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furnishing a self-propelling ditch excavator for use on 

 the Klamath irrigation project. The contract price is 

 $6,125 f. o. b. cars Stockton. 



Maps and plans of the Warner Lake irrigation project 

 have been filed with the state engineer. This project em- 

 braces 79,000 acres of land in Lake and Harney counties 

 and will be financed by the Warner Lake Irrigation 

 Company. The land has been temporarily withdrawn 

 for about a year, and the company now seeks final 

 segregation. 



The Central Oregon Irrigation Company has filed 

 plans and specifications with the state engineer for the 

 north canal project near Bend. 



TEXAS. 



The La Pryor Irrigation Company of San Antonio 

 has filed its charter with the Secretary of State. The 

 company is capitalized at $100,000. The purpose of the 

 company is to construct and operate a canal, ditch, lake, 

 etc., for irrigation, milling, stock raising uses and the 

 supply by reservoirs of water to city and town water- 

 -works. 



The Southern Trust Company of Houston has filed an 

 application for a receiver for the Brownsville Irrigation 

 Company of Brownsville, in order, they allege, that prop- 

 erty on which there is an indebtedness of approximately 

 $26,000 be conserved. 



Irrigation engineers from Kansas are installing a sub- 

 irrigation plant on 17,000 acres of the Bob Brennard 

 ranch, west of San Antonio. This ranch comprises 130,000 

 acres and was recently purchased by W. G. Kline of 

 Cleveland, Ohio. Half of it is subject to irrigation by 

 gravity. The land is to be cut up into small tracts and 

 sold to northern colonists. 



W. A. Fitch, of Corpus Christi, has obtained an 

 option on 3,000 acres of land lying along the Nueces 

 river and will install a large reservoir and pumping plant. 

 More than 15,000 acres of land in the immediate vicinity 

 will be irrigated, and the new plant will possibly be a 

 source of supply for the water system of Corpus Christi. 



The Port Arthur Rice Irrigation Company of Port 

 Arthur will reclaim between 3,000 and 4,000 acres of marsh 

 land lying above the city at an expense of between $18 and 

 $25 per acre. The land will be drained by pumps. 



J. T. Cameron, of Veron, has purchased 160 acres 

 of land three miles east of Plainview and will install an 

 irrigation plant on same. 



Engineers are progressing favorably with the survey 

 of the Cotulla irrigation district. The work so far done 

 has established the fact that the capacity of the reservoir 

 will be double that first estimated. The project require 5 

 several months of field work yet, but it is being pushed as 

 fast as possible. 



Plans are under way for the construction of a pump- 

 ing plant near Mercedes, having a capacity of 210,000 

 gallons per minute. The plant will be located on the 

 Rio Grande river and will be owned by the Rio Grande 

 Land & Irrigation Company. 



The Harlingen Land & Water Company of Harlingen 

 will extend and enlarge its system to irrigate 20,000 addi- 

 tional acres of land at a cost of $100,000. 



Permission to operate in Texas has been granted to 

 the Medina Valley Irrigation Company, whose principal 

 place of business is Denver, Colo. The company is incor- 

 porated for $1,000,000 and is a subsidiary to the Medina 

 Irrigation Company, which is placing 60,000 acres of Texas 

 land under irrigation. 



The Wiggins Sub-irrigated Land Company has filed 

 articles of incorporation; capital stock, $50,000. The prin- 

 cipal place of business is Fort Worth. 



UTAH. 



E. Everett, of Los Angeles, Cal., has purchased a 

 large tract of land near Elberta, Utah. His purchase com- 

 prises 1,300 acres of land lying on the shores of Utah 

 Lake. The consideration of the deal is stated to be about 

 $500,000. Water for irrigation will be taken from Goshen 

 reservoir. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Tay- 

 lorsyille Irrigation company. Principal place of business 

 is given as Taylorsville, and the capital stock of the com- 

 pany is given as $2,500. 



The Millville Irrigation Company of Logan has filed 

 an amendment to its articles of incorporation increasing 

 the capital stock of the company from $10,000 to $12,800. 



The Kennedy Ditch Irrigation Company of Salt Lake 

 City has elected the following directors for the ensuin" 

 year: Arthur Pratt, Geo. H. Islaub, La Grande Yount 

 John R. Smith and C. A. Ahlquist. 



The Green River Irrigation Land & Power Compan-, 

 has filed formal application with the state land board foi 

 the segregation of 168,000 acres of land in Emery county. 

 The estimated cost of the project is $6,000,000. The com- 

 pany is a bonded concern and the legality of its bonds 

 was tested favorably in the supreme court. Application 

 for consideration of the plans was first made a month ago. 

 At that time a deposit of $14,750 was made to guarantee 

 good faith. The land lies just out of the town of Green 

 River, and when placed under irrigation will be one of the 

 richest agricultural sections of the state. 



The Junction Middle Ditch Irrigation Company of 

 Junction, Piute county, has filed articles of incorpora- 

 tion with the Secretary of State. The capitalization is 

 $9,830, divided into 9,830 shares of the par value of $1 

 each. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Can- 

 nonville Eastside Irrigation Company of Cannonville. 

 The capitalization is $4,000, divided into 4,000 shares of 

 the par value of $1 each. . 



WASHINGTON. 



A. R. McNeal, of Lind, is installing an irrigation 

 plant to water his 200-acre farm. 



A 32 horse-power gasoline pump is being installed 

 for irrigation purposes on the Ellis-Forde tracts, 11 miles 

 down the Okanogan river from Oroville. The owners 

 already have a large acreage in fruit trees and are arrang- 

 ing to set out 10,000 trees this spring. 



Construction work on the Yelm irrigating ditch has 

 been begun. Each owner of land in the district has bonded 

 himself to construct a certain part of the ditch. The ditch 

 is designed to reclaim between 5,000 and 6,000 acres of 

 Yelm prairie land. 



J. H. Fox of Spokane has been given the task of 

 reviving the big irrigation project at Wahluke, which, after 

 it had been capitalized for $5,000,000, went into bank- 

 ruptcy last month. Mr. Fox has been authorized by the 

 federal court to undertake the task of reorganization and 

 he already has men engaged to start on the construction 

 work. 



The proposed Quincy irrigation project now seems a 

 certainty. The irrigation canal, which is destined to re- 

 claim 1,000,000 acres in Grant county, east of the Colum- 

 bia river, will have its head at Lake Wenatchee. about 12 

 miles from Leavenworth. The lake will be used for stor- 

 age purposes, the water being raised 150 feet. It is esti- 

 mated that it will cost $20,000,000 to complete this project. 



President Taft has authorized the Secretary of the 

 Interior to make an additional allotment of $20,000 to the 

 Okanogan irrigation project. This money will be ex- 

 pended in lining with concrete, about 10,000 linear feet 

 of canals in order to prevent excessive losses of water. 



