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Ore. Surveys for the reservoir in Al- 

 kali Canyon have just been completed. 

 The canyon is about a mile from 

 Echo. 



The Oregon State Engineer has 

 been asked to withdraw Badger, Three 

 Mile and Gate creeks, in the Wamic- 

 Tygh Valley district, for the purpose 

 of an investigation as to the cost and 

 advisability of the construction of a 

 system of reservoirs, which is pro- 

 posed so that more water may be se- 

 cured for irrigation and domestic pur- 

 poses. 



Texas 



The suit of the Grandfalls Irriga- 

 tion Company vs. The Imperial Irri- 

 gation Company came up for trial re- 

 cently at Barstow, Texas. About $25,- 

 000,000 worth of property is involved 

 and the result will be most important 

 to the future development of the Pe- 

 cos river country. 



The Markham Irrigation Company 

 is making some extensive improve- 

 ments by extending its canal some 

 distance into the Ward Cattle Com- 

 pany's property south of the LeTulle 

 & Collins farm near El Maton, Texas. 

 The Ward Cattle Company has about 

 7,500 acres of very choice land and is 

 putting in about 3,500 acres in rice 

 this year. 



The Texas state board of water en- 

 gineers has issued permit to the 

 Toyah Valley Irrigation Company to 

 divert and impound 41,400 acre feet 

 of the flood waters of Toyah and 

 Sandia creeks and their tributaries 

 to irrigate 13,800 acres of land in 

 Reeves County. This is a $250,000 

 enterprise, with Sol Mayer of St. 

 Louis as president and Richard P. 

 Head of Balmorhea, Texas, as secre- 

 tary. A. M. Anderson was given per- 

 mit to divert 4,000 acre feet of water 

 from Blue Creek to irrigate 2,000 acres 

 in Matagorda County. 



Montana 



Settlers on the project of the 

 Tongue River Canal and Irrigating 

 Ditch Company of Montana, have 

 made a lease providing for the use of 

 the water from the ditch during the 

 1915 season. It provides for the use 

 of the water on the basis of a rental 



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 owners decide that they wish to pur- 

 chase the ditch, an understanding is 

 had with W. B. Jordan, the owner, 

 that the lease may be abrogated. The 

 price of the project has been fixed at 

 $195,000. 



The report of the Montana state 



engineer, as secretary of the Carey act 

 land board, shows that since the es- 

 tablishment of the board there have 

 been sold to settlers on the Billings 

 project 10,113 acres, on the Big Tim- 

 ber project 4,894 acres, and on the 

 Valier project 32,760 acres. 



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