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Show 216 erans.888 After two drawings, any unit not disposed of goes to the first qualified applicant.889 Still other statutory provisions aid settlement. Such is the 1906 authorization for the establishment of town sites within irrigation projects and for furnishing water to such towns.890 Another example is the 1914 authorization for the Secretary to reserve lands for country parks, public playgrounds, and com- munity centers on reclamation projects.891 Cooperation with other agencies in aid of settlement has also been authorized. The Secretary may enter into agreements with states for the cooperative promotion of the settlement of projects and in securing and selecting settlers.892 In 1944 and subsequently, Congress has provided funds for giving information and advice to settlers and water-users' organizations in the selection of lands, equipment, and live- stock; the classification of lands; the preparation of land for irrigation; the selection of crops; methods of irrigation and agricultural practices; and general farm management.893 In this connection, the Bureau cooperates with state agricultural colleges and with agencies of the Department of Agriculture.894 Certain unique provisions of the Columbia Basin Project Act merit notice here.895 While we shall later mention in more detail its antispeculation and acreage-limitation provisions,896 888 43 C. F. R. 401.18, 401.20. 389 43 0. F. R. 401.20(c). 890 Act of April 16,1906, §§ 1, 4, 34 Stat. 116, 43 U. S. C. 561, 567. 891 Act of October 5,1914, 38 Stat. 727, 43 U. S. O. 569. 892 Act of May 25, 1926, § 46, 44 Stat. 636, 649, 43 U. S. 0. 423e. 993 Act of June 28, 1944, 58 Stat. 463, 488. Similar provision has been made in subsequent appropriation acts. See, e. g., Act of September 6, 1950, 64 Stat. 595, -. 894 See, e. g., Memorandum of Understanding between Bureau of Recla- mation and the State College of Washington, dated January 12, 1950; Memorandum of Understanding between The Wyoming Agricultural Experi- ment Station and Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engi- neering ; Agricultural Research Administration; Soil Conservation Service; Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Department of Agriculture, and the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, dated April 3, 1950. 898 Act of March 10, 1943, 57 Stat. 14, see 16 U. S. C. 835-835i. 890 See infra, pp. 232-234. |