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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



November 



Harold Marshall, Forest Guard in 

 the Final Forest Reserve, in Arizona, 

 has been appointed manager in charge 

 of that reserve, to relieve Forest In- 

 spector R. E. Benedict, who will now 

 proceed with inspection work on the 

 reserve in southeastern Arizona. 



Sylvanus Collett, deputy forest ran- 

 ger of the Uintah Forest Reserve, has 

 been appointed ranger in charge of 

 the new Dixie Forest Reserve, in 

 Utah, which was proclaimed on Sep- 

 tember 25, and which will be placed 

 under administration as soon as pos- 

 sible. 



Otto W. Haeger, Forest Guard in 

 the Santa Barbara Forest Reserve, has 

 resigned from the Forest Service. 



Forest Inspector Smith Riley, of 

 the Forest Service, temporarily in 

 charge of the Holy Cross Forest Re- 

 serve, in Colorado, which has been 

 only a short time created, has for- 

 warded to the Forester applications 

 for timber sales amounting to approx- 

 imately 1,000,000 feet of timber, and 

 his reports indicate that there is pros- 

 pect of immediate increase of such 

 business on the reserve. 



M. J. Adair, of Tropic, Utah, has 

 been granted permission by the Forest 

 Service to occupy ten acres of land 

 in the Aquarius Forest Reserve for 

 agricultural purposes. 



Alicia D. Conrad, of Kalispell, Mon- 



tana, has been granted permission by 

 the Forest Service to occupy one acre 

 of land in the Lewis and Clark Forest 

 Reserve, and to erect a cabin thereon 

 for use as a summer home. 



Mr. Sewel Tibbetts has been ap- 

 pointed ranger on the Cass Lake For- 

 est Reserve, in Minnesota. 



Forest Ranger Fred. J. Boiler, of 

 the Bitter Root Reserve, in Idaho, has 

 resigned from the Forest Service. 



Mr. V. Gifford Lantry, Forest Ran- 

 ger of the Shoshone Division of the 

 Yellowstone Forest Reserve, Wyo- 

 ming, has resigned. 



The following privileges have been 

 granted by the Forest Service: To 

 Daniel Stukey, of Steamboat Springs, 

 Colorado, right of way for ditch in 

 the Park Range Forest Reserve, Colo- 

 rado; to H. A. Harvey, of "Harvey's 

 Resort," New Mexico, permission to 

 use buildings for carriage house and 

 barn, within the Pecos River Forest 

 Reserve ; and to John R. Barnes, of 

 Mesa, Colorado, right of way for 

 three storage reservoirs in the Battle- 

 ment Mesa Forest Reserve. 



Forest Ranger A. R. Swarthout, of 

 the San Bernardino Forest Reserve, 

 has resigned from the Forest Service. 



The resignation of Forest Ranger 

 Patrick Britt, Pikes Peak Forest Re- 

 serve, Colorado, has been accepted by 

 the Forest Service. 



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington 

 D. C., October 5, 1905. Sealed proposals will be 

 received at the office of the United States Recla- 

 mation Service, Chamber of Commerce Building, 

 Denver, Colo., until 2 o'clock, p. m., Novembers, 

 1905, for the construction of about 50 miles of main 

 canal, involving about 3.000,000 cubic yards of 

 earthwork and 130,000 cubic yards of rock work, 

 for the irrigation of lands in the North Platte 

 Valley in eastern Wyomingand western Nebraska. 

 Specifications, forms of proposals, and plans may 

 be inspected at the office of the Chief Engineer of 

 the Reclamation Service, Washington, D. C., and 

 at the office of the Reclamation Service, Denver, 

 Colo., and Mitchell, Nebraska. THOS. RYAN, 

 Acting Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Washington. 

 D. C.. October 6, 1905. Sealer) proposals will be 

 received at the office of the Engineer, United 

 Reclamation Service, Chamber of Com- 

 merce Building, Denver, Colo., until 3 o'clock 

 p. m., November 8, 1905, for the construction of 

 concrete culverts, siphons, drops flumes, waste- 

 . bridge abutments, etc., and furnishing 10 

 combination high way bridges, and 570,000 pounds 

 Total amount of concrete about 10,000 



cubic yards. Above work to be done along the 

 line of the Interstate Canal from Whalen to 

 Torrington, Wyo., in connection with the North 

 Platte project,' Nebraska. Specifications, form of 

 proposal and plans may be obtained at the office 

 of the Chief Engineer of the Reclamation Service, 

 Washington, D. C., or from John E. Field, 

 Engineer, Reclamation Service. Denver, Colo., or 

 Wyncote, Wyo. E. A. HITCHCOCK, Secretary. 



DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR, UNITED STATES 

 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, RECLAMATION SERVICE, 

 Washington, D. C., September 7, 1905. Sealed pro- 

 posals will be received at the office of the United 

 States Reclamation Service, Billings, Montana, 

 until 2 o'clock p. m., December 5, 1905, for the 

 construction of the Lower Yellowstone Dam, a 

 rock filled timber cribbed structure, requiring 

 about one-half million feet of lumber, 700 piles, 

 1,600 sheet piles, 11,000 cubic yards of rock filling 

 and riprap, and 100 tons of steel, located about 18 

 miles northeast of Glendive, Montana. Plans, 

 specifications and proposal blanks may be obtain- 

 ed from the Chief Engineer, United States Recla- 

 mation Service, Washington, D. C., or from Frank 

 E. Wey mouth, Engineer, Glendive, Montana. 

 THOS. RYAN, Acting Secretary. 



