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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



NEWS NUGGETS ABOUT IRRIGATION PROJECTS 



New Mexico 



The New Mexico supreme court 

 has ruled that an irrigation company 

 cannot be compelled to carry water 

 for hire to a person who has not con- 

 tracted with it for a water right and 

 who demands the carriage of water 

 from another source. The opinion 

 was rendered in the case of J. M. 

 Miller vs. the Hagermann Irrigation 

 Company. 



Work has been resumed on the 

 Lake Charette irrigation project 

 southwest of Springer, N. M. It is 

 expected the reservoir construction 

 will be finished during the winter. 



Wyoming 



The Big Horn Canyon Irrigation 

 and Power Company of Wyoming has 

 completed its preliminary investiga- 

 tions for the construction of a dam 

 at the mouth of Big Horn canyon. 

 A solid limestone bed rock was found. 



Thirty thousand acres of land near 

 Lyman, Wyo.. will be reclaimed 

 through a new irrigation project to be 

 established near that place and which 

 is to be fed from Black's fork, a 

 tributary to Green river. 



upon the feasibility of an irrigation 

 project there. Counsel for 1,000 set- 

 tlers on 90,000 acres of land in the 

 Black Canyon asked for the survey. 

 The settlers, many of whom went to 

 the valley believing the lands would 

 be reclaimed under the original Pay- 

 ette-Boise project, part of which was 

 abandoned by the Reclamation Serv- 

 ice, hope to have congress appropriate 

 for an irrigation system. 



Oregon 



Farmers around Pruneville, Ore., 

 are planning the organization of an 

 irrigation district. They expect to is- 

 sue $500,000 in bonds to irrigate about 

 25,000 acres. Reservoirs are to be 

 built on the Ochoco and Crooked 

 rivers. 



Montana 



David Hilger, heading the Flat 

 Willow irrigation project, near Lew- 

 iston, Mont., has announced that his 

 company will spend $100,000 in com- 

 pleting the project by the fall of 1916. 

 The company has already expended 

 $500,000. 



Contracts have been let for the 

 $110,000 Glenlake (Mont.) irrigation 

 project. It embodies the construction 

 of about 20 miles of main canal and 

 some 15 miles of smaller laterals, in- 

 cluding over four miles of varied sizes 

 of pipe line. 



State Engineer Lewis of Oregon 

 has approved the plans of the Suttles 

 lake irrigation district for the issu- 

 ance of $600,000 in bonds for the irri- 

 gation of 12,000 acres. This project 

 is situated in Jefferson county, Ore. A 

 dam 58 feet high is to be constructed. 

 It will be of sufficient capacity to 

 store 21,500 acre feet of water in Blue 

 and Suttles lakes, which are situated 

 at the head of the Metolius river. 



The majority of the water users un- 

 der the first unit of the Klamath (fed- 

 eral) irrigation project, Oregon-Cali- 

 fornia, who are subject to the provi- 

 sions of the Reclamation Extension 

 act. having made agreements provid- 



Water rights have been granted for 

 the third unit of the irrigation system 

 on the Wind River reservation in Fre- 

 mont county, Wyoming. The pro- 

 posed ditch will be 25 to 30 miles 

 long and will water 40,000 acres of 

 deeded land and 35,000 acres of Carey 

 act land. 



The Reclamation Service is asking 

 for proposals for the construction of 

 canals and structures on the Shoshone 

 project, Wyoming, involving 560,000 

 cubic yards of excavation, 1,400 cubic 

 yards of reinforced concrete, 9,000 

 square yards of grouted paving and 

 the placing in wooden structures of 

 about 130,000 feet, B. M., of lumber. 

 The bids will be opened at the office 

 of the Reclamation Service at Powell, 

 Wyo., October 39. The work is lo- 

 cated near the stations of Garland, 

 Mantus, Frannie and Denver, on the 

 C, B. & Q. Railway. 



Idaho 



Surveys for the irrigation of 10,000 

 acres in the Succor Creek irrigation 

 district of Idaho have been completed. 

 An interesting fact about this district 

 is that it is proposed to take water 

 which comes entirely from Oregon 

 territory and run far the greater part 

 of it upon Idaho land. Of the 10,000 

 acres, only about 2,400 are in Oregon. 

 The project will cost about $20 an 

 acre. 



Farmers around Carey, Idaho, are 

 organizing a company to irrigate 15,- 

 000 acres from a storage reservoir in 

 the Little Wood river. The dam will 

 cost $50,000. 



Two engineers of the Federal 

 Reclamation Service have been de- 

 tailed by Secretary Lane to survey 

 the Black Canyon lands in the Pay- 

 ette-Boise Valley, Idaho, and report 



When writing 



Dependable Power 

 for Irrigation 



When you buy an engine for irrigation pumping look first to 

 the quality. Dependability is the all-important consideration. You can't 

 afford to risk failure of your pumping outfit at the critical time. It will 

 cost you less in the long run to pay what a good engine is worth. 



LAUSON AND 



Kerosene 



FROST KING 



Engines 



are particularly well adapted for irrigation pumping because of their absolute re- 

 liability. "Lauson" Engines are built up to a standard, not down to a price. Have 

 more drop forged and case hardened parts than any other engine on the market 

 and will run as true after five years use as when new. 



By using a carburetor of special design, ordinary kerosene distillate is used, 

 securing the full rated H. P. as with gasoline. The Cold Process type of carbu- 

 retor is used because it is cleaner and more efficient than the oil heating system 

 used by others. 



For continuous, heavy work there is no engine on the market today that equals 

 the Lauson. We'll be glad to submit proof without obligating you in any way. 



THE JOHN LAUSON MFG. CO. 



68 Monroe Street, NEW HOLSTEIN, WIS. 



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