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THE IREIGATION AGE. 



and Steel Works of Richmond. Most of this pipe will 

 l)e used in the Sacramento Valley. 



The Northern California Power Company has 

 signed a contract for the furnishing of 20,000 horse- 

 power for the purpose of reclamation and irrigation 

 of a vast tract of land south of Chico. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed by the 

 First Thorne-Hill Mutual Water Company of Cor- 

 coran. The capital stock of the company is $50,000. 

 J. J. Hill, W. F. Thorne and P. I 1 ,. Plumb, all of Cor- 

 coran, are the incorporators. 



An irrigation district is now being formed to re- 

 claim 20,000 acres of desert land located on the north 

 side of the Mojave river along the Salt road from 15 

 to 20 miles east of Daggett, and only 160 miles from 

 Los Angeles. The underflow, as well as the surface 

 flow, of the Mojave river were filed upon two years 

 ago, and since that time continuous work has been 



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(lone making surveys, laying plans and getting ready 

 for the work that is about to be commenced. All of 

 the government land within the proposed district has 

 been filed upon, mostly under the desert act, while 

 the lands owned by the Southern Pacific Railway Com- 

 pany have been purchased by the Mojave River Land 

 and Water Company, a corporation of which J. Lamb 

 Doty is president; L. M. Holt, vice-president; F. C. 

 Finkle, consulting engineer. 



COLORADO. 



The Otero irrigation district held its annual elec- 

 tion recently for one director to serve for a term of 

 three years. There were two applicants, Frank Tay- 

 lor of Pueblo and R. W. Norton of La Junta. Mr. 

 Taylor was elected. 



A meeting was held recently by land owners in 

 the vicinity of Benton to consider the .enterprise of 

 11. L. Hraiidon to bring water from the Purgatoire 

 river to irrigate their lands. The survey of the reser- 

 voir and ditch was exhibited and a full explanation 

 of the system and cost of construction was gone over 

 by Engineer Hansford. After full consideration, those 

 present, representing 9,000 acres of land, passed a 

 resolution to contract for water. When watered the 

 land will be worth $100 to $150 per acre. 



Land wanted by the government for irrigation 

 rights of way will be taken at once hereafter, accord- 

 ing to a rule adopted by Federal Judge R. E. Lewis. 

 The new rule was adopted recently in the case against 

 Mrs. E. C. Heaver of Montrose county who asked 

 $2.000 an acre for land for which the government 

 offered $600. Heretofore it has been necessary to 

 agree on the price of land before it could be taken by 

 the government. L'nder the new rule the land will be 

 taken and the price determined later. 

 TEXAS. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed by the 

 Las Vegas Irrigation Company of Las Vegas, Dim- 

 mitt county. The company is capitalized at $25,000. 

 The incorporators of the company are J. A. Pierce of 

 Franklin, Tenn.. Eli Howell and H. H. Radley of 

 San Antonio, Texas. 



Engineer's reports have been completed that are 

 very favorable to the proposed dam to be built on tile 

 Colorado river for the storing of flood water to be 

 distributed for irrigation purposes through that sec- 

 tion. Engineer X. G. Simpson estimates that at a 

 cost of $785.406.06 all expenses of this project may be 



covered. It is estimated that 9,400 acres will be neces- 

 sary for the reservoir and dam site ; the main canal 

 will be forty miles long, with thirty miles of main lat- 

 erals. The main canal will be 60 feet wide and about 

 8 feet deep. The irrigable area proposed covers 7,500 

 acres of land ; all well situated for irrigation at H 

 minimum cost, and the soil is specially adapted for 

 irrigation. 



C. W. Hahl of Houston Tex., and St. Louis asso- 

 ciates, have purchased 16.400 acres of land in the Rio 

 Grande valley for $615.000, and propose development 

 by construction of an irrigation system to prepare the 

 property for agriculture. 



One of the largest pecan groves in the world is 

 to be planted on the lands irrigated by the great Me- 

 dina dam. The project will be financed by New York 

 and London capitalists, and 121,000 pecan trees will 

 be planted. The trees will be the soft-shelled varieties. 

 This valley is famed for its pecans. 



Permit to do business in Texas has been granted 

 to the Garwood Irrigation Company of Hamilton, 

 Ohio, with a Texas office at Garwood. The capital 

 stock of the company is $100,000. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed by the 

 Atacosta Valley Irrigation Company of Pleasanton. 

 The company is capitalized at $120,000. The incor- 

 porators are W. A. Coughran, J. W. Ormond, John 

 W. Hunt, Henry G. Martin. William O'Brien of 

 Pleasanton and W. L. Dunne of San Antonio. This 

 company is developing 4.000 acres of land near Pleas- 

 anton. 



The San Antonio Irrigation Company has in- 

 creased its capital stock from $6,515 to $50,000. 



Articles of incorporation have been filed by the 

 Rio Grande Irrigation Company of Eagle Pass. The 

 company is capitalized at $5,400. The incorporators 

 are L. C. Debona, William M. Cummins and Pedro 

 Rodreguez, all of Eagle Pass. 



The Holland Dam and Irrigation Company of 

 Cotulla, has filed an amendment decreasing its capital 

 stock from $23,000 to $3,548. 



UTAH. 



For the past month a party of surveyors has been 

 at work on the east side of Utah lake, and it is pre- 

 sumed that they are collecting data for a Los Angeles 

 company which is considering the practicability of dik- 

 ing the lake on the east side. This will reclaim four 

 or five thousand acres of rich land south of Provo, 

 which is covered with water, and make it available for 

 cultivation. 



Representatives of the Oasis, Melville and Deseret 

 projects are seeking for permission to strengthen the 

 Sevier river dam, through which it is claimed 50.000 

 acres of additional land can be put under irrigation. 

 ( )wing to some legal points involved, final action on 

 this matter has been deferred indefinitely. 



The land board has ordered the resumption of 

 work on the Piute project canal which is to be 

 strengthened and extended two miles further into an 

 unclaimed section of the country. 



Assurance has been given by the state land board 

 that the state will give all possible aid to the project 

 contemplating the reclamation of 60,000 acres of 

 choice farm lands in Uintah county. The project is 

 being promoted by the F. H. Lott Carey Act Project 

 Company. Representatives of the company have laid 



