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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



NEWS NOTES FROM IRRIGATION PROJECTS 



OF THE COUNTRY 



California 



Owing to the high elevation of 

 Chatworth Park, it is impossible to 

 furnish this section with irrigating 

 water from the temporary system of 

 open ditches installed to care for the 

 west end of the valley pending the 

 installation of the permanent pipe sys- 

 tem. For this reason Chatsworth will 

 be one of the last points to benefit by 

 the introduction of the Owens river 

 water. A large force of men is now 

 employed in the construction of the 

 Chatsworth high line, which is to 

 bring the water across the north end 

 of the valley from the San Fernando 

 reservoir to the Chatsworth reservoir, 

 and it is hoped to have this line com- 

 pleted in time for irrigation early in 

 the spring. 



pumps, two of which are already in 

 operation, and another 26-inch pump 

 that will be added. 



The extensions to the water distrib- 

 uting system of the Yolo Light & 

 Power Company which supplies water 

 to the large acreage surrounding Mad- 

 ison, have been completed. The ca- 

 nals were necessary to accommodate 

 the increased acreage of rice and 

 other crops needing water. 



Rates for water furnished by the 

 Sacramento Valley West Side Canal 

 Company, now in receivership, during 

 the irrigating system of 1917, have 

 been established by the Railroad 

 Commission as follows: Flat rates 

 for rice, $7 an acre per year; for all 

 other crops, $2 per acre; when water 

 is measured the rate shall be $2 an 

 acre for the use of l}4 feet an acre 

 during the irrigating system, with an 

 additional charge of $1.50 per acre- 

 foot per annum for each acre-foot 

 used in excess of 1J4 acre-foot. The 

 company is to bear the loss of seep- 

 age and evaporation between the main 

 and river branch canals and the land 

 where the water is used. Additional 

 laterals are to be constructed at the 

 landowners' expense. The cost of op- 

 erating and maintaining the laterals is 

 to be borne by the landowners and 

 not by the receiver. 



A petition is being circulated 

 throughout the South San Joaquin Ir- 

 rigation District with a view to chang- 

 ing the method of electing directors. 

 Instead of electing a director from 

 each division it is proposed to have 

 them elected at large, but there seems 

 to be a great many of the voters who 

 do not look with favor on the change. 

 The election of two directors will 

 come before the people in February, 

 when Directors Steinegul and Moul- 

 ton will have completed their terms of 

 office. 



The Cheney Slough Irrigation Com- 

 pany of Colusa has awarded the con- 

 tract of making many improvements 

 on their property to W. C. Blean. 

 Work will proceed at once on the 

 erection of a pump house sufficiently 

 large to accommodate three powerful 



Work has been started by the 

 South San Joaquin Irrigation District 

 in rebuilding what is known as the 

 Hilts Sag Flume, one of the biggest 

 flumes in the state, and over 3,300 feet 

 long. The plan is to replace this 

 flume, which carries practically the 

 entire stream of water used for the 

 irrigation of 70,000 acres, with a con- 

 crete structure, which when completed 

 will cost something over $150,000. 

 The original structure of wood cost 

 $60,000 and is now found to be rotting 

 slowly away. Instead of repairing 

 with wood the district has decided to 

 gradually replace the structure with 

 concrete. The work is planned to 

 span a period of ten to fifteen years. 



Colorado 



Articles of incorporation have been 

 filed by the National Irrigation Com- 

 pany; capitalization, $200,000; incor- 

 porators, Fred J. Close, C. J. Jones 

 and F. G. Bonfils; headquarters, Den- 

 ver, Colo. 



At the annual meeting of the stock- 

 holders of the Cache La Poudre Res- 

 ervoir Company and the New Cache 

 La Poudre Ditch Company, held re- 

 cently at Greeley, the following di- 

 rectors were elected: Mort Darling, 

 B. C. Reinks, W. H. Hill, C. B. Tis- 

 dell and David Kelley. 



