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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... parties in the manner following : The first party shall pay the subsistence expenses of the surveying party and the salaries of the field assistants engaged in the examination and mapping of the streams , canals , or ditches , and the ...
... parties in the manner following : The first party shall pay the subsistence expenses of the surveying party and the salaries of the field assistants engaged in the examination and mapping of the streams , canals , or ditches , and the ...
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... parties , are engaged in reconnaissance , or in engineering examinations , or in supervising con- struction where projects have been determined upon . STATE AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS . To assist in carrying out the reclamation law ...
... parties , are engaged in reconnaissance , or in engineering examinations , or in supervising con- struction where projects have been determined upon . STATE AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS . To assist in carrying out the reclamation law ...
Page 52
... parties on the river were compelled to discontinue work , and the men trained in mapping and detailed examination were transferred to the more northern States . In the fall of 1903 surveys were resumed on Col- orado River , with the ...
... parties on the river were compelled to discontinue work , and the men trained in mapping and detailed examination were transferred to the more northern States . In the fall of 1903 surveys were resumed on Col- orado River , with the ...
Page 53
... parties , but such prices were put on these rights as to make their acquirement by the Federal Government prohibitive . In these negotiations Cali- fornia State officials have rendered active assistance . It is a matter of marked regret ...
... parties , but such prices were put on these rights as to make their acquirement by the Federal Government prohibitive . In these negotiations Cali- fornia State officials have rendered active assistance . It is a matter of marked regret ...
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... parties are reported to be desirous of cooperating with the Reclamation Service in constructing storage reservoirs . King River rises in annual flood in April , May , and June , and all the canals , the aggregate capacity of which is ...
... parties are reported to be desirous of cooperating with the Reclamation Service in constructing storage reservoirs . King River rises in annual flood in April , May , and June , and all the canals , the aggregate capacity of which is ...
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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.