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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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ing plant will be installed and the 

 ditches constructed before the next 

 irrigation season. The water users 

 under the proposed unit get a water 

 right by paying $12.50 an acre to Mrs. 

 Van Brimmer and paying the cost. 



A permit to use the waters of John 

 Day river for the irrigation of 1,200 

 acres of land located near Mount Ver- 

 non, Grant county, was issued re- 

 cently by State Engineer Lewis to the 

 Blue Mountain Ditch Company. 



The Squaw Creek Irrigation Com- 

 pany of Prineville has filed an appli- 

 cation with the state public service 

 commission for authority to increase 

 its rates from 35 cents per acre foot 

 to 60 cents per acre foot, contending 

 that it has operated at a loss under 

 the rates in effect. 



Trustees of the Talent-Ashland ir- 

 rigation district, recently organized, 

 have procured the services of Con- 

 tractor C. E. Bade to begin work at 

 once on preparation for the irrigation 

 of 5,000 acres of the unit during 1917. 

 Unappropriated water from Emi- 

 grant, Ashland, and Neil Creeks will 

 be used for that purpose. 



The Middle Fork Irrigation Com- 

 pany, which operates over fifty miles 

 of ditch in the upper Hood River Val- 

 ley, has elected the following board 

 of directors: C. E. Mclntosh, J. R. 

 Barroll, W. L. Mason, M. O. Boe and 

 C. T. Rawson. The report of the 

 secretary showed that the company 

 has operated during the past season 

 at a substantial profit. The irrigat- 

 ing ditches of the company run prac- 

 tically through level land and the op- 

 erating and maintenance costs have 

 been reduced to a minimum. 



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 

 oolely 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- 

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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 kelp you plan your 

 trip. Reduced fares next Spring and Summer will 

 give you a chance to see the San Diego Exposition 

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Ward County Irrigation District 

 No. 1 has issued bonds to the amount 

 of $480,000 and contract will be let in 

 the near future for Rocky Ford canal 

 and dam, and for a protection levee 

 on the east side of the Pecos river. 

 John B. Hawley, consulting engineer 

 of Barstow, is in charge of the work. 



W. T. Thompson, living near Sny- 

 der, Texas, is planning to install an 

 irrigation system to water 200 acres 

 of land. 



Washington 



The Selah-Moxee Canal Company 

 will expend upwards of $40,000 in re- 

 placing old wooden flume with metal 

 Hume during the coming year. 



The Keystone Irrigation Company 

 has made application for the first wa- 

 ter district to be organized in this 

 country. It proposes to irrigate 

 about 4,000 acres in the vicinity of 

 Keystone and at the foot of Sprague 

 lake. The principal promoters are 

 Messrs. Stone and Funk of Keystone, 

 and Mr. Goff of Colfax. 



"One-Half the Alfalfa Seed 

 Sown is Wasted Every Year" 



This statement has been made by many recognized 



Alfalfa experts men who know what they are talking about. 



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