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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



October 



tions this portion of Washington com- 

 pares favorably with the best irrigated 

 sections in the West. 



The people have been very energet- 

 ic in clearing away some of the pre- 

 liminary difficulties encountered by the 

 Government in starting the work, and 

 the conditions are very favorable for a 

 large increase in the irrigated area in 

 the next few years. 



Plans and specifications for the can- 

 yon portion of the main canal, Tieton 

 project, were completed in July, and 



The development of the distribution 

 system of the first unit of Sunnyside 

 project is now occupying the engi- 

 neers, and plans and specifications are 

 about completed for a concrete weir to 

 replace the movable dam at the head 

 of the Sunnvside canal. 



Umatilla 

 Work 



The Board of Consult- 

 ing Engineers recently 

 convened at Portland, 

 Oregon, to open bids for the construc- 

 tion of main canal and laterals of the 



Salt River Canyon, Arizona, Looking Down Stream Irom Point 

 About Half Mile Above Dam Site. 



bids for its construction will be op- 

 ened November 15th. A field party 

 is now engaged in the location of val- 

 ley portions of the main canal. A 

 wagon road is under construction up 

 Tieton canyon to facilitate operations 

 along that portion of the canal, and 

 every effort will be made to complete 

 the road and have everything in readi- 

 ness for the actual commencement of 

 canal construction next spring. A 

 farm unit survey has been completed 

 and plans for the distribution system 

 are being studied and prepared. 



distributing system, Umatilla irriga- 

 tion project, Oregon, received seven 

 proposals, which were transmitted to 

 the Department for action. 



The work is divided in two sched- 

 ules, and the Secretary of the Interior 

 to-day awarded contract for schedule 

 1, consisting of about 15 miles of main 

 and lateral ditches, to Thomas Jaques. 

 of Pilot Rock, Oregon. Mr, Jaques' 

 bid was $20,212.50 



All bids on schedule 2, which con- 

 sists of 26 miles of main canal and 

 laterals, were rejected on the ground 



