Extracts from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Bureau of Reclamation, Issue 10U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 |
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Page 64
... length of masonry , 1,000 feet ; volume , 40,000 cubic yards . Power canal - type , rubble concrete weir ; maximum height , 123 feet ; length of masonry , 400 feet ; vol- ume , 8,000 cubic yards . Length of canals now in use : 32 miles ...
... length of masonry , 1,000 feet ; volume , 40,000 cubic yards . Power canal - type , rubble concrete weir ; maximum height , 123 feet ; length of masonry , 400 feet ; vol- ume , 8,000 cubic yards . Length of canals now in use : 32 miles ...
Page 65
... length , 1,000 feet ; volume , 42,700 cubic yards . Wells : Mesa district , 2 batteries ; Gila Indian Reservation ... length - total length , 765 feet ; wood , 61 less than 50 feet in length - total length , 1,353 feet ; concrete , 4 ...
... length , 1,000 feet ; volume , 42,700 cubic yards . Wells : Mesa district , 2 batteries ; Gila Indian Reservation ... length - total length , 765 feet ; wood , 61 less than 50 feet in length - total length , 1,353 feet ; concrete , 4 ...
Page 68
... lengths of canals and laterals operated by the Reclamation Service on June 30 , 1911 , being 534 miles , as com- pared with 491 miles on June 30 , 1910. Of the above 534 miles , 360 miles are on the north side of the river , and 174 ...
... lengths of canals and laterals operated by the Reclamation Service on June 30 , 1911 , being 534 miles , as com- pared with 491 miles on June 30 , 1910. Of the above 534 miles , 360 miles are on the north side of the river , and 174 ...
Page 73
... length 1,000 feet , internal diameter 14 feet . Dikes : Aggregate length , 388,080 feet . Water power : Estimated total , 1,000 horsepower at drop in main canal . Irrigable area : 131,000 acres . Present status of irrigable lands ...
... length 1,000 feet , internal diameter 14 feet . Dikes : Aggregate length , 388,080 feet . Water power : Estimated total , 1,000 horsepower at drop in main canal . Irrigable area : 131,000 acres . Present status of irrigable lands ...
Page 75
... length of time since these lands were opened to entry only one - third was ready for cultivation . The remainder , however , is being cleared for planting and it is expected that during the coming year the total area will be under ...
... length of time since these lands were opened to entry only one - third was ready for cultivation . The remainder , however , is being cleared for planting and it is expected that during the coming year the total area will be under ...
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50 feet 50 second-feet acre of irrigable acre-feet acres acres entered subject alfalfa assets and liabilities Belle Fourche Boise Boise River building charge Canal system capacities less Cement Conconully construction contract Creek cubic yards Dikes distribution system diversion dam drainage basin elevation of spillway farm units filed Fort Shaw Idaho installments irrigable area irrigable land irrigation plan irrigation season June 17 June 30 Lake lands opened length of crest Less accrued revenues less than 50 main canal maintenance charges March maximum height meridian miles with capacities Milk River North North Platte project Number OPENED FOR IRRIGATION operation and maintenance payment Pedro Armendaris grant Principal private ownership Prosser division public notice pumping Railroad reclamation act Reclamation Service Reservoir Riprap season of 1911 Secretary South Canal spillway square miles status of irrigable Storage dams stream bed Sun River Sunnyside surveys Tieton total length tunnel Valley water supply water-right applications wife Yakima
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Page 4 - 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 4 - 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 3 - ... a failure to make any two payments when due shall render the entry subject to cancellation, with the forfeiture of all rights under this Act, as well as of any moneys already paid thereon.
Page 17 - That where in carrying out the provisions of this act it becomes necessary to acquire any rights or property, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to acquire the same for the United States by purchase or by condemnation under judicial process, and to pay from the reclamation fund the sums which may be needed for that purpose...
Page 5 - ... derived from such leases shall be covered into the reclamation fund and be placed to the credit of the project from which such power is derived: Provided, that no lease shall be made of such surplus power or power privileges as will impair the efficiency of the irrigation project...
Page 2 - 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 3 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding 160 acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
Page 4 - That it is hereby declared to be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior in carrying out the provisions of this act, so far as the same may be practicable and subject to the existence of feasible irrigation projects, to expend the major portion of the funds arising from the sale of public lands within each State and Territory hereinbefore named for the benefit of arid and semiarid lands within the limits of such State or Territory...
Page 1 - That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming...
Page 137 - ... beneficial use to each. It is further agreed that in the division of such waters during the irrigation season, between the 1st of April and 31st of October, inclusive, annually, the United States is entitled to a prior appropriation of 500 cubic feet per second of the waters of the Milk River, or so much of such amount as constitutes three- fourths of its natural flow...