THE I R 11 1 G A T I N AGE. 



985 



WILL AFFECT IRRI- 

 GATION 



The following notice has 

 been issued by the U. S. 

 War Department: 



"Notice of Diversion of 

 Water from the Rio 

 Grande, Texas., for Irriga- 

 .ion Purposes: 



"The War Department 

 regards the further diver- 

 sion of water from the Rio 

 Grande river for irrigation 

 purposes as injuring its 

 navigable capacity, in vio- 

 lation of sections 10 and 12 

 of the River and Harbor 

 act of March 3, 1899, pre- 

 scribing 'Laws for the 

 Protection and Preserva- 

 tion of the Navigable Wa- 

 ters of the United States.' 



"The construction of 

 any additional works for 

 the diversion of the wa- 

 ters of this river will not 

 for the present be sanc- 

 tioned. 



"By direction of the 

 "G. P. HOWELL, 

 Secretary of War. 

 "Major, Corps of Engi- 

 neers, U. S. Army. 



"U. S. Engineers' Office, 

 Galveston, Texas, March 



Western Hydroelectric Power Plant, Showing Pipe Line. Forehay, and Discharge from Impulse Water 11, 1911." 



Turbines. The extent 



to which 



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eaning Stall Cattle with Electric Vacuum Cleaner, 

 the Most Sanitary and Efficient Method. 



this order will affect de- 

 velopment is problemat- 

 ical, though the issuing 

 thereof is not a surprise. 

 Clearly it will not affect 

 the companies now lifting 

 water from the river, un- 

 less said companies should 

 attempt to increase their 

 pumping capacity at the 

 river. The order really 

 makes the old companies 

 stronger, and undoubted- 

 ly enhances the value of 

 lands now under irriga- 

 tion. 



Several months ago a 

 special representative of 

 the War Department was 

 in the valley looking into 

 the situation. The river, 

 he said, was by treaty re- 

 garded as a navigable 

 stream whose waters 

 must nd^ be diverted; the established bona fide irrigation com- 

 panies would not be interfered with, but it was plainly indicated 

 that no additional pumps would be allowed in the river. 



It is probable the order of the Secretary of War will remain 

 in effect until a new treaty with Mexico is made, permitting the 

 use of the water for irrigation. 



Irrigation Canal Transforms Desert in State of Wash- 

 ington Into Productive Fields and Orchards. 



Electricity Furnishes Both Power and Light for 

 Threshing at Night. 



FLORIDA MINES MOST PHOSPHATE. 



The United States Geological Survey reports that the quantity 

 and value of phosphate mined in Florida in 1909 were somewhat 

 greater than in 1908, although South Carolina and Tennessee 

 the other producing states, made a reduced output. The figures 

 for Florida are: 1908, $8,484,539; 1909, $8,541,301. The total value 

 of phosphate mined in the United States in 1909 was $10,772,120, as 

 against $11,399,124 in 1908. The average price per ton was slightly 

 lower in 1909. 



The United States Geological Survey has just published an 

 advance chapter from its report entitled "Mineral resources of the 

 United States, calendar year 1909," on "The production of phos- 

 phate rock in 1909," by F. B. Van Horn, which may be obtained 

 free of charge by applying to the Director of the Survey at Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



