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Show -34- Transportation, Needles to Agency; U. S. Mail Stage on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, after crossing Colorado River at Needles Ferry. Mail received at Agency; Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Telegraphic Address; Kingman, Arizona, thence by telephone to Ft. Mojave. Express and Freight Address:-Needles, California. Population of Needles, 2,500 Latitude of Ft. Mojave 35° 06' Longitude" " " 114° 30' Altitude " " " 540 feet. Climate; Healthful,-long hot summers and pleasant winters. Range of temperature; 20° to 122° Rainfall; 3 to 5 ins. per an. Indian Training School:-established 1890 Total enrollment, Jan. 1915, 200 Total number employees, School and Agency 25 Indian Tribes on Reservation:-Mojaves and Chimehuevis Total Number of Indians on Reservation and in Chime-huevi Valley: Mojaves 625 Chimehuevis 125 Employment of Indians;-Some have a few cattle. 300 in employ of Railway Company and other industries at Needles and vicinity at an average of $2.25 per day. Some sell wood in Needles. -Summary of Data Relating to Irrigation.- Total area of Reservation, 31,328 Acres. Total area of irrigable and arable land on Reservation; Practically none since the failure of levee in 1914. Total area of irrigable land not subject to overflow; None " " " " " subject " " 31,000 acres. |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |