The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-02-04
CORPORATION AIMS
TO COlONlzt LAND
Hall Million Dollar Company Id
cOrpOrated to Control Irri-
CATION Project

Articles of Incorporation for the
largest private irrigated land project
in California were fled yesterday BY
the California irrigated land company,
half million dollar concern. headed
by Oliver c. Stein and Douglas S. Wat
son. The holdings of the company ara
located in Butte county. in the Sacra-
mento valley. and include 5000 acres
of land and options for an additional
$4,000 acres. all TO be irrigated by the
canal system of the Sacramento valley
canal company. The new company in
tends to acquire 100000 acres. 70 be
watered by the same system which
comes from the Sacramento and
Feather rivers
LARGE COLONIZATION SCHEME
The Sacramento valley canal COM
pany. composed of the same share
holders and officers. acquired all the
water rights unsold by the Butte
County canal company Monday. with all
the carrying capacity of the bitches. for
100000 cash. and the holdings of the
two companies include practical control
of 100000 acres OF land which will be
colonized Irrigated land will be sold
at $50 an acre The promoters expect
that the opening up of this land will
bring $4,000 desirable citizens to Cali
fornia
With the completion OF a canal be-
tween the Sacramento and the Feather
rivers the company expects TO be in q
position to begin colonizing on a large
scale. While making arrangements foa
the purchase or the lands and canals,
the members of the corporation were
also BUSY In the east among the small
farmers. and at the present time 200
persons are ready TO take up small
farms at once and $50 more are EXPECT
ed from Montreal The land will be
divided into 20. 40 and so acre tracts.
The share holders and directors OF the
corporations and the amounts OF their
shares are in each case as follows
Douglas s. Watson S1333OO: o. @.
Stein. s1ss SOC: c. F. Jackson. 500; VIII
lard H. sheldon, Sss.7O0; Edward p
Sheldon. $66,60O.
FORMER GRANARY OF STATE
Douglas s Watson. vice president Of
the companies. said last night:
The land now Under irrigation and
to be irrigated is the richest in Cali
tornia This section was formerly
known as the granary of the state but
continuous raising OF wheat ruined II
for that crop. The land win All b.
plowed below the pillow PAN and the,
rleh soil turned up for depth of three
Feet When this is irrigated IL will
grow the finest crops in the country
Oranges and other citrus fruits rfpen
in the valley earlier than in the south
and oranges can be placed on the mar
ket in New York before Christmas.
ENOUGH FOR $4,000 FARMERS
'DaiTying and alfalfa growing VIII
be very profitable here and will be
taken up at first by small coIonists or
limited means on account of the quick
returns. The climate is perfect. and
the water supply from the rivers has
never been known to fail The ex-
tent Of the water shed from the
Feather alone is $3.50 square miles
The transportation facilities are an
other feature which will place this
section beyond competition. The North
ern Electric and the Western Pacific
both run through the land. and the river
transportation insures cheap shipping
rates.
We control enough to bring s.. 600
small farmers to that section and water
enough to make every one OF these
prosperous.