THE IERIGATION AGE. 



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asking for proposals for earthwork 

 and structures on the Second Unit 

 of Vanadlia South Canal on the Milk 

 river project in Montana. The work 

 involves about 145,000 cubic yards of 

 excavation, 300 cubic yards of rein- 

 forced concrete, the placing of 18,000 

 pounds of steel reinforcements and 

 the placing in wooden structures of 

 125,000 feet B. M. of lumber, and is 

 situated on the south side of Milk 

 river in the vicinity of Glasgow and 

 Nashua, Montana. Bids will be 

 opened at 2:00 P. M., May 20, 1914, 

 at the office of the Reclamation Serv- 

 ice, Malta, Mont. 



The Reclamation Service is also 

 asking for proposals for earthwork 

 and structures, Vandalia Point, Van- 

 dalia South Canal, in connection with 

 the Milk river irrigation project. The 

 work involves about 68,000 cubic 

 yards of excavation, 1,900 cubic yards 

 of concrete, the placing of 160,000 

 pounds of steel reinforcement, the 

 erecting of 1,550 linear feet of metal 

 flume and the placing in wooden 

 structures of about 125,000 feet B. M. 

 of lumber. It is situated on the south 

 side of Milk river, about 18 miles west 

 of Glasgow and one mile west of Van- 

 dalia, and adjacent to the main line 

 of the Great Northern Railway. Bids 

 will be opened after 2 p. m., May 27, 

 at Malta. 



OREGON. 



R. A. Rowley of Medford has been 

 granted a permit to use the waters 

 of Big Butte creek to irrigate 10,030 

 acres of land. 



Bids are being asked for on the 

 Horse Fly irrigation project. The 

 main canal will be located about eight 

 miles east of Bonanza and will be 1.3 

 miles in length. 



Permit has been granted the Onta- 

 rio Advancement Company of Onta- 

 rio to use the waters of Snake river 

 to irrigate 1576 acres of land. 



Time of the preliminary contract 

 for the Warner Valley irrigation com- 

 pany, which is investigating a pro- 

 posed irrigation project in Warner 

 Valley, has been extended by the Des- 

 ert Land Board to December 1, 1914. 



Project Engineer H. W. Hinks an- 

 nounces there is still $100,000 avail- 

 able for construction work on Modoc 

 Point reclamation project. This proj- 

 ect is being built by the Indian Serv- 

 ice for the Klamath Indians. It will 

 irrigate 8745 acres of land. 



The government will open approxi- 

 mately 400,000 acres of land in south- 

 ern Crook county to homesteaders on 

 June 7. The land is being eliminated 

 from the Paulina and Deschutes Na- 

 tional forest reserves. Settlers are 

 now being allowed to pick their land, 

 and the first man on hand at the 

 land office with his witness will be 

 given the parcel selected. 



The Reclamation Service is asking 

 for proposals for the construction of 

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