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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Reclamation Notes 



CALIFORNIA. 



The Yolo Water and Power Company of Woodland 

 has purchased land in Lake county that will be covered 

 with water when the surface of Clear creek is raised eight 

 feet by control works at the head of Cache creek. On thj 

 completion of the irrigation system, a chain of power 

 plants will be built along Cache creek at a cost of $10,- 

 000,000. The surveyors have found that the fall of Cach8 

 creek is sufficient to develop great electrical power before 

 the water is used for irrigation. The approximate cost 

 of the project when complete is $2,000,000. 



The board of directors of the Turlock irrigation dis- 

 trict have completed the estimate for maintenance for the 

 year 1913 and fix the amount at $130,000. At a recent 

 meeting it was decided to hold a special election to vote 

 a tax levy upon the members for the amount. 



A complaint has been filed with the Railway Com- 

 mission by the Merced Colony Improvement Club, of 

 Merced, vs. The Crocker-Nuffman Land and Water Com- 

 pany. The complainant is an organization composed of 

 farmers and land owners in Merced county who are served 

 by the water system of the Crocker-Nuffman Company. 

 They charge that the water company is failing to supply 

 sufficient water for irrigation during the summer, that 

 the ditches are inadequate, that the method of distribu- 

 tion is faulty, that the company refuses to maintain the 

 ditches, and that the company has collected royalties with- 

 out furnishing water for the full season. The complainant 

 asks that suitable storage reservoirs be erected, that the 

 ditches and canals be improved, that the distribution be 

 handled systematically, that the amount of land to be 

 furnished with water be limited to the supply during the 

 dry season, and that the royalties be in proportion to the 

 water supplied. 



Benjamin F. Graham of Los Angeles has purchased 

 72,000 acres of land lying about twenty miles west of 

 Fresno and will subdivide the ranch into small farms. Mr. 

 Graham has organized the Graham Farm Lands Com- 

 pany and the company was incorporated in Los Angeles 

 recently for $3,000,000, the exact amount which Mr. Gra- 

 ham paid for the property acquired. The land lies in the 

 center of what is declared to be one of the most pro- 

 nounced artesian basins known to exist. The average 

 depth of the wells is 600 feet and some of them have been 

 flowing from two to eight-inch casing at the rate of from 

 25 to 75 inches for twenty-five years. The flow can be 

 trebled by the use of pumps. The water development 

 planned includes the sinking of many more artesian wells 

 and the construction of a network of canals supplied by 

 the San Joaquin and King rivers. The San Joaquin canal 

 will extend entirely through the ranch and will be dug 

 to a sufficient depth to strike the surface water, which can 

 be utilized during the season when the river's flow is ai 

 its lowest. 



on 15,000 acres of land near Newville, will ask for deeds 

 to the property within the next week or ten days. The 

 options terminate October 1st. The syndicate was organ- 

 ized to build a large reservoir at Newville to store water 

 for irrigation. It was planned to irrigate a large area in 

 Tehama, Glenn and Colusa counties. 



A company known as the Mandeville Land Company, 

 recently organized in Los Angeles, has purchased 7,200 

 acres of land lying along the San Joaquin river in the 

 vicinity of Stockton. The company will proceed at once 

 to perfect the reclamation of the property and expect to 

 have it under cultivation by January 1, 1915. The pur- 

 chase price of the land approximated $400,000, and an ex- 

 penditure of $4001,000 additional will be required to bring 

 the land under cultivation. 



Eastern capital is interested in a 35,000-acre reclama- 

 tion project in Sutter basin between the Feather river 

 and the by-pass planned by the Federal government. 

 Granville Moore, of New York, and Rufus Taylor, a San 

 Francisco attorney, are interested in the undertaking. 



The Turlock Garden Land Company, of Turlock, has 

 petitioned the supervisors for the formation of a reclama- 

 tion district to reclaim approximately 5,000 acres of over- 

 flow land lying east of the San Joaquin river, about twelve 

 miles southwest of Modeato. The supervisors will con- 

 sider the petition October 14th. 



Dr. D. A. Beattie, of San Jose, has purchased 603 

 acres of land near Porterville for $60,000, which was paid 

 in cash. Dr. Beattie already owns 160 acres adjoining the 

 land just purchased by him, and the whole plot of land 

 will be placed under irrigation and planted to oranges. 



COLORADO. 



Preliminary work on the long-discussed Taylor Park 

 reclamation project has begun. The Taylor Park dam 

 will, it is stated, be the largest in size and scope of any 

 irrigation reservoir previously constructed by the United 

 States government. The water to be impounded will be 

 used for irrigating the arid lands of western Colorado, 

 southern Utah and Arizona. The total cost of the dam is 

 estimated at $4,000,000 and the engineers assert that it 

 will be at least four years before the masonry and con- 

 crete work is completed and water is turned into the 

 immense basin. The site of the proposed dam is in Taylor 

 canyon, located northeast of Almont on Taylor river. 



The state land board will investigate two irrigation 

 projects in Routt county in the near future for the pur- 

 pose of determining in what manner they may help the 

 irrigation companies. The two projects known as the 

 Given and Leach projects, planning to water 40,000 and 

 50,000 acres respectively, include the watering of 20,000 

 acres of school land. 



Work on the Hughes irrigation project, which will 

 reclaim 80,000 acres of land lying in Moffatt county, will 

 be begun within the next month. 



NEW MEXICO. 



A conditional proposition has been made to the pro- 

 'moters of the Pajarita Irrigation Company of Tucumcari 

 to buy their holdings and erect a dam. The proposition 

 vvas made through Commissioner Smith of the immigra- 

 tion department of the Rock Island railroad. The con- 

 ditions of the proposition demand that at least 12.500 acres 

 of land be secured for the promoters before the deal can 

 be consummated. 



Prof. C. A. Goggin. of Morenci, Arizona, has pur- 

 chased land four miles from Albuquerque which he con- 

 templates irrigating by means of pumps. 



It is reported that Prof. J. D. Tinsley. agricultural 

 demonstrator for the Santa Fe railroad, and State Engi- 

 neer French have inspected the proposed Alamo-Urton 

 irrigation project which is expected to irrigate 150,000" 

 acres of land in the Pecos valley. Capitalists from Colo- 

 rado Springs, Colo., are considering financing the project 

 if the reports of the< above named gentlemen are 

 satisfactory. 



A certificate of voluntary dissolution has been filed by* 

 the Irrigation Construction Company of Roswell. 



L. N. Jones, of Alamogordo. is installing a sub-irriga- 

 tion system on his ranch near that city. Mr. Jones is a 

 successful truck grower and is the first man to install a 

 sub-irrigation system in that vicinity. 



It is reported that the syndicate of New York, 

 London and San Francisco capitalists that holds options 



OREGON. 



The McKenzie Valley Irrigation Company, of Port- 

 land, has filed articles of incorporation with the Secretary 

 of State. Capital stock is placed at $100,000. 



