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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



investigation of the unsuccessful 

 project was immediately inaugurated. 

 E. E. Anderson of Sharon, Pa., who 

 is representing the attorney general, 

 Geo. H. Edwards of the Common- 

 wealth Trust Company of Pittsburgh, 

 and R. E. Shepherd, now of Jerome, 

 have been appointed a committee to 

 effect its organization. Reclassifica- 

 tion and segregation of the land is to 

 be begun as soon as the details of the 

 scheme of reorganization are an- 

 nounced. 



is only 2,300 feet, the lands are 

 adapted to fruit growing as well as 

 diversified farming. 



According to information received 

 by the Lewiston land office, probably 

 1,500,000 acres of land now held from 

 entry within irrigation projects in 

 Idaho, where the irrigation systems 

 have never been completed, will be 

 turned into the public domain and 

 thrown open for entry in the near fu- 

 ture. 



The Mountainhome Co-operative 

 Irrigation Company must make a 

 large number of improvements on its 

 system if it complies with sugges- 

 tions contained in a report made upon 

 it by J. H. Smith, state engineer. In 

 conducting the investigation the state 

 engineer also investigated the works 

 of the Elmore Irrigated Farms Asso- 

 ciation. He says the two systems are 

 owned by the same interests. He 

 recommends the construction of new 

 canals, and the riprapping of many 

 of the larger canals, new headgates 

 and laterals. 



As a result of the alleged failure of 

 the King Hill Irrigation and Power 

 Company to live up to the terms of its 

 Carey Act contract with the state, the 

 State Land Board has brought suit 

 against the National Surety Com- 

 pany for $25,000 on an indemnity bond 

 issued to insure the completion of 

 the work. What is known as the 

 King Hill project comprises a total 

 area of 24,000 acres of fertile land 

 near Glenns Ferry in Elmore County. 

 The project was first undertaken in 

 1903 by the Glenns Ferry Land and 

 Irrigation Company, which was suc- 

 ceeded by the King Hill Irigation & 

 Power Company in 1907. Owing to 

 bad engineering and unforeseen ob- 

 stacles in connection with the con- 

 struction of the ditches, the develop- 

 ment of the project proved so costly 

 that it had to be abandoned. In 

 1908 the project was sold under fore- 

 closure and was bid in by the state 

 of Idaho. Since that time the state 

 has been operating the unfinished ir- 

 rigation works, but the legislature has 

 declined to appropriate sufficient funds 

 to complete the undertaking. For 

 some time the state has been endeav- 

 oring to induce the federal govern- 

 ment to purchase the tract and com- 

 plete the irrigation system. Such an 

 action was recently recommended by 

 the Secretary of the Interior, and it is 

 thought probable that the necessary 

 appropriation will be made during the 

 present session of congress as a war 

 measure. The completion of this ir- 

 rigation project will open up one of 

 the most productive tracts in the state 

 as owing to the fact that the altitude 



OREGON 



The Desert Land Board recently 

 unanimously passed the resolution of 

 State Engineer Lewis, under which 

 the state relinquishes all of its right, 

 title and interest in the Benham Falls 

 project near Bend. The project is a 

 portion of the Central Oregon Irri- 

 gation Company plan. The resolu- 

 tion will be slightly modified to make 

 stronger a recommendation that the 

 land remain intact to be used in -the 

 future as an irrigation project. 



Farmers met at Crane recently to 

 consider plans for an irrigation dis- 

 trict serving 50.000 acres with water 

 from the Silvies- river. The cost of 

 the project is estimated at $30 per 

 acre. 



UTAH 



C. J. Ullrich, assistant state engi- 

 neer, has recently made the first sur- 

 vey provided for in the new irriga- 

 t'on district law in Utah. Mr. Ull- 

 rich made an investigation of the 

 property of every water user in the 

 proposed Springville and Mapleton ir- 

 rigation district and determined the 

 amount of water now appropriated 

 to each, and the amount it requires 

 in addition to make it completely pro- 

 ductive. A total of 376 tracts were 

 examined in the proposed Mapleton 

 district and about 500 in the proposed 

 Springfield district. About 6,200 acre 

 feet under his survey are allotted to 

 Mapleton and 2,365 to Springville. 

