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Governor Ansel, of South Carolina, has instructed his 

 state's representative to secure all possible data relative to 

 drainage and good roads, in which the state is now largely 

 interested. 



It is intimated that the famous Mexican band will be 

 taken to the Spokane congress by the delegations from El 

 Paso and other parts of Texas. Several coaches of Texans 

 are expected to arrive at the opening date. 



Mayor A. L. Fugard, of Pueblo, advises Chairman In- 

 singer that a train load of irrigationists from Pueblo and 

 vicinity will attend the congress, and that he will appoint 

 several delegates to officially represent the district. 



Senator J. P. Dolliver, chairman of the senate committee 

 on forestry and agriculture, has declared his intention to 

 spend several days at the congress unless detained in the 

 east by unexpected work. 



SETTLED CONTROVERSY. 



A controversy between two boards of directors of the 

 Umatilla Water Users' Association, Oregon, both claim- 

 ing to have been legally elected last January, has just 

 been decided by the Secretary of the Interior so far as 

 may be necessary to govern action by the department. 



Because of the fact that the government project must 

 be carried on in co-operation with the Water Users' Asso- 

 ciation, and as the secretary of the association must cer- 

 tify that a water right applicant is a member of the asso- 

 ciation before his application can be accepted, it was neces- 

 sary for the Secretary of the Interior to determine which 

 of the two boards should be recognized by the land de- 

 partment of the government. 



After carefully reviewing the facts involved and the 

 decisions of the courts applicable to the case, the Secre- 

 tary of the Interior has instructed the Reclamation Service 

 and the General Land Office to recognize the so-called 



Looking East from Administration Building. Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. 



Utah's delegation will be accompanied by a band, and 

 will charter several trains for its transportation. 



Gifford Pinchot, chief of the forestry service, who will 

 be one of the speakers at the sessions, writes to Mr. Insinger 

 that he will be at the congress from start to finish. 



Thomas T. Crittenden, Jr., mayor of Kansas City, Mo., 

 announces the following delegates to represent his city at 

 the congress : Henry C. Brent, John P. Wagner, J. G. For- 

 rest, Frank Lott, William Knepp and W. L. Shelton. 



Idaho will send several large and representative delega- 

 tions. The contingent from the southern part of the state is 

 to be headed by Governor J. H. Brady. 



Missoula and the Bitter Root Valley will send a dele- 

 gation of 150 and a brass band to participate in the parades. 



The offer of the board of control to refund the railroad 

 fares to any community or district sending a band of 20 or 

 more pieces was received with favor in numerous places, 

 and will result in a number of bands accompanying the dele- 

 gations. 



Interest attaches to the prospective visit of the Nelson 

 companies, 102nd Regiment, Rocky Mountain Rangers of 

 British Columbia. 



new board of directors, of which Mr. H. T. Irvin is presi- 

 dent. 



Only 1,739 feet of the Gunnison tunnel, Uncompahgre 

 irrigation project, Colorado, remain to be excavated, an 

 advance of 595 feet having been made during March. 

 Work in the east portal was in treacherous ground, which 

 had to be timbered. The heading is in decomposed 

 granite. Nearly 40,000,000 gallons of water were pumped 

 during the month. The west heading was in good ground. 

 A new gravel pit was opened and 722 feet of concrete 

 arch and sides were placed. The average flow of water 

 in this heading was 48,226,000 gallons for each 24 hours. 

 Other work on the project consisted in cleaning the old 

 canals and repairing the south canal. 



The Secretary of the Interior has allotted the sum 

 of $100,000 for the construction of three sections of the 

 Flathead irrigation projects, Montana, known as the 

 Jocko, Mission and Poison units. 



Contract has been awarded to J. E. Hilton of Vale, 

 S. D., for the construction of main laterals, involving 

 the excavation of approximately 23,500 cubic yards of 

 material, and 25.1 miles of small lateral excavation, in 

 connection with the Belle Fourche irrigation project. 

 The contract amounts to $10,111. 



