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<br />water from the river. The canals and ditches on the east side of the <br /> <br />river are considered adequate to r~ndle bo~h neturalstream flow and <br /> <br />summer releases of storage we.ter, as s.rethe facilities now serving, or <br /> <br />being provided for, the Indian lands. <br /> <br />The lands in the southern part of .the proposed project area, never under <br /> <br />ditch, were proposed as a Carey Act Project in. 1909 but nothing came of <br /> <br />it and they were reopened to homestead entry in 1912 and finally all <br /> <br />patented as dry-land homesteads. <br /> <br />The lands now in some degree irrigated within the proposed project area <br /> <br />are found in the northern part. They are at present served inadequately <br /> <br /> <br />by three distribution systems with canals diverting from the river. These <br /> <br />. are in their orderdesc.ending the river, the Thompson Epperson, the King . <br /> <br />Consolidated, and the Morrison Consolidated. A fourth and lower canal in <br /> <br />this part of the project area, the "Dr. l~orrison" Canal, serv.es only the <br /> <br />detached areas of Indian lands alreEtdy mentioned as in but not of the pro- <br />"- <br />ject area, and may be disregarded for purposes of the project, since its <br /> <br />location would be too low for e.ny larger area. <br /> <br />The Pine River.'Irrigation District has contracted with the Federal Govern- ' <br /> <br />.~ . . . <br />ment to reimburse a certain part. of the, construction costs of the Yalle~1il}o <br /> <br />Dam and Reservoir and other works of the Bureau of Reclamation serving <br /> <br />the District. A proportional part of these contracted and now incurred <br /> <br />costs will be assumed by the proposed project to secure its water supply, <br /> <br />thus redUcing the per acre costs for all the District, as ~lill be shown <br /> <br />farther along in the report. (Page. <br /> <br />46 <br /> <br />) <br />