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Bulger. W. M. Morse, of Greeley, and E. S. Smith and 

 W. Rollo Smith, of Denver, are associated with eastern 

 capitalists. 



State Engineer Comstock has recently made an in- 

 spection of the dam on the Beaver Land and Irrigation 

 Company's project in Beaver Creek Canyon and has pro- 

 nounced it satisfactory. 



A meeting of stockholders in the Laramie-Poudre Irri- 

 gation District was called for January to vote on an ad- 

 justment of the district's affairs whereby the construction 

 work might be finished. Work on this project was delayed 

 on account of finances, the construction company being 

 unable to secure sufficient funds by the sale of bonds. 

 Through the new plan it is predicted that operations will 

 be resumed in the spring. 



According to statements of L. L. Stimpson, Chief Con- 

 struction Engineer for the Great North Sterling Irrigation 

 System, the project is now practically completed with the 

 exception of Sedgwick reservoir in Sedgwick County. 

 About 80,000 acres will be brought under water at the con- 

 clusion of this work. 



Terms of the contract between the Bent-Prowers Irri- 

 gation District at Lamar and the Southwest Construction 

 Company call for the reclamation of 80,000 acres. Bonds 

 amounting to $400,000 will be issued. Specifications for 

 work call for a dam across the Purgatoire. The contractor 

 is to complete his work within three years. 



The Hunter-Mesa Irrigation District at Rifle is said 

 to have adopted the plan to procure water on Plateau 

 Creek. After bringing the supply over the divide it will 

 be carried through West Mann Creek to the 10,000 acres 

 known as the Hunter-Mesa tract. Engineer Warring, of 

 Grand Junction, has made surveys. 



It is reported that offiicials of the High Line Canal 

 near Grand Junction have arranged to begin construction 

 work early in the present year. About $250,000 will be 

 available. 



The dam constructed by the Two Buttes Irrigation 

 and Reservoir Company near Lamar has been completed 

 and will store spring flood waters for summer use. 



J. N. Gibbs & Son, of Trinidad, are said to have 



financed a plan for the expenditure of $10,000 to irrigate 

 a tract of land in Sunflower near Hoehne. 



The Blue Mountain Land and Irrigation Company has 

 submitted plans to the State Board for the reclamation 

 of a large tract of government and state land in Rio 

 Blanco and Routt counties. James H. Clark, engineer, 

 has pronounced the project to be feasible. 



Maps and estimates for the Wild Horse reservoir and 

 canal system have been filed with the County Clerk at 

 Greeley. The company controls 18,650 acres in the north- 

 eastern part of the county and proposes to spend $25,000 

 on an irrigation system. Wild Horse Gulch will supply 

 water. 



IDAHO. 



The Little Willow Irrigation Company has completed 

 surveys and located several reservoir sites near Payette. 

 It is reported that active construction work will be begun 

 in the near future. 



Contracts closed by the One Thousand Springs Com- 

 pany, represented by R. D. Roberts of Boise, call for the 

 construction of an irrigation system to irrigate 4,000 acres 

 on the Snake River below Medbury, also 4,000 acres ad- 

 jacent to this tract. Work on these contracts will start 

 early in 1911 and it is estimated that the cost will aggre- 

 gate $50.00 per acre. Water will be taken from the Snake 

 River below Brown's Flats and the company will use a 

 portion of the electrical power for commercial purposes. 



A. P. Davis, reclamation engineer, is reported to be 

 authority for the statement that the government will con- 

 struct a dam on the lower Boise, either at Arrow Rock 

 or Hell Gate. He estimates that six years will be re- 

 quired for construction work and that the cost will aggre- 

 gate $3,000,000. This dam, if constructed, will be the 

 largest of its kind ever projected by the Reclamation 

 Service. 



Reports from Chicago papers state that the Big Lost 

 River Irrigation Company has defaulted on interest of a 

 bond issue of $1,355,000. 



MONTANA. 



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