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Lima Dam water rights drive Red Rock irrigation plan
A Dillon Montana letter outlines the Lima dam project by Red Rock Reservoir & Irrigation Co. with Stearns Construction financing, imposing water costs of 10 to 11 per acre foot, payment after May 1 1909, and stock shares for water buyers. The plan ties deeded water rights to perpetual stock in the company, with completion tied to a 1909 deadline and guarantees from Colonial Trust & Savings Bank.
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Lima
Newell C. Knight
Chicago
Beaverhead
Redrock
Montana
Red Rock
George R. Metlen
C. E
Dillon
Red Rock Reservoir & Irrigation Company
Stearns Construction Company
Ben Hager
Colonial Trust Company
Metlen
Lima Dam
Belgrade
Colonial Trust & Savings Bank, of
Uts
J. B. Poindexter
United States
Point of Rocks