THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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of a $300,000 power plant at the Ar- 

 row Rock dam for furnishing the Gem 

 district with electricity for pumping 

 purposes. Such a contract would 

 have to be taken before the legisla- 

 ture for the purpose of obtaining the 

 desired appropriation. The plant, ac- 

 cording to the present plans, would 

 be paid for by the sale of 10,000 acres 

 of land owned by the state within 

 the district, and which it is said would 

 readily sell for $40.00 per acre as soon 

 as the plant was installed. Owners 

 of land in the Gem district have beeii 

 purchasing power for pumping pur- 

 poses from a private corporation, but 

 it is claimed that the maintenance 

 cost would be reduced nearly two- 

 thirds if the district could own its 

 own plant, thereby making the tract 

 one of the most attractive projects in 

 the state from the standpoint of the 

 investor and homeseeker. 



Montana 



Contract has been awarded to Men- 

 denhall, Bird & Co., of Springville, 

 Utah, for the construction of sched- 

 ules 1, 2 and 3, earthwork, laterals 

 and sublaterals on the Flathead Irri- 



Chicago House 

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Harris Brothers Company 



( Owners ) 



35th and Iron Streets 



gation project. The work involves 

 the excavation of 160,000 cubic yards 

 of material, the contract price being 

 $44,541. 



An appropriation of $25,000 for im- 

 proving and enlarging the irrigation 

 system at Fort Keogh remount sta- 

 tion has been made by congress. 



Contract has been awarded to 

 Welch Bros. & Hannaman, Kalispell, 

 for schedule 4, structures on the Flat- 

 head irrigation project. The work in- 

 volves 425 cubic yards of reinforced 

 concrete; 1,100 square yards of pav- 

 ing; 1,100 linear feet vitrified pipe; 

 placing 64,000 feet of lumber; 2,300 

 linear feet of steel flume and 36,000 

 pounds of steel, and 4,400 cubic yards 

 of excavation. The price of the con- 

 tract is $17,255.80. 



Wm. Fransom, both of Seattle, Wash., 

 have recently executed a new con- 

 tract for the work. The original con- 

 tractors had done about 2 per cent 

 of the work when they suspended op- 

 erations. The whole amounts to 

 about $66,000. It will be impossible 

 to perform much of the contract this 

 winter, but same will be rushed to 

 completion next spring. 



Work upon the erection of concrete 

 structures on the Greenfields division 

 of the Sun River project, which was 

 suspended last July when the con- 

 tractors, the West Coast Construc- 

 tion Company, and Hans Pereson, 

 gave up the work, will be resumed at 

 once by the sureties upon the original 

 contractor's bond. E. J. Erickson and 



Oregon 



Bonds in the sum of $1,500,000 for 

 the successful completion of the 

 Ochoco irrigation project have been 

 authorized by a vote of 56 for and 28 

 against the proposition by the land 

 owners of the district. The bonds 

 will bear 6 per cent interest and will 

 mature in 20 years. Owing to the fact 

 that all the land in the district is pri- 

 vately owned and more than 36 per 

 cent is already in a high state of cul- 

 tivation, little difficulty is anticipated 

 in the sale of the bonds. 



A new irrigation unit has been ar- 

 ranged for by Mrs. Van Brimmer, 

 which will take in 430 acres of land 

 lying north of Whitelake. A pump- 

 Continued on page 30) 



A Plain Statement of Fact 



Mogul 8-16: $725 Cash f. o. b. Chicago 



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T the present prices of gasoline and kerosene, 

 farmer can afford to use a gasoline 



no 



tractor. Gasoline averages now over 100 per cent 

 higher in price than kerosene and is likely to go higher 

 rather than lower, according to men who know the oil business. 



Again, it is neither safe nor economical to use kerosene in 

 a tractor not specially designed to operate on kerosene. Merely 

 changing the fuel mixer is not enough; the design of the whole 

 motor must be changed. 



Mogul kerosene tractors and gasoline tractors of equal power 

 sell for about the same price and use practically the same 

 amounts of fuel. On that basis a Mogul 8-16 tractor saves each 

 year, in fuel bills alone, about a third of its price. 



If you are considering the purchase of a tractor this year, 

 give these facts careful study, from every point of view, before 

 you spend your money. 



Mogul tractors are designed specially to operate on kerosene 

 and to give their users the full benefit of this advantage. There 

 are two sizes Mogul 8-16 and Mogul 12-25. Write us for the 

 story of kerosene before you buy any tractor. 



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