1906 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



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crete lined tunnel, and 4,000 cubic 

 yards of concrete masonry, exclusive 

 of tunnel lining. The bid of Mason, 

 Davis & Co. was $377,330. 



A contract has been awarded to the 

 McFee and McGinnity Company, of 

 Denver, Colo., for 30,000 barrels of 

 Portland cement for the Uncompah- 

 gre Valley Project, Colorado. The 

 bid of the contractors is $1.45 per bar- 

 rel f. o. b. cars at Iola, Kansas. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 awarded to the Western Portland Ce- 

 ment Company, of Yankton, South 

 Dakota, the lowest bidder, the contract 

 for furnishing from 20,000 to 30,000 

 barrels of Portland cement for the 

 Belle Fourche Project, South Dakota. 

 The bid of this company was $2.43 

 per barrel f. o. b. cars at Belle Fourche, 

 South Dakota. 



There is a demand for from 8,000 to 

 12,500 barrels of Portland cement for 

 use in the construction of the Lower 

 Yellowstone Project, Montana-North 

 Dakota, and bids will be received by 

 the project engineer, U. S. Reclama- 

 tion Service, Glendive, Montana, until 

 April 12, 1906. 



Bids are being asked for the con- 

 struction of about twenty miles of 

 main canal involving the excavation of 

 975,000 cubic yards of earth, and 10,- 

 000 cubic yards of solid rock, in con- 

 nection with the Payette-Boise Project, 

 Idaho. Also for the construction 

 of a dam in Pecos River, involving the 

 placing of 75,000 cubic yards of earth, 

 40,000 cubic yards of rock fill, 12,000 

 linear feet of steel sheet piling, 3,300 

 cubic yards of rubble concrete, and the 

 furnishing and placing of about 219,- 

 000 pounds of steel, in connection with 

 the Carlsbad Project, New Mexico. 



The construction of about 145 miles 

 of irrigation ditches involving 600,000 

 cubic yards of excavation with struc- 

 tures and bridges in Carson Sink Val- 

 ley, Nevada, is ready for bids. 



Bids are being asked for by the Sec- 

 retary of the Interior for the construc- 

 tion of structures on main canal and 

 laterals of the Lower Yellowstone Pro- 



ject, Montana and North Dakota, to 

 be opened April 12, 1906. 



Land With- The Secretary of the In- 

 drawals terior has finally with- 



drawn the following de- 

 scribed lands in the State of Oregon, 

 for use in connetcion with the Cold 

 Springs reservoir, Umatilla irrigation 

 project : 



WIIXAMETTE MERIDIAN. 



T. 5 N, R. 29 E., Sec. 34, SE y A 



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T. 5 N., R. 29 E., Sec. 34, SE y A 



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T- 5 N., R. 29 E., Sec. 36, NE y A 



ok, y A . 



T. 4 N., R. 29 E., Sec. 1, E V 2 NW 

 %, NW % NEM. 

 T. 4 N., R. 29 E., Sec. 3, NW V* 



nw y, se y sw y. 6 A 



T. 5 N., R. 30 E., Sec. 31, N V 2 



sw y, n y se M- 



These lands were temporarily with- 

 drawn on August 16, 1905, for exami- 

 nation and survey, and their use has 

 been found necessary for reservoir 

 purposes. The Secretary has directed 

 the Commissioner of the General Land 

 Office to notify all persons who have 

 made entry of such lands prior to the 

 preliminary withdrawal and who have 

 not acquired a vested right thereto, 

 that said lands have been appropriated 

 for irrigation purposes and that their 

 entries will be cancelled and their im- 

 provements paid for by the govern- 

 ment, unless sufficient cause is shown 

 within sixty days from date of such 

 notice. 



The Secretary of the Interior has 

 temporarily withdrawn from any form 

 of disposition whatever under the pub- 

 lic land laws the following described 

 lands in the State of Idah< >. for use in 

 connection with the Flat Uock reser- 

 voir site, Pavette-Boise irri a tion pro- 

 ject: T. 14 N., R. 43 E., Sees. 1, 2, 11, 

 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, and N y Sec. 25, 

 and N y 2 Sec. 26, or 5,760 acres. 



He has also temporarily withdrawn 

 the following described lands in the 

 state of Colorado, for use in connec- 

 tion with the Taylor Park reservoir, 



