Report of the Governor of Arizona Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1898 |
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... Valley . This valley is of wide extent , practically level and perfectly situated for irrigating on a large scale from canals . Canals at Yuma and elsewhere are now in process of construction , which , when complete , will add ...
... Valley . This valley is of wide extent , practically level and perfectly situated for irrigating on a large scale from canals . Canals at Yuma and elsewhere are now in process of construction , which , when complete , will add ...
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... VALLEY , ARIZONA . The deposits of sulphate of soda of the valley of the Verde River near the mili- tary post of Camp Verde have long been known and extensively quarried by the rancheros of the region as a substitute for salt for cattle ...
... VALLEY , ARIZONA . The deposits of sulphate of soda of the valley of the Verde River near the mili- tary post of Camp Verde have long been known and extensively quarried by the rancheros of the region as a substitute for salt for cattle ...
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... valley . In many , and perhaps all , of the dry river beds and great washes which are only now and then filled with water rushing madly down the valley , and after a few hours become dry again , we may confidently look for an ...
... valley . In many , and perhaps all , of the dry river beds and great washes which are only now and then filled with water rushing madly down the valley , and after a few hours become dry again , we may confidently look for an ...
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... Valley , a few miles east of the county line , in Maricopa County . The hoarding capacity is in every way equal to furnishing irrigation facilities for the entire lower Gila Valley as well as the outlying mesas and higher plains , while ...
... Valley , a few miles east of the county line , in Maricopa County . The hoarding capacity is in every way equal to furnishing irrigation facilities for the entire lower Gila Valley as well as the outlying mesas and higher plains , while ...
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... Valley canals is rated at about one- third of an inch . It should be explained that but little of the land has been ... Valley some few miles above Florence ; thence for nearly 300 miles it winds through the now famous Gila Valley ...
... Valley canals is rated at about one- third of an inch . It should be explained that but little of the land has been ... Valley some few miles above Florence ; thence for nearly 300 miles it winds through the now famous Gila Valley ...
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Page 13 - That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into full force and effect.
Page 12 - 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.
Page 12 - ... shall give public notice of the lands irrigable under such project and limit of area per entry, which limit shall represent the acreage which, in the opinion of the Secretary, may be reasonably required for the support of a family upon the lands in question...
Page 11 - 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 12 - ... such irrigation works shall pass to the owners of the lands irrigated thereby, to be maintained at their expense under such form of organization and under such rules and regulations as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the title to and the management and operation of the reservoirs and the works necessary for their protection and operation shall remain in the Government until otherwise provided by Congress.
Page 11 - ... per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands in the above States set aside by law for educational and other purposes, shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved, set aside, and appropriated as a special fund in the Treasury to be known as the "reclamation fund...
Page 12 - 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 12 - ... also of the charges which shall be made per acre upon the said entries and upon lands in private ownership which may be irrigated by the waters of the said irrigation project, and the number of annual installments, not exceeding ten, in which such charges shall be paid and the time when such payments shall commence. The said charges shall be determined with a view of returning to the reclamation fund the estimated cost of construction of the project...
Page 128 - ... the name of the claim, and the name of the owner or claimant of said claim at whose expense the same was made or performed. Such affidavit, or a copy thereof, duly certified by the county recorder, shall be prima facie evidence of the performance of such labor or the making of such improvements, or both.
Page 11 - ... to withdraw from entry, except under the homestead laws, any public lands believed to be susceptible of irrigation from said works...