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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



SETS DATES FOR CONGRESS 



J. B. Case, president of the International Irri- 

 gation Congress, announces that the dates for the 

 Congress have been fixed for September 13 to 20, 

 at Sacramento, Fresno and San Francisco, Calif. 

 The first two days of the session will be held at 

 Sacramento, the third and fourth in the valley near- 

 by and at Fresno, and the closing sessions at the 

 exposition grounds. Special trains will carry the 

 delegates from place to place. 



ARE COMMON CARRIERS 



The Nebraska State Railway Commission has 

 jurisdiction over irrigation companies as common 

 carriers, according to the decision handed down by 

 the State Supreme court in the case of the McCook 

 Irrigation and Water Power Company against 

 Pauline Burtless and others. The case was an ap- 

 peal by the defendants from an order by the com- 

 mission, permitting the company to raise the main- 

 tenance rates from $1 per year per acre to $2 per 

 year per acre. The water users had contended that 

 it was unconstitutional for the commission to in- 

 terfere with a previous private contract with the 

 company at the lower rate. They also pleaded mis- 

 management on the part of the company and that 

 the lower rate was reasonable. They lost on both 

 grounds. 



The general specifications of this engine are as 

 follows : 



Ignition make and break, with Sumter built-in, 

 gear-driven magneto. No batteries for starting or 

 running. Igniter fits cylinder on copper asbestos 

 packing, and igniter equipped with standard Na- 

 tional Gas Engine Association electrode, which can 

 be purchased in any hardware store. 



Cylinder head and base cast separate, with 

 cylinder and piston ground to size, insuring perfect 

 compression and long life. 



Governor is of the two-ball type, very accurate 

 and substantial, equipped with speed changing 

 device. 



Gasoline carburetter or mixer is of suction feed 

 type, having a venturia nozzle. 



Crank shaft is extra heavy, of drop-forged steel, 

 ground to size, and connecting rod is also of drop- 

 forged steel. 



Main bearings are cut at an angle of forty-five 

 degrees, giving additional strength, and are lined 

 with the highest grade babbit metal, adjustable to 

 wear. 



Flywheels are perfectly balanced, insuring a 

 smooth-running engine. 



The approximate shipping weight is 300 

 pounds. 



Horsepower, \ l / 2 . Speed, 475 revolutions per 

 minute. 



WATER FLOW IN IRRIGATION CHANNELS RECLAMATION SERVICE CONTRACTS 



Under the title "The Flow of Water in Irriga- 

 tion Channels" (Bulletin 194), the United States 

 Department of Agriculture has published the re- 

 sults of extended tests by its irrigation engineers to 

 determine the retardation factor in Kutter's for- 

 mula under the various conditions found in practice. 



Inasmuch as Kutter's formula was derived from 

 tests for the most part under other than irrigation 

 conditions, before some of the now more commonly 

 used materials of construction were generally avail- 

 able, the application of the formula to new condi- 

 tions should give engineers new and important 

 data. 



The bulletin is a technical paper designed only for 

 the use of engineers. It is believed that its 68 pages 

 and tables and diagrams will be of value to engi- 

 neers interested in designing and measuring irriga- 

 tion, drainage, and power channels, and to courts 

 and attorneys at law interested in cases involving 

 the carrying capacities of open channels. 



A SMALL AND EFFICIENT ENGINE 



THE John Lauson Manufacturing Company of 

 New Holstein, Wis., announces the addition of a 

 \]/2 h. p. engine to the line, which will be known 

 as the "Frost King Junior." The engine is espe- 

 cially designed for pumping, running cream sepa- 

 rators, churns, grindstones, washing. machines and 

 other work requiring light power. In designing the 

 Frost King Junior special attention was given by 

 the designer to make each piece adaptable to jig 

 work to facilitate quick production in large quan- 

 tities. 



Under authority of the Secretary of the Inter- 

 ior, contracts for Portland cement for the Reclama- 

 tion Service have been awarded as follows : 



To Colorado Portland Cement Company, Den- 

 ver, Colorado, 1,500 barrels at $1.00 per barrel, for 

 Grand and Uncompahgre projects, Colorado. 



International Portland Cement Company of 

 Spokane, Washington, 10,000 barrels at $1.18 per 

 barrel, for Okanogan and Yakima Storage projects, 

 Washington ; Umatilla project, Oregon. 



Lehigh Portland Cement Company of Allen- 

 town, Pa., 6,000 barrels at $1.00 per barrel, for Flat- 

 head project, Montana, and Sunnyside project, 

 Washington. 



Pacific Portland Cement Company of San 

 Francisco, 1,300 barrels at $1.40 per barrel, for Kla- 

 math and Orland projects, California. 



Three Forks Portland Cement Company, Og- 

 den, Utah, 11,000 barrels at $1.20 per barrel, for 

 projects in Montana. 



Union Portland Cement Company, Ogden, 

 Utah, 24,000 barrels at $1.10 per barrel," for Boise 

 and Minidoka projects, Idaho, and Strawberry Val- 

 ley project, Utah. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded a 

 contract to the Pacific Tank and Pipe Company of 

 Portland, Oregon, for furnishing for the Sunnyside 

 irrigation district, Sunnyside Unit, Yakima project, 

 Washington, 5,520 linear feet of 20-inch machine 

 banded wood pipe, the contract price being $2,633.- 

 04, f. o. b. contractor's shipping point. 



