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NOTES OF INTEREST. 



Officials of the interior department 

 are apprehensive that owing to a mis- 

 understanding a large number of home- 

 seekers now flocking to North Yakima 

 are going to be greatly disappointed. 

 Reports recently received indicate that 

 settlers are preparing to form a line in 

 front of the land office in the hope of 

 securing a farm on the recently com- 

 pleted Tieton irrigation project. 



The facts briefly are that about fifty 

 farm units of government land will be 

 available for entry in 1912. These 

 farms are forty acres each, and con- 

 tain from 12 to 40 acres of irrigable 

 land. About thirty-five of these will 

 not be available for general entry until 

 the department has acted upon the 

 cases of persons who claim preference 

 rights, and who under the law may 

 have a right to file within thirty days 

 after notice from the land office. The 

 adjudication of these claims will -neces- 

 sarily require some little time, so that 

 the general public will not be offered 

 an opportunity to file on the remaining 

 units for several months, and perhaps 

 not during the present year. 



By the usual public notice the secre- 

 tary will fix the date and determine the 

 method of disposing of the unentered 

 units. It is probable that some form 

 of drawing will be provided for, giving 

 everybody interested an equal chance. 



The secretary of the interior has 

 authorized the director of the reclama- 

 tion service to execute contract with 

 the American Locomotive Company of 

 New York for furnishing a steam shovel 

 for use at Arrowrock dam, Boise irri- 

 gation project, Idaho. The total cost 

 to the United States, including freight, 

 will be $10,188.63. 



The secretary of the interior has 

 authorized the reclamation service to 

 enter into contract with Hayes Bros. & 

 John W. Peters, of Janesville, Wis., for 

 the purchase of a line of railroad from 



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