The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-22

CIRCULAR IS ISSUED
ON M|N|D0KA PROJECT
Secretary of Interior GoOdfieId
Tells How the Idaho Land
Must Be Paid For.
Special 10 The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
BURLEY, Ida, March 21.-A circu-
lar, dated March Q, has been sent by
the Department of the Interior from
Washington to every homesteader on
the Minidoka project, giving notice
that the first payment on all the lands
on the project to be watered this year
will become due on or before Decem-
ber |, 1907. The annual charges arc
divided into two parts, one for the
cost of construction of the irrigation
works and the other for maintenance.
The latter charge may vary each year
according 10 the estimate for mainte-
nance. The maintenance charge for
1907 has been set at 40 cents per ace
The construction charge per acre OF
the lands on the project has been an
for the year 1907 will be $3.50 per
acre.
% Following is the full text Of the cif-
cular sent to each settler:
Washington, March Q, 1907,-In
pursuance of the provisions of section 4
of the Reclamation Act of June II,
1902 (32 Stat. 33s), notice is hereby
the Minldoka project in Idaho under
the provisions of the Reclamation Act,
at the opening Of the irrigating sea
son OF 1907, for the irrigable lands
shown upon farm unit pats Of town
ships and 10 south, range 90 east,
Boise meridian; townships 8 and 8
south. range p east, approved by the
erretary of the Interior and on file
In the local land office at HALEY, Ida.
The limit Of area per entry repre-
senting the acreage which. in the opin-
ION OF the Secretary OF the Interior,
may be reasonably required for the sup
port of family on the lands in qucs-
lion is fixed for the lands entered sub
ject to the provisions of the Recsma-
tion Act in general Mt forty acres
within one and oDc-half miles of the
towns, and eighty acres elsewhere, sub.
Ject TO the variations required for the
physical coDdIf,ons, the amounts being
shown upon the plat5 for the several
farm units,
THE limit for which water right
application may be made for lands in
private ownership shall be 100 acres of
irrigable land for each landowner.
1.-The charges which shall be made
per acre upon the said entries and upon
lands in private ownership which can
be irrigated by the waters Of the said
irrigation project are IN two parts, rs
follows:
"First-The building of the irriga-
Jluu y SlcHlr P-- pei dNltS pay dblc III nOI
less than five nor more than ten annual
lnstallmcnts, each not less than S2.20
per acre,
'Second-t'or operation and mainte-
nance, which Will, as soon as the data
are available, be fixed In proper tion to
the amount of water used, with mini
mum charge per acre whether water is
used thereon or not. The operation
and maintenance charges for the irri-
CATION season. of 1907 will be 40 cents
per acre of irrigable land.
"The first installment of said charges
for all irrIgable areas shown on these
plats, whether or not water right appli
cation is made therefor or water is
used thereon. shall be due and payable
on or before ecemher l., 1907, al the
local lind office at HALEY, Ida, the TO-
tai payment for 1907 being not less than
50 go per acrc. The building charge
for subsequent years shall be due and
payable at the same place, on or be-
fore December / and the operation
and maintenance charge shall become
due and be of the amount as announced
by the Secretary of the Interior each
year.
The circular IS signed by Secretary
Garfield, and has been given general cir
culatlon so as TO perfectly famiharize
the settlers with the requirements of
the department. The terms of the cir
cular are uncompromising, and the set
tiers Will be required to pay the uni
form charge of $500 whether they raise
a crop or not. If nothing unforeseen
the gravity system of the
Minidoka project will be completed in
plenty of time 10 grow a crop this
year. Much of the land is not vet
cleared. but in view of the attitude
taken by the department ii is probable
that all who have been delinquent in
their land will put forth an
extra effort so as to meet the payment
which falls due this year