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COLORADO. 



Contract has been executed by the Interior De- 

 partment with the D. & R. G. Railroad Company 

 granting to the Government right of way through 

 the Canyon of the Colorado River for the main canal 

 of the Grand Valley irrigation project, Colorado. 

 This canal will parallel the river and occupy a por- 

 tion of the railroad right of way, crossing the tracts 

 in one place. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded con- 

 tract to Ellsworth Klaner Construction Company, 

 of Pittsburgh, Kansas, for the construction of a por- 

 tion of the East Canal, Uncompahgre Valley irriga- 

 tion project, involving approximately 88,000 cubic 

 yards of excavation in open cut, and 5,500 cubic 

 yards overhaul. The contract price is $16,572.50. 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized 

 the Reclamation Service to construct the diversion 

 dam and appurtenant structures for the Grand Val- 

 ley irrigation project, Colorado. The work will be- 

 gin at once in order to take advantage of the pres- 

 ent low water season. It is estimated that it will 

 cost approximately $375,000. 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized 

 the Reclamation Service to award contract to the 

 Hinman Hydraulic Manufacturing Company of 

 Denver, Colorado, for furnishing sluice and pen- 

 stock gates for the Elephant Butte dam, Rio Grande 

 irrigation project, New Mexico. The contract calls 

 for two pairs of sluice gates, six penstock gates and 

 accessory parts. The amount of the contract is 

 $47,693. 



IDAHO. 



The Secretary of the Interior has approved the 

 expenditure of $20,600 in installing a scoop wheel 

 and for the extension of the lateral system on the 

 Minidoke irrigation project, Idaho, to pump water 

 to 1,000 acres of land above the gravity system. 

 The necessary works are known as A-4 Raise and 

 212 Extension. 



The Secretary of the Interior has directed the 

 Reclamation Service to execute contract with the 

 Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Company of 

 Minneapolis, Minnesota, for furnishing semi-steel 

 discharge pipe for balancing valves for the Arrow- 

 rock dam, Boise irrigation project, Idaho. The con- 

 tract price is $19,420.42. 



The Secretary of the Interior has awarded con- 

 tract to the Standard Underground Cable Company 

 of Los Angeles, California, for furnishing wire for 

 transmission lines in connection with the Boise irri- 

 gation project, Idaho. The contract amounts to 

 $5,834.05. 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized 

 the Reclamation Service to purchase 36 gravel cars 

 at not to exceed $250 each for use in connection with 

 the work on the Arrowrock dam, Boise irrigation 

 project, Idaho. 



MONTANA. 



The Secretary of the Interior has authorized the 

 Reclamation Service to execute contract with Mac- 

 Arthur Brothers Company, of New York, for the 

 construction of the Pishkun Reservoir Supply Canal 

 and tunnels and Sun River Slope Canal of the Sun 

 River irrigation project, Montana. The work in- 

 volves the excavation of 2,400,000 cubic yards of 

 material and the construction of 3,215 linear feet 

 of concrete lined tunnel. The contract price is 

 $658,615. 



The Director of the Reclamation Service is ask- 

 ing for bids for the construction of about 53 miles 

 of canals and laterals involving the excavation of 

 approximately 366,000 cubic yards of material, in 

 connection with the Flathead irrigation project,. 

 Montana. The work lies between five and twelve 

 miles southwest from Poison. Proposals will be 

 opened at St. Ignatius, Montana, on September 

 30, 1913. 



The Director of the Reclamation Service is 

 asking for proposals for earthwork and structures 

 on the second unit of Dodson North Canal, Milk 

 River irrigation project, Montana. The work con- 

 sists of laterals and waste water ditches involving 

 about 300,000 cubic yards of excavation, 1,200 cubic 

 yards of reinforced concrete, the placing of about 

 100,000 pounds of steel reinforcement and the 

 placing in wooden structures of about 140,000 feet 

 B. M. of lumber. The work is situated on the north 

 side of Milk River, adjacent to the main line of the 

 Great Northern Railway in the vicinity of Wagner, 

 Exeter and Malta. The bids will be opened at the 

 office of the United States Reclamation Service, 

 Malta, Montana, August 6, 1913. 



OREGON. 



In conformity with the policy announced early 

 in his administration of encouraging a larger co- 

 operation between the states and the Federal gov- 

 ernment in all matters relating to the reclamation 

 of arid lands and the conservation of our natural 

 resources, Secretary Lane today authorized the 

 Reclamation Service to enter into an agreement 

 with the state of Oregon to co-operate in the joint 

 construction of an irrigation project in that state. 

 It is understood that the state of Oregon has appro- 

 priated $450,000 to be used in completing a portion 

 of the project formerly known as the Columbia 

 Southern Carey Act project, but now called the 

 Tumele project, where private enterprise had failed. 

 It developed that the project, including as a whole 

 35,000 acres, may be completed if a like amount of 

 money is appropriated from the reclamation fund. 



The proposal for co-operation is the direct out- 

 come of a plan suggested last September by the 

 Oregon Conservation Commission and endorsed by 

 the governor of the state. In its letter to the De- 

 partment the Commission called attention to the 

 fact that the situation in the Deschutes Valley is such 

 that the fullest development of the irrigation and 

 water power possibilities demands concerted and 

 comprehensive action by both state and federal au- 

 thorities. Under a co-operative agreement between 



