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THE IRRIGATION AGE 



the charges under the acre-foot rates. 

 Until further notice, after October 

 20 of each season no water will be 

 furnished except upon request, and 

 at an additional charge for each farm 

 unit of 80 acres or fraction thereof, 

 of $2 for each day of water service 

 given, provided, however, that every 

 person desiring this service shall, be- 

 fore receiving same, deposit with the 

 Special Fiscal Agent of the U. S. 

 Reclamation Service, at Burley, 

 Idaho, a sum of money sufficient to 

 cover the number of days that he 

 desires water, and designate the turn- 

 out where he wishes to have the 

 water delivered and the size of stream 

 he will require. So far as practicable 

 water will be delivered to each de- 

 positor for the days covered by his 

 deposit, but whenever the aggregate 

 deposits for any day are less than 

 $200, delivery of water will cease 

 and not thereafter be resumed. Un- 

 used deposits will be returned to per- 

 sons making same. This service will 

 not be commenced unless deposits 

 aggregating $200 per day for a rea- 

 sonable period shall be made prior 

 to October 20. 



yards of overhaul, to N. O. Morten- 

 sen, of Cowley, Wyo. Contract 

 price, $9,440. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 authorized the Reclamation Service to 

 execute contracts for earthwork and 

 structures, Ft. Laramie Canal, North 

 Platte irrigation project, Neb.-Wyo. 



Schedules 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 are let 

 to Winston Brothers Co., of Min- 

 neapolis, Minn. This contract in- 

 volves the excavation of 1,148,700 

 cubic yards of material, 493,000 cubic 

 yards of overhaul, the placing of 1,375 

 cubic yards of concrete, 114,000 

 pounds of reinforcing steel, 6,000 

 pounds of structural steel, 2,300 

 square yards of grouted paving, and 

 3,800 cubic yards of backfill and 

 erecting superstructure of two 

 bridges. Contract price, $217,845. 



Schedules 5 and 7 are let to Mac- 

 Arthur Brothers Company, of New 

 York City. The work involves the 

 excavation of 1,125,500 cubic yards of 

 material, placing 1,825 cubic yards of 

 concrete, 160,000 pounds of reinforc- 

 ing steel, and 30,000 pounds of struc- 

 tural steel, and erecting superstructure 

 of twelve bridges. Contract price, 

 $243,966.25. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 authorized the Reclamation Service to 

 execute contracts for earthwork on 

 the second unit, Frannie Division 

 laterals, Shoshone irrigation project, 

 Wyo. 



Schedule 1, involving 24,000 cubic 

 yards of excavation, and 10,000 cubic 

 yards of overhaul, to H. S. Jolley, 

 of Lovell, Wyo. Contract price, 

 $7,670. 



Schedule 2, involving 59,800 cubic 

 yards of excavation, and 5,000 cubic 

 yards of overhaul, to David Lewis, 

 of Cowley, Wyo. Contract price, 

 $10,610. 



Schedule 3, involving 70,000 cubic 

 yards of excavation, and 5,000 cubic 

 yards of overhaul, to Tebbs & Tag- 

 gart, of Cowley, Wyo. Contract 

 price, $19,700. 



Schedule 4, involving 71,000 cubic 

 yards of excavation, and 5,000 cubic 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 authorized the Reclamation Service 

 to accept the proposal of Walter S. 

 Dickey, of Kansas City, Mo., for fur- 

 nishing sewer pipe for use in connec- 

 tion with the Shoshone irrigation 

 project, Wyo. The total contract 

 price is $8,109.70. 



The U. S. Reclamation Service is 

 asking for proposals for furnishing 

 Lateral Turnout Gates for Sun River 

 irrigation project, Mont., and Boise 

 irrigation project, Idaho. The 

 material to be furnished will require 

 about fifteen tons of metal work. 



Bids will be opened at the office of 

 the U. S. Reclamation Service, Den- 

 ver, Colo., on June 1, 1917. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 authorized the award of contract for 

 excavation and earth lining on Nel- 

 son Reservoir South Canal, Milk 

 River irrigation project, Montana, to 

 Rolla Barnes, of Malta, Mont. The 

 contract price is $8,750. 



The State Land Board of Idaho 

 has announced the sale of the re- 

 maining unsold State land on the 

 Minidoka irrigation project, Idaho. 

 Two sales will be held, the first one 

 at Rupert on May 21 for the lands in 

 Minidoka County, north of the river, 

 and the other at Burley, on May 23, 

 covering the lands south of the river, 

 which are in Cassia County. 



