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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Articles of incorporation have been 

 filed for the Bennett County Irriga- 

 tion & Water Company, at La Creek, 

 S. D., with a capital of $10,000. In- 

 corporators: P. E. Skalinder, O. H. 

 Gifford, George Ruff, R. H. Johnson, 

 Mary Ruff. 



ways and gates set in tunnels in the 

 native rock. 



Idaho 



The water system and plant of the 

 Hagerman Valley Water Users' Asso- 

 ciation, Gooding, Idaho, will be im- 

 proved and additional machinery in- 

 stalled. 



H. S. Kleinschmidt has completed 

 surveys for an irrigation project that 

 will furnish water to about 1,500 acres 

 of land in Washington county, Utah. 

 He reports that several other irriga- 

 tion projects have been planned in the 

 county and says that the southern 

 part of Utah is showing great ac- 

 tivity and progress in land improve- 

 ment. 



Colorado 



Extensive improvements are being 

 made on the Swink irrigation system 

 in Otero county, Colo. A contract 

 has been let to Mishou & Millard of 

 Pueblo and men are now at work en- 

 larging the capacity of reservoirs No. 

 2 and No. 5, which are just across the 

 Pueblo county line, along the Api- 

 shapa creek. The contract calls for 

 the excavation of 120,000 cubic yards 

 of earth and placing it on the two 

 dams. The contract price is $16,000. 



If the Black canyon irrigation dis- 

 trict, located in the southwestern part 

 of Idaho, can dispose of 15,000 horse- 

 power electric energy to cities and 

 towns in the section, the project to 

 reclaim 150,000 acres of choice land 

 can and will be financed. C. L. Tall- 

 madge of New York has been meet- 

 ing with the settlers on the project 

 and has guaranteed to take over the 

 enterprise and bring the capital into 

 the state on the conditions named. 

 The settlers have begun soliciting 

 subscriptions for the power. 



Utah 



With a view to extending irrigation 

 in the upper Sevier valley of Utah, a 

 project is assuming shape in John's 

 valley on the east fork of the Sevier, 

 according to John H. Clark, civil en- 

 gineer, of Panguitch, by which the old 

 Tropic reservoir will be enlarged sev- 

 eral times. The present dam, which 

 is about five feet in height, is to be 

 raised from 35 to 45 feet and will be 

 1,140 feet long. The new reservoir 

 will be two miles long and three- 

 quarters of a mile wide, with spill- 



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