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Show system upon the Fort Hall Reservation, Lient. F. G-. Irwin, as acting agent says: Under these contmota the Idaho Canal Company ha. enlarged m d maintained in gwd condition, with axoeption of its head gate, their "smsll oonstrocted oansl" from the Blaokfoot River to the paint of diversion of main Government lateral, a distance of about 1,200 yards, and has heen prepared to furnish the contraot mount of water in said lateral. The remainder of their Lismallc onstrneted oand." that is.. the portion between a > point near diversion of Government letorel and its farther extremity, a diatance of 3 milea, which under the terms of supplemeut*l oontraot should be maintained by the cansl company (luring the irrigating season of =ah year without additional oom-pensation, waa destroyed by laat spring's flooda, and no attempt baa been made to maintain sdd portion doring present season. In consequence of this failure on the nast of the Idaho Canal Com.as nv-., i t beasme sbsolntelv neosssarvfor the Government to build along distributing ditch * * in order to get water to those farmem who formerly received water from extremity of "small oonstrnoted canal." The cost of this di&h was $550, which should be ohrsrged against the Idaho Canal Company, a.a its aanstruotion waa rendered neoeassry through failure of that company to carry out the provisions of their supplemental contraot. He states that the company contends that it is required by the terms of the contract to maintain that portion only of the small constructed canal which lies between Blackfoot River and the point of delivery of the 200 cubic feet of water, which contention is wholly without merit. He farther says: Plans for the two diverting dema aorosn the Bhkfoot River, required by the terms of their cantraot, have been submitted by the canal company, and are now nuder exminetion by a, competent engineer employed by the agent. Said cantreot oalla for the oompletion and sooeptanoe of these dams prior to Ootober 2,1897, and the construction of the Can81 from Blsokfoot River to Ross Fork Creek not later than one gear from that date. S o work on the o n n ~pl r oper has as get been done within tile limits of the reservation, but tho 06icers of the cumplang d v e assurance that both the diverting dacus snd the canal will be completed within rootract time. A main lateral has been constructed by the Government, 4 miles in length, capable of irrigating 6,000 acres. There seems to be no further hostility on the part of the Indians to the scheme of irrigation. Crow Reservation, Honk-Under supervision of Supt. Walter H. Graves theconstruetion of an extensive system of irrigation on theCrow Reser-vation has been in progress for some years, as shown by the previous annual reports of this otfiee. In a report dated Angust 6,1897, he states that since theist of September, 1896, he has been engaged altogether in the construction of the East Big Horn ditch, which is to extend down the valley some 35 miles and is expected to irrigate from 33,000 to 35,OUO acres of land. With the exception of a few rocky and difticnlt places, about 6 miles of the canal is completed. He estimates the first 10 miles, including the head works? to be equivalent to at least 65 per cent of the entire cost and labor of constructing the canal, the most of it being already accomplished. I anote from his r e~orat s follows: We have alreadv extended the canal beyond the bluff uortion of the ront.0, a d after leaving the bluffs, the line of the canal, for the #rester part of its ronte, lies along ths open valley, where the work is light and free from diffionlties. When the |