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tract entered into January 2, 1911, with W. H. Mason, of 

 Klamath Falls, Oregon, for the construction of the Lost 

 River division channel, Klamath irrigation project, Ore- 

 gon-California. This action was taken owing to the evi- 

 dent inability of the contractor to comply with the terms 

 of his agreement, and for the further reason that it is 

 highly essential that the work be completed prior to the 

 beginning of the next irrigation season. The work will be 

 completed by force account. 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized the 

 Reclamation Service to construct three concrete drops 

 and excavate about 80,000 cubic yards of material on 

 Snipes Mountain Lateral, near Sunnyside, Washington, in 

 connection with the Sunnyside unit of the Kakima irri- 

 gation project, Washington. 



It is estimated that the entire expenditure involved 

 will approximate about $35,125.00. 



The Secretary of the Interior has withdrawn from 

 location, entry, sale, allotment, or other appropriations 

 a large tract of land in the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, 

 and has ratified all withdrawals and reservations for re- 

 clamation purposes heretofore made of lands within the 

 said reservation. The withdrawal covers about 26,680 

 acres lying in Townships 29 to 37 N., ranges 7 to 14 West, 

 Montana principal meridian. 



The Secretary of the Interior is asking for proposals 

 for the excavation and back filling of trenches, and the con- 

 struction of wood stave pipe and other structures in the 

 vicinity of Mabten, Washington, in connection with the 

 Sunnyside unit of the Yakima irrigation 'project, Wash- 

 ington. The bids will be opened on October 16, at the 

 office of the Reclamation Service at Sunnyside. 



In connection with the work it is necessary to con- 

 struct these crossings by force account. 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized the Re- 

 clamation Service to place cement linings in a number of 

 the main distributaries. Umatilla irrigation project, Ore- 

 gon. Plans for this work include the lining of more than 

 30,000 linear feet of canals and the construction of about 

 10,000 linear feet of cement pipe, at a total cost of approx- 

 imately $50,000. 



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 government land in all parts of the West 

 which are open to entry to any American 

 citizen. You, if an American Citi- 

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 acres of government land. 



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Combination Headgate 

 and Measuring Device. 



^ The belief that Capital and Labor, that Employer and 

 Employee, that Manufacturer and Consumer, that Home Office 

 and Agent, that the House and the Salesman on the road 

 should get together and stay together in a closer and more 

 intelligent manner than ever before, and that all "Big Busi- 

 ness" of the future should mean "Big Business" for all con- 

 cerned, and not merely for the company itself, was the principle 

 upon which this company was founded; and a summary of the 

 results achieved in its short existence up to the present will 

 show how well "founded was that belief. 



Loyalty to employer is a phrase familiar to all; but loyalty 

 to the employee, while not so much in vogue, is just as 

 essential to rapid progress along substantial lines. 



On August 6th, 1911, the 1RRIGATORS SUPPLY CO. 

 was granted, by the great commonwealth of Montana, a charter 

 with a capital stock of $10,000. Loyalty to its agents and 

 employees made it imperative to increase that capital stock to 

 $50,000, v;h'ch was done on October 3d. ^And today, January 

 1st, 1912, we are arranging for a subsidiary company in the 

 state of Washington, to take care of our business in that state. 

 In two short months this same "loyalty to agents" has given 

 us, in the state of Montana, four Agency Directors, as good 

 traveling salesmen as ever slung a grip. They are Al, high- 

 class gentlemen, prosperous and happy; and, through their 

 untiring work and honest and intelligent manner of presenting 

 our proposition, we now have thirty agents, selected from 

 Montana's best business men, who, in turn, are preaching a 

 uniform and equitable system of measuring water by the use 

 of our COMBINATION HEADGATE AND MEASURING 

 DEVICE. 



At times we have felt inclined to the belief that the demand 

 for the device itself was the cause of our rapid growth; but, 

 with any other system or method than loyalty to the employee, 

 we could not have covered the territory with such a sales 

 force in so short a time, no matter what the demand or what 

 the article we Jiad to sell. So we are going to continue our 

 plan with this as our slogan, "Loyalty to the Employee," and 

 make each man a part of the great machine for selling our 

 COMBINATION HEADGATE AND, MEASURING DEVICE. 



Although our device is approved by the .best authorities of 

 the state; although it has the endorsement of U. S. Senators 

 and U. S. Surveyors, general judges and engineers; even 

 though the judges of the courts recommend it, and some even 

 require its use; and though it has the praise of our 800 

 Montana farnrers who are using it, we find loyalty to the 

 employee the most important factor in distribution yet dis- 

 covered and recommend it to all employers, whether of one 

 man or one miUion men. 



If you are interested in, or trouhled about, the measurement 

 of watef; or if this subject is causing trouble in your district, 

 and you wish to be instrumental in abolishing the. trouble, 

 write, wire or 'phone the 



U. S. Irrigators' Supply Co. 



Montana Block, Missoula, Montana 





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