THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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Oregon 



Work on the Morson Land Com- 

 pany's irrigation project near La 

 Pine, Ore., which was resumed this 

 summer, is progressing rapidly, and it 

 is expected that the west side will be 

 completed early in the spring. The 

 company's sawmill is working full 

 time getting out timber for the 

 flumes. 



The adjudication of the waters of 

 Trout creek in Crook county, and 

 Burnt river in Baker county, was 

 ordered and the state engineer in- 

 structed to proceed with the prelim- 

 inary surveys and investigations, at 

 the fall meeting of the Oregon water 

 board. About 100 proofs of appro- 

 priation of water submitted under 

 state engineer's permits were ap- 

 proved, and certificates ordered is- 

 sued, and fifty extensions of time al- 

 lowed for the completion of con- 

 struction work under similar permits. 

 Among the extensions of time 

 granted was an extension of three 

 years to the Rogue River Valley 

 Canal Company, within which to com- 

 plete the reservoir and diversion 

 works for their 55,000 acre project in 

 Jackson county. Mr. Mealey of Med- 

 ford, the company's attorney, stated 

 that litigation had held up the devel- 

 opment of the project to such an ex- 

 tent that three years more time would 

 be required for its completion. 



Following the refusal of State 

 Engineer John H. Lewis to certify 

 as reclaimed certain lands in the Cen- 

 tral Oregon reclamation project in 

 eastern Oregon, the state desert land 

 board passed a resolution asking that 

 the U. S. government give patent to 

 the land in question. The land is lo- 

 cated on the Central Oregon canal 

 and consists of about 11,000 acres. It 

 is a Carey act project and according 

 to the terms of the agreement the 

 government issues patent to the land 

 on the receipt of the certification of 

 the state engineer that the land is re- 

 claimed. Mr. Lewis refused to give 

 the necessary certification on the 

 ground that the canal, owing to loss 

 through seepage, does not supply the 

 1.8 feet of water required in the com- 

 pany's contract with the settlers. The 

 action of the desert land board fol- 

 lowed the receipt of a petition signed 

 by many of the settlers asking that 

 the land be certified as reclaimed so 

 that they might secure their patents. 



The Powder Valley Irrigation Com- 

 pany will resume work on the Thief 

 Valley project near Baker, Ore. J. A. 

 Almirall said the company is plan- 

 ning to build the toe of the Balm 

 creek dam next spring and thus put 

 under irrigation at once 2,000 acres 

 north of Keating. While 2,000 acres 

 is only a small part of the large tract 

 of land that the company intends 

 eventually to throw open, the resump- 

 tion of work, under present condi- 

 tions, is welcomed by the Baker peo- 

 ple because it shows that the com- 

 pany intends to carry the work to 

 completion.. 



the Colville Indian reservation is ex- 

 pected early next summer. These 

 lands comprise the last big chance in 

 the state of Washington for settlers 

 to obtain government lands and as 

 they are fertile and valuable, the rush 

 to obtain a tract will undoubtedly be 

 great. There has been considerable 

 controversy over the timber lands on 

 this reserve, as the department insists 

 upon putting them into an Indian 

 forest reserve, while the business in- 

 terests of the state have been holding 

 out to have them sold according to 

 the opening act and have about 700,- 

 000 acres of merchantable timber 

 placed upon the tax rolls of Ferry and 

 Okanogan counties. 



could do without irrigation, even dur- 

 ing the dry summers, but President 

 Paulhamus and other large growers 

 have decided that a little water at the 

 right time would make an appreciable 

 difference in the crop. It is said the 

 entire valley is underlaid with water, 

 and that by several growers going to- 

 gether, wells could be sunk and the 

 water pumped to the surface. The 

 Puget Sound Traction, Light & 

 Power Company may furnish the 

 power needed to run the pumps. 



Partly as a result of the dry sum- 

 mer just past, the Puyallup & Sum- 

 ner (Wash.) Fruit Growers' associa- 

 tion has been considering irrigating 

 their berry fields. It was thought that 

 with sufficient cultivation the berries 



Permanent construction plans for- 

 mulated by the directors of the Union 

 Gap Water Users' Association for the 

 improvement of the big ditch that 

 waters a large acreage on Parker 

 Heights, Wash., were given the de- 

 cided approval of the stockholders in 

 an almost unanimous vote for the is- 

 suance of $90,000 bonds. There is a 

 large amount of land under the ditch 

 now unwatered, which it is felt will 



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