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Water Rights Sale Promises 20000 Acre-Feet in Lima Project
Dillon Montana October 1 1908 hundreds of investors eyed the Red Rock Reservoir & Irrigation Company’s plan to sell perpetual water rights for 20000 acre-feet from the Lima dam. The Stearns Construction Company backs the project with funds and a 10 year dam insurance, offering water at 10 to 11 per acre-foot with staged payments and stock shares after five years.
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Lima
Newell C. Knight
Chicago
Beaverhead
Redrock
Montana
Red Rock
Red Rock Reservoir & Irrigation Company
Stearns Construction Company
Ben Hager
Colonial Trust Company
Metlen
First National Bank
State Bank of
Dillon
Lima Dam
Belgrade
J. B. Poindexter
Iven
Point of Rocks