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the clam is 2S4 feet. It has a length of 1,080 feet, the 

 top being covered by a 20-foot roadway. This dam will 

 hold water to irrigate approximately 200,000 acres of land 

 near Phoenix. 



Plainview, Texas, has the distinction of being the first 

 town, to our knowledge, to hold a water show and irri- 

 gation conference. Just what the title of this organiza- 

 tion indicates is difficult to say. 



The Reclamation Service has ordered about 2,000 

 feet of motion pictures of the Royal Gorge and many 

 other scenic features adjacent to Canyon City, Colo., 

 which are to be used in advertising the irrigation proj- 

 ects of the west. The Denver & Rio Grande is to use 

 the same films in connection with others which they have 

 had made. 



Preparatory work on the extension of the Trucke- 

 Carson irrigation project began recently near Hazen, 

 Nev. The work will be carried on under the direction of 

 Superintendent Tillinghast. 



The Belle Fourche Dam, near the city of that name 

 in South Dakota, said to be the largest earth embank- 

 ment in the country, if not in the world, is nearing com- 

 pletion. Construction of this project was authorized by 

 Congress in May, 1904. The total cost, which will be 

 considerably in excess of the original estimate, wiil run 

 something over $5,000,000. From an engineering stand- 

 point, this project is one of much interest. The principal 

 structure is the earth dam, which is something over 6,200 

 feet long. 



The Senate Committee of Texas on Mining and Irri- 

 gation reported favorably on the Chapin Irrigation Bill, 

 .but it is understood that there will be much opposition to 

 this bill in the House and Senate. The bill, as stated by 

 one of our correspondents, deprives riparian owners of 

 their rights by the provisions for condemnation, but 

 voters without any just claim to water can vote bonds and 

 a tax for irrigating lands that ought not to be watered. 

 One gentleman who spoke on the bill said that its pass- 

 age would hurt the development of the Rio Grande Val- 

 ley, in that it would place a cloud on the securities of irri- 

 gation companies, as it gives commissioners of a dis- 

 trict authority to condemn a canal without a vote. Where 

 such a condition exists, so the speaker stated, it would be 

 impossible to get money for canal purposes, as no one 

 would wish to take canal property for security where it 

 could be condemned indiscriminately. 



Senate Bill Ko. 181, introduced by Senator Wilson of 

 Utah, will, if it passes, authorize the State Board of Land 

 Commissioners to loan money on irrigation projects. This 

 bill is likely to go through as it is recommended for 

 passage by the committee on ways and means. 



The Glazed Cement Pipe Company will this week 

 commence a 25 carload shipment of pipe to Opportunity, 

 east of Spokane, where the pipe will be used in the devel- 

 opment of an irrigation project in Pierce's Orchards. The 

 purchase of the cement pipe is in keeping with the or- 

 chard company's policy to install one of the most perfect 

 systems in the northwest, with complete pumping station 

 equipment and concreted wells being important features 

 in the permanent improvements. 



In recent information from Plainview, Texas, we learn 

 that a representative of the Westinghouse Company, who 

 spent several days in that city investigating the water 

 and irrigation possibilities of the section, announced that 

 it was practically settled that the company would put in 

 a power plant for the purpose of furnishing power for 

 irrigation projects. 



A bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to sell 

 water from irrigation projects to private concerns was 

 again passed by the House late in February when the 

 conference report was adopted containing senate amend- 

 ments. The bill gives the Secretary permission to sell 

 surplus waters from government irrigation projects when 

 the demands of the projects have been fully satisfied. The 

 water thus sold must be used solely for distribution to 

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