486 NATIOiSTAL EECLAMATIOlSr OF ABID LANDS. 



all forage crops raised on the irriiiated farms. The lands lie on 

 the main line of the Great Northern Ivailroad, a transcontinental 

 route, and the TAvin Cities and Dulnth olfer splendid market facilities. 



The climate is exceedino-ly health fnl and inviiioratinii-; the eleva- 

 tion above sea level is abont 2,000 feet, and the air is clear and 

 bracing. 



The city of AVilliston is the connty seat, and has a population at 

 present of about 2,:200. It is a central distributing point for a section 

 of country extending approximately (iO miles in each direction. A 

 town site is now being laid out on the Government land about 7 miles 

 north of Williston, near the northern limits of the project. 



Bufot'd-Trenton project. — This project is located on the north l)ank 

 of Missouri River, near the Montana State line. The initial imit 

 will include about 12,000 acres of bench and bottom lands extending 

 from Biiford station to Trenton station, on the Great Xorthern Kail- 

 road. The second unit will include the Trenton Hat. which lies uiid- 

 way between the AVilliston and Buford projects. 



The electrical and pumping machinery for the two stations requireil 

 for the irrigation of the first 12,000 acres is now under contract, and 

 the installation will be completed about October, IDOT. The entire 

 canal system will be completed in lOOS. The poAver for operating 

 these pumping stations and those to be erected later for the Trenton 

 flat will be transmitted electrically from a main generating station 

 near AVilliston. 



Nesson project. — This project is about 150 miles southeast from AVil- 

 liston, and about 20 miles south of the Great Xorthern Railroad. It 

 inchides bench and bottom lands on both sides of the JNIissouri RiA'cr, 

 and contains about 1.").000 acres. About one-fifth of this laud is 

 public domain and Avill be open to settlement prior to the completion 

 of the irrigation works. It is proposed during the coming season to 

 provide for the installation of the necessary pumping machinery and 

 the construction of a canal system to irrigate about 12,000 acres. 

 Electric poAver Avill be distributed to four pumjiing stations from a 

 main electric generating station located adjacent to the lignite coal 

 mine, from Avhicli the fitel Avill be ol)tained. 



KANSAS. 



Garden City project. — This project contemplates the recoA'ery of 

 ground water in the Arkansas Valley in the A'icinity of Garden City 

 by pumping, and its distribution b}^ means of an existing canal 

 known as the Farmers' ditch. The system. Avhich is nearing com- 

 pletion, consists of a series of separate pumping stations, each dis- 

 charging into a concrete-lined flume or surface conduit, which will 

 carrA' the water to the main canal. The water will be deliA'ered into 



