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1903 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



269 



In addition to the mapping, investi- 

 gations were carried on to determine 

 the discharge of the Colorado at Bull's 

 Head above Needles and at Yuma, with 

 daily observations of the temperature 

 and the variation in the amount of silt 

 by quantity and weight ; also observa- 

 tions as to the amount of silt carried at 

 various depths of the river. Turbidity 

 observations were also made, and at 

 Yuma samples of the water were taken 

 and forwarded for analysis to the Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station at Tucson, 

 Ariz. 



Measures of the Gila River were made, 

 and of the amount of water in various 

 ditches from the Colorado. Experi- 

 ments were carried on as to the best 

 handling of silt in ditches and canals 

 and the beneficial results to be obtained 

 from the collection of sediment on culti- 

 vated fields ; also as to the velocities 

 at which water erodes the bottoms of 

 canals and at which it deposits silt in 

 them ; also of the proper slope of canal 

 banks. 



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Lands Pursuant to recent orders 



Withdrawn from the Secretary of the 

 for Irrigation, Interior, certain public 

 lands have been with- 

 drawn from entry pending action on 

 proposed irrigation projects under con- 

 sideration by the national government. 

 For the Bear Lake project, on the south- 

 eastern boundary of Idaho, near Utah, 

 reservations have been made to include 

 the following : 



Townships 10 and n S., ranges 36 

 and 37 E., B. M. 



Township 12 S., range 37 E., B. M. 



Townships 12 to 16 S., inclusive, 

 range 38 E. , B. M. 



Townships 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, and 16 

 S., range 39 E. , B. M. 



Townships 7, 8, and 98., range 40 

 E., B. M. ' 



To cover the Big Horn project, reser- 

 vations in northern central Wyoming 

 have been made as follows : 



Township 54 N., ranges 80 and 81 

 W., 6th P. M. 



Township 55 N., ranges Si and 82 

 W., 6th P. M. 



Townships 56 and 57 N., ranges 82 

 and 83 W., 6th P. M. 



Orders withdraw the following for 

 the Cody project in the northwestern 

 part of Wyoming, near the Yellowstone 

 National Park : 



Township 52 N., ranges 102 and 103 

 W., 6th P. M. 



Township 53 N., ranges 101 and 102 

 W., 6th P. M. 



Township 54 N., range 101 W., 6th 

 P. M. 



Township ^5 N., ranges 100 and 101 

 W. , 6th P. M. 



Township 56 N., ranges 97 to 100, 

 inclusive, W., 6th P. M. 



Township 57 N., ranges 97, 98, 99, 

 W., 6th P. M. 



Township 57 N., ranges 95 and 96 

 W., 6th P. M. 



In connection with the Piney Creek 

 project, the following areas have been 

 restored to entry : 



Township 51 N., ranges 80, Si, 83, 

 and 84 W. 



Township 52 N., ranges So, Si and 

 84 W. 



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Forest Forest Ranger Roger S. 



Rangers Baldwin, of the Pine 



Greet the Mountain and ZacaL,ake 



President. Forest Reserve in south- 



ern California, sent FOR- 

 ESTRY AND IRRIGATION an account of 

 how the rangers acted as escort to 

 President Roosevelt during his visit to 

 Santa Barbara. This account will be 

 of interest to the readers of the maga- 

 zine, especially in connection with the 

 short address the President made to the 

 rangers, in which he showed his appre- 

 ciation and understanding'of forest work. 

 Twelve rangers from the Ventura 

 County division of the reserve, under 

 Forest Supervisor Willis M. Slosson, 

 rode 40 miles from Nordhoff to Santa 

 Barbara, where they were joined by 

 twelve others from the Santa Barbara 

 County division. The men wore blue 

 flannel shirts with army buttons, khaki 

 trousers and leggins, and buckskin 

 gauntlets. Behind each saddle w r as 

 strapped the khaki blouse, and in each 

 hat was a sprig of pine. Bits, bridles, 

 and spurs were polished, and the best 

 horses obtainable were in evidence. 

 When the rangers saluted the President, 

 he immediately recognized them, say- 



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