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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



May 



the Reclamation Service and of its con- 

 tractors in a manner somewhat similar 

 to that carried on within the Canal 

 Zone on the Isthmus of Panama. One 

 of the traveling secretaries will prob- 

 ably visit some of the principal camps 

 to ascertain for himself the general 

 conditions and outlook. The Director 

 has issued instructions that any such 

 person be afforded all proper facilities 

 for an investigation and advice from 

 the principal men in charge. 



^. . , An interesting feature 

 Diversion of r i.u c -d • • .. 



Bowl Creek ^i the Sun River project 



is the contemplated di- 

 version of Bowl Creek into Sun River, 

 thus turning across the Continental 

 Divide toward the Atlantic Ocean 

 water now running into the Pacific 

 Ocean. 



Water The latest returns from 



•^'S^t j-hg various local land 



PP ica 1 offices show that the 



water right applications under the 

 Reclamation Act are as follows : 



Minidoka project under public 

 lands, 887 applications, totaling 58,- 

 811.72 acres, with no applications un- 

 der private lands. 



Huntley project, 175 applications 

 under public land totaling 7,973.58 

 acres, with no applications under pri- 

 vate lands. 



Truckee-Carson project under pub- 

 lic lands, 187 applications, totaling 11,- 

 429.10 acres, and under private lands 

 71 applications, totaling 8,945 acres. 



Umatilla project, one application 

 under public lands of ten acres, and 

 two applications under private lands 

 amounting to 114.50 acres. 



Belle Fourche project under public 

 lands, four applications, totaling 172 

 acres, and under private lands, three 

 applications, totaling 399 acres. 



_ . The Payette-Boise Water 



Co-operative ^t » a • .• 



Contructicn ^sers Association, in 



carrying out its arrange- 

 _ment with the Reclamation Service 

 for co-operative construction, has re- 

 cently let contracts for the excavation 

 of about thirty miles of laterals. The 

 payment for this work is to be made 

 entirely with certificates redeemable 

 in payment for water rights in accord- 

 ance with the contract between the 

 United States and the Water Users' 

 Association. Contracts were let to 

 about twenty different parties, and the 

 unit prices bid range from 15 to 18 

 cents per cubic yard for Class i ma- 

 terial, and from 35 to 70 cents for 

 Class 2, while for Class 3 a uniform 

 price of $1.50 per cubic yard is 

 named. 



Interest in Widespread interest in 

 Reclamation ^j-jg ^^,qj-|^. ^f ^^^ Recla- 

 mation Service is being 

 evidenced by homeseekers from all 

 parts of the country. The daily mail 

 of the Service has grown to large 

 proportions, and the indications point 

 to a very heavy movement of settlers 

 to the West this summer. The home- 

 maker will find this season most pro- 

 pitious, as several of the large Gov- 

 ernment works are now completed and 

 are supplying water to thousands of 

 acres. Reduced rates on all railroads 

 are advertised, and several train loads 

 of homeseekers have been carried to 

 Western points. 



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