THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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pay the federal and state taxes on 

 the original stock. The company was 

 organized in 1910 and took over the 

 holdings of the old Deschutes Irriga- 

 tion Company. It has reclaimed 

 about 86,000 acres of land in Crook 

 county and its bonded indebtedness 

 amounts to $830,000. The bonds are 

 secured by reclamation liens on the 

 lands, which are owned by the gov- 

 ernment, and under the agreement 

 the company is to get its pay from 

 the settlers. 



of Echo, president; Will Moore of 

 Pendleton, treasurer and secretary. 



Agreement has been reached by the 

 state water board, the desert land 

 board and the Northwest Townsite 

 Company of Philadelphia, Pa., where- 

 by the company is released from ob- 

 ligation under its $50,000 bond to de- 

 velop the Paisley irrigation project. 

 Development of the project was 

 blocked by a decree of Circuit Judge 

 Daly of Lake county giving all of the 



The Courtney Irrigation C9mpany 

 of Echo has elected the following offi- 

 cers for the current year: T. G. Smith 



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