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ing for an increase in the cost of 

 construction for the construction of 

 drainage works, the secretary of the 

 interior has issued a public notice rat- 

 ifying the agreement and increasing 

 the construction charge in the sum of 

 $12.50 per acre. In the case of all 

 water right applicants and entrymen 

 under this unit who have accepted the 

 terms of the Reclamation Extension 

 act the increase of $12.50 per acre will 

 be paid in additional annual install- 

 ments after the expiration of the 20 

 installments payable under the act. 



Utah 



Seeking artesian water to irrigate 

 several thousand acres in Weber coun- 

 ty, Utah, a test well is being put down 

 under the auspices of L. M. Windsor, 

 a government engineer. 



The Utah state land board will drill 

 a 600-foot well in Cedar valley to tap 

 the underground water supply. 



Messrs. Hpuser, Sim & Vorkink. 

 Salt Lake City, Utah, have received 

 the contract for the construction of 

 Division 9 of the High Line Canal, 

 Strawberry Valley (Federal) irrigation 

 project, Utah. The work involves 25,- 

 000 cubic yards of excavation and the 

 placing of 2,600 cubic yards of rein- 

 forced concrete, and will cost $35,- 

 504.10. 



South Dakota 



Final details are being worked out 

 for the irrigation of 25,000 acres south 

 of Rapid City, S. D., by the Spring 

 Creek Irrigation Company. The pro- 

 posed reservoir will cover 430 acres. 



Curtis Bros., of Columbus, Neb., 

 have been awarded the contract for 

 earth work on the north canal exten- 

 sion and laterals, Belle Fourche (Fed- 

 eral) irrigation project, South Dakota. 

 The work involves 56,000 cubic yards 

 of excavation and 13,000 cubic yards 

 of overhaul, costing $8,771. 

 Washington 



Water users under the Wenatchee 

 Canal Company system, irrigating the 

 heart of the Wenatchee district in 

 Washington, have authorized a bond 

 isue of $500.000 for the Wenatchee 

 reclamation district to be used in ac- 

 quiring title to and improving- the 

 canal. The vote was practically un- 

 animous, being 407 in favor and 6 

 against. The result of the election 

 places the district in a position to 

 effect immediately any settlement the 

 receiver of the company may direct. 



Dunn & Hogan of North Yakima, 

 Wash., have received the contract to 

 furnish sand and gravel along the 

 canals of the Outlook Irrigation dis- 

 trict, S^innyside Unit, Yakima (Fed- 

 eral) Irrigation project, Washington. 

 The price is $5,601.50. 



since the state took over the con- 

 trol of the irrigation districts inso- 

 far as the approval of bonds went. 

 Now, it is no longer possible for a 



fake company to issue wildcat irri- 

 gation securities, and there is an ac- 

 cordingly better market for bonds of 

 the existing districts. 



California 



All California irrigation bonds are 

 finding a better market, it is claimed, 



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