484 NATIONAL KECLAMATION OF AEID LANDS. 



throughout the year a storage reservoir will be constructed on Willow 

 Creek. This reservoir will have a capacity of 20,000 acre-feet, the 

 drainage of Willow Creek being ample to supply this amount in 

 seasons of low run-off. The topographj^ and quality of the soil com- 

 bine to make it practicable to divide the Fort Shaw tract into small 

 farm units. 



Good grazing land surrounding the project will also contribute to 

 the success of the irrigators. ^Aliile the farms will probably be re- 

 stricted to 80 or 40 acres of irrigable land, it will be possible to give 

 a large per cent of these farms an area of grazmg land, bringing the 

 total farm unit up to IGO acres. It is probable that water will be 

 available for irrigation in the season of 1908. 



2IiJk River fro'ject. — The Milk River project contemplates ulti- 

 mately the reclamation of 250,000 acres of land in the Milk River 

 Valle}' between Havre and Glasgow, Mont. In addition to regulating 

 the discharge of the Milk River, the water supply will be supple- 

 mented from the St. Mary Lakes. It is proposed to store the dis- 

 charge of the St. Mary drainage basin and conduct the water by canal 

 26 miles long, having a capacity of 1,000 cubic feet j^er second, to the 

 headwaters of the Milk River. 



Construction work was commenced on the St. Mary canal in the 

 season of lOOG. A plant has been assembled and work will go for- 

 Avard during the season of 1907. Contracts will be so arranged that 

 work can be given to the Blackfeet Indians, who reside there. 



NORTH DAIvOTA-3rOKTANA. 



Lower Yelloicstone pro'ject. — This project contemplates the diver- 

 sion of Yellowstone River, at a point IT miles northeast of Glendive, 

 Mont., for the irrigation of 66,000 acres of land lying in northeastern 

 Montana and northwestern North Dakota. The land is classed as 

 follows: ^lontana, private lands, 14,618; public lands, 13,522; rail- 

 road lands, 16,742 acres. Xorth Dakota, private lands, 12,786 ; pub- 

 lic lands, 8,332 acres. The public lands under the project number 

 21,854 acres; railroad lands, 16,742 acres, and private lands, 27,404 — 

 a total of 66,000 acres. 



The public lands available for homestead entry in Montana should, 

 at the proper time, be filed upon through the land office situated at 

 Miles City, Mont., and those in Xorth Dakota at Williston, X. Dak. 

 The lands to be affected by this system are tributary to the Xorthern 

 Pacific Railwa}^ line which passes through Glendive, 19 miles from 

 the head gates, and the Great Xorthern Railroad, which has a sta- 

 tion at Buford, 2 miles from the lower end of the project. The farm 

 unit on this project will probablj' be 80 acres. Work is now in 

 progress on the main canal and lateral system. 



