Arizona republican., 1914-04-13
LAW
 DESERT CLAIM

That those who wish to enter des- ert land after this, must take steps ] to provide sufficient means of irri 1 gation for the entire irrigable area ] of the tract was made known in a letter to the register and receiver of the United states land office yester day. The letter, which will be of
 who are contemplating taking up desert land claims, is printed here
 with in full.
 | Sirs: Paragraphs 12 and 13 of the desert land circular are hereby
 amended to read as follows
 i F. 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 sus cept1ble of irrigation. Therefore who
 ever tenders desert land declara
 tion, without definite arrangements
 for obtaining water, in anticipation
 of the constructions of extensive ir-
 rigation works not determined upon,
 and where it is not demonstrated
 that water can be conserved in suf- ficient quantity and conveyed to the land, does not meet the require
 ments of the law, and the declara-
 tion shall be rejected by the regis ter and receiver subject to the usual
 right of appeal. If applicant pro- poses to appropriate water for the ir-
 rigation of the land claimed by him, n x1rtt dnn1a rot finf,
 record evidence of his notice of ap-
 propriation under applicable state
 laws. In case he proposes to procure
 water through an irrigation district,
 a corporation, or an association, re-
 cord evidence of contract for water
 must accompany his declaration, or if no contract can be obtained prior
 to entry some written assurance
 from responsible officials of such dis
 trict, corporation, or association hav-
 ing either proposed irrigation
 scheme, one under construction of
 one completed that, if entry be al-
 lowed, applicant will be able to pro-
 cure from that source the necessary
 water to irrigate and reclaim the land described in the declaration.
 | 13. At the time of filing his dec laration with the register and re-
 ceiver. the applicant must also file plans, describing, in detail, the fol- 1 lowing: Source of water supply; ; character of the irrigation work. constructed. in course of construction , or proposed to be constructed, i. e. | reservoirs for storage, canals, fumes
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 to be conveyed to the land; or if !, by diversion, the nature of the flow , of streams or springs, i. C., wheth-
 CT perennially flowing or intermit- tent character of the works con-
 structed, in course of construction
 or to be constructed to convey water , l to the land; whether the irrigation works. if not constructed, are to bt built by an irrigation district, cor
 poration, an association or by appli- cant personally; if the works have , not been constructed, then to make I a general statement as to the pro- , lposed plan; whether surveys therefor , and other investigations have beer made, and by whom, to demonstrate
 the existence of a sufficient watel f supply and the feasibility of the pro posed works to convey water to thu land. If applicant or others in as , sociation propose to construct irri
 gation works for the reclamation , of their own lands, a sworn state
 lment must accompany the declara : tion, containing a general description of the proposed works, an estimat ' of the cost, and such other data al
 will enable the register and receive
 and the department to determine tn :. feasibility of the proposed works t : convey water to the lands to be irri
 gated If the irrigation is proposed ', by means of artesian wells, or b,
 pumping from non -artesian under
 ground sources of water supply, evi dence must be submitted as to tn existence of such water supply upol or near the land involved. including si statement as to other wells there tofore sunk and affording a wate supply to adjoining or nearby land. l. In this connection, with respect t II the land itself, specific showin e must be submitted as to its approx It innate elevation, character of the soi U and to what point upon the trac e the ditch or lateral is to be extend s ed: also, that the land is of sue - contour that it can be irrigated fror
 the proposed canal or lateral. Tn e map required to be filed by section ,e of the act of March 8, 1891 (26 Stat n 1095), must be sufficiently definit l. and accurate (preferably. but nc e necessarily. prepared by license engineer) to show a practicable an le feasible plan for conducting water II the land to be irrigated. The regis
 ter and receiver will carefully eS 'e anime the evidence submitted in sue le declarations and either reject dc {, fective declarations or require add or tional evidence to be filed. The IS will also report any facts in the or knowledge with respect to the Ian n the water supply, or the propose y plan of irrigation, including the fir l. ancial responsibility and gener 1T ability of irrigation districts. col III porations. or associations which pro s- pose to construct works for the ret
 lamation of such land, if known v- them At the time of filing his de' 's laration. plans, and the statemen ke submitted herewith. the applica :" must pay the receiver the sum of ie cents per acre for the lands there Id described. the declaration to be giv' ne it's proper serial number, at tn n, time in accord with paragraph n- Circular No. 105. The receiver W of issue a receipt for the money, al