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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



of the company will be established in Pueblo and a 

 colonization campaign launched in the near future, when 

 the entire body of land will be placed on the market. 



IDAHO. 



J. C. Weeter, of -Pocatello, is authority for the 

 statement that the Bruneau irrigation project in southern 

 Idaho has been financed, but that the company hesitates 

 to commence work at once for fear that the bringing of 

 so much land under water at one time would swamp the 

 land market in Idaho, since there are so many projects 

 in the state in course of construction. The main canal 

 for this project will lead from Snake river at American 

 Falls and circle the foothills a distance of 150 miles before 

 it reaches the Bruneau tract. This project, when com- 

 pleted, will be the largest in the United States, comprising 

 nearly 600,000 acres. 



The Supreme court has confirmed the bond issue of 

 $7,134,638.05 voted by the settlers of the Black Canyon 

 irrigation district and the bonds will be disposed of imme- 

 diately to responsible bonding houses who are anxious to 

 handle them. 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized the 

 Director of the Reclamation Service to issue advertise- 

 ments calling for proposals for 260,000 barrels of Portland 

 cement for delivery during the years 1913, 1914, 1915 and 

 1916, for use in the construction of the Arrowrock dam 

 on the Boise irrigation project. A contract covering the 

 whole period will obviate considerable work incident upon 

 advertising, awarding and executing contracts each year. 

 In addition to this, the use of one brand of cement for 

 the entire structure would be advantageous in that a 

 greater uniformity of result could be secured and the 

 men on the work would become so accustomed to the 

 characteristics of the material as to enable them to make 

 a greater rate of progress. 



The Reclamation Service is preparing to install a plant 

 for the blending of sand and cement at the Arrowrock 

 dam. This plant will have a daily capacity of 1,000 barrels 

 of 40 per cent blend sand and cement and will cost ap- 

 proximately $40,000. 



The State Supreme court, in the case of Virginia A. 

 Haynes vs. The Idaho Irrigation Company, holds the de- 

 fendant liable for damages in having failed to deliver water 

 on the plaintiff settler's land by the date named in the con- 

 tract or for the irrigation season of 1909. 



Edgar L. and Estelle Montgomery have sold to the 

 State of Idaho their interest in the West Side irrigation 

 ditch, and the water conducted thereby from the Big Lost 



It is stated that C. J. McCormick, of Pasadena, Cal., 

 will take over the bonds of the Snake River Irrigation 

 Company, which is reclaiming 2,600 acres of land in Dead 

 Ox Flat, just south of Weiser. The bond issue amounts 

 to $48,000, which is to say that it will cost $18 per acre to 

 put water on the land. The power for pumping purposes 

 is to be secured from the Idaho-Oregon Company, the 

 plant to be installed about two miles from Webster. It 

 is estimated that 400 horse-power will be used. 



A celebration will be held at Downey, April 2SJnd, by 

 the Commercial Club to commemorate the inauguration of 

 the Portneuf-Marsh Valley irrigation project. 



NEW MEXICO. 



L. O. Lester and A. C. Raithel have purchased the 

 J. C. Harris ranch of 480 acres lying three miles west of 

 Deming for a consideration of $12,000. The land carries 

 with it a water-right for 320 acres under the ditch of the 

 Mimbres Irrigation Company, commonly known as the 

 Wamel ditch. The new owners contemplate cutting the 

 land up into forty-acre tracts and selling it to actual 

 farmers. It will be placed on the market within a short 

 time. 



Raton, have been named as receivers of the French Land 

 & Irrigation Company of French. The purpose of the ap- 

 pointment of receivers is to preserve the company to 

 complete the undertaking and pay off the standing indebt- 

 edness and preserve the water-rights and irrigation sys- 

 tem already operated by the company. Dam No. 2 has 

 already been completed and work on No. 3 was almost half 

 finished when the construction work was abandoned. 



J. M. Miller has installed a pumping plant on his 

 ranch near Lake Arthur that is pumping 6,000 gallons 

 of water per minute. He will use the water to irrigate 800 

 acres of alfalfa. 



Dr. P. K. Connaway of Deming is irrigating 172 

 acres of land from the waters of one well. 



The Pecos & Toyah Lake Irrigation Company, of 

 Pecos, Texas, has filed a copy of their charter with the 

 state corporation commission. In their application to do 

 business in New Mexico the company states that it wishes 

 to construct, maintain and operate the Interstate Reser- 

 voir. The capitalization of the company is given at $1,500,- 

 000, divided into 15,000 shares worth $1 each, and that 

 one-half of the capital stock is paid up. The company will- 

 maintain an office in Santa Fe under the charge of N. B. 

 Laughlin, statutory agent. 



OREGON. 



Project Engineer W. W. Patch reports that most of 

 the preliminary work in connection with the second unit 

 of the Klamath project is now completed. This unit in- 

 cludes 6,500 acres situated in Poe valley and along the 

 east side of Lost river. The land is from 12 to 20 miles 

 distant from Klamath Falls. Engineer Patch is awaiting 

 the authorization of the work by the Interior Department 

 so that bids can be advertised for. The lands in Poe 

 valley will be irrigated by extending the main canal, and 

 the area along the east side of Lost river, comprising 

 about 1,800 acres will be irrigated from the Griffith lateral. 

 The water will be taken from the Lost river diversion dam. 

 It is expected that the work will be completed during the 

 current year, so that water can be delivered in the spring 

 of 1913. 



The State of Oregon has commenced suit against the 

 Tomkins Land & Irrigation Company, a corporation with 

 offices at St. Paul, Minn., to collect license fees alleged 

 to be due the state. Under the Oregon state law, a 

 foreign corporation is required to pay so much a year 

 in order to conduct business in that state. The amount 

 sought to be collected will include interest and a fine 

 of $100, the penalty for delinquency. 



At a recent meeting of the desert land board, the 

 contract with the Columbia Southern Irrigation Com- 

 pany was canceled, owing to the failure of the company 

 to finance the project. The board, however, decided to 

 prepare a supplementary contract and some of the mem- 

 ber of the old company will reorganize and attempt to 

 secure financial aid. The state is anxious that the project 

 be completed. The company had several thousand acres 

 of land in Crook county, and has had water on the land 

 but never could secure enough funds to carry the plan 

 to completion. 



Recent approval by the Secretary of the Interior of 

 the contract between the Desert Land Board and the 

 Powder Valley Irrigation Company promises the devel- 

 opment of 60,000 acres of some of the finest irrigable lands 

 in the state. This project includes about 40,000 acres of 

 land under the Carey Act and 20,000 acres of private 

 lands, lying in the Lower Powder valley in Baker county. 

 About 40,000 acres will be irrigated from the stored and 

 regulated flood waters of the Powder river. The remain- 

 ing 20,000 acres will be irrigated with the stored and 

 regulated waters of West Eagle creek. 



Dr. O. A. Young, of French, and John Morrow, of 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized the 

 Director of the Reclamation Service to execute contract 

 with the Stockton Iron Works, of Stockton, Cal., for 



