Extracts from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Bureau of Reclamation, Issue 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1904 |
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... obtained from the sale and disposal of public lands in the 13 States and 3 Territories to which the work is limited . It is probable that the reclamation fund now in the Treasury is far larger than was anticipated , but it is none too ...
... obtained from the sale and disposal of public lands in the 13 States and 3 Territories to which the work is limited . It is probable that the reclamation fund now in the Treasury is far larger than was anticipated , but it is none too ...
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... obtained through many years of study , it is possible to state positively that artesian conditions do not exist over considerable areas , and to indicate that the probabilities of obtaining good water in considerable quantities are so ...
... obtained through many years of study , it is possible to state positively that artesian conditions do not exist over considerable areas , and to indicate that the probabilities of obtaining good water in considerable quantities are so ...
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... obtained . This equalization is , however , subject to conditions of practicability and feasibility of the irrigation projects . The unfortunate condition exists that the States and Territories having the largest fund at present are ...
... obtained . This equalization is , however , subject to conditions of practicability and feasibility of the irrigation projects . The unfortunate condition exists that the States and Territories having the largest fund at present are ...
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... obtained by means of its investigations , it was early found to be nec- essary to exercise a careful supervision over the rights of way applied for under the various acts of Congress . Accordingly , in pursuance of a request of the ...
... obtained by means of its investigations , it was early found to be nec- essary to exercise a careful supervision over the rights of way applied for under the various acts of Congress . Accordingly , in pursuance of a request of the ...
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... obtained therefrom in such quantities as could be used for the irrigation of lands , with the probability that the cost of the work will be returned to the reclama- tion fund . COOPERATION . NEVADA . Under the provisions of the act of ...
... obtained therefrom in such quantities as could be used for the irrigation of lands , with the probability that the cost of the work will be returned to the reclama- tion fund . COOPERATION . NEVADA . Under the provisions of the act of ...
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acre-feet acre-foot acres amount of water ANNUAL REPORT RECLAMATION April Arizona association August bed rock Boise Boise River Boise Valley bottom Bulls Head canyon capacity cent Cimarron Colorado River construction contour cost cubic yards depth discharge ditch diversion drainage area drainage basin east elevation engineer estimated feasible feet high Flat flow gage grade Grand River height Honey Lake inches investigation irrigable lands irrigation January July June Klamath Klamath River lignite lower Mesa Milk River mountains North Fork North Platte River north side outlet Payette Payette River Platte River portion possible probably proposed railroad RECLAMATION SERVICE PL reconnaissance REPORT RECLAMATION SERVICE reservoir sites River Valley run-off Salt River sand season second-feet silt slope Snake River south side square miles station storage stream surface Susan Creek tion Total tributaries Truckee tunnel upper Utah Utah Lake water supply width Yuma
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Page 22 - 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 33 - 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 22 - 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...
Page 22 - reclamation fund," to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semi-arid lands...
Page 23 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding one hundred and sixty 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 25 - 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 lands which can be irrigated therefrom, and all facts relative to the...
Page 23 - ... 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 500 - Gate, and two canals, one on the north and one on the south side of the river, constructed.
Page 23 - ... 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 23 - ... 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.