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by Mr. Weaver was about four feet long. It is a 

 leguminous plant and makes a good quantity of ex- 

 cellent food for all classes of domestic animals. 



IDAHO 



Senator Borah stated recently after a confer- 

 ence with Secretary of the Interior Franklin H. 

 Lane that- he had received assurance from the Secre- 

 tary that he would include the Black Canyon irriga- 

 tion project in the itinerary of his forthcoming 

 swing around the circle. Senator Borah states that 

 he is assured that the necessary extension of the 

 project there will result in great benefit to Ada and 

 Canyon counties. 



There is a report throughout Idaho that the 

 Western Pacific Railroad is to begin work upon an 

 extension of its road from Nevada to Boise via 

 Twin Falls. One of our exchanges states that work 

 will be begun on this extension within a short time, 

 and it is their intention to complete it by the end 

 of 1914, in time for the 1915 traffic. The Western 

 Pacific trunk line has become a wonderful money 

 maker, so it is said, and this new branch line to 

 Boise will tap 1,000,000 acres of irrigated land. 



Governor Haines of Idaho has appointed Oliver 

 O. Haga, the Hon. Fred W Hastings and James 

 E. Clinton, Jr., on a commission to improve the 

 marketability of Idaho irrigation securities. 



CALIFORNIA 



Action has been taken by the Stanislaus County 

 Board of Trade for the purpose of coming to some 

 understanding as to the attitude of the merchants 

 and business men of San Francisco in regard to the 

 opposition of the irrigated districts of the San 

 Joaquin Valley to the request of the metropolis for 

 a reservoir supply in the Hetch Hetchy Valley. At a 

 meeting of the board recently a motion was passed au- 

 thorizing the president and secretary to at once con- 

 fer with the Chamber of Commerce and set a date 

 for a meeting of the representatives of the Modesto 

 and Turlock irrigation districts with the members 

 of the San Francisco body. 



Mr. I. R. Anderson of McKittrick, Cal., has at- 

 tracted much attention lately on his ranch near that 

 city. A year ago Mr. Anderson decided to make an 

 experiment in horticulture which, if successful, 

 would mean much for the future of that portion of 

 the state. Within a radius of 50 miles at that time, 

 stood a solitary poplar tree. Thinking that the soil 

 was favorable to the growth of this species, and 

 realizing if success attended his efforts the result 

 would mark a decided step in the direction of aiding 

 the promotion of the timber industry, he planted a 

 number of poplars which he obtained from Bakers- 

 field. The young trees were placed at an average 

 depth of 4 feet below the surface, the height above 

 being about the same. They were set in regular dis- 

 tances from the border of a lake which insured irri- 

 gation to the extent required. The trees under the 

 influence of favorable climatic conditions soon gave 

 evidence of vigor, and today Mr. Anderson has a 

 grove that promises to meet all his expectations. 



A few years ago the Imperial Valley in South- 

 ern California was a desert. This year it is esti- 

 mated that 50,000,000 cantaloupes will be shipped 

 from this valley; more than 6,000 acres of melons 

 are ripened there. 



Extensive plans are being carried out by the 

 Indian Branch of the Government for the installa- 

 tion of an irrigation system for the Indians of the 

 Rincon Reservation, a few miles northeast of Es- 

 condido. A 40-horsepower gasoline engine has been 

 installed on the reservation, and it will be used 

 with a No. 6 pump. 



The story of the reclamation of 100,000 acres 

 of land in the West Delta of the Sacramento, how 

 it was planned and executed in rapid time, was told 

 the members and guests of the Advertising Asso- 

 ciation by Mr. Patrick Calhoun at a luncheon given 

 in San Francisco recently. 



After years of doubt and struggle, the Indians 

 of Pala Reservation have obtained their patent from 

 the United States Government. This important an- 

 nouncement was made recently by Walter Rumkey, 

 Superintendent of that Reservation, in a brief ad- 

 dress which he made at the opening of the new 

 irrigation ditch from the head waters of the San 

 Luis Rey River to the gardens of the Indians. 



With a view to protecting thousands of land 

 seeking immigrants who are to arrive in California 

 by way of the Panama Canal, the legislature has 

 sounded the knell of the grasping and unscrupulous 

 land agent. Through the license system the honest 

 real estate agent will come into his own, it is hoped. 



ARIZONA 



E. Miller, who is farming a tract of land near 

 Douglas, Ariz., has proven a theory held by many 

 farmers in that territory, viz., that wheat can be 

 made to grow without irrigation and prove a profit- 

 able crop. On a one-acre experimental tract 

 planted last October there is a fine stand of grain, 

 the average stalk being more than three feet in 

 height. 



Mr. J. R. Burton of Salina, Kans., formerly 

 United States Senator, has been at Phoenix lately 

 on his way east after making an examination of the 

 Arizona Land & Irrigation Company's property 

 near Prescott, in which he is interested. 



Reports of bad luck in the olive industries in 

 various sections of the world have come to Arizona, 

 which leads the people of that state to believe that 

 the Arizona crop will be extremely high priced this 

 year. 



Chester A. Congdon, one of the leading citizens 

 of Duluth, Minn., and a pioneer at North Yakima, 

 Wash., has recently been visiting the southwest 

 country, and has spent a considerable time in and 

 around Phoenix. Mr. Congdon is a man of large 

 means,- and it is presumed that his visit to that sec- 

 tion will at no distant, date lead to investments in 

 that section. 



