1905 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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by an act of Congress ap- 



)royed April 27, 1904. Under this 

 tct it is provided that the work shall 

 >e constructed and all the lands dis- 

 )osed of within five years from its 

 >assage. Inasmuch as the neceTsarv 

 liversion works in the YeHow one 

 ntist be constructed during low wa- 

 er, and as a considerable "portion of 

 he first division will be excavated be- 

 ow the low water level of the river 

 his contract is an important step to- 

 yard fulfilling the conditions of the 

 .greement within the required period. 

 According to the estimates the work 

 irill cost about $26 per acre, to which 

 nust be added the sum of $4 per acre 

 or the land, to be paid the Indians. 



The President of the United States 

 3 authorized to issue a proclamation 

 ;iving notice to the public that the 

 mds will be thrown open to entry, 

 nd such notice will be issued at the 

 roper time. It is hoped that the ir- 

 igation system will be in condition to 

 urnish water in 1907. 



SERVICE NEWS NOTES 



527 



- r Milk River pr J ect under construe- 

 tion as early as practicable 



The Secret nf fl T 

 vert sint for hll/ ^^ 1S ad ' 

 of a hnnt ^ ^ ^ c ? nst <> 

 J ^ ? 33 miles of mam ca "al 



"** f b nches a " d laterals 

 ' M nt " and Buf rd ' 

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Montana P J ' ' ^^ a " d 



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1S Q work mvolves the excavation 

 2J I ' 5 ' ^ 5 cubic y ards of material. 



e bl S w , l!1 be P ened November 

 I5 ' al GIendlve , Montana. 



^ he Secretary of the Interior has 

 re J ected a11 of the bids for the com- 

 P Ietion of the Gunnison Tunnel, Un- 

 compahgre Valley project, and direct- 

 ed the prosecution of the work to be 

 continued under the direction of the 

 Chief Engineer of the Reclamation 

 Service. 



Three bids were received, and open- 

 ed on September 26, that of J. G. 

 White & Company, of New York 

 City, for $1,541,100, being the lowest. 



Work on this tunnel has been car- 

 " ed on by force account since the fail- 



ork Rive, in Carbon county, Mon- 



Hid. 



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A preliminary survey was made by 



le State Engineer, and it is believed 

 y him that a canal 35 miles long, to 

 Dver 44,000 acres of tillable land on 

 le west side of the river, and a canal 

 D miles long on the east side of the 

 ver to cover 200,000 acres, are feasi- 

 !e. 



A party under Mr. James A. French 

 now in the field making a recon- 

 lissance survey. 



Two projects are already under 

 mstruction in the state of Montana, 

 le near Glendive, on the Lower Yel- 

 wstone, and one near Billings, on 

 ic Crow Indian Reservation. It is 

 Dped also to put either the Sun River 



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tingencies do not arise. 

 , c 

 lhe Secretary of the Interior has 



executed a contract with Orman & 

 Pu( *\< . Colorado, for the 

 construction of divisions 10 to 21, m- 

 elusive, of the south canal, LJncom- 

 P ah ^ re Valle y P r J ect , Colorado. 



By the terms of the contract the 

 work must be completed within one 

 J ear from the date of execution of 

 contract by the Secretary of the In- 

 terior. 



The Secretary of the Interior is ad- 

 vertising for bids for the construction 

 of about 50 miles of the Interstate 

 canal. North Platte project, Wyoming 

 and Nebraska. 



