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WASHINGTON. 



The Wenatchee Canal Company, owning a high line 

 ditch in the Wanatchee valley, proposes to expend about 

 $100,000 in extending its system. A 5,000 foot tunnel 

 through Cashmere Hill is proposed. Additional ditches 

 and flumes will cost about $20.000. 



Wm. R. King, promoter of the Klickitat project, as- 

 serts that $750,000 has been subscribed for the construc- 

 tion of the irrigation ditch fifteen miles northeast of 

 Husum. He states that preliminary work on the Klicki- 

 tat river for the drainage of Camas lake has been started. 



Numerous damage suits against the White Bluffs Land 

 & Irrigation Company and its associated water company 

 have been filed at Prosser. Plaintiffs ask the appointment 

 of a receiver because the company has failed to supply 

 water as per contract. Land embraced in the White Bluffs 

 project aggregates 2,000 acres. 



Water contracts are being submitted to land holders 

 in the district covered by the Horseheaven irrigation 

 project near Bristol. Eastern capitalists are said to be 

 willing to finance the work as soon as a sufficient number 

 of contracts are signed. The company, known as the 

 Big Klickitat Irrigation & Power Company, has com- 

 pleted preliminary surveys for a main canal 100 miles in 

 length. Contracts allow fifteen years for payment of 

 water rights. 



Upon order from the Secretary of the Interior there 

 has been withdrawn from all forms of entry, excepting 

 any tracts already withdrawn under departmental order of 

 September 8, 1904, and also any tracts the title to which 

 has passed out of the United States, the following de- 

 scribed lands in the Yakima project, Willamette principal 

 meridian: T. 20 N., R. 13 E., NE ^ NE J4 Sec. 10; 

 NWJ4 NW y 4 Sec. 10. T. 21 N., R. 12 E, all Sec. 10; 

 S ]/2 Sec. 11; NE % and S Yi Sec. 12; all Sees. 13 and 14; 

 N y* Sec. 15. T. 21 N., R. 13 E., all Sec. 7; NW Y? Sec. 

 18; SE J4 Sec. 34. These lands are required in order to 

 provide for additional storage on Lake Nuchess, and also 

 for the development of the spillway and proposed feeder 

 canal from Lake Keecholus. 



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being available, settler shall cultivate and reclaim not less 

 than one-eighth of his entry and within two years fhall 

 appear before (the official designated) and make final 

 proof, showing actual settlement and cultivation of at 

 least one-eighth of his entry and make the final payment 

 of 25 cents per acre ior the land." Mention is made of 

 the final certificate and the rules for patent are as above 

 recited. No mention is made of the obligations of a mar- 

 ried man to reside with his family. The depositions of . 

 two witnesses is required with all proof. 



Oregon The regulations provide that "the settler 

 shall within three years from date of his application make 

 proof of reclamation, settlement and residence for three 

 months (with two witnesses) and file the same with the 

 state land board at Salem," or as an alternative, that 

 "Proof may be made upon showing of only 30 days resi- 

 dence (with his family, if married), the cultivation of 

 three-quarters of the entry, and the erection of a sub- 

 stantial house of at least four rooms. Either proof may 

 be offered at any time before the expiration of the three- 

 year period." The statutes provide: "Upon filing with 

 the board satisfactory release of the company's lien 

 against land of any applicant, it shall be the duty of the 

 board to issue deed for the same." 



South Dakota The statutes make no provision for 

 final proof, but they state that "after the state has re- 

 ceived a patent for the land and a purchaser has paid for 

 it in full, the board shall execute and deliver a deed to 

 him." 



In General While the regulations of some of the 

 states make no mention of the obligations of a married 

 man to reside upon his entry with his family, it is to be 

 assumed that such a requirement will be made. All the 

 affidavits herein referred to are executed upon blank 

 forms, which are practically identical (as are the various 

 fees) in all states. 



The fees are as follows: 



For taking evidence of final proof, $2.00. 



For taking evidence of annual proof, $1.50. 



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