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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



The Utah Lake Irrigation Company has succeeded in 

 financing their irrigation project and this fall will install 

 their pumps on Utah Lake, about one mile south of the 

 Saratoga Springs. Six miles of their canal has already 

 been completed and the whole system will be ready for sup- 

 plying water to 5,000 acres of land west of Lehi for the sea- 

 son of 1913. The main canal of the project is ninety-nine 

 feet above compromise point of Utah Lake, which means 

 that the water will have to be pumped to that altitude. The 

 pumped water will cost the farmers $35 per acre, and the 

 annual maintenance fee will be about $3.00 per acre more. 



The Proyo River Reservoir Company's canal wfll be 

 extended during the present summer to cover all the lands 

 north of Lehi. The canal will supply water to all those who 

 sign up prior to June 1 at a price of $80 per acre, after 

 which date the price will be advanced to $90. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Sand 

 Point Irrigation Company of Spanish Fork; capitalization, 

 $30,000, in shares of $5 each. The entire capital stock is 

 paid up in taking over an improved application for 30 cubic 

 feet of water per second from Utah Lake. 



The New Hope Irrigation district has obtained $20,000 

 from the state board of land commissioners, which money 

 is to be used in completing the ditch. The cost of the ditch 

 up to the present time is $20,000. This ditch, when com- 

 pleted, will water about 4,000 acres of land in the eastern 

 part of the state, and the homesteader will be able to secure 

 the water at a low cost about $10 per acre. 



The Grand Valley reclamation project has been aban- 

 doned by the government and, according to an order re- 

 ceived at the United States land office in Salt Lake, the land 

 embraced therein will be thrown open to entry on July 5 of 

 this year. The land was withdrawn by the government about 

 two years ago and was made an extension of the govern- 

 ment project near Grand Junction. The land is located in 

 Grand county, between Cisco and Westwaster, and is con- 

 sidered valuable land. The order received at the Utah land 



office states that squatter's rights may be exercised on and 

 after June 5, 1912, and -that any person who exercises these 

 rights may have a preference of entry on July. 5, 1912. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed by the New- 

 castle Irrigation Company; capital stock, $1,000,000, in 20,000 

 shares at $50 per share, par value. Water for irrigation pur- 

 poses will be taken from Grass Valley and Pinto creeks to 

 reclaim many thousands of acres of desert land in Iron 

 county, and in the vicinity of Newcastle, where the prin- 

 cipal offices of the company are located. J. A. Eldridge, 

 president; i\. T. Porter, secretary and treasurer, and Dr. 

 Middleton, vice-president, all of Salt Lake City, and J. L. 

 Sevy, of Panguitch, are the incorporators. The land is lo- 

 cated on an elevated slope, has a depth of soil ranging from 

 15 to 200 feet, with an elevation of 5,000 feet, and lies north- 

 east of the Dixie national forest reservation. 



WASHINGTON. 



Construction of the irrigation system which is to water 

 the 90-acre "Smith Place Irrigation" tracts, four miles south 

 of Walla Walla, has been begun under the direction of Freu- 

 ler & Dyen, engineers. The tract is owned by a syndicate of 

 Walla Walla men and comprises rich land watered by an 

 artesian well. The land has been divided into five-acre lots 

 and a pipe line that will carry water to each tract is now 

 being laid. A concrete-lined reservoir will be built on the 

 highest point of land and will have a capacity of 175,000 

 gallons. In distributing the water for irrigation, the pumps 

 will be shut off and the water will flow back through the 

 same pipe by which it was pumped into the reservoir. 



The Cascade Irrigation and Power Company of Tacoma 

 has filed articles of incorporation with a capital stock of 

 $20,000. 



Fred C. Hamilton and Von K. Wagner of Spokane have 

 organized a company under the name of the Keystone Se- 

 curity Company, which proposes to irrigate a tract of land 

 which they own in the vicinity of Moses Lake. Offices of 



There's Pleasure 

 and Profit 



in owning and farming an Alfalfa, 

 Fruit, Truck or Dairy Ranch 



In The 

 Salt River Valley 



The Kind of Land We Are Selling 



The Most Attractive Homemaking' Inducements 



offered in this beautiful valley are found on the 



BARTLETT-HEARD RANCH 



Small tracts of fertile land, now in cultivation, may be secured 

 on the most favorable terms. 2,000 acres of the "B-H" Ranch 

 have been sold already, and over 40 new homes were built there 

 last year. Twenty acres is the size of the average tract sold. 

 Of these lands, under the old San Francisco canal, located 2 ' - 

 to 6 miles from Phoenix, there now remains unsold less than 

 2,500 acres. Indications are that the major portion will be sold 

 this year. WRITE TO-DAY FOR A MAP AND PRICES. 



BARTLETT-HEARD LAND AND CATTLE CO. 



PHOENIX, ARIZONA When writing please mention The Irrigation Age 



