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National Archives, 1949

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Side 19 - reclamation fund," to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands...
Side 11 - In order to render the sum of $10,000, annually appropriated at the last session of Congress for the civilization of the Indians, as extensively beneficial as possible, the President is of opinion that it ought to be applied in cooperation with the exertions of benevolent associations, or individuals, who may choose to devote their time or means to effect the object contemplated by the act of Congress.
Side 23 - Gruening, director of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions of the Department of the Interior.
Side 20 - Persons are now waiting for the spring to open to enter in and take possession of these remarkable curiosities, to make merchandise of these beautiful specimens, to fence in these rare wonders, so as to charge visitors a fee, as is now done at Niagara Falls, for the sight of that which ought to be as free as the air or water.
Side 14 - There is now left within the territory of the United States no great unexplored region, and exploring expeditions are no longer needed for general purposes." Instead, "It is of the most immediate and pressing importance that a general survey should be made for the purpose of determining the special areas which can ... be redeemed by irrigation.
Side 18 - Report of the International Fisheries commission appointed under the Northern Pacific Halibut Treaty, by John Pease Babcock, Chairman, and William A.
Side 22 - The Krug-Lewis agreement embodied far-reaching changes favorable to the miners ; and. except as amended and supplemented therein, the agreement carried forward the terms and conditions of the National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement of April 11, 1945.
Side 9 - In order that definite information may be available for the use of the Congress, I have appointed a commission composed of WA Richards, Commissioner of the General Land Office ; Gifford Pinchot, Chief of the Bureau of Forestry of the Department of Agriculture, and FH Newell, Chief Hydrographer of the Geological Survey, to report at the earliest practicable moment upon the condition, operation, and effect of the present land laws and on the use, condition, disposal, and settlement of the public lands....
Side 19 - ... of the reservations and refuges, another with the admin"The placing upon the legs of birds, trapped and subsequently released, of aluminum bands bearing numbers or symbols by which the place of banding can be established should the bird be later killed or recaptured. In this way data of vast importance relative to bird migration can be accumulated. See Dept. Circ. 170, " Instructions for Bird Banding,
Side 19 - COMMISSIONER OF RECLAMATION The Reclamation Act of June 17, 1902, established a "reclamation fund" from the sale of public lands "to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation or arid and semiarid lands in the States and Territories...

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