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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



of Oklahoma City, Okla., for the con- 

 struction of the Terre Haute main 

 canal and diversion dam on the prop- 

 erty of the company near Prescott, 

 Arizona. The main dam, costing more 

 than $100,000, was recently dedicated, 

 and the new work is for the purpose 

 of distributing the water for irrigat- 

 ing purposes to the 35,000 acres of 

 land owned by the company. The 

 canal, dam and syphons incidental to 

 the work will have a length of seven 

 miles, and there will be much con- 

 crete used in the work. The esti- 

 mated cost of the contract is in the 

 neighborhood of $50,000. 



mated cost of the irrigation system is 

 $175,000, and to date $63,000 has been 

 expended. 



Utah 



The Davis and Weber Counties 

 Canal Company, near Morgan, Utah, 

 has let the contract to the Utah Con- 

 struction Company for the erection of 

 a dam to cost $150,000. The proposed 

 structure, which will be the highest 

 structure of its kind in the state, will 

 double the present capacity of the 

 company's reservoir, which now im- 

 pounds approximately 17,000 acre 

 feet of water. The present dam is 

 100 feet in height. 



The South Ogden Water Company 

 of Ogden, Utah, with a capitalization 

 of $200,000, is completing prelim- 

 inary work on an irrigation project 

 involving large expenditures and de- 

 signed to supply water for irrigation 

 of several thousand acres of fertile 

 bench land south and east of Ogden. 



Idaho 



J. W. Graff of Homesdale, Idaho, 

 in Owyhee county, has applied to the 

 Oregon desert land board for permis- 

 sion to appropriate 190 cubic feet per 

 second from the waters of Succor 

 creek for the purpose of irrigating 

 9.500 acres of land located on the 



New Nexico 



The Lake Charette Land & Irriga- 

 tion Company, which is constructing 

 irrigation works in Mora and Colfax 

 counties, New Mexico, has been 

 granted an extension of one year for 

 the completion of construction by 

 State Engineer James A. French. 

 The extension dates from May 4, last. 



The Lake Charette Company is op- 

 erating under the Carey act, having 

 Segregation No. 1, consisting of 7,500 

 acres in the Sweetwater valley of Col- 

 fax county. However, it is expected 

 to be able to irrigate a total of 20,000 

 acres. The waters of the Oc'ate river 

 and Sweetwater creek will be utilized. 

 All of the land that will be watered is 

 in Colfax county, but a part of the 

 company's storage system is in Mora 

 county. 



Detroit and Colorado capitalists are 

 interested in the company. The esti- 



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 to irrigation. Economy 

 urges the application of 

 such insurance with cen- 

 trifugal pumps driven by 

 oil engines o r electric 

 motors. 



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