THE RECLAMATION SERVICE 



News Notes of the Various National Irriga- 

 tion Projects Now in Course of Development. 



LAND WITHDRAWALS 



Under direction of the Secretary of 

 the Interior, the Commissioner of the 

 General Land Office has withdrawn 

 from settlement, entry, or other form 

 of disposal under the public land laws, 

 except the homestead law, the public 

 lands within the following described 

 areas, in connection with the Cherry 

 Creek project, North Dakota: 



Fifth principal meridian. 



T. 146 N., Rs. 102, 103 W. 



T. 147 N., Rs. 100, ioi, 102, 103 W. 



T. 148 N., Rs. 99, 100, ioi, 102 W. 



T. 149 N., Rs. 97, 98, 99, 100, ioi 

 W. 



T. 150 N., Rs. 97, 98, 99, 100 W. 



T. 151 N., Rs. 97, 98, 99 W. 

 T. 152 N, Rs. 97, S. y 2t 98 W. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 also directed the temporary withdraw- 

 al from any form of disposition what- 

 ever, the following described lands, in 

 connection with the Yakima project, 

 Washington : 



Williamette meridian. 



T. 12 N., R. 17 E., Sees, i to 6 in- 

 clusive, 8, 9. 



T. 13 N., R. 16 E., Sees. 25, 36. 



T. 13 N., R. 17 E., Sees, i to 4 in- 

 clusive, 10 to 15 inclusive, and 19 to 



36. 



T. 13 N., R. 18 E., Sees. 6 to 9, 15 

 to 22 inclusive, 31, 32. 



T. 14 N., R. 16 E., Sees, i, 12, 13, 

 24. 25, 35, 36. 



T. 14 N., R. 17 E., Sees. 6 to 9, 15 

 to 22, 25: to 36 inclusive. 



The Commissioner of the General 

 Land Office has also temporarily with- 

 drawn from any form of disposal un- 

 der the public land laws, except the 

 homestead law, tracts of land in con- 

 nection with the Williston project, 

 North Dakota, and the Buford-Tren- 

 ton project, North Dakota, as follows : 



Williston project, 5th principal me- 

 ridian : 



T. 156 N., R. W. y 2 , ioi W. 

 T. 157 N., Rs. 99, E. y 2i ioi W. 

 T. 158 N., Rs. 99, 100, N. y 2 100, 

 S. E. Y 4 ioi W. 

 T. 159 N., Rs. 5^ 99, S. y 2 100, S. 



E. y 4 ioi w. 



Buford-Trenton project, 5th prin- 

 cipal meridian : 



T. 150 N., Rs. ioi, 102, E. y> 103 

 W. 



T. 151 N., Rs. ioi, 102, E. y 2 103, 

 W. 



T. 152 N., Rs. S. l / 2 ioi, S. E. K 

 102 W. 



The last two areas have been pre- 

 viously withdrawn under the first form 

 of withdrawal, but as the lands are 

 no longer necessary for construction 

 work, and are deemed susceptible of 

 irrigation under these projects, they 

 have been withdrawn under the sec- 

 ond form. 



HUNTLEY PROJECT CONTRACTS 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 again awarded contracts for the con- 

 struction of Divisions i, 2, and 3, main 

 canal, Huntley project, Montana, as 

 follows: Division I, consisting of 

 nearly two miles of canal, Cotton 

 Bros.' & Co., Oakland, California; Di- 

 vision 2, consisting of nearly eight 

 miles, W. D. Lovell, of Minneapolis, 

 Minn.; and Division 3, consisting of 

 about thirteen miles of main canal and 

 six miles of lateral, to Callahan Bros., 

 Phelan & Shirley, of Omaha, Neb. 

 The amount of the three bids was 

 $118,560, $43> 2 45> and $53- 2IO > respec- 

 tively. 



This project contemplates the recla- 

 mation of about 35.000 acres of land 

 along the south side of the Yellow- 

 stone River, such lands having been 



