Extracts from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Bureau of Reclamation, Issue 17U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 |
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... acre- feet and a minimum yield of 17,000 acre - feet . The yield for 1918 was less than 10,000 acre - feet , a large portion of which was necessarily applied to lands holding old vested water rights . An emergency appropriation of ...
... acre- feet and a minimum yield of 17,000 acre - feet . The yield for 1918 was less than 10,000 acre - feet , a large portion of which was necessarily applied to lands holding old vested water rights . An emergency appropriation of ...
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... Acre - feet . Acre - feet . Acre - feet . 9 , 197 , 460 9 , 193 , 800 3,660 Miles . Miles . Miles . Canals over 800 second - feet capacity .. Canals 301 to 800 second - feet capacity . Canals 50 to 300 second - feet capacity . Canals ...
... Acre - feet . Acre - feet . Acre - feet . 9 , 197 , 460 9 , 193 , 800 3,660 Miles . Miles . Miles . Canals over 800 second - feet capacity .. Canals 301 to 800 second - feet capacity . Canals 50 to 300 second - feet capacity . Canals ...
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... Acre- feet per pumping . pumped . acre- foot . Horse- Kilowatt- power . Feet . hours . Salt River 2 .. Battery A ... V. M. D. C. Battery B ... .do .... 75 49.0 $ 16 , 425. 49 518.5 $ 0.375 75 46.2 20 , 603.87 784.3 .824 Battery C ...
... Acre- feet per pumping . pumped . acre- foot . Horse- Kilowatt- power . Feet . hours . Salt River 2 .. Battery A ... V. M. D. C. Battery B ... .do .... 75 49.0 $ 16 , 425. 49 518.5 $ 0.375 75 46.2 20 , 603.87 784.3 .824 Battery C ...
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... acres . Not over 3 acre - feet per acre . LEGISLATION . Copies of acts of Congress , passed during the fiscal year , affecting the Reclamation Service , will be found in the appendix . LAW DECISIONS . A digest of law decisions affecting ...
... acres . Not over 3 acre - feet per acre . LEGISLATION . Copies of acts of Congress , passed during the fiscal year , affecting the Reclamation Service , will be found in the appendix . LAW DECISIONS . A digest of law decisions affecting ...
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... acre - feet : Salt River at Roosevelt ( 5,760 square miles ) , 1889 to 1916 , maximum 3,226,000 , minimum 153,394 ... feet above sea level . Range of temperature on irrigable area : 22 ° to 117 ° F. Character of soil of irrigable area ...
... acre - feet : Salt River at Roosevelt ( 5,760 square miles ) , 1889 to 1916 , maximum 3,226,000 , minimum 153,394 ... feet above sea level . Range of temperature on irrigable area : 22 ° to 117 ° F. Character of soil of irrigable area ...
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1918 appropriation 32 Stat Accrued to end acre-feet acre-foot Acreage service acres Alfalfa area farms reported Belle Fourche Boise Boise project Bushel Canal system cent complete Collected to end Conconully concrete construction charge Creek cubic yards Dakota diversion dam division drain end of fiscal entry Estimated acreage excavation farm unit feet filed fiscal year 1918 flume Fort Laramie Fort Shaw installments irrigable acre irrigable land irrigation district irrigation season joint construction vouchers July June 17 June 30 Lake Laramie Canal Lateral system main canal miles Milk River Minidoka Montana North Dakota North Platte North Platte project Number operation and maintenance payable Plant accounts Poplar River project manager public lands public notice pumping reclamation fund Reclamation Service rental Reservoir revenue earnings schedule season of 1917 seepage Shoshone square miles storage Strawberry Valley Sun River Tieton tion Truckee-Carson Umatilla Uncollected at end water users water-rental water-right application Yakima Yuma
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Page 435 - 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 440 - 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 456 - Canada arising under the treaty of January 11, 1909, between the United States and Great Britain. The Reclamation Service is concerned because its operations include use of the waters of the two rivers involved.
Page 436 - 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 433 - 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 447 - ... public lands which it is proposed to irrigate by means of any contemplated works shall be subject to entry only under the provisions of the homestead laws...
Page 433 - 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 443 - An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of those ores, metals, and minerals which have formerly been largely imported, or of which there is or may be an inadequate supply.
Page 436 - 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.
Page 442 - The court thereupon may stay such proceedings or such sale, as provided in this Act, for a period extending not more than six months after the termination of the period of military service of such person.