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Show 30. twenty-five miles long toy ten alias wide, lying to tne vest of the Colorado River The land is practically level and is covered with alluvium and sandy loam, which ranges from fifteen to fifty feet in depth. The climate of the valley is similar to that of Yuma, tne temperature ranging from 22« in the winter to 120* in the summer, The average annual rainfall is about two and one-half inches. The principal crops produced in the valley are alfalfa, grain, and cotton. The principal markets for the cropa are Los Angeles, San Francisco, and the East. The vailey is situate about midway between the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads; therefore, the crops have to be transported by wagon-haul to Blythe Junction on the Santa Fe, a distance of forty miles from Biythe, or to Glamis on the Southern Pacific, a distance of sixty miles from Biythe. lands without irrigation, rough, and unimproved have a value of from ten to thirty-five dollars per acre. Unimproved lands, but under ditch, have a valuation of forty-five to eighty-five dollars per acre. Improved and irrigated lands are worth from seventy-five to one hundred and fifty dollars per acre. Eights of way over lands are secured by the company at the time stock is issued, the company requiring all stockholders to give a right-of-way over their lands at |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |