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Show 6074 519 Bissell - D 4077 1920 census. Q Over what period of time has the information on that map been assemble? A Why, the information as to Recalamation Service projects, of course, is based on surveys beginning back with the very beginning of the Reclamation Bereau in 1902. We started surveying on the Colorado River almost the first project that we undertook investigations of; and we have pursued that intermittently ever since. The information as to these private irrigated areas was compiled under the direction of A. T. Teale, of the Department of Agriculture, now deceased, for the Census Bureau in 1919. Q What is the date of that map? A 1928. By The Special Master: Q Did I understand you to say that the Colorado River project was the first Reclamation project of your bureau? A I say one of the first. Q When you say the Colorado reclamation project, what part of the Colorado do you refer to? |
