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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



the project before undertaking to add to the expenditures 

 already made the large amounts which will be necessary 

 for construction. 



One feature of the projosed project on the reservation 

 which will be known as the Wapato project, is the low 

 cost as compared with all the other projects in the valley. 

 This will not only be an advantage to the Indians, as it 

 will give them a very much greater demand for their land, 

 but it will also make the project extremely attractive and 

 cause it to be taken up very rapidly as soon as it is opened 

 to entry. 



Approximately 159,000 acres which were withdrawn in 

 connection with the North Platte irrigation project, Wy- 

 oming-Xebraska, have been restored to the public domain 

 and will become subject to entry and settlement on such 

 dates and after such notice by publication as the Secretary 

 of the Interior may prescribe. These lands lie in sections 

 33 and 34 north, ranges 77 to 80 west, sixth principal me- 

 ridian. 



In recognition of the untiring efforts of the Reclama- 

 tion engineers and their assistants, who recently success- 

 fully performed the work of closing the Colorado river 

 near Yuma, Arizona, Secretary Garfield sent the following 

 message to Mr. Louis C. Hill, Supervising Engineer, at 

 Phoenix, Arizona: 



"I desire to express to you, and through you to your 

 assistants, my personal appreciation of the excellent work 

 accomplished in closing the Laguna dam, and especially 

 of the energy, persistence and skill displayed in fighting 

 the floods which at one time threatened the safety of the 

 incompleted work. I know that at that time there was, on 

 the part of different men, a display of devotion to the 

 work which is worthy of the highest commendation. 

 "Very truly yours, 



"JAMES RUDOLPH GARFIELD, 



"Secretary." 



The Secretary of the Interior has directed the Okano- 

 gan Water Users' Association to sell at public auction the 

 excess lands in the area described in the public notice of 

 November 12, 1908, announcing that water was ready for 

 delivery to certain described tracts under the Okanogan 

 irrigation project, Washington. 



The amount of so-called excess lands for which water 

 is now available on this project is 419.08 acres, distributed 

 among eleven owners. 



Before the Okanogan project was begun the land own- 

 ers to be benefited were required to give a lien thereon to 

 secure the payment of the water right charges, and those 

 who held in excess of the maximum area which may be 

 held by any one person were required to deed the same in 

 trust to the Water Users' Association, with power upon 

 direction of the Secretary of the Interior to sell and dis- 

 pose of the same at public auction at or subsequent to the> 

 time when the Secretary of the Interior should announce 

 that water was ready for delivery. This announcement 

 was made November 12, 1908. 



The notice of such sale must be published for five 

 weeks, and the Secretary suggests that such publication 

 begin not later than March 19, and that the sale take place 

 not later than April 24, 1909. 



Pending the completion of the Belle Fourche project, 

 and in order to protect the interests of the United States 

 and of prospective settlers, the Secretary of the Interior 

 has withdrawn from all forms of entry the following de- 

 scribed lands embraced in this project: 



Belle Fourche Project, Black Hills Principal Meridian: 



T. 10 N., R. 3 E. All Sees. 23. 24 and 25. 



T. 8 N., R. 4 E. N. e. 54 Sec. 10. 



T. 9 N., R. 4 E. All Sees. 1 to 6, 8 to 13, w. 54 and 

 s. e. 54 Sec. 14; all 15 and 16, n. y x and n. l /2 s. e. % Sec. 

 21, n. 54 s. e. 54, n. 54 s. w. 54 and s. e. 54 s. w. 54 Sec. 22, 

 n. 54 s. e. 54 and n. 54 s. w. 54 Sec. 23, e. 54 Sec. 24, n. l /i 

 n. e. 54 Sec. 27. n. 54 n. e. 54 and n. 54 n. w. 54 Sec. 35. 



T. 10 N.. R. 4 E. All Sees. 19, 20 and 26 to 36. 



T. 7 N., R. 5 E. All Sees. 1, 2, 11 and 12. 



T. 8 N., R. 5 E. N. e. 54 n. w. 54 Sec. 5, n. 54 Sec. 6, 

 n. e. 54 Sec. 11, w. 54 s. w. 54 Sec. 12, n. 54 Sec. 18, n. 54 

 n. w. 54 Sec. 13, all Sec. 35. 



T. 9 N., R. 5 E. All Sees. 1 to 11, n. w. 54 Sec. 12. n. e. 

 54 Sec. 13. all Sees. 15 to 21, w. 54 and w. 54 s. e. 54, s. e. 

 54 s. e. 54 Sec. 22, s. w. 54 s. w. '54 Sec. 23, s. e. 54 Sec. 24, 

 s. w. 54 Sec. 25, n. e. 54 n - w. 54. w. 54 n. w. 54 an d s. e. 54 



s. w. 54 Sec. 26, all Sees. 27. 28, 29, w. 54 and s. e. 54 Sec. 

