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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... ranges connecting with the Sierra Nevada Mountains , and on the south and west by the Coast Range and the Pacific Ocean , is fast becoming the most highly cultivated and pro- ductive part of the United States , abounding in semi ...
... ranges connecting with the Sierra Nevada Mountains , and on the south and west by the Coast Range and the Pacific Ocean , is fast becoming the most highly cultivated and pro- ductive part of the United States , abounding in semi ...
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... range of hills , known as " the Coteaux , " lying on the east side of the great river afford , also , opportunities ... ranges from 1,576 feet at Jamestown to 610 and 600 at Yankton and Frankfort . There are in all nearly or quite one ...
... range of hills , known as " the Coteaux , " lying on the east side of the great river afford , also , opportunities ... ranges from 1,576 feet at Jamestown to 610 and 600 at Yankton and Frankfort . There are in all nearly or quite one ...
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... range from $ 3 to $ 5 per acre , and there may probably be found an abundance of water for storage . The cost of water in irrigation is about $ 1.50 per acre . Says one of the witnesses : The Kittitas Valley without water is but a sage ...
... range from $ 3 to $ 5 per acre , and there may probably be found an abundance of water for storage . The cost of water in irrigation is about $ 1.50 per acre . Says one of the witnesses : The Kittitas Valley without water is but a sage ...
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... ranges is considered in the Territory as outside of the arid range . This area embraces the counties of Idaho , Latah , Nez Perces , Kootenai , and Shoshone . A portion of Lemhi is also included . Unquestionably , how- ever , this ...
... ranges is considered in the Territory as outside of the arid range . This area embraces the counties of Idaho , Latah , Nez Perces , Kootenai , and Shoshone . A portion of Lemhi is also included . Unquestionably , how- ever , this ...
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... ranges within the State run parallel with the Sierra , and their area is not less than 52,000 square miles . Of this , at least 18,000 square miles have snow upon them all the year round , at a depth of from 4 to 26 feet . The ranges ...
... ranges within the State run parallel with the Sierra , and their area is not less than 52,000 square miles . Of this , at least 18,000 square miles have snow upon them all the year round , at a depth of from 4 to 26 feet . The ranges ...
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