At the Sherwood ranch, south of 

 Rocky Ford, over a mile of large tile 

 has been laid, which will conduct the 

 water for the irrigating ditch direct to 

 the land, thereby saving all loss by 

 evaporation, seepage, and it is figured 

 that the expense of the work will be 

 saved in a short time. In the spring 

 many improvements will be made at 

 the ranch, which is one of the finest 

 in that section of the state. 



Improvements costing thousands of 

 dollars were begun early this month 

 on the enlargement of the dam of the 

 City View reservoir and irrigation 

 system, located west of Pueblo. With 

 the increased size of the dam the com- 

 pany will be able to store sufficient 

 water for the irrigation of at least 

 500 acres of land and conserve the 

 overflow water which during the past 

 year was allowed to flow into the 

 river unused. The irrigation system 

 and certain pieces of adjacent prop- 

 erty are owned by Asbury White. 

 Samuel E. Davis, B. Bergerman and 

 W. L. Stone of Pueblo. The improve- 

 ments now being made consist of rais- 

 ing the dam to a height of 37 feet and 

 increasing its length to 300 feet. It 

 will be 172J/2 feet wide at the bottom 

 and 16 feet across the top. It will be 

 constructed of dirt, with one foot fac- 

 ing of stone. 



Idaho 



For the purpose of quieting title to 

 water rights on Mason creek and 

 Wilson slough, H. A. Griffiths of 

 Caldwell has instituted a suit against 

 the Pioneer and Riverside irrigation 

 districts, the Farmers' Co-operative 

 Ditch Company and the Federal Re- 

 clamation Board. The suit involves 

 the destiny of what is known as the 

 Notus irrigation project, which em- 

 braces 5,000 acres of lower Black creek 

 lands. Mr. Griffiths secured a permit 

 to take. 25 second feet of water from 

 Mason creek and 50 second feet of 

 water from Wilson slough at points 

 lying east of Caldwell. In the event 

 his action is sustained by the court, it 

 is possible to run a canal to Canyon 

 Hill and then syphon the flow from 

 the Boise river to the west side from 

 where distribution laterals for 500 

 acres above the Farmers' Co-opera- 

 tive will be constructed. 



Directors of the Pioneer Irrigation 

 District for the year 1917 have been 

 named as follows: C. M. Bumgarner 

 of Midway, director; Arthur G. Street 

 of Greenleaf, president of the board; 

 Fred L. Evans of Greenleaf, secre- 

 tary; W. P. Lyon of Caldwell, treas- 

 urer, and E. N. Brown, superintend- 

 ent. 



P. B. Shawhan, manager of the 

 King Hill irrigation project, whose 

 headquarters are in Boise, was in 

 Washington, D. C., recently, where he 

 went to appear in behalf of the state 

 land board before the congressional, 

 committee on irrigation projects. 

 Mr. Shawhan was instructed to state 

 to the committee that the state of 

 Idaho was ready to give the govern- 

 ment a clear title to its interest in the 

 King Hill project on condition that 

 Congress should advance sufficient 

 funds to put the tract in excellent 

 condition. 



An application from the Mountain- 

 home Co-operative Irrigation Com- 

 pany of Boise to sell additional water 

 rights was denied at a recent meeting 

 of the state land board. The board 

 acted on the recommendation of the 

 state engineer, who had in a report 

 advised against the application being 

 granted. 



It has been announced that bonds 

 in the sum of $14,250, being the first 

 installment of the $365,000 bond issue 

 recently refunded by the Nampa-Me- 

 ridian irrigation district, have been 

 purchased by the Lumberman's Trust 

 Company of Portland, Ore. 



Oregon 



The Central Oregon Irrigation 

 Company has filed papers with the 

 state corporation commissioner de- 

 creasing its capital stock from $1,500.- 

 000 to $15,000. Action was taken be- 

 cause the company did not desire to 



