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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



McColloch, after a two weeks' trip in 

 the eastern part of the state and west- 

 ern Idaho going over irrigation proj- 

 ects. 



It is said this promises to be one of 

 the biggest events in the history of 

 Eastern Washington. 



South Dakota 



High winds, causing six-foot waves 

 in the diversion canal on the Belle 

 Fourche irrigation project of the gov- 

 ernment at Belle Fourche, resulted in 

 impounding out a number of cement 

 blocks in the big dam that will re- 

 quire several weeks to repair. The 

 water from the canal has been turned 

 off so that it will not run into the 

 reservoir until the damage is repaired. 



Texas 



An irrigation plant and power house 

 at Bay City, owned by the Gravity 

 Irrigation & Power Company, has 

 been ordered sold under foreclosure 

 proceedings by Judge Waller T. 

 Burns in the federal court. 



W. I. Drummond of the Interna- 

 tional Irrigation Congress has an- 

 nounced that there will be a local 

 class of competition at the fall fes- 

 tival, the first prize arranged for be- 

 ing a $25 silver trophy cup from 

 George R. Le Baron. This prize will 

 be offered for the best alfalfa exhibit 

 from the Rip Grande valley. Local 

 merchants will be asked to add to the 

 prize list. 



Utah 



People living in east Juab county 

 are rejoicing over the possibility of 

 obtaining water for irrigation from 

 the Gunnison reservoir. A prelim- 

 inary survey has been made for the 

 proposed canal, which shows the 

 canal can be built for $1,000,000, fur- 

 nishing about 60,000 acre feet of wa- 

 ter. The ditch will be approximately 

 60 miles long, from the Gunnison 

 reservoir northeast of Gunnison, to 

 Nephi. 



Washington 



The Commercial Club at Toppen- 

 ish was host to more than 800 persons 

 at a banquet and jollification in cele- 

 bration of the initial appropriation of 

 $200,000 for the Wapato irrigation 

 project. Judge Carroll B. Graves of 

 Seattle spoke. There were represent- 

 atives from every community in the 

 Yakima valley from Pasco to Ellens- 

 burg. 



Hundreds of inquiries are being 

 made daily at the offices of the Great 

 Northern Railway Company at Ta- 

 coma in regard to the opening of the 

 Okanogan valley irrigation project 

 July 7 and 8. The commercial clubs 

 of Oreville and Tonasket, Wash., are 

 preparing to entertain thousands of 

 visitors, many of whom will be from 

 Tacoma. 



The opening of the headgates will 

 turn water on 10,000 acres of fertile 

 soil, extending 25 miles south of the 

 international boundary line, on both 

 sides of the Okanogan river, through 

 the most picturesque county in that 

 section of the state. 



Delegations are going from all parts 

 of the state and British Columbia. 

 Reduced rates have been made by 

 the Great Xorthern in Washington, 

 tickets being on sale July 6, 7 and 8. 



Superintendent L. M. Holt of the 

 Indian Irrigation Service has found it 

 necessary to begin dredging in the 

 Yakima river at Union gap to open 

 up the inlet to the intake of the reser- 

 voir canal. The recent flood in the 

 river threw up a bar across the intake, 

 and since the river receded the canal 

 is not getting its normal flow. 



Wyoming 



Governor John B. Kendrick's unex- 

 pected withdrawal of state support to 

 the cooperative irrigation investiga- 

 tion work, which is being conducted 

 in Wyoming by government experts, 

 will result in the permanent closing 

 of the department which is in charge 

 of Justin T. Kingdon, who has offices 

 in the First National bank building 

 here, as soon as the work now under 

 way can be completed, according to 

 government advices. 



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