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who for the past 18 months has been engaged in arrang- 

 ing for the continuation of work on the Valier project. 



NEW MEXICO. 



Water has been turned back into the big canals of 

 the Carlsbad project and the farmers are again busy night 

 and day. Night irrigation has become general in the 

 project, for experience has proven that it pays well. The 

 reservoirs are full and everyone can have water promptly. 



The largest irrigated land deal of the present year 

 has been consummated at Deming. The Rio Mimbres 

 Water Users' Association has sold out a large part of its 

 holdings lying east and southeast of Deming, consisting of 

 4,000 acres of irrigable lands. The men who have ac- 

 quired this land are amply able and intend to develop it 

 by means of pumping plants operated by electric motors. 



T. M. Boatwright of Alamogordo, N. M., has made 

 his first cutting of alfalfa, grown nearly entirely with 

 winter irrigation. He cut 22J4 tons from a little over 

 eight acres, selling from $12.50 to $14.0o per ton. Mr. 

 Boatwright soaked his alfalfa land thoroughly during the 

 winter months and his first cutting was leady before any 

 other alfalfa in that section. So much for winter irriga- 

 tion, when there is plenty of water and the evaporation 

 is not so great as in the summer. 



and which will reclaim thousands of acres of land, is now 

 open from source to mouth. In addition to furnishing wa- 

 ter for irrigation this canal will bring lake steamer navi- 

 gation within three miles of Fort Klamath. 



UTAH. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded contract 

 to W. O. Morrison, of Denver, Colo., for the construc- 

 tion of the Indian Creek dike on the Strawberry valley 

 project in Utah. Four bids were received, the lowest 

 and successful bid being that of the Denver contractor for 

 $107,990.70. 



One of the largest irrigation and power projects ever 

 undertaken in the state of Utah is soon to be launched in 

 Uintah county. The proposed project will bring under 

 cultivation about 400,000 acres of the most fertile land in 

 the Uintah district, and incidentally provide for the oper- 

 ation of an immense power plant. The greater part of 

 the land to be irrigated is on the east side of the Green 

 river. 



OREGON. 



The Ana river irrigation project at the head of 

 Summer Lake Valley, will soon have water on the lands 

 of the settlers under the ditch. This project will make 

 thousands of acres of land into alfalfa, grain and fruit 

 ranches. The water is raised by a large pump from the 

 famous Ana river springs, five in number, that pour forth a 

 large volume of water some thirty-five leet below the 

 surface of the valley. 



The Utah Lake Irrigation Company has just com- 

 pleted the final survey for its pumping plant and canal 

 west of Jordan river. The canal will be 99 feet above the 

 level of the lake and will be about thirty miles long. Ten 

 thousand acres of wild desert land, most of it now grow- 

 ing nothing but sagebrush, will come under the system. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Wenatchee Valley Orchard Company has re- 

 cently purchased a pumping plant for their Sunnyslope 

 property, which will irrigate orchards 830 feet above the 

 river level. The cost of the pumping plant and machinery 

 is something more than $20,000, it is said. 



The Weed canal, the big ditch that lias its entrance 

 and outlet in the head waters of the Upper Klamath lake, 



_ Senator Jones and L. M. Rice of Seattle, who have 

 Wen in consultation with Secretary Fisher for some time, 



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