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and canals, modern and scientific 

 methods of forestry and lumbering and 

 the use of new machinery in placing 

 concrete, have been widely used and 

 have resulted in increased efficiency on 

 all works underway. 



On several of the irrigation projects, 

 where important work is in progress, 

 the camps have been provided with a 

 theatorium and evening picture shows 

 are given, open to employes and their 

 families. The small admission charged 

 has sufficed to return all expenditures 

 for films and equipment. These enter- 

 tainments have provided amusement 

 and relaxation for the employes located 

 as they are, far from the cities and cut 

 off from the enjoyments of the towns. 



They have served another purpose 

 to those actually engaged upon the 

 work, enabling them to study the 

 methods of other engineers. They have 

 stimulated the men with greater zeal 

 in their work and have encouraged the 

 development of new and original plans 

 for labor saving devices. The plan of 

 exchanging films between projects has 

 familiarized the men with all the work 

 and has resulted in speeding up their 

 own activities. 



Arrangements are made with repu- 

 table film exchanges for the latest and 

 best dramas and educational subjects 

 so that the usvial entertainments are 

 as good as those given in the large cities. 



Last summer, with funds contributed 

 from the Exposition appropriation and 

 by civic associations and railroads, I 

 laid out a western trip covering about 

 17,000 miles of Reclamation territory 

 and including subjects on Indian Reser- 

 vations en route. I was accompanied by 

 our official photographer, Mr. H. T. 

 Cowling, with a full photographic equip- 

 ment of cameras, films, etc. Nearly 

 20,000 feet of film were exposed and 

 about 800 negatives of still pictures were 

 taken. We were quite fortunate in 

 having good weather throughout most 

 of the trip and secured excellent film 

 and photographs. 



Our first stop was in the Rio Grande 

 Valley, New Mexico-Texas, and our 

 subjects covered an area about 120 

 miles long. Our experience at Elephant 

 Butte was somewhat exciting as our 

 movies included a number of spectacular 



