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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



May 





pany. These lands and rights consti- 

 tute an essential item and a valuable 

 concession in the Klamath Falls pro- 

 ject. 



ARTESIAN WATER FOR LOCOMOTIVES. 



Congressman Martin, of Deadwood, 

 South Dakota, states that the Chicago 

 Northwestern Railroad Company has 

 under consideration the advisability of 

 sinking an artesian well at Buffalo 

 Gap, in Meade county, South Dakota, 

 for the purpose of obtaining a supply 

 of water for use in locomotive en- 

 gines. 



The engineers of the company have 

 fears that if an artesian well should 

 be obtained the water would not be 

 suitable for engine use. Air. Martin 

 has requested the Geological Survey 

 to furnish any information available 

 on this subject. 



The Director of the Geological Sur- 

 vey states that there are some grounds 

 for the fears of the Northwestern 

 Railway Company that artesian wa- 

 ters from the Dakota sandstone at 

 Buffalo Gap might be too much min- 

 eralized for engine use. The waters 

 from this source are variable in char- 

 acter, but it is believed that the chances 

 are very fair that the waters at Buffalo 

 Gap will be satisfactory, and it is 

 thought that the prospects are suffi- 

 ciently favorable to merit a trial. 



COOPERATIVE WORK IN NEBRASKA. 



The U. S. Geological Survey and 

 the State Engineer of Nebraska have 

 formulated a plan for cooperation in 

 the collection of hydrographic data in 

 that State. The Hydrographic Branch 

 of the Survey, through the district of- 

 fice at Denver, will maintain a total 

 of ten river stations. The State En- 

 gineer will arrange to make all neces- 



sary gagings at the various stations to 

 insure a complete and satisfactory rat- 

 ing curve of each, covering the range 

 of gage heights for the year. The ser- 

 vices of the State Engineer's assistant 

 or assistants making these stream gag- 

 ings will be paid by the United States 

 Geological Survey. 



All records of gage heights and 

 stream gagings are to be transmitted 

 by the observer directly to the Denver 

 office on the regulation cards. Copies 

 of the same are to be furnished to the 

 State Engineer at the end of each sea- 

 son or year, or at any other time on 

 request. 



The travelling or field expenses in- 

 curred by the assistants of the State 

 Engineer in securing these data are to 

 be paid by the State Engineer's office. 

 The Geological Survey will issue in- 

 structions concerning the method and 

 proper manner in which all field data 

 are to be collected, and will furnish a 

 reasonable number of current meters 

 which are to be used in the work. 



This cooperation will insure a decid- 

 ed extension of the work, the impor- 

 tance of which is recognized by both 

 the agricultural and manufacturing 

 interests. 



PURCHASING IRRIGATION DITCHES. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 approved provisionally the purchase of 

 two canals, the Adams ditch and the 

 Ankeny canal, in the vicinity of Kla- 

 math Falls, both of which are to be 

 used in connection with the Klamath 

 irrigation project in Oregon. 



The Government had previously se- 

 cured options on these irrigation sys- 

 tems, and the action of the Secretary 

 provides for their purchase as soon as 

 the final plans of the engineers for the 

 construction of the large project have 

 been accepted. 



