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... feet above the sea , is on the prairie level , three hundred and fifty feet above Minot which lies in the valley of the Mouse river . Berthold , twelve miles farther west has an elevation of 2,087 feet . Wallace , six miles farther , is ...
... feet above the sea , is on the prairie level , three hundred and fifty feet above Minot which lies in the valley of the Mouse river . Berthold , twelve miles farther west has an elevation of 2,087 feet . Wallace , six miles farther , is ...
Page 36
... feet above water level and is equal in extent to the first , while the third , twenty - five feet higher , is perhaps larger than either of the others . These terraces are generally faced with steep bluffs , and , like the country back ...
... feet above water level and is equal in extent to the first , while the third , twenty - five feet higher , is perhaps larger than either of the others . These terraces are generally faced with steep bluffs , and , like the country back ...
Page 36
... feet above water level and is equal in extent to the first , while the third , twenty - five feet higher , is perhaps larger than either of the others . These terraces are generally faced with steep bluffs , and , like the country back ...
... feet above water level and is equal in extent to the first , while the third , twenty - five feet higher , is perhaps larger than either of the others . These terraces are generally faced with steep bluffs , and , like the country back ...
Page 37
... feet higher than the station of the same name four miles away , and one - third of the ascent is made within half a mile of the butte , the last fifty feet being vertical at many points . The following tables giving elevations along ...
... feet higher than the station of the same name four miles away , and one - third of the ascent is made within half a mile of the butte , the last fifty feet being vertical at many points . The following tables giving elevations along ...
Page 42
... feet , or lower than the sandstone at Steele by one hundred and twenty - five feet . The sandstone at Velva possesses no characteristics which prevent its being re- garded as Laramie , nor does its elevation exclude it , for it is ...
... feet , or lower than the sandstone at Steele by one hundred and twenty - five feet . The sandstone at Velva possesses no characteristics which prevent its being re- garded as Laramie , nor does its elevation exclude it , for it is ...
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Page 200 - 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 197 - 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 in the...
Page 200 - That when the payments required by this Act are made for the major portion of the lands irrigated from the waters of any of the works herein provided for, then the management and operation of such irrigation •works shall pass to the owners of the lands irrigated thereby...
Page 197 - 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 197 - 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 200 - ... then the management and operation of such irrigation works shall pass to the owners of the lands irrigated thereby, to be maintained at their expense under such form of organization and under such rules and regulations as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior...
Page 198 - That the Secretary of the Interior shall, before giving the public notice provided for in section four of this act, withdraw from public entry the lands required for any irrigation works contemplated under the provisions of this act, and shall restore to public entry any of the lands so withdrawn when, in his judgment, such lands are not required for the purposes of this act...
Page 196 - ... canals impracticable for private enterprise. These irrigation works should be built by the National Government. The lands reclaimed by them should be reserved by the Government for actual settlers, and the cost of construction should so far as possible be repaid by the land reclaimed.
Page 200 - 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...
Page 200 - ... 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. The annual installments shall be paid to the receiver of the local land office of the district in which the land is situated...