1906 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



329 



shows the exceptional rate of eight 

 second-feet per square mile for the 

 drainage area of 2,270 square miles, 

 or a maximum flow of more than 18,- 

 000 second-feet. Gaging stations on 

 these rivers were of value to irriga- 

 tion interests, those on Umatilla River 

 having been utilized by the Reclama- 

 tion Service in the consideration of the 

 Umatilla project. 



Payette 



Boise 



Project 



In order to preserve the 

 priority of water right 

 and thus render possible 

 the completion of the work on the 

 Payette-Boise irrigation project, in 

 Idaho, the Secretary of the Interior 

 has declared that an extraordinary 

 emergency exists, under the pro- 

 visions of the eight-hour act of Au- 

 gust 1, 1892. 



According to the laws of the State 

 of Idaho, before performing any 

 work in connection with the construc- 

 tion of projects involving the appro- 

 priation of water, it is necessary to 

 file an application with the State En- 

 gineer for a permit to make such ap- 

 propriation. This application must 

 state the time required for the comple-- 

 tion of construction of the proposed 

 works, and the law requires that one- 

 fifth of the work must be completed 

 in one-half the time required for the 

 completion of the entire project. 



In order that the required amount 

 of work on the Payette-Boise project 

 may be completed within the time 

 specified, it has been found necessary 

 to rush the work of construction, 

 which has been delayed by difficulty 

 in obtaining early delivery of ma- 

 chinery and in securing laborers. It 

 was also found upon opening bids for 

 the construction work that a portion 

 of the system must be done by force 

 account, and the necessity of read- 

 vertising for bids caused much further 

 delay. 



There was a surprised 

 lot of farmers in the 

 neighborhood of Ma- 

 laga, Xew Mexico, a short time ago, 

 when the Reclamation Service engi- 

 neers turned the water into the Black 



Rapid 

 Work in 

 New Mexico 



River canal under the Carlsbad pro- 

 ject. 



The work on the project has been 

 pushed rapidly in order to serve as 

 large an acreage as possible during 

 the season. The Black River canal 

 was completed in May, including 

 about 4,000 feet of concrete lining and 

 a full head of water is being delivered 

 to the farms in the vicinity of Malaga. 

 The work was finished in double 

 quick time, and the farmers got the 

 water before they expected it, and a 

 larger quantity than they counted 

 upon ; consequently, they did not pre- 

 pare and plant all of the land that 

 could have been cultivated. The old 

 ditch leaked out threefourths of the 

 water it diverted, but this fault is not 

 found in the new canal. The Black 

 River ditch diverts directly from Black 

 River, a tributary entering the right 

 bank of the Pecos River about 18 

 miles below Carlsbad. 



The earthwork on the first three 

 miles of the main canal of the Carls- 

 bad project is practically completed, 

 and another force is busy tearing out 

 the old spillway at Dark Canyon, re- 

 moving the present bank and making 

 excavation for the seven-foot concrete 

 pipe, and building new embankments. 

 The large store house at Avalon dam 

 has been completed, and the stone 

 crusher is in place and nearly ready 

 for operation. The bridge has been 

 repaired and excavation has been be- 

 gun for the core wall of the dam at 

 the east end near the canal heading. 

 Tools and machinery are arriving 

 every day, and the force is being en- 

 larged and organized for rapid and 

 effective work. 



Cooperative The President has issued 

 Work in an orc i er reserving the 



South Dakota ^ ^ Qf g^ ^ T g 



X., R. 5 E., Black Hills Meridian, 

 South Dakota, within the limits of the 

 Belle Fourche irrigation project, for 

 the purpose of experimental work in 

 agriculture, under the supervision of 

 the Department of Agriculture, the 

 tract, however, to remain under the 

 general jurisdiction and control of the 

 Reclamation Service. 



