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OREGON. 



It is reported that eastern capital will revive the 

 Sturgis ditch, one of the largest reclamation projects pro- 

 posed in the eastern part of Oregon. The plan is to take 

 water from the Umatilla river, 20 miles east of Pendle- 

 ton, and convey it through a ditch of from 30 to 40 miles 

 in length to the heads of North and South Cold Springs 

 canyon, and thence to the government's Gold Springs 

 reservoir, which now furnishes water for the Umatilla 

 project. By using the flood waters it is estimated that 

 100,000 acres can be irrigated. 



The full amount of $150,000 has been subscribed by 

 the bondholders of the Central Oregon Irrigation com- 

 pany, formerly the Deschutes Irrigation and Power Com- 

 pany, to the stock of the Deschutes Contract Company, 

 which will complete the irrigation scheme in central Ore- 

 gon in accordance with the new contract which the com- 

 pany has made with the state. Work on the project was 

 commenced several years ago but the company was un- 

 able to finish the project and a receiver was appointed. 

 The project will now be rushed to completion. 



John and Louis Gerber of Sacramento, Cal., are the 

 promoters of an enterprise to irrigate 187,000 acres of 

 land in southeastern Oregon. The plan is to build an 

 immense storage reservoir of the waters of a watershed 

 in the Cascade mountains. The reservoir site is known 

 as the Horse Fly ranch and has a natural outlet down 

 Miller Creek canyon which has a fall of 125 feet to the 

 mile in three miles. 



The La Grande Irrigation Company of La Grande 

 have filed articles of incorporation and will reclaim 10,000 

 acres of semi-arid land east of that city. Among the 

 stockholders are L. A. Lewis of Portland; M. H. Davis, 

 Boise, Idaho; J. E. McKinney, F. L. Myers and J. E. Rey- 

 nolds, all of La Grande. 



TEXAS. 



The Espeyo Land & Irrigation Company of San An- 

 tonio is preparing to place a large tract of onion land 

 on the market in the near future. Five hundred acres 

 of Rio Grande valley lands, located twelve miles below 

 Laredo, are being grubbed, and it is expected to have 

 them in readiness for the fall planting. In addition to 

 this tract 250 more acres are to be improved and will be 

 ready for cultivation at a later period. The company owns 

 18,500 acres of land along and extending back from the 

 Rio Grande river below Laredo. Two large pumping 

 plants are to be installed for irrigation purposes and 

 the land will be improved and divided into smaller tracts 

 for marketing as rapidly as possible. 



W. J. Riddell, R. R. McCutcheon and B. F. Kauffman, 

 all of Des Moines, Iowa, have secured 18,000 acres of 

 land in Texas and have formed the Plainview Irrigated 

 Land Company. The capital stock of the company is 

 placed at $100,000. The land is located near Plainview 

 in what is known as the shallow water belt. The firm 

 proposes to establish a demonstration farm which will 

 be in charge of a representative from the United States 



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I have been a resident of the San Luis Valley for more 

 than 25 years; I have been actively engaged in farming 

 and stock raising and knowing the value of lands I bought 

 the best that could be found in the valley and took ad- 

 vantage of being in the valley to buy cheap. I bought 

 my land cheap, and therefore can sell cheap. 



I have about 6 quarter sections which I will sell at prices ranging 

 from $30 to $40 an acre. All these lands are irrigated and have 

 perfect water rights. 



One quarter section, 2 miles from Alamosa, with perfect water 

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HARDIN HINES 



Alamosa, Colorado 



Six Sets of Special Hoists 



like accompanying illustration 

 furnished for installation in 



The Palisade and Mesa 

 County Irrigation District ( 



Each Hoist operates a double stem M 

 gate 12' wide 6' high. ; 



Our line of Patterns enables us to 

 meet any requirements. 



Catalog No. 25 will jn<>ret you 



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