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Show -2- persons or companies interested in acquiring the 25-year agricultural development lease covering approximately 65,-000 acres of undeveloped land on the Colorado River Indian Reservation. Notice of interest shall include statements of financial responsibility and ability to develop the lands. Those parties so notifying the Area Director of their interest will then be given until June 25, 1957, to submit their proposal for development of the area to the Area Director. The reservation area has great potentiality for irrigation agriculture. Its soils respond well to water, fertilizer and good management practices. The lands are capable of producing satisfactory yields of a wide variety of crops such as alfalfa, cotton, milo, barley, flax, sugar beets, pasture, grapes, melons and numerous vegetables. The frost-free period extends from the first part of March to the latter part of November. Most of the crops grown in the presently irrigated areas of the Imperial, Yuma, and Palo Verde Valleys are adaptable to the Parker Valley, and productivity appears to be comparable to those areas. The project lands need to be cleared, leveled and developed requiring the completion of the gravity flow irrigation system and the necessary drainage system. Information regarding the location of the area, water resources, soils classification, engineering surveys and other criteria for development of these lands may be obtained from the Superintendent's Office, Colorado River Agency, Parker, Arizona, or from this office. R M. Haverland, Area Director |
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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] : |