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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



The Reclamation Service is asking for proposals for 

 the construction of divisions 1. 2, and 3 of the High Line 

 Canal and structures, Strawberry Valley Irrigation Proj- 

 ect, Utah. 



The work involves approximately 384,000 cubic yards 

 of canal excavation, 2,300 cubic yards of excavation for 

 structures, 3,300 cubic yards of reinforced concrete, 167,000 

 square feet of canal lining, 230 lineal feet of tunnel com- 

 plete with concrete lining, laying approximately 1,700 

 feet of vitrified pipe of miscellaneous sizes; also 1,400 

 cubic yards of back filling and small quantities of rock 

 filling and stone paving and 

 the placing of sluice gates 

 and miscellaneous structural 

 steel. 



The Canal will extend in 

 a southwesterly direction 

 from the power plant of the 

 U. S. Reclamation Service 

 near the mouth of Spanish 

 Fork Canyon, to a point near 

 Payson City, Utah. The bids 

 will be opened on November 

 15, at Provo, Utah. 



The Secretary of the In- 

 terior has authorized the 

 Reclamation Service to exe- 

 cute the following contracts 

 for furnishing gates and gate 

 stands for irrigation projects 

 in Montana and Wyoming: 



The Minneapolis Steel 

 and Machinery Company, of 

 Minneapolis, Minnesota, 

 Schedules 1, 2, and 3. Con- 

 tract price $12,589.00, f. o. b. 

 cars at shipping point. 



The Hinman Hydraulic 

 Manufacturing Company, of 

 Denver, Colorado, Schedules 

 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Contracts 

 price, $11,350.00 f. o. b. cars 

 at shipping point. 



These contracts call for 

 structural steel and cast iron 

 sluices and regulator gates, 

 gate frames, gate stands and 

 accessories. 



The Portland Cement 

 Company of Utah has the 

 contract for furnishing 3,000 

 barrels of portland cement 

 for use in connection with 

 the Strawberry Valley irri- 

 gation project in Utah. The 

 contract price is $1.28 per 

 barrel, f. o. b. cars, Salt 

 Lake City. 



The Midland Bridge 

 Company of Kansas City, 

 has been awarded the con- 

 tract for furnishing and 

 erecting a steel bridge at 

 Arrowrock Dam, Boise irri- 

 gation project, Idaho. Under 

 this contract, the total cost 

 of the bridge, including 

 freight and erecting, will be 

 $2,333.83. 



The Hinman Hydraulic 

 Manufacturing Company of 

 Denver, Colo., has been 

 given the contract for fur- 

 nishing steel flumes for the 

 Xorth Platte irrigation proj- 

 ect, Nebraska. The contract 

 price is $6,772.92, f. o. b. 

 cars, Denver, Colo. 



GROWS COTTON IN MONTANA 



A. T. Thompson has succeeded in growing 

 cotton on his homestead on the Huntley project in 

 Montana. He raised enough this year to pad a 

 quilt, which will be made up by the children on 

 the project and exhibited at the San Francisco ex- 

 position. Thompson formerly lived in Texas and is 

 well acquainted with cotton cultivation. 



