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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



LOOMIS OIL ENGINES 



USE THE CHEAPEST GRADES of FUEL OIL 



A Simple and Practical Engine for 



IRRIGATING, GINNING 



ELECTRIC LIGHTING 



REFRIGERATING 



THESE engines are very simple to operate 

 having no carburetor or ignitor. Liberal 

 cross head construction eliminates cylinder 

 wear. Positive and easy method of starting. 



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THE JOHNSTON 6 JENNINGS CO. 



577 ADDISON ROAD CLEVELAND, OHIO, U. S. A. 



The Successful Kerosene Engine 



Dealers wanting a line of Kerosene Engines will do well to investigate 

 the Lauson Line. They start and operate on Kerosene a easily as a 

 regular gasoline engine and give full rated horse power. 

 They operate on Kerosene. Distillate, Motor Spirits and other cheap 

 oils, using less than one pint of fuel per horse power hour on one-half 

 to three-quarter load and full load. 



They operate with a clear, clean exhaust, regardless of load condi- 

 tions, the same as a gasoline engine a feature found only with the 

 Lauson and which shows that all the oil is vaporized and used during 

 each cycle, consequently no raw fuel is left in the cylinder to dilute 

 the lubricating oil For this reason Lauson Kerosene Engines are 

 equally as long lived as a gasoline engine. 



Being of the' throttling governor type they regulate as closely as any 

 ordinary steam engine and give a steady, smooth power. 

 Built in sizes from 2 ' - H.P. to 1 00 H.P.in the Portable, Semi-portable 

 or stationary types. Write for Special Bulletin and Dealers' prices. 



THE JOHN LAUSON MFG. COMPANY 



68 Monroe St. NEW HOLSTEIN, WIS. 



NEWS NOTES FROM IRRIGATION PROJECTS 



OF THE COUNTRY 



California 



Eighty thousand acres of land will 

 be supplied with water when the Yo- 

 semite Water Supply Company of 

 Alpaugh completes its system. The 

 land to be reclaimed lies in the Al- 

 paugh district, and water is being 

 piped to the land and will be under 

 50 pounds press. The supply is ob- 

 tained from artesian wells. When 

 the piping is completed, the land em- 

 braced by the company's irrigation 

 scheme will be subdivided. 



Messrs. Lutze, Holl and Bottger of 

 Orland have purchased 42 acres of 

 land on the Murdock tract near that 

 city and will develop the property. 

 A well will be sunk, a reservoir built 

 and a private irrigation system in- 

 stalled. They intend to specialize in 

 peas, tomatoes and onions and will 

 devote a portion of the land to ber- 

 ries. 



The Farm Land and Investment 

 Company of San Francisco has ap- 

 plied to the State Water Commis- 

 sioner to obtain rights to 100 cubic 

 feet per second of water from the 

 Yuba and Feather rivers in Yuba 

 county for the purpose of developing 

 rice lands. The company has 14.000 

 acres to be brought under cultivation. 



Paradise, Butte county, has applied 

 for 19,600 acre feet of water to be 

 obtained through the storage of flood 

 waters of Butte creek. The plans in- 

 clude the building of a storage and 

 diversion dam. The cost of the proj- 

 ect is estimated at $350,000. 



E. W. Pereira of Ft. Jones has 

 made application for the appropria- 

 tion of 125 cubic feet per second of 

 the water from Scott river. Mr. 

 Pereira proposes bringing 10,000 

 acres under the ditch. 



The Paradise Irrigation District of 



Engineers Hawley, Whitney and 

 Loveland, employed by the State of 

 California, have recently reported on 

 an irrigation scheme which if carried 

 to completion will save practically 

 the entire output of Putah creek, now 

 running waste, and result in the fer- 

 tilization of 55,000 acres of valley 

 land in northern California. Three 

 suitable sites for reservoirs have been 

 discovered. The main sites, Devils 

 Gate and Guenoc, would cost $700,000 

 and $500,000, respectively, or if built 

 jointly. $1.100,000. The Guenoc dam 

 alone, if constructed to a height of 

 100 feet, would flood 5,500 acres of 

 valley land. The report shows that 

 the expenses of such improvements 

 would be about $35 per acre to the 

 land receiving the benefits. The 

 financing of the scheme, if approved 



by the State Bonding Commission, 

 will provide for no payment on the 

 cost of the work for twenty years, 

 after which the acre cost would be 

 from $4.10 to $5.30. 



Idaho 



Secretary G. A. Remington of the 

 Nampa and Meridian irrigation dis- 

 tricts has given out the maintenance 

 assessment as fixed by the board of 

 directors for the current year. The 

 maintenance levy on acreage tracts 

 is fixed at $1.05 per miner's inch, the 

 equivalent of $0.656 per acre. For 

 bond interest the district will collect 

 $1.296 per miner's inch, or $0.81 per 

 acre. On lots in Meridian the main- 

 tenance charge will be 14 cents, with 

 16 cents additional for interest ex- 

 pense. In Nampa no maintenance 

 charge is collected. The bond levy 

 amounts to 35 cents per lot. 



Plans for an irrigation project lying 

 between Caldwell and Notus are at 

 the stage now when construction ac- 

 tivities may soon be started. An area 

 of 5,000 acres can be served under 

 the system, the engineers estimate. 

 Three thousand feet of steel pipe will 

 be used in siphoning water across the 

 Boise river for distribution over this 

 tract. Under the water right filing 

 made bv H. A. Griffiths last spring, 

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