East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-01-26
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
WASHINGTON. January 6, 1910.
PUBLIC NOTICE.

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/. Pursuant to the provisions OF
section of the Reclamation Act OF
fune II. 1902 (32 Stat. 3SS), notice
| is hereby given as follows:
| 2. Water will be furnished from
the Umatilla Project, Oregon. under
the provisions of the Reclamation
Act, in the irrigation season of 1910,
| for the irrigable areas shown on
farm unit plats of Townships and
! 5 north. Range 2S East, Willamette
Meridian. approved by the Secretary
of the Interior December II, 1909,
and on file in the local Land Office
at Ia Grande, oregon.
3. Homestead entries accompanied
| by applications for water rights, and
the first installment of the charges
| for building, operation and mainten-
ance may be made on and after Feb
ruary 10, 1910, beginning at o'clock
A. NJ, under the provisions of said
act for the farm units shown on said
plats. Water-right applications may
also be made for lands heretofore
entered and for lands in private
Ownership and the time when pay
ments will be due therefor is herein
after stated.
4. Warning and notice are hereby
expressly given that no person will
be permitted to gain or exercise any
right whatever under any settlement
or occupation begun, or under any
| filing or entry made or attempted to
| be made in pursuance of the provis-
! ions of the Reclamation Act or other
wise, prior to February 10, 1910, on
any land shown on said plats and
heretofore subject to withdrawal
under the first form. and all such
settlement or occupation, filing or
entry is hereby forbidden.
5. The limit of area per entry,
representing the acreage, which in
| the opinion of the Secretary OF the
Interior may be reasonably required
for the support OF a family on the
lands entered subject to the provis-
ions of the Reclamation Act is fixed
I at the amount shown upon the plats
for the several farm units.
6. The limit of area for which
water right application may be made
for lands in private ownership shall
be 100 acres Of irrigable land for each
| land owner.
Z. The charges which shall be
made per acre of irrigable land in
the said entries and for lands hereto
fore entered or in private ownership,
which can be irrigated by the waters
from the said irrigation project, are
in two parts as follows;
(a) The building OF the irrigation
system, $50 per acre of irrigable land
payable in not more than ten annu-
al installments, each payment not less
than 5000 or some multiple thereof
per acre, except that in the case of
lands hereafter entered the first In
stallment of the building charge shall
be $500 per acre and subsequent in
stallments $500 per acre. Full pay
ment may be made at any time OF
any balance of the building charge
remaining due, after certification by
the Commissioner of the General
Land Office that full and satisfactory
compliance has been shown with al
the requirements of the law as to resi-.
ldence, cultivation and reclamation.
OBJ For operation and mainten.
ance for the irrigation season of 1910
and annually thereafter until fur.
thor notice, $3.50 per acre of irri.
gable land. whether water Is used
thereon or not. AS soon as the data
are available. the operation anc
maintenance charge will be fixed ir