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THE IKKIGATION AGE. 



U. S. Reclamation Record. 



A digest of the latest developments in connection 

 with the United States Reclamation Service, including 

 "Public Xotices" and "Service Orders" of public in- 

 terest.) 



"Service Orders." 



Procedure Under Foreclosure of Mortgage of Lands Sub- 

 ject to Reclamation Charges. 



It is hereby ordered: Whenever in case of foreclosure 

 of a mortgage given to secure a loan on land in private owner- 

 ship, for which charges are payable for a water right under 

 a reclamation project, the mortgagee buys in the land, no 

 steps will be taken to cancel the water-right application 

 on account of failure to maintain residence upon, or in, 

 the neighborhood of the land, until the expiration of one 

 year from the date of the foreclosure sale; provided, that all 

 charges that may be due, or that may accrue during such 

 interval, be paid, and, also, that within such period of 

 one year, a water-right application for such land be 

 filed by a qualified person, who, upon submitting satisfac- 

 tory evidence of transfer of title, shall be entitled to a 

 credit equal to all payments theretofore made on account 

 of the water-right charges for said land. The mortgagee 

 purchasing land hereunder must give prompt notice there- 

 of to the engineer in charge of the project. (Approved 

 by Secretary of the Interior March 5, 1910.) 



Interest of Members of Congress in Contracts. 



In view of the repeal of sections 3739, 3740 and 3742, 

 Revised Statutes, and the provisions of sections 114-116 

 of the act approved March 4, 1909, effective Jan. 1, 1910 

 (35 Stat. L. 1109), the Secretary of the Interior has ap- 

 proved the following clause to be inserted in contracts in 

 lieu of the clause heretofore used referring to members of 

 congress. 



"No member or delegate to Congress, or resident com- 

 missioner, after his election or appointment, and either be- 

 fore or after he has qualified, and during his continuance 

 in office; and no officer, agent or employe of the govern- 

 ment, shall be admitted to any share or part of this con- 

 tract or agreement, or to any benefit to arise thereupon. 



Nothing, however, herein contained shall be construed 

 to extend to any incorporated company, where such con- 

 tract or agreement is made for the general benefit of 

 such incorporation or company, as provided in section 116 

 of the act of Congress approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 

 L 1109.) 



All contracts executed hereafter should contain this 

 provision. 



PUBLIC NOTICES. 



Idaho, Minidoka Project. On March 22, 1910, public 

 notice was issued announcing that the portion of in- 

 stallment on account of operation and maintenance to 

 become due Dec. 1, 1910, shall be 75 cent* per acre of ir- 

 rigable land, and the said rates shall remain in effect for 

 subsequent years until further notice, the charges be- 

 coming due on December 1 of each year. 



Nebraska- Wyoming, North Platte Project. On March 

 12, 1910, public notice was issued to all entrymen and pri- 

 vate landowners within the first lateral district, North 

 Platte Project, whose entries and water-right applications 

 continue under the provisions of the public notice of July 

 29. 1907. that the portion of the installment for operation 

 and maintenance which must be paid on or before April 

 1. 1910, and on or before April 1 of each subsequent year, 

 shall be $2.00 per aero of irrigable land, until further notice. 



Washington, Okanogan Project. On March 12, 1910, 

 public notice was issued, opening to irrigation lands in- 

 cluded in the extension of the irrigable area of the Okano- 

 gan Project, shown on farm-unit plats T. 34 N., Rs. 26 and 

 27 E. W. M., approved Feb. 28, 1910. Homestead entries, 

 applications fof water rights, the charges, time and manner 

 of payments will be governed by the terms of existing 

 public notices and orders attached affecting the said 

 project, except that for lands thereafter entered, the sec- 

 ond installment shall be due on May 1 of the year after 

 that in which entry, is made and subsequent installments 

 shall be due May 1 of each year thereafter until fully 

 paid. 



Nebraska-Wyoming, North Platte Project. On April 

 4, 1910, public notice was issued in connection with the 

 North Platte Project, Nebraska- Wyoming, announcing that 

 entries made and water-right applications filed after May 

 2, 1910, for lands in the first lateral district must be ac- 

 companied by a payment equal to the sum of all install- 

 ments which shall, at the time of such entry, or of the 

 filing of water-right application, have become due, and re- 

 main unpaid, under the provisions of the public notices 

 and orders in force for lands in said district, or which would 

 have become due hereunder had the entry or water-right 

 application been filed on March 4, 1909. The same notice 

 also announced that all entries made and all water-right 

 applications filed on and after May 2, 1910, for lands in 

 the second lateral district, whether for public or private 

 lands, shall be accompanied by a payment equal to the 

 sum of all installments which shall at the time of such 

 entry or of the filing of water-right application, have be- 

 come due under the provisions of public notices and or- 

 ders in force for lands within said district, or which 

 would have become due thereunder had the entry or water- 

 right application been filed on March 29, 1910. 



Nevada, Truckee-Carson Project. On April 26, 1910, 

 public notice was issued announcing that for all irrigable 

 lands shown on the approved farm-unit plats of lands un- 

 der the Truckee-Carson Project the portion of the install- 

 ment for operation and maintenance to become due Decem- 

 ber 1, 1910, and annually on the same day of each year 

 thereafter, until further notice, shall be sixty cents per 

 acre of irrigable land. 



Washington, Okanogan Project. On April 8, 1910 

 public notice was issued in connection with the Okanogan 

 Project, Washington, revoking the provision of public 

 notice of November 12, 1908, that for all applications for 

 water rights filed after June 15 in any year, one install- 

 ment of the charge for building operation and maintenance 

 must be paid at the time of filing, but the portion for 

 operation and maintenance shall be credited on account 

 of the installment of said charge for the subsequent year. 



Washington, Sunnyside Project. On April 18, 1910, 

 public notice was issued announcing the irrigability of 

 additional lands in the Sunnyside Project, Washington, 

 amended township plats being filed showing the addi- 

 tional areas subject to water-right application. Water 

 will be furnished in 1910 for the additional lands shown 

 on the list accompanying the notice, approved by the 

 Secretary of the Interior and filed in the local land office. 

 On April 19, 1910, public notice was issued revoking the 

 provision of the public notice of November 18, 1908, that 

 for all applications for water rights filed after June 15, 

 1909, or any subsequent year, one installment of the charge 

 for building, operation and maintenance must be paid at 

 the time of filing, but the portion for operation and main- 

 tenance shall be credited on account of the installment 

 of said charge for the subsequent year. 



Farms Available. 



Reports from the field indicate for the following pro- 

 jects the approximate number of farms available for en- 

 try under the terms of the reclamation act: 



Montana, Huntley Project 224 



Montana, Sun River Project J 85 



Oregon, Umatilla Project -- no 



South Dakota, Belle Fourche Project. . .:.'. 60 



Wyoming, Shoshone Project 257 



The record is for farms available on April 1, 1910. 



Recent Publications of the United States Reclamation 



Service. 



Maps. 



These may be procured by ordering of the "U. S. Re- 

 clamation Service, Washington, D. C.," enclosing price 

 attached. 



"Belle Fourche" Project. 



South Dakoto, general map. No. 11690. 

 Scale. 2 m., 0.9 in., January, 1910. 

 8.6x14.9 in., lOc. 



"Williston" Project, North Dakota. 



General map, No. 11489. 



Scale, 2 m., 0.8 in.. December, 1909. 



8.9x7 in., 5c. 



