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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... quantity that comes . Senator REAGAN . You have been mayor of Paso del Norte for how long ? Mr. PROVENCIO . I have been two years mayor of Paso del Norte , and for over six years a member of the local council . Senator REAGAN . What ...
... quantity that comes . Senator REAGAN . You have been mayor of Paso del Norte for how long ? Mr. PROVENCIO . I have been two years mayor of Paso del Norte , and for over six years a member of the local council . Senator REAGAN . What ...
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... quantity of land it would cover for 50 miles below , and that a committee similar to that of our Senate be organized ... quantities of land both in Mexico and the United States , and the formation of a lake , say 50 feet deep , in that ...
... quantity of land it would cover for 50 miles below , and that a committee similar to that of our Senate be organized ... quantities of land both in Mexico and the United States , and the formation of a lake , say 50 feet deep , in that ...
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... quantity , which will give rise to the establishment of new industries . This consideration alone should suffice to determine the execution of a work which is to produce so great an improvement . At present there are irrigated and ...
... quantity , which will give rise to the establishment of new industries . This consideration alone should suffice to determine the execution of a work which is to produce so great an improvement . At present there are irrigated and ...
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... quantity of water that an- nually passes down the Rio Grande early in the spring . The CHAIRMAN . That goes to waste ? Mr. LLEWELLYN . Flows absolutely to waste , to the Gulf ? The CHAIRMAN . Have you had any surveys or estimates of ...
... quantity of water that an- nually passes down the Rio Grande early in the spring . The CHAIRMAN . That goes to waste ? Mr. LLEWELLYN . Flows absolutely to waste , to the Gulf ? The CHAIRMAN . Have you had any surveys or estimates of ...
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... quantities . To illustrate , at my place I have a powerful windmill , an 18 - inch wheel ( Holladay's ) . Each ... quantity can not be lowered with that pump . It is so all over the plain . The CHAIRMAN . How did that plain appear ...
... quantities . To illustrate , at my place I have a powerful windmill , an 18 - inch wheel ( Holladay's ) . Each ... quantity can not be lowered with that pump . It is so all over the plain . The CHAIRMAN . How did that plain appear ...
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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