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it stands now and indications are that 

 the proposition will be acted upon 

 favorably by the bondholders. A re- 

 quest has been issued by the commit- 

 tee representing the bondholders that 

 proxies be sent in at an early date, so 

 that action can be taken on the propo- 

 sition. 



Montana 



The next unit of work to be under- 

 taken on the Flathead reclamation 

 project in Montana will consist of 

 about 38 miles of canals. Bids on the 

 work will be received December 15. 

 The new canals will be located east 

 of the Flathead river between Poison 

 and Dixon, and will pass within nine 

 miles of Ronan. 



M. F. Woods of the Powder River 

 Sheep Company of Montana states 

 that the company will have some 600 

 acres under irrigation next year, all 

 to be used in connection with their 

 sheep business. The Powder River 

 Company's ranch lies on the Powder 

 some four miles south of Powderville, 

 and includes land on both Timber and 

 Stump creeks. The water from these 

 creeks, and from the Powder, has 

 been harnessed, four dams having 

 been built. 



Wyoming 



The Reclamation Service is investi- 

 gating the feasibility of construction 

 of a dam on Green river, in Wyo- 

 ming, below Henry's Fork. 



Utah 



Application has been made to State 

 Engineer W. D. Beers of Utah by 

 Guy Sterling, consulting engineer, to 

 extend his filing on 7,500 second-feet 

 of water for power purposes and a 

 reservoir site for 3,000,000 acre feet 

 of water at the junction of Green and 

 Colorado rivers. 



Construction work on the New 

 Castle project in Utah has been com- 

 pleted. Settlers on the project look 

 with confidence to the possibilities of 

 the project during the immediate fu- 

 ture. A 7^-mile canal carries the 

 water from the project reservoir in 

 Grass Valley to the tract. 



Articles of incorporation of the 

 Smithfield Irrigation Company have 

 been filed with the secretary of state 

 of Utah. Smithfield, Utah, is the 

 principal place of business. The cap- 

 ital stock is $35,000, shares of $10 

 each. Peter Hansen is president; 

 William Richardson, vice-president; 

 S. J. Thornley, secretary and treas- 



Nebraska 



The Nebraska commission has au- 

 thorized the McCook Irrigation & 

 Water Power Comgany to increase 

 the maintenance charges on its water 

 holdings from $1 to $2 per year per 

 acre. The company asked permission 

 to set aside $45,000 per year for oper- 

 ating, maintenance and betterment 

 of ditches. 



There are 2,658 acres in Buffalo 

 county, Nebraska, now under irriga- 



tion, according to the records of the 

 assessors made up on April 1. Since 

 that date there have been several irri- 

 gation plants installed in the county, 

 both of the centrifugal and the chain 

 lift types. These new pumps bring 

 the total number of acres under irri- 

 gation in the county to more than 

 :i,000, with the prospect of many 

 more pumps going in next spring. 



Strawberries, blackberries and small 

 tracts of raspberries have been set out 



and young orchards are now seen in 

 many places where water can be had 

 when necessary. The men putting out 

 these crops have complete confidence 

 in the success of their enterprise, and 

 without doubt will be successful 

 through the proper use of irrigation. 

 The Kearney canning factory has 

 been kept going by the crops from ir- 

 rigated tracts, and but for these would 

 not have been able to secure a suffi- 

 cient quantity of corn and tomatoes. 



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