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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



BRIEF NOTES FROM IRRIGATION PROJECTS 



Idaho 



The annual election of officers of 

 the Twin Falls Canal Co. at Twin 

 Falls, Idaho, on Jan. 12, resulted in a 

 change of control of the board of di- 

 rectors, which will leave the position 

 of manager open to candidates of ex- 

 perience and ability. The system 

 comprises about 200,000 acres. 



A meeting was held recently at 

 Homedale, Idaho, for the purpose of 

 organizing an irrigation district. The 

 proposed district will get its water 

 from Succor Creek and will cover all 

 or nearly all the land which is ex- 

 empted from the present Gem Dis- 

 trict. There will be about 10,000 acres 

 served by this district. 



Arizona 



John Schock, Wichita, Kan., is at 

 the head of a syndicate that has just 

 been formed with a capital of $750,000 

 to bore wells upon a tract of 25,000 

 acres of land near Chandler, Ariz. 

 Pumps will be installed upon each 

 well and the water used for irrigation. 

 The other members of the syndicate 

 are Eugene Kelly, Los Angeles, Cal.; 

 J. R. Rittenhouse and Eugene Det- 

 weiler, Phoenix, Ariz.; O. S. Stapley 

 and Paul B. Seville, Mesa, Ariz., and 

 W. H. Renck, Higley, Ariz. 



California 



The pumping plant installed by J. 

 H. Ramm on his place on the west 

 slope of Smith mountain near Dinuba, 

 Cal., is the first of its type to be in- 

 stalled in the valley. A 12-inch well 

 has been bored to a depth of 180 feet, 

 at the _ foot of the hill, and a triplex 

 pump installed in the pit, the walls of 

 which have been concreted. A trac- 

 tor, which can be used for cultivation, 

 as well as to furnish power for the 

 pump, will be a feature new to irriga- 

 tion plants. The tractor will furnish 

 power enough to pump approximately 

 1,000 gallons per minute to the high- 

 est point on the place, which is 160 

 feet above the water level. The use 

 of the tractor in cultivating the land 

 will ^reduce the cost very materially, 

 requiring only one man to plow and 

 care for the entire farm. 



produced. The Layne & Bowler Cor- 

 poration of Los Angeles are install- 

 ing the pump. 



Plans are under way for the devel- 

 opment of the Carisso valley of Cali- 

 fornia, consisting of more than 20,000 

 acres of exceptional fertility, lying on 

 the western edge of the desert, on or 

 near the line of the San Diego & 

 Arizona Railway between the Im- 

 perial valley and San Diego. The fine 

 soil of -this district has for a long 

 time tempted settlers and many at- 

 tempts have been 'made to secure 

 water for it. An association is being 

 formed for the purpose, to be known 

 as the "San Filipe River & Carisso 

 Creek Development Association." It 

 is composed of actual land filers in 

 the valley. Attempts will be made by 

 the association to store the waters of 

 the two streams mentioned and use it 

 for irrigation. These streams, during 

 certain parts of the year, are full of 



The Commonwealth Club of San 

 Francisco has promised to consider 

 what it can do to promote the sale of 

 irrigation bonds in order to give work 

 for the unemployed in the Oakdale 

 and South San Joaquin irrigation dis- 

 tricts of California, where bonds are 

 being offered for sale, with few takers 

 because of the stringency in the 

 money market. If the $400,000 bond 

 issue recently authorized by the 

 voters can be placed at an early date, 

 the system will be extended to lands 

 now without water. 



water and there rests no doubt that a 

 reservoir can be built to hold it. 



In conformity to the views of the 

 California Railroad Commission as 

 expressed in a letter to Jesse W. 

 Lilienthal no money of the United 

 Railroads, according to a statement 

 made by Lilienthal, will be invested in 

 any scheme to rehabilitate the Solano 

 Irrigated Farms. That his plan for 

 the reorganization of the land pro- 

 ject will be carried out by private en- 

 terprise in which the stockholders of 

 the United Railroads Investment 

 Company of New Jersey, the United 

 Railroads Holding Company, will take 

 a prominent part, was also indicated 

 by Lilienthal. 



Oregon 



Approximately $250,000 will be ex- 

 pended by the Western Land & Irri- 

 gation Company in the construc- 

 tion of a reservoir and irrigation 

 ditches in Umatilla county, near Echo, 



The Platt Investment Company of 

 Pasadena, Cal., has contracted to in- 

 stall a 300-foot centrifugal multi-stage 

 pump on their land near Rialto. The 

 water conditions in this district are 

 said to be exceptionally fine and an 

 excellent supply of water should be 



When writing 



International Harvester 

 Engines for Irrigating 



WHEN you put in an irrigating plant 

 of your own, the most important 

 thing to get is an engine that will run 

 your plant at any time you want water. 

 Make the safest selection and buy an I H C 

 oil and gas engine Mogul or Titan. 



An I H C outfit delivers the most power 

 on the smallest fuel consumption. It uses the fuel 

 that is cheapest or most convenient for you to buy. 

 In case of accident you can get repaks in a few 

 hours. 



The same engine may be used for running a saw, 

 Cream separator, feed grinder, hay press, or any 

 Other machine to which power may be applied. . 



I H C engines are made in sizes from 1 to 50-horse 

 power and in styles suitable for every form of 

 irrigating outfit or for general farm work. 



The I H C local dealer near you should be able to 

 show you I H C engines. If he cannot, write us, 

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