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from the Belle Fourche irrigation project of South Da- 

 kota, under the provisions of the Reclamation Act, at the 

 opening of the irrigation season of 1908 for the irrigable 

 lands shown upon the following farm unit-plats: 



T. 9 N., R. 3 E., B. H. M. 



T. 9 N., R. 4 E., 



T. 9 N., R. 5 E., 



T. 8 N.. R. 3 E., 



T. 8 N.; T. 4 E., 



T. 8 N., R. 5 E., 



These plats are on file in the local land office at Rapid 

 Gity, S. D. The size of the farm unit has been fixed at 

 approximately 80 acres, varying slightly in some cases on 

 account of topography and other conditions, except in 

 the vicinity of the townsite, where the size of the farm 

 unit will be about 40 acres. The limit for water right 

 application for lands in private ownership is 160 acres for 

 each land owner. The building charge for the irrigation 

 system is $30 per acre, payable in not more than ten nor 

 less than five annual installments. Operation and main- 

 tenance charges for the season of 1908, and until further 

 notice, will be 40 cents per acre of irrigable land, the first 

 installment of $3.40 per acre being payable on or before 

 December 1, 1908, at the local land office at Rapid City. 

 As soon as data is available the charges for operation 

 and maintenance will be fixed in proportion to the amount 

 of water used, with a minimum charge per acre of ir- 

 rigable land, whether water is used or not. The United 

 States will operate and maintain the storage and diver- 

 sion dams and main headworks, the main canals and mam 

 laterals, the cost thereof to be included in the operation 

 and maintenance charge above stated. The sub-laterals 

 constituting the remainder of the distribution system are 

 to be maintained by the water users to be served there- 

 from at their expense, under regulations to be approved 

 by the secretary of the interior. 



The secretary of the interior has executed contract 

 with the General Fireproofing Company, of Youngstown, 

 Ohio, whereby the latter agrees to furnish and deliver 

 about 350,000 pounds of steel for the reenforcement of con- 



crete and structural and for structural purposes, in con- 

 nection with the Belle Fourche irrigation project, South 

 Dakota. The contracts amount to $14,200.22. 



The secretary of the interior has approved the con- 

 tract entered into by J. L. Lytel on behalf of the United 

 States and Henry Gardner, of Spanish Fork, Utah, 

 whereby the latter agrees to furnish for use by the recla- 

 mation service in the construction of an electric trans- 

 mission line under the Strawberry Valley irrigation proj- 

 ect, Utah, 1,600 red pine poles 25 and 30 feet long. The 

 amount to be expended under this contract is $2,920. 



More than two hundred thousand acres of land which 

 were withdrawn in connection with the Lower Yellow- 

 stone irrigation project, Montana, have been restored to 

 the public domain and will be subject to settlement under 

 the public land laws on or after September 3, 1907, and 

 entry, filing or selection may be made on or after -October 

 3, 1907, at the United States land office at Miles City, 

 Montana. 



The secretary of the interior has approved the con- 

 tract entered into between I. W. McConnell, acting on be- 

 half of the United States, and Smith Brothers, of Mont- 

 rose, Colo., whereby the latter agrees to construct and 

 complete a portion of the South Canal, lying about 9 

 miles southeast of Montrose, Uncompahgre irrigation 

 project, Colorado, including pipe culvert and concrete 

 piers for highway bridges. The work involves the exca- 

 vation 54,800 cubic yards of material and the contract 

 amounts to $18,254.50. 



The secretary of the interior has approved the con- 

 tract entered into by J. L. Lytel on behalf of the govern- 

 ment and Herman Snow, of Salem, Utah, for hauling 

 1,000 tons of supplies, materials, etc., in connection with 

 the Strawberry Valley irrigation project, Utah. The sup- 



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