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face value and accrued interest. John 

 J. Blake of Boise, Idaho, represented 

 the purchaser, and it is rumored that 

 the deal was made in the interest of 

 the American Light & Power Com- 

 pany, one of the judgment creditors. 

 The greatest asset of the company is 

 its water power at Priest Rapids on 

 the Columbia river. Lands near the 

 rapids have been purchased by parties 

 believed to represent the American 

 Light & Power Company and the sale 

 is regarded as registering another step 

 towards the utilization of this water 

 power for the electrification of the 

 western end of the Chicago, Milwau- 

 kee & St. Paul Railroad. 



California 



One of the largest irrigation proj- 

 ects ever undertaken in northeastern 

 California was inaugurated when the 

 ranchers living around Calneva, Cal., 

 formed a permanent organization 

 which has for its object the creation 

 of an irrigation district embracing 

 200,000 acres of land in Long valley, 

 Lassen county, Cal., and Washoe 

 county, Nev. Preliminary survey 

 work will begin as soon as Congress- 

 man J. E. Raker can secure from the 

 United States Reclamation Service an 

 appropriation of $10,000, to which 

 amount the ranchers of the section 

 will add $10,000, to be raised by an 

 assessment of 10 cents per acre on the 

 land involved, Owing to the fact that 

 ample water is available within a 

 short distance of the land, it is esti- 

 mated that the system can be built at 

 a cost that will not exceed $35 an 

 acre for the construction of the ditch- 

 es and the creation of the necessary 

 reservoirs. This estimate is based on 

 preliminary reports of engineers who 

 are more or less familiar with the sit- 

 uation. The plan of financing the 

 project contemplates the issue of irri- 

 gation bonds by the district, under 

 state guarantee, bearing 6 or 7 per 

 cent interest, to run on an interest- 

 bearing basis for a period of ten years, 

 after which interest and one-twentieth 

 of the principal be paid yearly. The 

 plan further contemplates securing 

 permission of the California state au- 

 thorities to allow the co-operation of 

 the state of Nevada in the formation 

 of a joint irrigation district, the Ne- 

 vada people to take similar action, 

 thus giving the bonds of the district 

 the joint guarantee of two common- 

 wealths. The most unique feature of 

 this enterprise is the rural credit sys- 

 tem which it contemplates bringing 

 into being. The legislatures of both 

 states will be asked to amend their 

 present laws relating to the issue of 

 irrigation district bonds so as to per- 

 mit of the issue of bonds or certifi- 

 cates of indebtedness in the amount 

 of $10 an acre, to be used in improv- 

 ing the land and putting it in crop. 



Stephen E. Kieffer, consulting engi- 

 neer, has submitted to the organiza- 

 tion committee an exhaustive report 

 on the proposed Terra Bella irriga- 

 tion district of California. Mr. Kief- 

 fer's estimate of cost per acre has 

 been reduced to $66, on a basis of 

 10,000 acres net or 12,500 acres gross, 

 while the maximum charge per acre 

 for tolls, sinking fnnd and interest is 

 placed at $7.28, reached in one year 



only -the eighth year. Under his plan 

 and recommendations the non-irrigat- 

 ed land will bear a lesser proportion 

 of the burden than the irrigated land. 

 The Modoc County (Cal.) Irriga- 

 tion Company's Surprise valley irri- 

 gation project is rapidly nearing com- 

 pletion. Cow Head lake, the source 

 of supply for this system, is tapped 

 by a tunnel 3,400 feet long and the 

 water is brought in a main canal 

 twenty miles long. Seventy miles of 



laterals are already constructed. The 

 system will irrigate 70,000 acres be- 

 sides supplying water for domestic 

 purposes for the town, which will be 

 established when the project is com- 

 pleted. This town will be modern in 

 all particulars, electricity will be em- 

 ployed for lighting the homes, fuel 

 and illumination. A modern sewer 

 system will be constructed, and the 

 streets will be paved and cement side- 

 walks laid throughout the business 



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