East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-03-11
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,

ions of Section 4 of the Reclamation
Act of June II, 1902, (32 Stat, 38S),
notice Is hereby given as follows:
2. Water will be furnished from
the fourth unit, Umatilla project, Ore
gon, under the provisions of the Re-
clamation Act. In the irrigation sea-
son of 1911, for the irrigable areas
shown in the farm unit plats of Town
ships 4 and 8 North, Range 2S East,
and Township s North, Range 29
East Willamette Meridian, approved
by the Secretary of the Interior, Feb
ruary IL, 1911, and or file in the local
land office at La Grande, oregon.
3. Homestead entries, accompanied
by applications for water right and,
as hereinafter provided, by the appro-
pirate instalment or instruments Of
the charges for building, operation
and maintenance, may be made on
and after March 90, 1911, beginning
at 8 o'clock a. m, under the provis-
ions of said act for the farm units
shown on said plats. Water-right APP
piications may also be made for lands
heretofore entered and for lands in
private ownership, and the time when
payments will be due therefor is here
matter stated.
4. Warning n notice are hereby
expressly given that no person will
be permitted to gain or exercise any
right whatever under any settlement
or occupation begun prior to March
23, 1911, on any land shown on said
.plats and all such settlement or occu-
patton, filing or entry Is hereby for
hidden; provided, however. that this
shall not interfere with anw valid ex-
listing rights obtained by settlement
or entry while he land was subject
thereto.
3. The limit of area per entry. rep
resenting the acreage which in the
opinion of the Secretary of the In
terror may be reasonably required for
the support of a family on the lands
entered subject to the provisions Of
the Reclamation Act, Is fixed at the
moun shown Upon the plats for the
several farm units.
6. The maximum limit of area for
which water-right application may be
made for lands in private ownership
shall be 100 acres Of irrigable Ian
for each land owner.
Z. The charges which shall be
made per acre of ~irrigable land in the
farm units shown on said plats. sub
tect to entry hereunder on and after
March 22, 1911, and for lands here
tofore entered or in private owner
ship for which water will be furnish
ed during the irrigation season OF
1911 as aforesaid, 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 annual
installments, each payment not less
han Sc 100 or some multiple thereof
per acre, except that in the ase OF
lands hereafter entered the first in
stalment Of the building charge shall
be $1,000 per acre and subsequent in
stalments 5000 per acre. Full pay
ment may be made at any time of any
balance of the building charge re-
naming due, after certification by the
Commissioner of the General Lane
Office that full and satisfactory COM
pliance a been shown with all the
requirements of the law as to resi-.
dence, cultivation and reclamation.
(b) Fol operation and mainten.
ance for the irrigation season of 1911,
and annually thereafter until further
notice, $1.30 per acre of ~irrigable
land, whether water Is used Thereon
or not.
s. All entries made hereafter fol
any of the lands described, whether
for and not heretofore entered. OF
for lands covered by prior entire:
which have been Cancelled by relin.
quishment or otherwise. shall be &C.
companied by application for water
rights In due form and by the first
instalment of the charges for build.
ing. operation n maintenance. not
less than $3.50 per acre of ~irrigablC
land, except where payments hay,
been duly made by the prior appli.
cants and credits therefor duly sign.
ed In writing. The second instalmenr
of the building charge not less thar
$500 per acre, and the appropriate
charge for operation and maintenance
shall become due on December 1 OF
the following year. Subsequent in
m OF the building charge shall
become due on December ! of each
year thereafter until fully paid. Al
entries made and all water-right ap.
plicat'ons filed after March 22, 1911
for public or private lands shall be
accompanied by a payment equal &c
the sum Of all instruments which
would have become due had the en-.
try or water-r'ght application beer
filed on March 22, 1911. or which ir
the case of a prior application were
paid and were not duly assigned In
writing.
8. For lands in private ownership
and for lands heretofore entered, the
first instalment of the charges fol-
building, operation and maintenance
not less h $3.50 per acre OF irri.
gable land. shall become due on De-
cember l, 1911. The second install.
ment shal be due on December |
1912. Subsequent instalments shall
become due on December l Of each
year thereafter. In cases where ap.
plications for water rights are made
FOR said lands after one or more in.
stalments of the charges thereon fol
building, operation and maintenance
have become due hereunder, all in,
stalments Of such charges which hav,
thus accrued must be paid at the tim,
of filing such applications for water
rights.
10. The first and all subsequent
instruments of the charges for all ir
rigable areas shown on these plats
whether or not water Is used there
on, shal be due and payable as here
in provided.
IL, The regulation is hereby estab
1ished that no water will be furnish
ed in my year until the portions fo'
operation n maintenance of all in
stalments then luz shall have beef
paid. Accordingly, no water will b.
furnished for the irrigation season o
1912 for any lands unless the portion
for operation and maintenance OF tn,
instalment due December 1, 1911, ha
been paid and In like manner no wa
ter will be furnished in any subse
quent irrigation season unless pay
ment has been made of the portion
OF the instruments for operation an