THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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Miscellaneous 



The secretary of the interior has 

 issued a public notice for the 114 

 pumping extension, gravity unit, Min- 

 idoka irrigation project, Idaho, an- 

 nouncing a construction charge of $42 

 per irrigable acre for lands entered 

 subject to the provisions of the recla- 

 mation law, and $52 per irrigable acre 

 for state and deeded lands and lands 

 not entered subject to the reclamation 

 law. These construction charges in- 

 clude the drainage charge of $12. 



The United States reclamation serv- 

 ice is asking for proposals for the 

 construction of canals on the Sho- 

 shone irrigation project, Wyoming, in- 

 volving about 30,000 cubic yards of ex- 

 cavation. The work is located near 

 Mantua, Wyo., on the C., B. & Q. rail- 

 road. 



Bids will be opened at the office of 

 the United States Reclamation Serv- 

 ice, Powell, Wyo., April 18, 1917. 



The secretary of the interior has 

 announced that the annual operation 

 and maintenance charges for the irri- 

 gation season of 1917, and thereafter 

 until further notice, against all lands 

 of the Tieton unit, Yakima irriga- 

 tion project, Washington, under pub- 

 lic notice, shall be as follows: A 

 minimum charge of $1 per irrigable 



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 or not, which will permit the delivery 

 of not to exceed one acre-foot of wa- 

 ter per irrigable acre, and 75 cents 

 per acre-foot for all additional quanti- 

 ties. All operation and maintenance 

 charges will be due and payable on 

 March 1 of each year for the preced- 

 ing irrigation season. 



The secretary of the interior has 

 announced that water will be fur- 

 nished during the irrigation season of 

 1917 to irrigable lands not now cov- 



ered by public notice in Ts. 21 to 23 

 N., Rs. 51 to 53 W., 6 P. M., Nebraska, 

 from the North Platte irrigation sys- 

 tem. These lands lie under what is 

 known as the Low Line Canal. The 

 construction charge will be $55 per 

 irrigable acre. Water-right applica- 

 tion must be made to the project man- 

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 Service, at Mitchell, Neb., upon forms 

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