The total irrigable area of the land 

 is 2,105 acres, of which 1,180 acres 

 are on the gravity unit, and 925 acres 

 on the pumping unit. Most of the 

 land is situated north and east of 

 Marshfield. All of it is within six 

 miles of a railroad station. 



The land is sold at auction to the 

 highest bidder. Ten per cent of the 

 purchase price of the land must be 

 paid on the day of sale, the balance 

 being payable in forty years with in- 

 terest at six per cent on deferred 

 amounts. Water rights, for which ap- 

 plication must be made at Burley, 

 Idaho, cost $56 per acre for lands 

 north of the river, $44 per acre for 

 gravity lands south of the river, and 

 $57.50 per acre for pumping lands, 

 provided the water right is applied 

 for by May 25. After that date the 

 price will increase five per cent. 



Most of the land south of the river 

 is a clay loam or volcanic ash. Some 

 of it, however, is a sandy loam, as 

 is also the land north of the river. 

 The topography is variable. Most of 

 it is fairly level, but an inspection of 

 it before buying Is advisable. 



In addition to the farm lands, a 

 number of town lots and acreage 

 tracts in the First and Second Addi- 

 tions to Heyburn will be sold by the 

 State, the tracts varying from two to 

 five acres each. 



The secretary of the interior has 

 announced that the annual operation 

 and maintenance charges for the irri- 

 gation season of 1917, and thereafter 

 until further notice, against all lands 

 of the Huntley irrigation project, 



Montana, under public notice, shall be 

 as follows: For lands in the third 

 unit, 70 cents per acre-foot of water 

 delivered during July and August, and 

 35 cents per acre-foot for water de- 

 livered during other months; for all 

 other lands, $1.10 per acre-foot for wa- 

 ter delivered during July and August, 

 and 60 cents per acre-foot for water 

 delivered during other months. Pro- 

 vided, that there shall be a minimum 

 charge of $1.10 per irrigable acre for 

 all lands, whether water is used 

 thereon or not, which minimum 

 charge will be credited on the amount 

 due for water furnished at the above 

 rates. All operation and maintenance 

 charges are due and payable on March 

 1 following the irrigation season. 



The secretary of the interior has 

 issued a public notice announcing that 

 the annual operation and maintenance 

 charge for the irrigation season of 

 1917, and thereafter until further no- 

 tice, against all lands in the Fort 

 Shaw unit, Sun River irrigation proj- 

 ect, Montana, that are under public 

 notice, shall be a minimum charge of 

 -$1.25 per irrigable acre, whether water 

 is used thereon or not. This charge 

 will nermit the delivery of not to ex- 

 ceed one acre-foot of water per irri- 

 gable acre, and additional water will 

 be furnished for 50 cents per irrigable 

 acre-foot. All operation and main- 

 tenance charges will be due and pay- 

 able on March 1 of each year for the 

 preceding irrigation season. 



The secretary of the interior has 

 authorized the reclamation service to 

 set aside certain representative tracts 

 of land on the Yuma Mesa in Arizona 

 for the use of the experts of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture in connec- 

 tion with cooperative investigations 

 to determine proper methods of 

 handling the soil. Experimental plant- 

 ings of numerous varieties of trees and 

 shrubs will be made in order to de- 

 termine those best adapted to the lo- 

 cality. As the region is exceptionally 

 free from frost, the possibilities of 

 propagating varieties from the semi- 

 tropic lands of other countries will 

 be studied. 



The Yuma Mesa has long occupied 

 the attention of growers of citrus 

 fruits and the prospect of early irri- 

 gation is bringing numerous inquiries 

 to the Reclamation Service at Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 



A petition for dissolution of the re- 

 ceivership of the Louisiana Irriga- 

 tion & Mill Company of Arcadia 

 Parish, La., and the return of the 

 property to its stockholders, was filed 

 recently in the district court at 

 Crowley, La., by Jas. Billingsley, re- 

 ceiver for the company. A statement 

 was filed with the court showing that 

 the affairs of the company have been 

 put in a sound financial condition. 

 The company's net profits in 1916 

 were more than $142,000. This com- 

 pany owns about 260 miles of canals 

 in Arcadia Parish and water about 

 40,000 acres through sixteen pumping 

 plants^. 



Articles of incorporation have been 

 filed by the North American Land & 

 Timber Company, with a capital stock 



