The contract was let to Atchison and Dailey of Fort Morgan, August 14, 1910, and by December 1, 1911, the entire work was practically completed, a few details only remained. The cost of construction was $235,000, or approximately $33.00 an acre. No irrigation project was ever completed in such short time, and the promoters point with pride to the fact that the cost was approximately the same as the original estimate, and also to the fact that net one dollar was absorbed for promotion nor in commission to any bond-selling concern for placing the bonds. Patriotism and local pride alone constructed the Kimball Irrigation District project. Before June 1, 1911, $200,000 in bonds had been subscribed. Of this sum $75,- 000 was taken by Kimball people and the remaining $125,000 by persons interested in the district. The first furrow was turned on the dam June 8, and on November 8, five months later, the headgates were shut clown preliminary to filling the reservoir for the 1912 supply of water. Ninety-seven per cent of the construction work was complete at that time.

In the construction of the system fourteen steel flumes were used. These cost $35,500 in place. The largest flume is 1100 feet long and has a maximum height of fifty-six feet. The financial condition is A-l. There are no unpaid interest coupons, all semi-annual interest on bonds has been promptly paid since issued. Very few registered warrants on general fund, said warrants taken at par by the banks. Cost of maintenance for 1914, sixty cents per acre; for 1915, sixty cents per acre, and for 1916, seventy-five cents per