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of the Carlsbad irrigation project, 

 was started June 7. 



Another obstacle, probably the last 

 in the way of success for the Las 

 Vegas irrigation project was removed 

 yesterday when dismissals of appeals 

 from decisions of the district court, 

 relating to water rights on the proj- 

 ect, were filed 'by Judge D. J. Leahy 

 for A. A. Jones, who signed the dis- 

 missals several years ago, with the 

 understanding they were to be filed 

 when deeds for lands on the project, 

 given the Camfield Development 

 Company, were recovered. 



acres is owned by the Oregon West- 

 ern Colonization Company of St. 

 Paul. 



Twenty thousand acres of land in 

 Rio Arriba county, New Mexico, 

 across the state line from Durango, 

 will be reclaimed through an irriga- 

 tion project financed by Berne H. 

 Hopkins. Through a deal closed with 

 the Durango Trust Company, Mr. 

 Hopkins has obtained control of the 

 project from parties representing the 

 estate of the late George W. Kutz, 

 originator of the plan. The work will 

 be pushed to completion as rapidly as 

 possible, and the work will begin im- 

 mediately, according to Ernest G. 

 Miller, an irrigation engineer of Den- 

 ver, who has gone to Lumberton, 

 where he will take charge of opera- 

 tions. 



Oregon 



Returns tabulated recently showed 

 that land owners in the Malheur val- 

 ley voted Saturday to organize an ir- 

 rigation district, 84 to 11. The proj- 

 ect contemplates construction of a 

 dam at Riverside, three miles from 

 the railroad, holding 200,000 acre feet 

 of water. Government engineers have 

 reported it to be the most feasible 

 project and the cheapest in the west 

 and 25,000 acres of new land will be 

 put in cultivation, of which 10,000 



Here's Something New 



about California 



For You 



Two parties of Eastern farmers saw Cal- 

 ifornia under my personal escort last fall. 



It wa 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 coat. 

 Winter tourist fares now in effect. Ask all the 

 questions you want and say "Send Farmers' 

 Special Book." 



C. L. SEAGRA V ES. Gen. Colonization A gl. 



Atchison. Tofeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. 



2284 Railway Exchange, Chicago. 



The articles of incorporation for the 

 Newlon Artesian wells were filed to- 

 day at the office of the corporation 

 commissioner. The main office of the 

 company wiH be located at Heppner, 

 in Morrow county. The company is 

 capitalized at $25,000 and proposes to 

 sell water for irrigation purposes. 



The Central Oregon Irrigation 

 Company was refused a writ of pro- 

 hibition restraining and forbidding 

 the state public service commission 

 from doing anything in respect to the 

 complaint of water-users against the 

 company, in a decision of the supreme 

 court early in June. 



The irrigation company claimed 

 that the state public service commis- 

 sion had no authority to regulate its 

 rates, service and charge methods, 

 and that it was not a public utility 

 under the commission's jurisdiction. 



Because the State Water Board has 

 not yet determined water rights along 



the Silvies river, State Engineer 

 Lewis, on June 5, announced that he 

 had refused to concur in the United 

 States Reclamation Service report 

 covering proposed irrigation develop- 

 ment in Harney County by storage 

 of the waters of the Silvies river. 

 The report of the Reclamation Serv- 

 ice contemplates the improvement of 

 about 60,000 acres of land by the con- 

 struction of the Silvies Valley and 

 Lower Silvies reservoirs at a com- 

 bined cost of $950,0007 By the elim- 

 ination of all waste, it is estimated 

 that 40,000 acres more can be irri- 

 gated. The report also points out the 

 possibility of reclaiming 15,000 acres 

 'in the west end of Malheur Lake. 



Irrigations of new lands in the Sil- 

 ver Creek and Warm Springs valleys, 

 by storing the water now wasted from 

 Silver creek into Harney and Silver 

 lakes, is discussed as feasible. The 

 estimated cost of building the Silver 

 creek reservoir is $400,000. 



Irrigation development is on the 

 increase and the year 1916 will see 

 the sale of several bond issues on 

 large projects in Oregon. Such is 

 the belief of Attorney Claude Mc- 

 Colloch of the law firm of West & 



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