 31, S. 54 Sec. 32, all Sees. 34. 35 and 36. 



T. 10 N., R. 5 E. All Sees. 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33. 



T. 7 N., R. 6 E. All Sees. 4 and 5. 



T. 8 N., R. 6 E. All Sees. 1, 2, 3, w. 54 and s. e. 54 

 Sec. 5. all Sees. 6 to 36. 



T. 9 N., R. 6 E. All Sees. 1 to 5, n. e. 54 Sec. 6, n. 54 

 Sec. 10, all Sec. 11, w. 54, s. w. 54 n. e. 54, w. '/ 2 s. e. 54 Sec. 



17. n. 54 and s. w. 54 Sec. 18, n. w. 54 Sec. 19. all Sec. 25. 

 s. w. 54 Sec. 30, w. 54 and s. e. 54 Sec. 31, all Sees. 34, 35 

 and 36. 



T. 10 N., R. 6 E. All Sec. 31, s. 54 Sec. 32, all Sec. 35. 



T. 7 N., R. 7 E. All Sees. 1 to 6 and 12. 



T. 8 N., R. 7 E. All Sees. 4, 5. 6, w. 54 and s. e. 54 

 Sec. 7, all Sees. 8. 9, 10, 14, 15, n. 54 n. e. 54 Sec. 17, all 

 Sees. 22 and 27 to 34. 



T. 9 N., R. 7 E. E. 54, s. 54, n. w. % and s. w. 54 Sec. 



18, all Sees. 19. 20, 29, 30, 31, 32 and 33. 



An extension of ninety days has been granted to 

 Messrs. Campbell and Huffman of Klamath Falls, Oregon, 

 within which to complete their contract for the construc- 

 tion of wooden flume in connection with the South Branch 

 Canal, Klamath irrigation project, Oregon-California. An 

 unavoidable delay in obtaining satisfactory lumber for the 

 work made this extension necessary. The contract should 

 now be completed on March 15, 1909. 



Public notice has been issued under date of March :!, 

 1!)09, affecting all lands opened to irrigation on the North 

 Platte project, Nebraska-Wyoming, by former notice of 

 July 29, 1907, being what is known as the First Lateral 

 District. 



The portion of the annual installment of the water 

 right charges covering operation and maintenance is in- 

 creased from 40 cents per acre to $2.00 per acre, payable 

 prior to April 1, 1909, but the water users are given the 

 alternative of subjecting their lands to charges upon a 

 new basis which has been agreed to by the Water Users' 

 Association. 



The new plan is available for all lands upon which pay- 

 ment has been made of the 40 cents per acre charged for 

 operation and maintenance for 1908, and provides for a 

 charge of $45 per acre instead of $35 as in the original no- 

 tice, and for the first two years the charge has been re- 

 duced to $2 and $3, respectively, without any charge for 

 operation and maintenance, the remaining $40 to be paid 

 in eight installments of $5 each, plus such charge for oper- 

 ation and maintenance as may be hereafter fixed. For 

 such applications there shall be no charge on account of 

 operation and maintenance for expenses incurred prior to 

 January 1, 1911. 



Those who have already applied for water under the 

 old notice may amend their applications to conform to the 

 new rates if they had paid the 40 cents operation and main- 

 tenance charge for 1908. All new applications for lands 

 in the First Lateral District covered by the notice of July 

 29, 1907, must conform to the new rates, the first payment 

 thereunder being $2.40 per acre. 



An extension of sixty days has been granted to Mr. 

 Leonard Seitz. of Vale, South Dakota, within which to 

 complete his contract to construct a portion of the South 

 Canal, Belle Fourche irrigation project. On account of the 

 unusually severe weather the contractor was unable to 

 perform any labor for several months, and the date of 

 completion has therefore been set forward to April 30. 

 1909. 



The Reclamation Service has been advised that cer- 

 tain people in North Yakima, State of Washington, have 

 undertaken, for a consideration, to locate intending settlers 

 upon the Tieton project nearby, the terms being a pay- 

 ment of $50 in advance on condition that in case of diffi- 

 culty in making the entry the claim would be appealed to 

 the Secretary of the Interior and if the final decision be 

 favorable the locator and his attorneys are to receive $500 

 additional. 



The lands in question are within the Tieton project of 

 the United States Reclamation Service and have been 

 withheld from entry under the terms of the law pending 

 the final location of necessary irrigation works. The irri- 

 gation project is approaching completion and such of the 

 lands as are irrigable will be opened to entry within one or 

 two years after due notice through the local land office and 

 the public press. 



