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tionable. In such cases it will be since the disastrous floods of 1904 car- 

 found necessary only to store at the ried out the dam and other works, 

 head of the stream the flood water, and The result as recited in the resolutions, 

 thus there may be secured to cities has been the death of shade and fruit 

 in the state water supplies of good trees and vines, the total failure of 

 quality at considerably less cost than crops and great financial loss. Unless 

 has up to this time been reckoned the Avalon clam is rebuilt the property 

 upon. situated under this canal system, in- 



The co-operative investigations are eluding the town of Carlsbad, the coun- 



to be under the immediate direction of ty seat, and amounting to between two 



Mr. M. O. Leighton, hydrographer, U. and three millions of dollars, is threat- 



S. Geological Survey, who will be as- ened with total extinction, 



sisted by Mr. C. H. Stone, analyst, The engineers of the Reclamation 



and Mr. F. M. Eaton, hydrographic Service, at the urgent request of the 



aid of the Survey laboratory at Berke- people interested, have made detailed 



ley. The following is a list of rivers examinations and surveys and perfect- 



aiicl points at which permanent gaging ed plans for the relief of the settlers, 



stations are to be established and from subject to the approval of the Secre- 



which samples are to be sent daily for tary of the Interior, 



examination : It is hoped that it will be possible 



Malibu River at Calabasas, Santa for the government to take over the 

 Ynez River near Santa Barbara, Ar- works of the Pecos Irrigation Com- 

 royo Seco near Salines, Santa Maria pany and construct a permanent sys- 

 at Santa Maria, Boulder Creek above tern for the irrigation of the lands now 

 Santa Cruz, San Luis Rey at Pala, under water, and an additional acre- 

 Santa Ana River at Warm Springs, age, but this action may be impossible 

 San Bonita River near Hollister, Kern on account of the limited condition of 

 River near Bakersfield, Merced River the reclamation fund, and the legiti- 

 at Merced Falls, Tuolumne River at mate demands upon it in other locali- 

 La Grange, Stanilaus River at Knights ties. The department is assembling 

 Ferry, Mokelumne River at Clement, data upon all the projects in the arid 

 San Joaquin River at Tracy, Sacra- region, and until these are taken into 

 mento River at Sacramento, American consideration it is probable no action 

 River at Sacramento, Feather River at can be taken in the matter. 



Marvsville, and Alameda Creek at 



^.7 y Prospects are bright for 



NlleS ' wThin/ton the earlv construction of 



The actual sampling from the above Washington ^ irHgation ^.^ [n 



points will commence on January I, the gtate of Washington by the ped- 



and be continued through eral Government. Field parties have 



year of 1906. been actively engaged making surveys 



Situation A most deplorable condi- throughout the state during the sea- 



m Pecos tion exists in the Pecos son and at recent meetings of consult- 



Valley Valley near Carlsbad, mg boards of Reclamation Service en- 



s: ? ::::;;;t:K.,;;' 



tarv of the Interior. The Tieton project contemplates the 



About 18,000 acres of irrigated land irrigation of about 24,000 acres of land 



tributary to Carlsbad and dependent in the Yakima Valley by water laker 



for water upon the Pecos Irrigation from the Tieton River. 



Company have been without water flow of the stream in the vicinity ( 



