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THE IERIGATION AGE. 



urging approval of the application of the KHckitat Irri- 

 gation and Power Company for right-of-way across the 

 Yakima reservation for an irrigation canal, finally suc- 

 ceeded in having a satisfactory plan arranged by which 

 the work can go forward. This enterprise contemplates 

 the irrigation of 30,000 acres of land in Benton and 

 KHckitat counties, and when completed will be one of 

 the largest projects in the United States. 



A deed for 716.88 acres of land, to be made into an 

 irrigation project, has been filed with the county auditor 

 by the Washington Irrigation & Development Company. 

 The land lies in one tract, beginning in the southeast cor- 

 ner of Kittitas county and extending into Yakima and 

 Grant counties. The price paid was $60,000. 



A NEW LINE TO THE GOLDEN GATE. 



Announcement is made by the Denver & Rio Grande of 

 a greatly improved and expedited train service between 

 Denver and Salt Lake City and San Francisco, to be in- 

 augurated June 18th. On that date a new fast train (making 

 four trains daily fii each direction) will be added to the 

 present service, and the running time will be reduced two 

 hours. On the same date the Western Pacific will improve its 

 service by the addition of a second daily train over its line 

 between Salt Lake City and San Francisco. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



The Government Irrigation Ditch on the Shoshone 

 Indian Reservation, Wyoming, has been completed across 

 Boulder flat to the North Fork boundary on the reserva- 

 tion, a distance from the agency of 14 miles. The con- 

 struction of the immense irrigation system on the reserv., 

 has so far cost the government more than $600,000 and is 

 not yet completed. 



Preliminary work on the survey for the proposed irri- 

 gation work east of Rapid City, S. D., has been finished 

 by a crew working on Box Elder divide for the Rapid 

 Valley Irrigation & Reservoir Company. A spot 25 miles 

 east of the city has been selected as the site for the reser- 

 voir. 



The big Portneuf-Marsh Valley Irrigation project of 

 southern Idaho, has just been taken over by Kidder, Pea- 

 body & Co., of Boston. The Portneuf company has a 

 capitalization of $500,000 and an outstanding bond issue of 

 $300,000. 



The state engineer of South Dakota recently is 

 permit to George H. Lang of Rapid City to appropriate 

 4.3 cubic feet of water from Box Elder creek for irriga- 

 tion purposes. The project co^J>rises the irrigation of 

 nearly 3,000 acres of land. 



An irrigation enterprise, entailing the expenditure of 

 from $50,000 to $75,000 and embracing upwards of 3,000 

 acres of the semi-arid pastures surrounding Whitewopd, 

 S. D., has been floated by local men under the direction 

 of State Engineer Samuel Lea. The plan contemplates 

 the erection of a conversion dam near that city, the lay- 

 ing of conduits and a storage 

 reservoir and a clarifier with a 

 patent process. 



FOR SALE 



Valuable water rights on Price River, Utah, 

 sufficient to properly irrigate from 30,000 to 

 40,000 acres. The water rights have been defi- 

 nitely secured and the sufficiency of the water 

 has been investigated and reported on by thor- 

 oughly competent engineers. Will sell cheap 

 if taken soon. This is worthy of prompt inves- 

 tigation. Address : 



F. M. T., care Irrigation Age. 



Edmund T, Perkins Engineering Company 



IRRIGATION AND AGRICULTURAL 



Investigations, Reports, Plans, Estimates and 

 Construction 



Financial assistance procured for projects 

 examined and approved by this company 



First National Bank Bldg., 



Chicago, III. 



It is reported that Joy Morton 

 and the Roberts company have 

 come to terms over the Wyoming 

 Central Irrigation project and 

 that the Roberts interests will ac- 

 quire Morton's holdings. 



The Medina dam and irriga- 

 tion project, which is being 

 financed by English capitalists, is 

 evidence of the confidence that 

 foreign capitalists Lave in the fu- 

 ture possibilities of Texas. The 

 dam which is being constructed is 

 over 1,300 feet long. "-J 



For three dollars paid now 

 you will secure THE IRRIGATION 

 AGE for one year and a cloth- 

 bound copy of the .Primer of 

 Hydraulics, the only work on 

 Hydraulics written for plain peo- 

 ple. 



You may be losing thousands of 

 Dollars each Year. 



ii Everybody knows there's money in Alfalfa if properly grown. 



/ Alfalfa growers do not seem to realize the importance of saying 

 one crop each year for seed. Alfalfa seed is in great demand and 

 you can have a yield of from 2 to 6 bushels per acre per year 



Write for our Alfalfa Booklet FREE. It is written by Prof. 

 y J. M. Westgate, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



\ We had Prof . Westgate compile this booklet especially for those inter- 

 ested in growing Alfalfa for seed and hay. We are interested in the 

 Alfalfa Seed Question because we are the only manufacturers 

 ,.: of a machine built especially for hulling and cleaning Alfal- 

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 contains nothing concerning our 

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BIRDSELL MANUFACTURING CO., 



South Bend. Indiana, U. S. A. 



