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Show 143 tho Basin, and there isevory indication that those ra- mining have survived tha critical periods and are well on the road to prosperity. Character of -Aaxagocent: - Prom a study of tin foregoing, it is evident that praoti aally all tha difficulties encountered in the operation of the Uintah Project respecting whi cii oaaplain ha have been made, are clue primarily to tha ci rcunstances under T.hiuh the project was iniatod and i3 operated, and to local natural conditions. Tha Act opening the x.euei-vad on to Battlement, directed that certain allotments be made to the Indians. and tha Balance of tha lard he thrown open thre* months after ths passage of tha Aot. Thi s virtually prevented the organization of a compact homogeneous project, o r at mast four projects, and mada possible tho sxibotitutlon of tha proamt aggregation of fort_ty-fivo projects or districts, ten of which are operated by tho Unitod States, undor tha name of tho Uintah Irrigation Project. This condition coapell3 tha uso of tha stream channels as main canals, while tho canals act as laterals, sea a of whioh belong to the White settlors, other a to the Indiana, and yet others aro owned and used jointly. Tho Aot authorising the Uintah Project direotod that it ba constructed and operated under tha laws of the State of Utah. This forced tha Indians into oanoatition |