Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... interest aroused and activity with which its requests were met . REPRESENTATIVE CHARACTER OF WITNESSES . During the progress of the field inquiry , commencing on the 1st of August at St. Paul , Minn . , and ending September 19 , 1889 ...
... interest aroused and activity with which its requests were met . REPRESENTATIVE CHARACTER OF WITNESSES . During the progress of the field inquiry , commencing on the 1st of August at St. Paul , Minn . , and ending September 19 , 1889 ...
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... interests , including officers of the Farmers ' Alliance , of the Black Hills section , the counties of Beadle , La Moure ... interest as was seen in the Dakotas , though it easily intensified as the sections practicing irrigation were ...
... interests , including officers of the Farmers ' Alliance , of the Black Hills section , the counties of Beadle , La Moure ... interest as was seen in the Dakotas , though it easily intensified as the sections practicing irrigation were ...
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... interest relating specially to Kern County and to the general question of legal control over natural water . The remaining sessions in California were held at Los Angeles , Septem- ber 1 ; on the train , near San Bernardino and ...
... interest relating specially to Kern County and to the general question of legal control over natural water . The remaining sessions in California were held at Los Angeles , Septem- ber 1 ; on the train , near San Bernardino and ...
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... interest , and the testimony and papers presented should be carefully studied . The utmost courtesies were extended your committee by the Mexican as well as the Texan authorities . Considerable field observation was made . WHAT WAS SAID ...
... interest , and the testimony and papers presented should be carefully studied . The utmost courtesies were extended your committee by the Mexican as well as the Texan authorities . Considerable field observation was made . WHAT WAS SAID ...
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... interest was manifested by the press of Denver , and in fact by the whole people of Colorado , whose public men and representatives were eager in aiding your committee's investigation . From Denver the committee proceeded northward to ...
... interest was manifested by the press of Denver , and in fact by the whole people of Colorado , whose public men and representatives were eager in aiding your committee's investigation . From Denver the committee proceeded northward to ...
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acres acres of land agricultural alfalfa amount of water ARID LANDS arid region artesian average basin Bear River Boisé bushels canal Cañon Cassia County CHAIRMAN City Colorado committee construction cost Creek crops cultivation Custer County Dakota Director POWELL east estimate extent farm farmers flow Fork Government Idaho inches irri irrigable lands irrigation IRRIGATION AND RECLAMATION irrigation districts irrigation survey James River miles long miner's inches Missouri Missouri River Montana mountains Nevada North Dakota oats places portion produce purposes rain-fall raise reclaimed RECLAMATION OF ARID reservoir sites reservoirs River Valley Salt Lake Salt Lake County Senator JONES Senator PLUMB Senator REAGAN settlers Sevier Sevier River side SMITH Snake River snow soil spring square miles STATEMENT storage stored streams sufficient Territory timber tion topographic Utah Utah Lake Walla water rights water supply Weber River wheat Yellowstone