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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... probably be necessary for the sinking of any artesian well , but no reasonable construction of the language used will sustain the contention that the act contemplates the sinking of such wells as a part of the preliminary examinations ...
... probably be necessary for the sinking of any artesian well , but no reasonable construction of the language used will sustain the contention that the act contemplates the sinking of such wells as a part of the preliminary examinations ...
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... probably not be susceptible of irrigation . In many cases entries under the homestead law have been rapid within the areas withdrawn pending survey , the persons making these entries being actuated mainly by speculative motives . It is ...
... probably not be susceptible of irrigation . In many cases entries under the homestead law have been rapid within the areas withdrawn pending survey , the persons making these entries being actuated mainly by speculative motives . It is ...
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... probably not be reclaimed . Warnings have been issued to this effect wherever practicable . The lands entered under the homestead act within the withdrawn area are usually in tracts of 160 acres . They are , according to the terms of ...
... probably not be reclaimed . Warnings have been issued to this effect wherever practicable . The lands entered under the homestead act within the withdrawn area are usually in tracts of 160 acres . They are , according to the terms of ...
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... probably be built under the reclamation law . Some of these will be on the principal rivers of the arid region and their operation will affect the interests of several communities . Other reservoirs will undoubtedly be built out on the ...
... probably be built under the reclamation law . Some of these will be on the principal rivers of the arid region and their operation will affect the interests of several communities . Other reservoirs will undoubtedly be built out on the ...
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... probably possible , in completing the details of distri- bution , to make arrangements whereby the owners of vested water rights may be benefited . Such details , however , are not essential for present consideration , and may safely be ...
... probably possible , in completing the details of distri- bution , to make arrangements whereby the owners of vested water rights may be benefited . Such details , however , are not essential for present consideration , and may safely be ...
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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.