Arizona republican., 1901-12-14
AFFECTING ARIZONA 1
The Bill Providing For the
 San Carlos Reservoir
After the Public Lands Have Been Reclaimed the Surplus of Water May Be Sold to Settlers

Washington, Dec. S.-(Special Cores D ndence to The Republican.)-T fol- lowing Is the bill introduced by Repre- sentative Reeder of Kansas for the con struction of the San Carlos reservoir:
 That the secretary of the interior be. and hereby Is. authorized to enter upon the construction of the following jes- cribed works for irrigation of arid and semi-arid lands
 For a reservoir on Gila river in the territory of Arizona. at favorable point near the San Carlos Indian agency. for storing the flood waters of Gila river. the water stored to be used first for the benefit of the Pima, Papago and Mari copa Indians for irrigating the lands or the Gila river reservation. the stored waters in excess of the needs of the Indians to be used for reclaiming the irrigated vacant public lands: and also. for acquiring and preparing the dam site and for continuing the measure ment Of the daily flow of water in Gila river; for preparing detailed plans ne cessary for advertising for bids for var ious classes of work connected with the construction of the dam and it's appur- tenances. and for beginning the same; also for surveying. locating. and pre- pairing plans and estimates of cost of construction with Indian labor of the necessary canals for carrying the water from said reservoir to the lands to be irrigated; for examining. surveying. and designating the vacant public lands which can be irrigated with the stored water from said reservoir in ex- cess of the needs of the Indians. the sum of thret. hundred thousand dollars. Sec ?. That for a system of reser- voirs upon the headwaters of the True kee and Carson rivers. situated within or adjacent to the state of California, for the irrigation of desert lands lying wholly or in part in the state of Ne vada: for acquiring and preparing the necessary land fer reservoir and dam site and other works connected with the operation of the reservoirs: for con tinuing measurement of daily flow of water in the rivers; for preparing de tailed plans and specifications upon which bids may be received for various
 parts of the work and for beginning the same; for surveying and marking
 the lands which will be benefited by { irrigation from the water stored in said reservoirs. one hundred thousand dol | lars.
 i Sec. B. That upon completion of each | irrigation project supplying water for lands designated by survey, the total cost of the completed work shall be as certained and the amount divided pro i rata per acre of the lands to. be irri- gated thereby, and said amount shall
 be made a. charge against the lands as , the cost of a right to use of water from said system of irrigation. anG that said public lands shall be subject to home stead entry after notice by the secre- 1 tary of the interior upon the condi- | ton that in addition to the
 
 act the entrymen shall make pay meat to the government Of the cost per acre of right to use water as above as certained. said payment to be made
 in not to exceed ten annual install
 ments, and each entryman shall be linn
 ited to the entry and settlement of
 eighty acres or such lesser amount as
 the secretary Of the interior may desig-
 nate. The actual occupation and culti- | vation of the land shall be a requisite
 to obtaining title.
 | Sec. 4. Tha1 in case the water thus [ provided shall be more than sufficient
 for the reclamation of public lands, or
 if land in private ownership has been | found by survey to be better suited for the utilization of the stored waters, or
 if there is suficiency for both. then the
 right to use such water may be sold to i settlers at the rate as above ascertair-
 ed and under the same terms. But no
 water right shall be granted to any
 land owner or occupant for an amount ] exceeding eighty acres.
 The following appointment in the In dian school service have been made in ! Arizona:
 1 Clarence w. Jenkins of Kingsley. ! Kansas. a farmer 1t Fort Moiave; ! Joseph w. Living of Cincinnati, Ohio. a f teacher at Fort Mojave.
 l A civil service examination will be
 held at Nogales on Jan. for posi- i tions in the custom service in that city.