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Show 1 j Thousands of Emigrants Expected to Buy Small Parcels of Land. CORPORATION FLOAT Land Extremely Fertile and Plan Backed by German Banks. MEXICO cm. Monday, net. 20. Concrete evidence of German colonl- eauuu jii.iu.-i luj muiuu was levraieu here todn with the announcement of. an enterprise for the irrigation of 2o(),0fMi hectares of land in the Fuertej river valley. In the state of Sinaloa' where thousands of German Immigrants Immi-grants are expected to buy small par- i eels of land on a twenty year payment' plan. The corporation is beins floated bj Jose Meakany, a Mexico City capital st. with the support of General Ramon Ra-mon Umbo, governor of Sinaloa It is proposed to construct a dam at Saint Bias, securinc from the government a ( mri'SKinn hr ihr iko nf i-niiiirh ralpr from the Fuerte river for the propos- I COlOny. The land is declared to be extremely fertile and the plan is be ing backed by German banks here. I'ntll a few months ago the water concession for the FuerU valley was held bv the United States companies of Los MoqhfS, Sinaloa. headed by Benjamin F Johnson of Chicago. 111. The com e.,.sjon oi the sugar companies compa-nies granted twenty years ago was for the use nf 17, per eent of the river's riv-er's flow, but It is declared to have been decreased to eight cubic meters per second 1 Promoters of the present irrigation project declare the old concession was reduced because of the opposition of many land holders along the Fuerte river to the companies controlling 75 per eent of the water while only own inc five per cent of the land in that region Which could be irrigated |