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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



One of the most peculiar cases ever filed ini the 

 federal court of Pueblo, and probably the only one 

 of the kind ever recorded in the west, was docketed 

 arly this month. It is the case of the United States 

 of America vs. George Fincheon, who is alleged 

 owner of 320 acres of land about ten miles south- 

 west of Fowler. The plaintiff asks the court to 

 set aside Fincheon's patent to the land and to re- 

 voke all mortgage, deeds of trust and conveyances, 

 and that the land be restored to the United States 

 government. The strange part of the case is that 

 the plaintiff cites no cause for the action and does 

 not say why the defendant should relinquish his 

 right to the land. It is presumed that the govern- 

 ment has found some flaw in Fimcheon's final proof 

 papers, on which he secured a patent to the land. 



The Henrylyn irrigation district has obtained a 

 permit to dig its tunnel through the divide, which 

 will bring from the western slope 119,000 acre feet 

 of water for irrigating 90,000 acres of land north 

 of Denver. 



The Denver Reservoir Irrigation Company of 

 Denver has announced that a French bank will fur- 

 nish $1,000,000 to refinance the company, which will 

 open the way for settlement for 150,000 acres within 

 thirty miles of Denver. 



Since January 1 the Henry L. Doherty Com- 

 pany of New York City, has announced the com- 

 pletion of the Nile irigation system, costing $700,- 

 000 and irrigating 27,000 acres of land near Fort 

 Morgan ; the financing of the Antero system, cost- 

 ing $3,000,000, which will be completed by June 

 15, and will irrigate 60,000 acres of land, all within 



25 miles of Denver; the purchase of the Redlands 

 project, which irrigates 7,000 acres of land near 

 Grand Junction and the possible financing of the 

 Dolores project which will irrigate 260,000 acres of 

 land in southwestern Colorado. 

 UTAH. 



Representatives of the Buckhorn Irrigation 

 Company, which is reclaiming a tract of Carey act 

 land in Emery county, appeared before the state 

 land board recently and reported progress on the 

 company's project, as is required by the law. The 

 board was assured that the entire tract of 12,000 

 acres will be reclaimed and disposed of to settlers 

 within a year. The company is thoroughly financed, 

 it was reported, and is ready to carry on its work 

 on a large scale and without delay. 



About 15,000 acres of land will be placed under 

 irrigation by the Provo Reservoir and Utah Lake 

 Irrigation Companies this year. About 10,000 of 

 this will be on the east side of the Jordan river in 

 the northern part of Utah county, and the rest will 

 be on the west side under the Utah Lake Irriga- 

 tion Company. On the west side of the river a long 

 tvmnel is almost completed to the border of Salt 

 Lake county, which will carry water from Utah 

 lake to a large section of land to be placed under 

 irrigation on the west side of the Jordan river in 

 Salt Lake county. This tunnel is nearly a mile in 

 length and is cemented all the way. 

 WASHINGTON. 



A. L. White, of Spokane, who owns 480 acres 

 of land on Gravel Flat, four miles northeast of 

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