Extracts from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Bureau of Reclamation, Issue 15U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 |
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... distribution of the benefits to towns and cities in the vicinity whose business has been largely increased by the construction of the irrigation project , result- ing often in doubling or trebling land values in those cities in a very ...
... distribution of the benefits to towns and cities in the vicinity whose business has been largely increased by the construction of the irrigation project , result- ing often in doubling or trebling land values in those cities in a very ...
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... Distribution of power generated ( kilowatt - hour ) . Num- Capac ber ity . of units . Used for irrigation tomers . pumping . " Used for Used for camp drainage Losses . work . Kilo- watts . Kilowatt- Feet . Salt River . South Consoli ...
... Distribution of power generated ( kilowatt - hour ) . Num- Capac ber ity . of units . Used for irrigation tomers . pumping . " Used for Used for camp drainage Losses . work . Kilo- watts . Kilowatt- Feet . Salt River . South Consoli ...
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... distribution of this amount to the various functional features of all projects , including the Blackfeet , Flathead , and Fort Peck Indian projects . The details are given under a similar heading for each project . Estimated cost of ...
... distribution of this amount to the various functional features of all projects , including the Blackfeet , Flathead , and Fort Peck Indian projects . The details are given under a similar heading for each project . Estimated cost of ...
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... distribution of the current generated in the power house is also installed in the transformer house . Four power substations have been constructed - No . 1 , 8 miles south of Mesa ; No. 2 , near Sacaton , on the Gila River Indian Reser ...
... distribution of the current generated in the power house is also installed in the transformer house . Four power substations have been constructed - No . 1 , 8 miles south of Mesa ; No. 2 , near Sacaton , on the Gila River Indian Reser ...
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... distribution on the south side . Water was supplied to the north side canals after diversion from Salt River , through the Arizona and the Joint Head Canals , and on the south side through the South Canal . The total area irrigated with ...
... distribution on the south side . Water was supplied to the north side canals after diversion from Salt River , through the Arizona and the Joint Head Canals , and on the south side through the South Canal . The total area irrigated with ...
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acre-feet acre-foot acreage acres Alfalfa annual August 13 Belle Fourche Boise Boise project built Canal system cent complete Colorado concrete construction charge construction of project contractors cost of construction Creek crops cubic yards Dakota district diversion dam division drainage drains engineer Estimated excavation farm unit fiscal year 1917 flume Fort Laramie Fort Shaw gates Government forces High Line High Line Canal inches Indian installments irrigable acre irrigable area irrigable land irrigation irrigation season July June 17 June 30 Lake Lateral system liabilities main canal maintenance charges March miles Milk River Minidoka Montana North Dakota North Platte Number operation and maintenance plant project manager project to June public notice pumping Reclamation Service Reservoir Salt River schedule season of 1916 second-feet Secretary seepage Shoshone South Canal spillway storage structures Sun River supply Tieton tion Total tunnel Uncollected Uncompahgre Valley Unpaid vouchers water users water-right applicants Yakima Yuma
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Page 573 - That nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or to in any way interfere with the laws of any State or Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder...
Page 571 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado.
Page 573 - Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder, and the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this Act. shall proceed in conformity with such laws...
Page 415 - I hereby certify, that the foregoing is a full, true, and correct copy of a resolution adopted...
Page 571 - That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make examinations and surveys for, and to locate and construct, as herein provided, irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters, including artesian wells, and to report to Congress at the beginning of each regular session as to the results of such examinations and surveys, giving estimates of cost of all contemplated works, the quantity and location of the...
Page 571 - An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 574 - as used in this act shall be understood to mean that certain act of the Congress of the United States approved June 17, 1902, entitled ' An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in •certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands,' and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.
Page 572 - ... the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, at or immediately prior to the time of beginning the surveys for any contemplated irrigation works, to withdraw from entry, except under the homestead laws, any public lands believed to be susceptible of irrigation from said works...
Page 414 - It is also further agreed that no Member of or Delegate to Congress or Resident Commissioner, after his election or appointment, or either before or after he has qualified, and during his continuance in office...
Page 573 - Provided: That the right to the use of water acquired under the provisions of this Act shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and the limit of the right.