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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... natural fertility , but it is entirely dependent upon irrigation . Idaho comprises 86,294 square miles . The northern part of it , com- monly known as the Pan Handle , is well supplied with water , and farm- ing is prosecuted with ...
... natural fertility , but it is entirely dependent upon irrigation . Idaho comprises 86,294 square miles . The northern part of it , com- monly known as the Pan Handle , is well supplied with water , and farm- ing is prosecuted with ...
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... NATURAL WATERS . The bill reserves the unappropriated waters of the lakes and rivers on the public lands for such beneficial uses as shall be determined by the States and Territories in which such waters are situated , and places them ...
... NATURAL WATERS . The bill reserves the unappropriated waters of the lakes and rivers on the public lands for such beneficial uses as shall be determined by the States and Territories in which such waters are situated , and places them ...
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... natural drainage of the cañon region wherein the proposed works are to be situated and con- structed . Maj . Anson Mill , Tenth Cavalry , U. S. Army , a competent civil engineer , was , under the supervision of Director Powell , U. S. ...
... natural drainage of the cañon region wherein the proposed works are to be situated and con- structed . Maj . Anson Mill , Tenth Cavalry , U. S. Army , a competent civil engineer , was , under the supervision of Director Powell , U. S. ...
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... natural waters of Colorado are , by its constitution , State property , and by its law are all consumable within the State it- self . As with the Rio Grande , so it is with the Arkansas . As it emerges from its sources and cañon ...
... natural waters of Colorado are , by its constitution , State property , and by its law are all consumable within the State it- self . As with the Rio Grande , so it is with the Arkansas . As it emerges from its sources and cañon ...
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... natural stream , water - course , lake , spring , or other natural source of supply has been taken , diverted , and used by prior appropriators for a part , or parts , of each year only ; and other persons have subse- quently ...
... natural stream , water - course , lake , spring , or other natural source of supply has been taken , diverted , and used by prior appropriators for a part , or parts , of each year only ; and other persons have subse- quently ...
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