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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION. 



May, 





fi,ume; crossing a ravine at Sanger, cai^ieornia. 



T. 32 N., R. 9 to 13 E., inclusive. 



T. 33 N., R. 9 to 16 E., inclusive. 



T. 34 N., R. 9 to 16 E., inclusive. 



T. 35 N., R. 9 to 16 E., inclusive. 



T. 36 N., R. 9 to II E., inclusive. 



This action was taken in accordance 

 with the suggestion of Hon. Paris Gib- 

 son, Senator from Montana, dated Jan- 

 uary 7, that the Department temporarily 

 withdraw lands which may be watered 

 by the proposed St. Mary reservoir and 

 diversion canal. Senator Gibson's first 

 request embraced a larger area than that 

 given above, extending from the Black- 

 feet Indian Reservation easterly and 

 including 157 townships, or in round 

 numbers, 3,600,000 acres, about 5^ 

 per cent of the vacant public land of 

 the state. It was objected that this 

 reservation was too extensive, and after 

 careful consideration it was reduced to 

 77 townships, including the most im- 

 portant land, this being in round nuni- 

 iDcrs 1 ,800,000 acres. Some of the land 

 within this area has already been filed 

 upon, but tl e total amount is less than 



2}4 per cent of the vacant public land 

 of the state. 



It is proposed to reserve this land 

 pending a careful survey of the canal 

 route from St. Mary Lake, several alter- 

 native propositions being under consid- 

 eration. 



Death of The Hon. J. Sterling 



J, Sterling Morton died in Chicago 



Morton. on April 27, 1902, and 



was buried at his home, 

 in Nebraska City, Neb. He was near 

 his seventieth birthday when he suc- 

 cumbed to the disease against which he 

 had vainly struggled for months in the 

 hope of recovery. 



Mr. Morton was a man of strong per- 

 sonality, and possessed in a remarkable 

 degree a desire to serve the best inter- 

 ests of his state and its people. He was 

 best known in his public life as acting 

 Governor of Nebraska and as Secretary 

 of Agriculture from 1893 to 1897. In- 

 tense practicalit}' characterized his ad- 



