased, seems to be now the 

 basis for further development. Large surveying parties 

 are located there and are actively at work with a view to 

 letting the contracts for construction early in the spring. 

 As this large acreage adjoining is in a solid body, it means 

 all work can be carried on without the annoyance of un- 

 necessary litigation over the rights-of-way. This unit is 

 to be known as the Hamilton unit." 



At the annual meeting of the Paradise Fruit Growers' 

 Union in Butte County a resolution was adopted approv- 

 ing the plan for a complete irrigation system for Paradise, 

 authorizing the president of the union to appoint a com- 

 mittee of three' to investigate the feasibility of the project 

 for report in about ninety days. J. H. Kimball, C. M. 

 Burkett and James Pearson are members of this com- 

 mittee. 



Engineer Edwin Duryea, Jr., of the South San Joa- 

 quin Irrigation District, is making surveys for the con- 

 traction of a system to water 70,000 acres in San Joaquin. 

 Supply of water will be taken from the Stanislaus River, 

 five miles above Knight's Ferry, and by a series of tunnels 

 will be brought to the vicinity of Eugene, where a reser- 

 voir site is proposed. The district has voted $1,375,000 

 in bonds for construction work. Eastern financiers arc 

 negotiating for the purchase. 



Settlers in the Palo Verde Valley are said to favor 

 an irrigation district and to be taking steps for its forma- 

 tion. 



The directors of the Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Com- 

 pany have started a campaign for the passage of several 

 needed changes in the constitution and by-laws of the 

 organization. A committee consisting of A. N. Saxton 

 and H. W. Saxton has been appointed to secure signatures 

 from the stockholders to the proposed changes. 



At a meeting of the stockholders of the Colusa Irriga- 

 tion Company the following were elected as director?: 

 President George C. Ahlf, John Mogk, C. Wescott, C. 

 Johnson and J. R. Tenant. All those elected had been 

 holding the same positions. 



The Fontana Water Company has recently let con- 

 tracts for portions of the Gravity Irrigation System to 

 bring water from Lytle Creek. One of these contracts 

 was for reinforced concrete main nad the other for ten 

 miles of laterals of ten-inch cement pipes between the 

 main line and San Bernardino avenue. 



Land owners in the vicinity of Stockton and the city 

 of Gustine are arranging to form an irrigation district 



with the aid of the Miller-Lux interest. Water will be 

 taken from the San Joaquin in sufficient quantities to irri- 

 gate 1,500,000 acres. 



At a recent meeting of directors of the Tipton Irriga- 

 tion District steps were taken to settle the bonded indebt- 

 edness, thus clearing title to all land under this project. 

 John Clark was elected president of the board and F. B. 

 Hawkins secretary. 



By the filing on 250,000 inches in Miner's Ravine by 



B. T. Marshall, rumors that the California Corporation 

 is about to embark on a huge project near Auburn, Placer 

 County, have been revived. Engineers of the company 

 are reported to have made surveys of this section. It is 

 proposed to construct a dam and reservoir for storage of 

 water. 



J. F. Herriger has recently filed on 25,000 inches of 

 Feather River near Oroville, Butte County. Water is to 

 be diverted a few miles below the city and will be carried 

 through a ditch to land west of Palermo. He is reported 

 to be working in the interests of a company now in process 

 of formation. 



Insufficiency of rain in the distdict near Woodland, 

 Yolo County, has induced farmers to sink several experi- 

 mental wells to discover a supply of water available by 

 pumping. In the event that these experiments are success- 

 ful it is probable that the entire beet-raising community 

 will turn to this method of irrigation. 



The Turlock Irrigation District, at an election on 

 December 7, voted for the issuance of $1,260,000 in bonds 

 for the construction of a reservoir and the enlargement 

 of the irrigation canal. 



The Fresno Vajley Irrigation Company of Los Angeles 

 has filed articles of incorporation showing capital stock 

 of $6,000. Directors are: Emit Firth, M. M. Ritterbard, 



C. E. Davenport, Sidney Steenburg and H. M. Lindsey, all 

 of Los Angeles. The corporation was formed to furnish 

 facilities for irrigation in the Fresno Valley land tract. 



COLORADO. 



F. C. Thorton, a wealthy rancher of Wigwam, is pro- 

 moting an irrigation project south of Wigwam for the 

 enlargement and extension .of the existing system to 

 include about 35,000 additional acres. He estimates that 

 the cost will reach $600,000. Water for the new acreage 

 will be taken from the Fountain River and from Wigwam 

 Creek. Two reservoirs will be constructed. Surveyors 

 began work in October and have now finished plans and 

 estimates. 



The Pawnee Irrigation District, near Sterling, voted 

 on a bond issue December 6. It is estimated that the cost 

 of construction will aggregate $500,000. About 22,000 

 acres of land will be brought under water. This district 

 was organized several months ago. 



Many farmers in the vicinity of Gilcrest, profiting by 

 the success in pumping water for irrigation, have ar- 

 ranged to secure their supply in this way. A large num- 

 ber plan to have wells in operation before the opening of 

 the coming season. 



The Riverside Land and Irrigation Company, operat- 

 ing in Delta County, has been investigated by the Depart- 

 ment of the Interior and accused of selling lands by fraud- 

 ulent use of the United States mails. Indictments were 

 returned. 



Among the directors elected by stockholders in irriga- 

 tion districts during the past month are the following: 

 Orchard Mesa Irrigation District, George W. Smith and 

 O. G. Coen; East Palisade Irrigation District, A. B. Har- 

 ris; South Palisade Heights Irrigation District, J. M. 

 Woodall; Mesa County Irrigation District, R. H. Bancroft; 

 Otero Irrigation District, Robert Edgerton. 



The Henrylyn Irrigation District, at its annual meet- 

 ing, re-elected Frank A. Hensley director for three years 

 more. Work will begin on the contract for the completion 

 of the system early this year. 



The Mesa County Irrigation District has ordered an 

 immense new centrifugal pump, to be used in supplying 

 water to the 8,000 acres in that district. 



Reports dated December 17 from Greeley stated that 

 the Poudre Valley Irrigation District, of Weld County, 

 was in process of formation. The election to vote at the 

 organization will be held during January. If formed, this 

 district will spend about $2,000,000 on the reclamation of 

 80,000 acres in the vicinity of Nunn, Dover, Carr and 



