THE IKKIGATION AGE. 



STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MAN- 

 AGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., 



of IRRIGATION AGE, published monthly at Chicago, 

 111., required by the Act of August 24, 1912. 



NOTE. This statement is to be made in dupli- 

 cate, both copies to be delivered by the publisher to 

 the postmaster, who will send one copy to the Third 

 Assistant Postmaster General (Division of Classifi- 

 cation), Washington, D. C., and retain the other 

 in the files of the post office. 



Editor, Frederick A. Smith, 32 No. Dearborn 

 street, Chicago, 111. 



Business Manager, E. Donnelly, 32 No. Dear- 

 born street, Chicago, 111. 



Publisher, D. H. Anderson. 32 No. Dearborn 

 street, Chicago, 111. 



Owner, D. H. Anderson. 32 No. Dearborn 

 street, Chicago, 111. 



D. H. ANDERSON. 



Sworn to and subscribed before me this llth 

 day of October, 191 . . . 



RALPN G. INGERSOLL, 

 (Seal.) Notary Public. 



(My commission expires April 29, 1915.) 



NEBRASKA IRRIGATION MEETING. 



The Nebraska State Irrigation Association held 

 a three-days' session at Bridgeport, October 22, 23 

 and 24. The following officers were elected for the 

 ensuing year: President J. J. Beeler, North Platte ; 

 first vice-president, O. W. Gardner, Gering; second 

 vice-president, Reuben Lisco; treasurer, S. W. War- 

 rick, Alliance ; secretary, J'. E. Lablanche, Bridge- 

 port. 



By an amendment to the constitution offered 

 by O. W. Gardner, Bridgeport was made the per- 

 manent meeting place of the association. 



(Continued from page 24. J 



into bedrock far enough to cut off all leaks of water 

 through seams or fissures. When completed the reser- 

 voir will have a water surface of 3,280. It will im- 

 pound 42,800 acre-feet of the flood waters of the 

 Chewaucan River to be used in irrigating 12,000 acres 

 of government land adjoining the town of Paisley. 

 The work, including the distributing canals, is to be 

 completed within two years. This project is the first 

 one contracted for by the Desert Land Board since 

 the passage of the present stringent laws controlling 

 Carey Act lands. 



TEXAS. 



John L. Wiggins, of Fort Worth, the inventor 

 of the Wiggins system of sub-irrigation, will reclaim 

 5,000 acres of rich land in the Pecos valley. The tract 

 is to be divided into small farms and sold to northern 

 farmers. 



The tower for the twenty-ninth irrigation plant 

 in the Hereford district has been erected and drilling 

 the well will begin at once. The well has been located 

 four miles southeast of the town of Hereford. The 

 well will be one of the McDonald type, which affords 

 from 1,000 to 2,000 gallons per minute, and will irri- 

 gate from 160 to 320 acres. The horsepower of the 

 engines used varies from forty to eighty, and the depth 

 of the water from 27 to 75 feet. 



SITUATION WANTED 



A young man of experience in water-well drilling and able 

 to take entire direction of drill and drilling operations for 

 public or private corporation seeks engagement. References 

 supplied. Address 

 KENNETH LEIGHTON 3716 Lake Ave. Chicago, 111. 



COAL DEPOSITS IN GUNNISON 

 VALLEY. 



A report on some coal fields in 

 Colorado and New Mexico by E. G. 

 Woodruff arid W. T. Lee has just 

 been issued by the United States 

 Geological Survey as Bulletin 471-H. 

 This report embodies a brief de- 

 scription of the coal resources of 

 Gunnison valley between Grand Junc- 

 tion and Delta, in Mesa and Delta 

 counties, Colorado, and of the Tijeras 

 coal field in central New Mexico, 

 about twenty miles east of Albu- 

 querque. 



A copy may be obtained free on 

 application to the director of the 

 Geological Survey, Washington, D. C. 



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