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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Reclamation Notes 



CALIFORNIA. 



It is reported that preparations for surveys on a large 

 irrigation project in Yuba county have been made. The 

 proposed system will cover a large area in the northern 

 part of the county. The district to be covered lies north 

 of the Hallwood tract and extends to the Honcut creek 

 near the Butte county line, and includes land in district 

 No. 10. Water for irrigation will be taken from the Yuba 

 river. 



The Yuba Irrigation Farms company, which is to sub- 

 divide 3,000 acres of land near Wheatland, has filed articles 

 of incorporation. The capital stock is $100,000, of which 

 $500 has been subscribed. Principal office of the company 

 is located at Sacramento. Directors of the company are: 

 Lillian Walter, Herbert Walter, H. T. Hiatt, Anita A. 

 Lockart and Lela M. Gilmore, all of Sacramento. 



The irrigation system for the irrigation of the lands 

 of the Los Molinos Land company is nearly completed. 

 The land to be reclaimed lies near the town of Los Mo- 

 linos, in Tehama county. A greater part of the water is 

 taken from Mill creek, near Tehama, and some is taken 

 from Antelope creek. 



The Tulare Lake Canal company of Tulare have com- 

 pleted an irrigation system whereby 20,000 acres of land 

 will be reclaimed. 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized the 

 Reclamation Service to complete the portion of the dis- 

 tribution system of the Yuma irrigation project which is 

 to supply lands in the Yuma Indian Reservation on the 

 California side of the river. The construction work is to 

 be done by government forces or by contract. The main 

 canal through the reservation has been completed during 

 the past year. The total cost of the proposed work, in- 

 cluding structures, is estimated at $136,000. 



The Sacramento Valley Sugar company will install a 

 concrete pipe underground irrigation system on 5,000 acres 

 of land on the east side of the Sacramento river near 

 Hamilton City. The acreage will be planted to sugar 

 beets. 



R. T. Stone of Oakland and associates are interested 

 in the reclamation of a large body of land lying in south- 

 ern Yolo and northern Solano counties. The "Stone :t 

 project, as it is known, is to divert the waters of the 

 Sacramento river at Elkhorn and the waters of the Yolo 

 basin and carry the water to the land to be reclaimed by 

 a system which will include three lifts in getting the water 

 to the high land. At each lift there will be a reservoir 

 and pumps with a capacity of 400 horse power. The 

 pumps will have a 20-inch casing and one will be placed 

 on each side of the motor, making two at each lift. In 

 addition to the water of the Sacramento river, the com- 

 pany proposes to utilize Putah creek. The water rights 

 acquired by the company, which is known as the Solano 

 Land and Irrigation company, amount to 1,700 second feet, 

 but only about 800 second feet will be utilized at the point 

 of intake. The entire cost of the project, including ditches, 

 is estimated at $41,000,000. The company proposes to 

 charge an annual rate of not over $3 per acre and the 

 water shall be delivered in one to five applications, or 

 more if required. The cost of the water right will be $8 

 to each purchaser. COLORADO. 



The Denver Suburban Farm company of Denver has 

 purchased 27,000 acres of drained land in Manitoba, Can- 

 ada, for $675,000. The tract is about 45 miles southeast of 

 Winnipeg. An irrigated tract of land near Denver, includ- 

 ing 4,000 acres, was accepted by the Canadian owners as 

 part payment. 



The Romeo Irrigation district has chosen directors 

 and it is reported that work on the project, which will fur- 

 nish water to 20,000 acres of land lying near the town of 

 Romeo, will be begun not later than October 1st of this 

 year. The project will involve an expenditure of $500,000. 

 The building of a reservoir will provide sufficient acreage 

 under irrigation to justify the installation of a beet sugar 

 factory in Romeo. 