 The water for irrigation is to be taken 

 from the Strawberry reservoir, built 

 by the Reclamation service, and for 

 the district a new canal is to be built 

 from Spanish Fork creek. 



Albert F. Mathis of New Harmony, 

 Washington County, has filed appli- 

 cation for a second foot of water from 

 Bumble Bee creek in that county to 

 irrigate 80 acres of land. The appli- 

 cation states that flood waters will 

 have to be utilized by winter irriga- 

 tion and that this system has been 

 found advantageous in that part of 

 the state. 



Articles of incorporation have been 

 filed by the Lake Fork Irrigation 

 Company of Monticello. Authorized 

 capital stock $25,000 in 45 shares. 

 The officers of the company are 

 Brigham Spencer, president: H. J. 

 Wilson, vice president, and Geo. A. 

 Cole, secretary and treasurer. 



The North Willow Irrigation Com- 

 pany has filed an application asking 

 for 10 second feet of water from the 

 Xorth Willow and Davenport creeks 

 in Tooele County, to be conducted 

 through a 10-inch pipe line and to ir- 

 rigate 2,000 acres. Tunneling con- 

 struction also is provided for. 



office of the state engineer by Job 

 F. Hall of Enterprise. Jos. B. Lee 

 of Grouse creek, Boxelder County, 

 has also asked for the use of one sec- 

 ond foot of water to be taken from 

 Dry creek for irrigation purposes. 



J. H. Monson of Price has filed 

 application with the state engineer 

 for use of five second feet of water 

 from Cordingly creek in Carbon 

 County for irrigation of 160 acres of 

 land. 



Articles of incorporation have been 

 filed by the High Line Irrigation & 

 Reservoir Company, with headquar- 

 ters at Escalante, Garfield County. 

 Authorized stock $40,000 in $5 shares. 

 E. A. Griffin, president; A. M. Sher- 

 man, vice-president, and Jos. Larsen, 

 secretary. 



The Perry Irrigation Company has 

 filed articles of incorporation. Head- 

 quarters of the company are located 

 at Perry. Capital stock of the com- 

 pany, $49,632.50. 



WASHINGTON 



The state supreme court has ruled 

 in favor of Ham, Yearsley & Ryrie in 

 their fight for the use of the waters 

 of Moses lake for an irrigation proj- 

 ect. The project is designed to put 

 12,000 acres of land under irrigation 

 in Grant County. The action was 

 brought by the Grant Realty Com- 

 pany and three different times the 

 case has gone up to the supreme court 

 on various claims. The decision as 

 finally rendered by the supreme 

 court gives the local company the 

 right to condemn the damsite and 

 use the water claimed by the Grant 

 Realty Company. 



The Department of the Interior 

 does not look with favor upon the 

 plan of the commercial organizations 

 of the Yakima Valley to extend the 

 Wapato irrigation project as a war 

 measure in order to increase the pro- 

 duction of food stuffs. Senator Jones 

 recently submitted to the department 

 of the Council of National Defense 

 the suggestion that a reimbursable ap- 

 propriation of $',500,000 be made to 

 extent the project. Acknowledging 

 this suggestion the department says 

 that the present lateral system is quite 

 sufficient to exhaust the entire carry- 

 ing capacity of the existing main canal 

 of the project, and any enlargement 

 would necessitate an extension of the 

 present canal system. He further 

 points out that the cost of making 

 such an enlargement would be es- 

 pecially large at this time. 



Application for three second feet of 

 water for irrigating purposes, to be 

 taken from Shoal creek in Washing- 

 ton County, has been filed with the 



MISCELLANEOUS 

 Under authority from the Secretary 

 of the Interior contract has been let 

 to Lynn Bros. & Peterson of Lovell, 

 Wyo., for earthwork on the Second 

 . Unit. Frannie Division, Shoshone ir- 

 rigation project; Wyoming. The work 

 involves approximately 30,000 cubic 

 yards of excavation, and the value of 

 the contract is approximately $4,500. 



