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In connection with the work in the Big Bend, there was some apprehension 
that the two floods might have carried infested material down the river to points 
where cotton is grown, and thus spread infestation. Therefore, during the crest 
of the second flood, which was considerably higher than the first, inspectors of 
this project and of the port and border service, working in cooperation, were 
stationed on bridges and other points of vantage from Del Rio to Brownsville to 
make observations of the drift material carried by the river. In no case was 
any cotton debris seen. After the lowlands along the river had dried sufficiently, 
a thorough examination was made of the drift material from Eagle Pass north- 
ward for a distance of about 65 miles. Several cotton stalks, bolls, and small 
seedling plants were found near Eagle Pass; however, it later developed that 
this material undoubtedly originated from some 300 acres of cotton along the 
river in Mexico, above Eagle Pass, which had been flooded and some of the cotton 
washed away. No cotton debris of any kind was found above this point. After 
this work was completed a thorough inspection was made of all cotton fields 
within 5 miles of the Rio Grande from Laredo southward to Brownsville. All 
the inspections were negative. The evidence indicated that the floods did not 
carry infested material from the Big Bend to the cotton fields southeast of 
Laredo, a distance of over 500 miles. 
SALT RIVER VALLEY 
Intensive inspections were made during the year in the Salt River Valley 
where eradication measures have been under way. The inspection of squares 
and bolls was begun as soon as they were available in the spring of 1932, most 
attention being given to the Laveen and Goodyear areas in Maricopa County, 
where the only infestations found in the 1931 crop season were located. Field 
inspections were continued during the summer until the ginning season got under 
way, after which they were replaced by gin-trash inspection, six machines being 
operated during the peak of the ginning season. Practically all the available 
trash was inspected. Toward the close of the season, in the spring of 1933, field 
inspections were resumed, and a supply of bollies was also collected. Inspection 
of the bollies had not been completed by the end of the fiscal year; but the 
results of the inspections so far as they had been finished in the Salt River 
Valley were all negative, and it is hoped that the infestation in that valley 
may have been eradicated. 
COMPENSATION CLAIM BOARD 
The work of the Compensation Claim Board in connection with " claims 
arising out of the 1930 noncotton zone in .Arizona, authorized under the pro- 
visions of Public Resolution No. 42, approved February 8, 1930, which has 
been discussed in previous annual reports, was completed with the close of 
the fiscal year 1933. During this fiscal year awards were submitted by the 
Board on seven claims, on which payments were made totaling $2,269.88. 
At the close of June 30, 1933, the Federal Government had paid 945 claims, 
representing 39,519.3 acres, in the total amount of $635,982.10, which in- 
cluded $14,304.12 paid on the claims of Indian farmers. The total amount 
paid, deducted from the original appropriation of $675,000, left an unobligated 
balance of $39,017.90 which reverted to the general funds of the United States 
Treasury at the close of the fiscal year. 
Under the provisions of the said public resolution these claims were paid 
by the Federal Government on the agreement by the State of Arizona, except 
as to Indian claims, fco reimburse the United States Treasury in one half of 
the amounts so expended, or the sum total of $310,838.99. Of this amount 
the State has paid $309,704.05, leaving a balance due the Federal Government 
of $1,134.94, not including interest, pending payment at the close of the fiscal 
year. 
A complete statement of Federal payments, State reimbursements, and net 
f chum- arising ou1 of the noncotton zone of 1930 is given in table •">. 