At a meeting of the board of directors of the Hard- 



scrabble Irrigation district, held at Wetmore recently, it 

 was decided to ratify the bond issue of two years ago and 

 an election for this purpose will be arranged for in the 

 near future. The amount of the bond issue is $900,000, 

 which, it is estimated, will cover the entire expense of put- 

 ting- water on to the 10,000 acres of land in the district. 

 Immediately upon the publication of the notice calling for 

 the election, bids to complete the canals and reservoirs 

 will be asked for and the project will be pushed to rapid 

 completion, IDAHO. 



Frank Hanna, designing engineer on the Snake River 

 irrigation project at Boise, has resigned from the govern- 

 ment service and will return to Iowa, his former home. 

 He entered the government service in 1903 and has worked 

 on some of the largest engineering projects carried on by 

 the government. For the past five years he has been 

 located at Boise. 



The construction and opening of the new state bridge 

 across the Snake riv.er will result, it is believed, in the de- 

 velopment. of .the rich irrigated section known as Dead Ox 

 fiat, comprising 6,700 acres of land. The proj-ect was or- 

 ganized into what is known as the Payette-Oregon Slope 

 Irrigation district, bonded for $270,000, with a water right 

 of $40 an acre. The Dead Ox flat district is irrigated by 

 pumps, and is one of the most successful in the west. 

 Power to operate the pumps which lift the water in three 

 lifts from the Snake river to the land is furnished by the 

 Idaho-Oregon Light and Power company, an operating 

 company in eastern and western Oregon. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded contract to 

 the Consolidated Fuel 'company of Salt Lake City, Utah, 

 for furnishing approximately 5,000 tons of coal for use at 

 the Arrowrock dam site on the Boise irrigation project. 

 The contract price is $2.20 per ton f. o. b. mines at Price, 

 Utah. 



The Secretary of the Interior has set apart and re- 

 served for school purposes Block 50 in the village of 

 Rupert, Minidoka irrigation project. The tract is situated 

 across the street from the schoolhouse and is needed as a 

 playground for the 400 school children of the village. 

 NEW MEXICO, 



Thos. R. Taylor has brought in a well on his ranch 

 12 1 miles south of Deming. The well is 132 feet deep, con- 

 tains 14 feet of water-bearing material and is equipped 

 with a No. 5 American centrifugal pump, 30 h. p. Stover 

 engine, and delivers 800 gallons of water per minute. This 

 makes the second irrigation well that Mr. Taylor has 

 brought in on his property. 



Providing that mutually satisfactory terms can be 

 reached with the board of trustees of the Las Vegas grant, 

 James R. Thorpe, a Denver, Colorado, capitalist and 

 broker, will undertake the completion of the big irrigation 

 project on the grant north of East Las Vegas! The 

 project which will irrigate about 18,000 acres of land is 

 half completed.' No work has been done since last Decem- 

 ber and the Camfield Development Company's contract has 

 expired. The cost of the project when complete will be 

 approximately $1,000,000. 



The project for the reclamation of a large tract of 

 land lying near the city of Raton is progressing steadily. 

 The Retailers' Association of Raton is back of the project 

 which is being undertaken by C. E. Hartley, J. D. Waters 

 and associates, all of Raton. A company has been organ- 

 ized and incorporation papers filed, showing a capital 

 stock of $250,000, divided into shares of $25 each. 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized the 

 Reclamation Service to enter into a contract with the 

 Stephens-Adamson company of Aurora, 111., for furnishing 

 conveying equipment for the sand-cement grinding plant 

 at Elephant Butte, where the Reclamation Service is build- 

 ing the Engle dam in connection with the Rio Grande 

 irrigation project. The contract price is $6,057.10. 



The Traylor Engineering company of New York city 

 has been awarded the contract for furnishing crushing and 

 pulverizing machinery for use in connection with the con- 

 struction of the Engle dam. Contract price $18,392.72. 

 OREGON. 



Thos. Hawthorne, of Eugene, has been appointed en- 

 gineer of the Paisley irrigation project, a new Carey Act 

 project in this state. 



