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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Paisley project from $46 to $68 an 

 acre on the 7,050 acres of unsold 

 lands in the project. This is an aver- 

 age of $60 an acre for the entire proj- 

 ect, comprising 12,000 acres. In con- 

 sideration of the increase of lien al- 

 lowed, and also for an extension of 

 the company's contract in which to 

 complete the work to Sept. 11, 1917, 

 which the board granted, the company 

 will be required to increase the stor- 

 age capacity of the reservoir under 

 construction. This will necessitate 

 increasing the height of the dam. 

 Until the water rights on the project 

 are adjudicated, the board ordered 

 that no more lands be sold. 



State Engineer Lewis of Oregon 

 has announced that during the three 

 months ending July 31 he had issued 

 152 permits for the appropriation of 

 water, under which it is proposed to 

 irrigate 23,143 acres of land. Con- 

 struction of 210 miles of canals and 

 pipe lines at an estimated expenditure 

 of $891,242 will be required by these 

 permits. Fifteen reservoirs are to bt 

 built at an estimated cost of $573,800. 



With the granting of a franchise by 

 the town of Phoenix, Ore., to the 

 Rogue River Canal Company, con- 

 struction work on the irrigation sys- 

 tem south of Medford will begin. Wa- 

 ter for more than 1,000 acres of or- 

 chard land is assured for 1916. 



' To build new drainage works on 

 the Klamath irrigation project in Ore-, 

 gon, the secretary of the interior has 

 added $12.50 an acre to the cost of 

 ttiat project, with the consent of the 

 majority of water users. Those vol- 

 tintarily subscribing to this increase 

 will meet the additional payment un- 

 der the reclamation extension act. 

 Those who did not subscribe will have 

 $1.25 an acre added to their annual 

 operation payments for a period of 

 ten years beginning March, 1917. 



Colorado 



A new Colorado irrigation com- 

 pany, with a capitalization of $201,875, 

 representing the reorganization of 

 several old companies, has been in- 

 corporated under the name of the 

 Butte Valley Ditch and Reservoir 

 Company. The incorporators are 

 Miles G. Saunders, E. F. Chambers, 

 both of Pueblo, and George Dick, of 

 Walsenburg. 



The articles state that the company 

 owns the property formerly known as 

 the Orlando Ditch and Reservoir 

 Company, also the ditches and res- 

 ervoirs of the Greasewood arroya and 

 the Schoolhouse arroya, irrigation 

 systems and the reservoirs known as 

 Orlando No. 2 and Orlando No. 3. The 

 capital stock is represented by 4,750 

 shares, valued at $42.50 a share. 



The directors of the company for 

 the ensuing year are J. N. Johnson of 

 Chicago, George Dick of Walsenburg 

 and William Olsen. 



The Turkey Creek Irrigation Com- 

 pany of Colorado has filed articles of 

 incorporation. The company is in- 

 corporated for $100,000 and the incor- 

 porators are J. C. Teller, E. C. Teller 

 and H. E. Brayton. The company 

 owns water rights in Turkey creek. 



A contract for the construction of 



the Apishapa Consolidated Irrigation 

 system in Colorado, at a cost of $375,- 

 000, has been let. The concern repre- 

 sents a consolidation of old Omer dis- 

 trict and the Van Skike ditch, a part 

 of which is in Las Animas county. 

 The new system will be in Pueblo and 

 Otero counties. 



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