The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1914-04-16
Change RULES FOR
DESERT LAND ENTRY

Commissioner Clay Tallman, of the
General Land Office, has addressed
the following circular to the land
Offices of the state, which will be of
interest to those taking up desert land
claims:
Paragraphs IL and and 13 of the
desert land circular are hereby
amended to read as follows:
"12. Whoever makes a desert land
entry must acquire a clear right to
the use Of sufficient water to irrigate
and reclaim the whole of the land
entered or as much of it as is suscept-
ible of irrigation. Therefore whoever
tenders a desert land declaration,
without definite arrangement for OBJ
tanning water, in anticipation of the
construction of extensive irrigation
works not determined upon, and
where 1t is not demonstrated that
water can be conserved in sufficient
quantity and conveyed to the land,
does not meet the requirements Of the
law and the declaration shall be re-
jected by the Register and Receiver,
subject to the usual right of appeal.
If applicant proposes to appropriate
water for the irrigation of the land
claimed by him. he must file with his
declaration record evidence of his
notice of appropriation under applica-
BILE State laws. In case he proposes to
procure water through an irrigation
district, corporation. or an associa-
ton. record evidence of a contract for
water must accompany his declaration
or IL no contract can be obtained prior
to entry some written assurance from
responsible officials Of such district,
corporation or association having
either a proposed irrigation scheme.
one under construction. or one COM
pleted that if entry be allowed. appli-
cant will be able to procure from that
source the necessary water to irrigate
and reclaim the land described in the
declaration.
"13. At the time of fling his decla-
ration with the Register and Receiver,
the applicant must also file plans,
describing in detail, the following:
Source Of water supply; character of
the irrigation works constructed, in
course OF construction. or proposed to
be constructed, 1. e.. reservoirs for
storage, canals, fumes, or other meth
DDS by which water is to be conveyed
to the land; or If by diversion. the
nature of the flow Of springs or
streams, /. e., whether perennially
flowing or intermittent; character of
the works constructed, in course of
construction, or to be constructed to
convey water to the land; whether
the irrigation works, If not construct
ed. are to be built by an irrigation dis
trict, a corporation. an association. or
have not been constructed, then to
make a general statement as to the
proposed plan; whether surveys there
for and other Investigations have been
made, and, by whom, to demonstrate
the existence of a sufficient water sup
ply and the feasibility Of the proposed
works to convey water to the land If
applicant or others in association pro-
pose to construct irrigation works for
the reclamation of their own lands, a
sworn statement must accompany the
declaration, containing a general de-
scription Of the proposed works. an
estimate of the cost, and such other
data as will enable the Register and
Receiver and the department to de-
termine the feasibility of the propos-
ed works to convey water to the lands
to be irrigated. If the irrigation is
proposed by means of artesian wells
or by pumping from nonartesian un-
derground sources of water supply,
evidence must be submitted as to the
existence of such, water supply upon
or near the land Involved. including a
statement as to other wells heretofore
sunk and affording a water supply to
adjoining or nearby lands. In this
connection, with respect to the land
itself, a specific showing must be sub
mitted as to its approximate elevation,
character of the soil, and to what
point upon the tract the ditch or lat
eral Is to be extended; also, that the
land is of such contour that it can be
irrigated from the proposed canal or
lateral The map required to be filed
by section of the act of March 3,
1891 (26 Stat. 1095). must be suf-
ficiently definite and accurate (pre-
ferably, but not necessarily. prepared
by a licensed engineer) to show a
practicable and feasible plan for con-
Quoting water to the land to be i~ri-
gated. The Register and Receiver
viii carefully examine the evidence
submitted In such declarations. and
either reject defective declarations or
require additional evidence to be filed.
They WIN also report any facts in their
knowledge with respect to the land.
the water supply. or the proposed plan
of irrigation. including the financial
responsibility and general ability OF