The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-07-08


ing visit of the congressional COM
mittee to the valley is as follows:
Private cars will be dropped at
Chinook, Mont, at 1886 a. m, July
l2.
Breakfast on train.
Take autos at 8 a. m. and view
the proposed diversion site on Milk
River, the line of the proposed
Chinook north canal and the irri-
gable area from chinook to Coburg,
also the lands irrigated under the
Fort Belknap and Harlem (private) |
irrigation bitches and the Harlem
diversion dam. The mountains seen
in the southeasterly direction are
the Little Rockies, noted for the
gold mines in Ruby Gulch. They
are at distance of 40 to As miles. |
The square top butte II miles south
from Harlem is Snake Butte on the
Fort Belknap Indian Reservation.
Proceed TO Dodson Dam and along
the Dodson north canal to Dodson.
| Lunch is to be served at the new
concrete hotel in Dodson> at about
| l D. m.
Leave Dodson at 2:0O p. m., cross
Milk River to the south side and
view the Dodson south canal down
to Malta.i in particular the heavy cut
at Dodson Bridge, the large rein
forced concrete pressure pipe across
Alkalai Creek, and the lands which
are at present partially irrigated,
but which upon the completion OF
the St. Mary River diversion will
arrive at Malta at p. M; distance
travelled 80 miles.
The private cars left at Chinook
are to be hauled by local train No.
232 to Malta, due to arrive at 4:5O
.. m.
Informal meeting in Malta with
members of the Water Users Asso-
citation and representative business
men at s p. M, at which some OF
the congressman, some of the Of
ficials of the Reclamation Service,
and probably some of the waterus-
ers will favor the meeting with
short talks.
Second Day.
On July 13 party will leave Malta
in autos at a. m., travel along the
lower portion of Dodson south
canal and skirt the north shore Of
Lake Bowdoin, famous duck
hunting region, to the cut leading
into Nelson Reservoir, then to the
work in progress on Nelson Reser-
vo+r. and Ns'eo-7 Reservoir south
canal. The outlet of this reservoir
is located on Milk River at Cree
Crossing, at which Sitting Bull,
with band of warriors crossed in
their flight to Canada, pursued by
Federal soldiers, after the Custer
massacre. Gen. Miles, in his pur-
suit crossed Milk River at point
16 miles east of here. Then travel
along the line of the proposed Mel
son Reservoir south canal and
across the irrigable lands in Beaver
Creek Valley to Saco. The main
canal for the irrigation of these
lands will be built during the fiscal
year 1916.
Lunch to be served in the new
concrete hotel in Saco at about
A2:30 p. m.
Proceed in autos across the irri-
gable lands to Hinsdale, then along
the south bank of Milk River to
Vandalia diversion, here a stop OF
3 Is minutes will be made to view
this structure, then along the Van
\ dalia south canal and across the ir'
rigable area to Glasgow, stopping al
4 Vandalia Point, at Tampico and al
Antelope Creek. Arrive at Glas
gov at p. m. distance Travelled
! so miles
In the evening meet some of the
\ representative business men ant
water users of this region.
Private cars left at Malta to b.
\ hauled to Glasgow by train No. 2S
due to arrive at about l p. m.
July IA. Leave Glasgow on trail
\ No. 2 at 7:10 a. m.
= The Chinook citizens will furnish
5 cars for ,ne trip as far .as Dodsol
y where the will be met by cars from
!: this city and the trip continued tt
!? Glasgow with the Malta cars. Thos
occupying the cars will be as fol
p lows:
!: Car No. 1.
y Mr.. Fitzgerald of New York
|: chairman of the committee; MI
!: Davis. director of the Reclamation
N Service; Representative of tn
Il Water Users Association and Pro
y ject Manager Mr.. Schlect.
3 Car No. 2.
Mr.. Sherley of Kentucky. Mr. Gil
:. lett of Massachusetts, Mr.. Rya1
Comptroller of Washington, D. c
and Mr.. Ranch of Indiana.
Car No. 3.
Mr.. Mendell of Wyoming, MI
Borland of Missouri, Judge Kin1
chief counsel of the Reclamatio
!: Service, and representative of tn
q Water Users Association.
Car No. 4.
!: Mr.. Byrus of Tennessee; Mr.. Nj
Andrews of Illinois; Mr.. G. R.Dav1
: of Minnesota and Mr.. Williamson
Chief of Construction.
Car No. 5.
!: Mr.. Rea Clerk of the Senate Con
= mittee; Mr.. Shields, Assistant Cler
of the Senate Committee; NJ
= Weaver. stenographer and repre-
sentative of the Water Users Asst
citation.
Car No. 6.
Mr.. Clancy, Mr.. Potter, Mr.. Clar
and w. Andrew Ryan, clerks in I