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three acre feet per acre per annum during the irrigation 

 season, said water to be delivered and furnished at their 

 points of diversion from Salmon Creek for the lands speci- 

 fied in the agreement, it being provided, however, that the 

 stockholders of said company who receive this water supply 

 are to pay to the United States the annual maintenance charge 

 as fixed for the lands supplied from said system, according to 

 the regulations governing the same under the Reclamation 

 Act. 



On June 21 the Secretary of the Interior withdrew for 

 disposition in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 

 April 16, 1906, 160 acres in each of the townsites of Rupert, 

 Heyburn and Scherrer on the Minidoka project, Idaho. The 

 areas withdrawn have been platted and will be sold at public 

 auction on a date to be set in the near future. 



An extension of time has been granted to the General 

 Electric Company, of Schenectady, N. Y., for furnishing 

 certain machinery for use in connection with the Salt River 

 irrigation project. The contractors were prevented from 

 manufacturing the machinery in question by reason of the 

 failure of the contractors for the water wheels to furnish 

 them with designs of water wheels which are to be used as 



cubic yards of material, 100,000 cubic yards of overhaul, 900 

 linear feet of terra cotta pipe, and 2,000 cubic yards of pud- 

 dling. The bid of the contracting company was $245,038. 



Proposals are being solicited for the construction of a 

 pumping plant in connection with the Huntley project, Mon- 

 tana. This work involves about 15,000 cubic yards of earth 

 excavation, 600 cubic yards of concrete, building about 2,000 

 feet of reinforced concrete pipe, furnishing 120,000 pounds of 

 steel, and furnishing and installing a water power pumping 

 plant consisting of two vertical shafts pumping units and 

 accessories, each unit having a capacity of 28 cubic feet of 

 water per second, lifted fifty feet. The plant will be located 

 near Ballantine station on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy 

 Railway, twenty-three miles east of Billings, Montana. Par- 

 ticulars may be obtained from the chief engineer, Reclamation 

 Service, Washington, D. C, or from the project engineer, 

 Huntley, Montana. 



A contract has been let to John A. Nelson, of Sidney, 

 Montana, for the construction and completion of Divisions 8 

 and Laterals F, O and P, main canal and lateral system, Lower 

 Yellowstone project, Montana and North Dakota. This work 

 involves 179,540 cubic yards of excavation, 7,000 cubic yards 



Flume of Spokane Canal Company Near Spokane, Wash., 

 on the Great Northern Railway. 



a base for the machinery to be furnished by the General 

 Electric Company. 



Upon the request of the Department of Agriculture the 

 Secretary of the Interior has withdrawn for forestry pur- 

 poses Sections 9, 10, 15, 16, 22, 23, 26, 27, 34 and 35, T. 3 N., 

 R. 3, W. B. M. Idaho. A portion of these lands were with- 

 drawn for reclamation purposes in connection with the 

 Payette-Boise irrigation project. It is the desire of the 

 Agricultural Department to, utilize this area for park and 

 experimental purposes and under the ruling of the Secretary 

 of the Interior the tracts withdrawn will constitute an addi- 

 tion to the Saw Tooth Forest Reserve. 



Proposals are asked for the construction of Division 1, 

 Garland canal, Shoshone project, Wyoming. This work in- 

 volves the excavation of about 800,000 cubic yards of earth, 

 about 98,000 cubic yards of rock and shale, and the construc- 

 tion of incidental structures about fifteen miles northeast of 

 Cody, Wyoming. The bids recently received for this work 

 were rejected as too high, and for the reason that they were 

 for isolated portions of the work only. 



A contract has been awarded to D. H. Freeman & Co., 

 of St. Cloud, Minn., for the construction and completion of 

 Division 3 of the main canal, Lower Yellowstone irrigation 

 project, Montana and North Dakota. Division 3 consists of 

 nine miles of canal involving the excavation of 1,088,800 



of overhaul, and 700 cubic yards of puddling. Mr. Nelson's 

 bid was $29,985. 



It has been decided to increase the allotment for the 

 Yakima Valley projects. The increases are as follows: For 

 the Tieton project, $250,000; the Sunnyside project, $350,000, 

 and an allotment of $100,000 for the purpose of repairing and 

 completing the existing canals,- and for the storage of water 

 so as to place under proper irrigation the lands under the 

 present canals in the Yakima Indian reservation. 



Proposals are requested for furnishing about 405,000 

 pounds of steel bars for the Shoshone project, Wyoming. 

 These bars are to be used to reinforce concrete, and the bids 

 will be opened at Billings, Montana, July 24. Detailed infor- 

 mation may be obtained from the office of the Reclamation 

 Service, Washington, D. C., or Cody, Wyoming. 



A contract has been signed with D. H. Freeman & Co., 

 of St. Cloud, Minn., providing for the construction and com- 

 pletion of the work of Division 1, main canal, Lower Yellow- 

 stone project, Montana and North Dakota. Division 1 con- 

 sists of ty* miles of canal, and involves the excavation 

 of 823,000 cubic yards of material, 25,000 cubic yards of over- 

 haul, 1,000 cubic yards of puddling, and 360 linear feet of 

 terra cotta pipe. The bid of the contracting company was 

 $208,490. 



