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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... extension of drainage work where required to prevent injury of reclaimed land and to lower the ground water where this has become injurious . In addition , numerous minor extensions of projects have been constructed , bringing under ...
... extension of drainage work where required to prevent injury of reclaimed land and to lower the ground water where this has become injurious . In addition , numerous minor extensions of projects have been constructed , bringing under ...
Page 11
... extension and delivery of water therefrom . The lands cultivated under this extension are showing excellent results and development is expected to continue . Much trouble has been experienced by sand drifting into the canals , but this ...
... extension and delivery of water therefrom . The lands cultivated under this extension are showing excellent results and development is expected to continue . Much trouble has been experienced by sand drifting into the canals , but this ...
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... extensions and the use of water upon other lands are in progress . The extremely dry years of 1917 and 1918 throughout most ... extension of canals on the north side of Shoshone River . The 1 drainage system is also being extended under ...
... extensions and the use of water upon other lands are in progress . The extremely dry years of 1917 and 1918 throughout most ... extension of canals on the north side of Shoshone River . The 1 drainage system is also being extended under ...
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... extension act , by which the irrigator must pay for the use of excessive quantities of water . 3. The introduction of the rotation system by which water is delivered in larger heads in order that it may be more economically used and ...
... extension act , by which the irrigator must pay for the use of excessive quantities of water . 3. The introduction of the rotation system by which water is delivered in larger heads in order that it may be more economically used and ...
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... extension act . Except in a few cases of individual misfortune , settlers are finding it practicable to repay the charges assessed by the Government and to rapidly increase improvements on the farms ; and wherever serious effort has ...
... extension act . Except in a few cases of individual misfortune , settlers are finding it practicable to repay the charges assessed by the Government and to rapidly increase improvements on the farms ; and wherever serious effort has ...
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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.