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BRIEF NOTES FROM IRRIGATION PROJECTS 



Colorado 



Farmers in Prowers county, Colo., 

 have organized a drainage district to 

 reclaim about 2,000 acres of land in 

 the Arkansas river valley. This land 

 is now practically swamp. It will 

 be drained and a power plant with 

 which to pump water for irrigation 

 will be installed. 



The United States has filed an ap- 

 peal in the Colorado supreme court 

 in a suit to set aside the priority rul- 

 ings of District Judge J. C. Caven- 

 der, involving 1,400 cubic feet per 

 second of water in the Grand valley. 

 The claim is being made that this 

 water is being used to irrigate 12,000 

 acres which otherwise could be de- 

 voted to watering 140,000 acres under 

 a government reclamation project. 



Two hundred and sixty-six thou- 

 sand dollars will be expended by 

 farmers and the National Sugar Man- 

 ufacturing Company in the perfecting 

 of a system of irrigation for 12,000 

 acres of land lying north of Sugar 

 City and between the Henry and Mer- 

 edith lakes in Colorado. About 

 $90,000 has already been spent in the 

 purchase of the Colorado canal, which 

 conveys water into Lake Henry from 

 the Arkansas river and the Twin lakes 

 east of Leadville. 



Twenty-seven farmers whose prop- 

 erties in the Platte valley are esti- 

 mated to be worth $500,000, have in- 

 stituted suit in the Denver district 

 court seeking an injunction against 

 the Platte Valley Irrigation Company, 

 et al. to prevent interference with 

 the use of the waters of what is 

 known as the Big Dry creek, on which 

 these farmers depend for their irri- 

 gation water. The lands involved are 

 situated in Weld and Adams coun- 

 ties, Colo., and comprise about 3,000 

 acres. The suit involves the question 

 of the use of seepage waters from the 

 Platte river and other irrigating 

 ditches taking their water supply from 

 natural sources. 



Texas 



The Trinity river irrigation district 



in Chambers county, Texas, has filed 

 on water for 30,000 acres of land. 

 The district has constructed a dam, 

 creating a reservoir to store 20,000 

 acre feet of water. 



Sames, Moore & Co. have obtained 

 control of the Espejo Land & Irriga- 

 tion Company's property in the Rio 

 Grande valley, near Laredo, Tex. 



preparing to irrigate 1,000 acres with 

 water from the Clear Fork, a branch 

 of the Brazos river. The Brazos 

 River Irrigation Company has also 

 obtained a state permit for water to 

 irrigate a large tract in Jones county. 



Farmers in Jones county, Texas, are 



A tract of 1,680 acres of land in 

 Reeves county, Texas, is to be irri- 

 gated by the farmers owning it. The 

 water will be taken from Sandia and 

 Toyah creeks. 



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