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Show 14. SERIAL No. UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE, PHOENIX, ARIZONA . YUMA.ARIZONA , MAY £1,1909. WILLIAM A.BOWLES.being first duly sworn,on oath says : X am the Identical William A.Howies who made Besert Land Entry No.3199,August ,taa*a* 1901,in the United States Land Office at Tucson,Arizona,of the South-west £ of Section 9, Township 8 vouth,of Range 22 West, After making said entry X began the improvement **¦»¦¦• and reclamation thereof and during the first,second,and third years after making said said entry I expended one dollar each year for each acre of 4land entered by me,as aforesaid,for the purpose of improving and reclaiming the said land,and since entering the said land I hare expended in the aggregate in such work of improvement and reclamation of said land more than 3&7.5o~---- par acre. 3inoe making ay said entry I have placed improvements on the said lands as follows : Pence around the entire place............$175.00. Clearing and levelling xaxm between 60 and 80 acres of land..............C75O.OC During the flood season of 1905 - 1906 much of tnia levelling , in fact all of it was destroyed by the flood waters which oovered the place with silt from the Gila River. In the year 1901 the Rockland Canal Company was engaged in the construction of an irrigation system designed to furnish water for the irrigation of all the lands,including those embraced in my said entry,in the neighborhood of my, said lands, and for the purpose of securing a permanent and sufficient supply rf water to successfully irrigate all of the land embraced 04475 |
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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. |