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Show INDIAN SCHOOL SITES. for tho Grmcl Valley Canal Company, (lated dnly 6, 1889, stntiug t11:lt tlre deed oon-veys to tile Goverrur<enta ~ e r t s i uin ~mboro f titntntr. iuehes of wirter ;tad lunlres i t an o\rnsr in fee of thilt airtonut of mater in the Xcns Conntg ditch then under the eon-trol and management of the Gr s n~\l'n lloy Canal Cornp;vly, successor* to the Grand River Ditch Compnny, and, like the ilee<la msde ton11 other psrt,ics, it provides asnlnll ;lusesauent rnne;~llyf or oanueyinl; wirter t l~r u u g lt~h e ditch by the Gr:tnd Valley Cnnal Comp;my as i~ oommau oarrier md for keeping the ditch in repair sud carrying on the ditch bnsiness ~rerrersllv. The como:!nv deolinerl to cousider the Ga,van~ment to be entitled, under toheir sy&em, to imy 'mo& benefits than nxtyot l~efn~m n~cr-the terms npou n.hio11 other ahareholders obtaiacd water baing twofold, one set of water-right owners paid nn asaeas~nent of $20 mlnnsllv: the other set priil snnnally from 40 cents to $1 ner mutun, according t.o the amount of water owned in ststnte inches. ~ h sucho ol w& of blle tiist set. - July 17,1888, the Uepartmaut authorized t,he paylneat of $46.57, being nmonut due for water, etc., upon the express condition that. the righta of the Government nuder its deorl be in no way nnrrendereil or abridged by 8neh payment. July 25,1889, Snpt. Wheeler forwarded a fona of deed purporting to be i~ duplicate copy of the original <lee<l. He hnd been asked to forward the original deed nnd and water contrast, ~ e o tto Snpt. Fr'mzier in 1886; hot i t Eould not be found. The original deed called for a?, assessment of $20, while this farm of deed stipulated for 100 inohesof watsrancl ~n assessment not exeeaning 40 cents per statutory inch, which are tho terms of the second class referred to l,y Mr. Caswell, an4 not the terms of the first class or uriginnl owoerri. October 8, 1889, Special Agent F. D. Lewis reported advorsel>- on tlle statos of the water right of the OrancI dar~etion school, as sot forth in the farnl of (lead sent by Mr. Wheeler, and rreeortunendecl its referenee to the Departnlettt of .Instice for inrcstigation. April 8. 1892. Snnt. 1,ernmon rel,orte<l that he had been handed a. bill (br 527 for . . -. - , Ha was instrt~ctrd.A oril ?f. IXg l . to confer mith the IluiteA Ststes sttonlev and irrigition, but reodnnuendefi tht. ism;anee of iempomry igjn;lDt;on to prevent outtingof ~ n p p l yn ntil the rnatter eunld be settled, belieuing that tho conlpnny woulrl be oomnelled to eiro a one-t\renty~seeond pert of the iwofits, or at least 100 inches, in ;$ o&rtraet t h i t complied with the irriistion lsxvu%f the State. .Tnl~2 , 1892, he oi7ars sntltorirod to go to ])en\-er and iustitntr snoh proceedings. The water required for domo8tie lt!trl,oses at ths school was tirst snpplied by the incoovenis~ttm ethod of having i t hntlle,l the tlistnnee of n ml e in borrela. In October, 1890. nrmngements were made wit11 the Grzmrl .Innotion Water Company by which they extended their m:tius to the nohool bnilBini.8. Thap me nov fkr-nishing mnter wtder r~ tco->-e;tr eontwot,, :at ?2f cents per1,000 gallons, this contract hnving bssn s ,ppro~eId)!. tho Secretary, Noreutber 11, 1890, subject to t,lm following ooorlition : The p:ty!emlts of water rent " to be su\ie,:t to the nl~proprintimlsn pplioe-ble theret ,~t,o 1,e uc:tde by Cungn,ss Rom )-ear to yesr." FORT SHAW, MOW. Port Shnw military post, sitnntwl in loititrtde 47a 30' 3",-longitocle from Greenwich 1110 40', ou the r i g l ~bt ank of the Suu R'irer, and sboitt lo miles frotu ita continence mith the Misaoori, embmein,o :abont 32 sqnnra milea, was established in July, 1861. (See War Depavt.ment drsenl,tivc list of i~,ilitnryposts1, 872,pages 236 and 264.) By General Order iio. 69. issued Sont,en~bc1r4 . 18fi9. and 1,). C S R V I ~ ~ LoYrt~lo r of Jasnarv 11 ti, I t contains 46 square miles or 1' I.842 :acres ;cud ia 1oe;tted iu T. !20N.j R. 2 nnd3 W., Montan.na. It is about 5,000 feet abort? sen. level. The Snn River is :I atream of rno<ler:>tes ize d ~ u i n gth e g r a t e r part of the y,rnm., sesroely nlore tlritn 20 hard8 r i d e , and fordnhle |