Irrigation Project, Colorado River Indian Reservation: Hearing...on S. 291...July 16, 19191919 - 27 sider |
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... mesa land , which is some 50 or 75 feet higher than the bottom land . Senator NELSON . Is that bottom land subject to overflow from the river ? Mr. WINSOR . A small portion of it is subject to overflow from the river , but lies in such ...
... mesa land , which is some 50 or 75 feet higher than the bottom land . Senator NELSON . Is that bottom land subject to overflow from the river ? Mr. WINSOR . A small portion of it is subject to overflow from the river , but lies in such ...
Side 12
... mesa land of the reservation is practically identical with the soil of our reservation . We also have a mesa , and we consider that - and I will refer to that hereafter - as the most valuable land we have in our project . It has not yet ...
... mesa land of the reservation is practically identical with the soil of our reservation . We also have a mesa , and we consider that - and I will refer to that hereafter - as the most valuable land we have in our project . It has not yet ...
Side 13
... land and the mesa land . The reclamation of the mesa land would involve , undoubtedly , a dam and a lift out of the canal watering the valley land . Mr. MERITT . Pardon me just a minute , Senator . In response to that inquiry I would ...
... land and the mesa land . The reclamation of the mesa land would involve , undoubtedly , a dam and a lift out of the canal watering the valley land . Mr. MERITT . Pardon me just a minute , Senator . In response to that inquiry I would ...
Side 14
... land by that system . There is a plenty of water in the river at the present time . The di- version is an excellent ... mesa land . If it does , I should like to point out that the matter should be scrutinized carefully for , in my ...
... land by that system . There is a plenty of water in the river at the present time . The di- version is an excellent ... mesa land . If it does , I should like to point out that the matter should be scrutinized carefully for , in my ...
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... mesa project at Yuma and we expect that land to be of very great value , and I think that the mesa lands on the Colorado River Indian Reservation might be well compared to that . But there is one other phase to this question that it ...
... mesa project at Yuma and we expect that land to be of very great value , and I think that the mesa lands on the Colorado River Indian Reservation might be well compared to that . But there is one other phase to this question that it ...
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$10 an acre $10 per acre $25 an acre acre-feet acre-foot acres of irrigable alfalfa allotted in severalty allotting lands amendments appraised appropriated Arizona and California believe bottom land CHAIRMAN charges CHARLES CURTIS classified as irrigable classified as nonirrigable Colorado River Indian Colorado River Reservation Congress construction cotton crops diversion dam entryman February 12 final proof hereunder Indian Affairs irrigable land irrigation project irrigation system lands by means lands classified lands entered legislation less than $10 lien ments MERITT mesa land Mexico mineral lands nonirrigable land paid proceeds derived public auction reclaiming the lands reimbursed River Indian Reservation Secretary sections sixteen seed sell Senator ASHURST Senator FERNALD Senator LA FOLLETTE Senator NELSON Senator NUGENT settlement and entry severalty to Indians Stat surplus lands thereof tion town township United United States Senate valley vation vided WINSOR Yuma County
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Side 4 - UNITED STATEs SENATE, COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRs, Washington, DC The committee met, pursuant to the call of the chairman, at 10.30 o'clock am, in room 226, Senate Office Building, Senator Charles Curtis presiding.
Side 5 - States, and shall be opened to settlement and entry by proclamation of the President, which proclamation shall prescribe the manner in which these lands may be settled upon, occupied, and entered by persons entitled to make entry thereof, and no person shall be permitted to settle upon, occupy, or enter any of said lands, except as prescribed in such proclamation...
Side 6 - And there is hereby appropriated the sum of thirty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to...
Side 5 - ... and no person shall be permitted to settle upon, occupy, or enter any of said lands, except as prescribed in such proclamation, until after the expiration of sixty days from the time when the same are opened to settlement and entry...
Side 4 - Indians residing on such reservation, as the case may be, at a special election authorized and called by the Secretary of the Interior under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe.
Side 7 - ... or to guarantee to find purchasers for said lands or any portion thereof, it being the intention of this act that the United States shall act as trustee for said Indians to dispose of the said lands and...
Side 9 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Side 5 - Interior from reserving from said lands, whether surveyed or unsurveyed, such tracts for townsite purposes, as in his opinion may be required for the future public interests, and he may cause any such reservations, or parts thereof, to be surveyed into blocks and lots...
Side 5 - ... for the lands so set apart and reserved for school, park, and other public purposes to the municipality legally charged with the care and custody of lands donated for such purposes. The purchase price of all town lots sold in...
Side 5 - Large, page two hundred and seventythree), for the purpose of securing an appropriation of water for the irrigation of approximately one hundred and fifty thousand acres of land and for maintaining and operating the pumping plant, canals, and structures, $15,000-, reimbursable as provided in said Act, and to remain available until expended.