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The photoeriinh in the upper right hand corner of the picture shows the hctulKiites of the lit.;h, and the one in the upper left hand eornei' sliows the water partially
turned on The photograph in the lower left hand corner is from a view looking up the ditch, and the one in the lower right sliows a section of pin:' timber, about an average
with the timber that exists along the ditch for the first ten miles. The center of the picture shows a part of the "desert" to be reclaimed by the ditch.
THREE SISTERS IRRIGATION COMPANY.
This Is one of the best companies in
Crook county, and it owns some of the best
property in the vicinity of the headwaters
of the Deschutes river. Its incorporators
are local men, who thoroughly understand
their business and the entire capital stock
of the company, consisting of $10,000 is fully
paid up. Tl e principal stock-holders of the
company are C. Sam Smith, James B. Cart
wright, S. J. Newsom and Judge M. E.
Brink, the latter being the secretary of the
company. These names alone guarantee
the solidity of the company, and insure its
success.
The ditch of this company when complet
ed will bring into cultivation one of the
richest sections of Crook county. At least
50,000 acres of level sage brush lands will
be easily reclaimed by the waters flowing
through this ditch when completed, and
already the principal and most costly sec
tion of the ditch has ben completed. The
remaining portion will be completed as
early as necessary and there will be no de
lay of purchasers of adjacent lands, or set
tlers in obtaining abundant water.
The ditch taps the Tumelo river at the
foot of the mountains and runs northwest
through a belt of fine timber lands for a
distance of ten miles, and then through the
deep, fertile soil of the famous sage brush
lands of the section; and after its waters
furnish an ample supply for this vast region
they continue through gulches and canons
until they find their way to the rivers again.
It may be said that the ditch is practic
ally completed, and that the cost of the
remaining portion is only nominal. The
ditch is more than ample to supply
the country tributary, as it is 30 feet
wide and 3y2 feet deep, with a fountain
head inexhaustible. Besides, the water ia