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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... sufficient importance to justify the expenditure of so large an amount of money as will be necessary for this engineering work . Mr. BRONSON . There is one other feature that I wish to suggest in this connection , and that is as to the ...
... sufficient importance to justify the expenditure of so large an amount of money as will be necessary for this engineering work . Mr. BRONSON . There is one other feature that I wish to suggest in this connection , and that is as to the ...
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... sufficient to start the grist - mill that did the grinding for almost the entire country around here . I understand that is 20 feet above the level of the river where it is to - day . And that irrigation and water power was accomplished ...
... sufficient to start the grist - mill that did the grinding for almost the entire country around here . I understand that is 20 feet above the level of the river where it is to - day . And that irrigation and water power was accomplished ...
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... sufficient to raise a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors as to which side of the line the arrest was made or the act committed . At the last session of Congress the House passed a joint resolution ( No. 112 ) request- ing the ...
... sufficient to raise a reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors as to which side of the line the arrest was made or the act committed . At the last session of Congress the House passed a joint resolution ( No. 112 ) request- ing the ...
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... sufficient for 1,000,000 acres on each side of the river , all that could be reclaimed from the desert for 100 miles below . To carry out this project , I recommended to the people on each side of the Rio Grande that they petition to ...
... sufficient for 1,000,000 acres on each side of the river , all that could be reclaimed from the desert for 100 miles below . To carry out this project , I recommended to the people on each side of the Rio Grande that they petition to ...
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... sufficient distance from the Santa Fé depot to allow that line to be rebuilt on its ruling grade and rise above the dam , which it is impossible to do from the lower site , it being 2 miles from the depot ; the second , that the walls ...
... sufficient distance from the Santa Fé depot to allow that line to be rebuilt on its ruling grade and rise above the dam , which it is impossible to do from the lower site , it being 2 miles from the depot ; the second , that the walls ...
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