v.3. Rocky Mountain region and Great Plains. v.4. Statements by Director Powell and other officers of the U. S. Geological Survey. Consular reports. General report on irrigation in United States. Miscellaneous papers. [v.5] Irrigation in the United States. By R.J. Hinton... being a 2d ed. of Misc. doc. 15, 49th Cong. [2d sessU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... interest in either ) , the whole of that difficulty would be avoided . I am satisfied there is a volume of water that courses down the channel of the Rio Grande from the 15th of May until the 15th of August , taking year in and year out ...
... interest in either ) , the whole of that difficulty would be avoided . I am satisfied there is a volume of water that courses down the channel of the Rio Grande from the 15th of May until the 15th of August , taking year in and year out ...
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... interests of the country , but it strikes me you would obtain here and below and above in New Mexico a water - power ... interest of the General Government , the amount of wealth that such a dam would contribute , not to the State of ...
... interests of the country , but it strikes me you would obtain here and below and above in New Mexico a water - power ... interest of the General Government , the amount of wealth that such a dam would contribute , not to the State of ...
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... interest to the committee ? Mr. MAGOFFIN . Prior to 1861 - I will go back - the population of Paso del Norte ( city of Jaurez ) was about 30,000 . It was a thriving little city , and also the surrounding country was cultivated . They ...
... interest to the committee ? Mr. MAGOFFIN . Prior to 1861 - I will go back - the population of Paso del Norte ( city of Jaurez ) was about 30,000 . It was a thriving little city , and also the surrounding country was cultivated . They ...
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... interest in that . I was brought up on a farm . The CHAIRMAN . Have you pursued agriculture to some extent in this Territory ? Mr. BRISTOL . As far as vineyards , on a small scale , are concerned . The CHAIRMAN . Where was that ? Mr ...
... interest in that . I was brought up on a farm . The CHAIRMAN . Have you pursued agriculture to some extent in this Territory ? Mr. BRISTOL . As far as vineyards , on a small scale , are concerned . The CHAIRMAN . Where was that ? Mr ...
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... interest . They get one payment down and have all the pay- ments completed in ten years . The title does not pass until the pay- ments are completed . We estimate the duty of water , based principally on the experience of Colorado , at ...
... interest . They get one payment down and have all the pay- ments completed in ten years . The title does not pass until the pay- ments are completed . We estimate the duty of water , based principally on the experience of Colorado , at ...
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acres acres of land agricultural amount of water Arkansas River average basin bushels canal Cañon Cañon City capacity cent CHAIRMAN City Colorado committee construction cost Creek crops cubic feet cultivation Dakota depth Director POWELL Ditch Company east engineer evaporation expense farmers farming feet deep flood flow forest furnish Government Gray County inches irri irrigation Kansas LA GRANGE Lake Laramie Laramie River laws MEAD Mexico miles mountains Nebraska North Platte North Platte River owners party Paso Pecos Pecos River person places plains portion present pump purposes quantity railroad rain rain-fall raise reservoirs San Luis Valley sand season Senator JONES Senator PLUMB Senator REAGAN side soil spring square miles STATEMENT storage stored streams sufficient supply of water surface survey Territory Texas thereof timber tion valley water rights water supply western wheat Wyoming