The Arizona sentinel., 1905-04-12
YUrIA GOVERNMENT DAM.
Government Engineers Take First
Full Report on Plan for Irrigating
One Hundred Thousand Acres in
Arizona and California.
From the Los Angeles Times.l

that the newly lfrlSdGSu IdlluS
will be open for settlement, have
been received atthe Los Angeles
land office, which has jurisdic-
ton over the lands in question.
The prospect of an opening by
the government of these lands,
as we'll as of others affected by
the laws providing for the expen-
diture of about $25, 900, 900 in ir-
rigation projects, is moving in
tending settlers by hundreds to
Lesiege the local land office and
the Interior Department at
Washington for information.
Scores of letters are received
daily at these offices, indicating
that, when the water is turned
onto the arid lands, there will be
no lack of applications for home
steads under the governments
terms.
To meet the demand for infor-
nation, Register Crookshank of
the Los Angeles land Office re-
ouested the Interior Department
To furnish him with the neceS-
sary data. This request has
brought from that department. a
full report prepared by j. B..
Lippincott, supervising engineer
of the United States Geological
Survey.
TO RECLAIM VAST AREA
Engineer Lippincott's report
is as follows:
Water will be diverted from,
theColorado river by the Laguna
Dam and the sfuiceway, about
ten miles northeast from Yuma,
Ariz., into two canals, one on
each side of the river. The Ca
nal on the Arizona side will have
an initial capacity of 1900 second
feet and the one on the Cali
forriia side 200 second feet. These
canals will irrigate all the bot
tom lands of the, Colorado river
and the ella river, between La
guna Dam and the Mexican
boundary, in Arizona an area of
$1,000 acres, in round numbers
and the bottom lands in the
Yuma Indian reservation in Cali
fornia-an area Of 1900 acres.
1.-The Reclamation Service has
under consideration the plan 20
pump water for $4,000 acres on
the Yuma Mesa, near Yuma
Arizona, but final action has not
yet been taken in this matter.
The plans contemplate the con-
struction of a complete system
10 remove the surplus water
from the low-lying areas.
PROBABLE COST PER ACRE.
1.-The sum of S3,000.00O has
been set aside by the Secretary
of the Interior for the construc-
ton of these works. 1t is eSti.
mated that the cost per acre re-
claimed will be approximately
S35 for the bottom lands. EST
mates for the mesa have not yet
been completed.
1.-The lands under this project
have been withdrawn from al
forms Of entry except by home
stead, under the provisions Of
the Reclamation Act Of June II
1902 (32 Stat. l.. p. $780, Pend
ing further Investigations the
mesa lands have been with
drawn. Under the provisions o
the above mentioned act an indi
yidual holding is limited to 16t
acres. The size of the individual
holdings on the mesa have no
been nxed, bat will probably no
exceed forty acres.
1.-The method by which th
lands of the Yuma Indian reser
walton will be disposed of to set
tiers has not been decided upon
but will probably be sold in SINAI
tracts either by the India
Bureau, or the Reclamation Ser
vice, or both departments i
cooperation.
PLAN OF PAYMENT.
The cost Of the irrigatio
works will be assessed upon tn
lands within the district, and b
paid for in ten equal annual il
stallmeDts, the first being du
when water is ready for deliver
as provided for in the Reclamt