THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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20,000 acres of land. It is proposed 

 to include in the system an earth-fill 

 dam to store 40,000 acre-feet of water 

 in Ochoco creek. 



At the election in the north unit of 

 the Deschutes project, in April, the 

 district proposition carried by a 65 

 per cent vote. All of the five pre- 

 cincts in the district gave a majority 

 vote in favor of the district. The elec- 

 tion was for the purpose of organizing 

 a district for the purpose of bonding 

 the land, so that it can be irrigated. 

 After the district is organized, another 

 election will have to be held to author- 

 ize the bonds. It is estimated that the 

 land can be watered for less than $55 

 an acre. This is the figure reached 

 by the engineers who surveyed it a 

 few years ago, but the government 

 engineers say that it can be done even 

 for less. It is agreed among all who 

 are familiar with the land that irriga- 

 tion will enable the farmers to grow 

 hay, grain, alfalfa, potatoes and other 

 vegetables, as well as some varieties 

 of fruit, in profusion. The elevation 

 is about 3,000 feet. The plan is to 

 take the water out of the Deschutes 

 river at a point a short distance south 

 of Bend, and to convey it through 

 canals and flumes to the area that it 

 is proposed to irrigate. It would be 

 conveyed across the Crooked river at 

 a high elevation. 



Oklahoma 



The reclamation commission has 

 agreed to begin work immediately 

 upon Lawton's irrigation project. The 

 appropriation available would have re- 

 verted back to the government, June 

 30, and business men here were grow- 

 ing uneasy over the situation. Two 

 thousand five hundred acres of land 

 north of Lawton will be irrigated, in- 

 cluding 600 acres of government land 



Here's Something New 



about California 



For You 



Two parties of Eastern farmers saw Cal- 

 ifornia under my personal escort last fall. 



It was not a land-selling trip it was 

 solely for investigation. 



We were guests of over forty local com- 

 munities. Their Chambers of Commerce 

 and Boards of Trade provided the auto- 

 mobiles and guides who showed us the agri- 

 cultural activities in their neighborhoods. 



We saw irrigated fruit farms. We saw 

 alfalfa making large yields under irrigation. 

 We saw diversified farming with its sure 

 returns paying still better because of irri- 

 gation. 



A Book of Pictures 



taken on thistripis now ready forfree distri- 

 bution. We would like to send you a copy. 



You can prolong your active business 

 life at least fifteen years in California. 

 It is a country where you can farm 

 twelve months in the year. You need 

 not spend a large share of your earn- 

 ings just to keep warm. 



Write me today. Let me help you plan your 

 trip. Reduced fares next Spring and Summer will 

 give you a chance to see the San Diego Exposition 

 and agricultural sections of California at small cost. 

 Winter tourist fares now in effect. Ask all the 

 questions you want and say "Send Fanners' 

 Special Book." 



C. L. SEACRA VES, Gen. Colonisation A el. 



Atchison, Topeka & Santo Fe Ry. Co. 



2284 Railway Exchange, Chicago. 



near the Fort Sill Indian School. Wa- 

 ter will be secured from the big city 

 reservoir. One hundred thousand dol- 

 lars was originally appropriated for 

 the project. If irrigation in this sec- 

 tion proves feasible, the government 

 has unofficially 



Utah 



An irrigation company, which will 

 be one of the largest in Utah, will 

 start work in Parowan valley, Iron 

 county, this summer, according to in- 

 formation given out yesterday. The 

 company will be incorporated today 

 for $1,000,000. It will irrigate 40.000 

 acres of land with water now con- 

 trolled by water right. Officers of 

 the new company will be James J. 

 Toy, president; W. L. Cook, secre- 

 tary, and Judges D. D. Houtz and 

 Joshua Greenwood, directors. 



Board of Water Commissioners after 

 State Engineer French had declined 

 to do so, has been made a matter of 

 record in the state engineer's office, 

 and the company is now at liberty to 

 take the water. Mr. French declined 

 to act on the ground that the appro- 

 priation of the water to the extent 

 desired by the company would be an 

 infringement of prior rights held by 

 the U. S. Reclamation Service, and 

 the company appealed to the water 

 board from the decision of the state 

 engineer. The plans of the Arling- 

 ton company contemplate the irriga- 

 tion of more than 30,000 acres of land. 



New Mexico 



The application of the Arlington 

 Land Company to appropriate water 

 from the Chama and Brazos rivers, 

 tributaries of the Rio Grande, for the 

 irrigation of land in Rio Arriba coun- 

 ty, which was approved by the State 



J. H. Dockweiler of San Francisco, 

 one of the most prominent engineers 

 on the Pacific coast, has undertaken 

 to design and construct a big irriga- 

 tion project in San Miguel county near 

 Las Vegas, extending from three 

 miles above the Meadow City to six 

 miles below it and covering a terri- 

 tory of more than 17,000 acres. The 

 project involves an expenditure of 

 approximately a half million dollars. 

 Work will begin within the next two 

 months, and Mr. Dockweiler stated 



- and so can YOU! 



Read this report from T. A. McGinty, Business Farmer, in the Okanogan Valley. Washington: 

 "I have forty acres of land irrigated by a small stream from the mountains. Have raised NJ bushels 

 or corn to the acre, a ton of onions and 12 tons tomatoes. Alfalfa can be cut four to five times and makes 

 seven to eight tons. Have never seen finer fruit than we raise here apples, peaches, pears, apricots, 

 grapes, cherries, berries and melons. We have mild winters healthful and delightful climate. 1 ' 



Farm Tracts of Definite Value 



Ton, too, can win independence on a genuine 

 garden spot of 40 acres or more in this productive 

 va lley a sunshine farm at the foot of the beau- 

 tiful Cascade Mountains where soil, climate and 

 pasturage are ideal where fruit, alfalfa, corn, 

 cows, pigs and beef products bring big and imme- 

 diate returns. But you should investigate NOW. 

 There are only 10,000 acres of this rich, vol- 

 canic ash soil in the West Okanogan Valley Dis- 

 trict irrigated and available to nomeseekers. This 

 is a genuine and depend- 

 able irrigation system 

 organized, built and con- 

 trolled entirely by land 

 owners within the dis- 

 trictsound, responsible 

 farmers. The selling price 

 of this land has been defi- 

 nitely fixed by the Direct- 

 ors und is exceedingly 



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low. Irrigation work completed this spring. Ten 

 to forty acres is the ideal size of farm homes here. 

 This means near neighbors, telephones, electric 

 lights and other modern community advantages. 



You Can Raise Stock Successfully 



at a low cost. Six or eight months in summer 

 they Lave free range orcheap pastu rage on adjoin- 

 ing unoccupied lands or U. 8. Forest Reserve. 

 Abundance of water. Fine fishing and biggame 

 hunting A farm home in West Okanocan Valley 

 is a permanent security bound to rapidly Increase 

 in value. Send coupon or write today for 



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with photographs, maps, settlers' own evidence, 

 records of crops grown on West Okanogan Valley 

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 Immigration /*eent,Dept. 345, Great Nor- 

 thern Kail way, St. Paul, .titan. 



E. C. LEED Y. General immigration Agent, 



Dept. 34S Great Northern Railway. St. Paul, Minn. 



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