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Show I 44 REPORT OR THE COXXIBSIOliEB OF INDfAli AFPAIBB. The expenditure of $142,265 has already been auihoriz'ed, as follows: Yakima Reservation, Waah.. ............................... $45,434 Zuiii Reservation, N. Mex.. ................................. 40, OW Pueblos, N. Mex ........................................... 5,800 Pala Reservation, Gal.. ..................................... 13,880 Crow Reservation, Mont.. .................................. 15,000 Western Ghoshoni Ileservation, Nev ... ,. .................... 6: OW Navaho Reservation, Ariz.. ................................. 3,885 Salaries of supeiintendents and small amounts on other reserva-tions .................................................... 13,266 - Total .................................: . ............. 142,265 It has been found necessary to deny applications for funds greatly needed for work on other reservations, including $20,000 to complete the Big Horn Canal on the Crow Reservation. Mission Indians.-It is particularly gratifying to note the excellent ' results obtained during the past year through the effort made to secure water fdr irrigation, by means of artesian wells, for the Mis-sion Indians of California, residing on the Torros and Cabezon reser- - vations. Twenty-two wells were bored under a contract with the Coabuila Development Company, ofLos Angeles, Cal., and an aggre-gate flow of 209.20 miner's inches of water was obtained. In addition, three wells were bored by the company, outside of its coptract, on section 16, Torros Reservation, developing a total flow of 26.25 miner's inches. The water so obtained will beyond question prove a great boon to the Indians. With plenty of water they will now be able to raise various crops on lands that heretofore have been regarded as mere wastes of sand and sagebrush. Navaho Reservation.-July 14,1902, this o5ce laid before the Depart-ment plans for beginning the construction on the Navaho Reservation of irrigation ditches leading from the San Juan River, and recom-mended that George Butler, superintendent of irrigation, be sent there for the purpose of surveying and staking off lines for three or four small ditches leading from the river at the most practicable points and where the largest quantities of good lands might be irrigated. Superintendent Butler submitted his report to the o5ce May 15, 1903. He surveyed and staked off two ditches, via., the Sandeval ditch and the upper San Juan ditch. The former heads on the left bank of the river about 30 miles west of the eastern boundary of the reserva-tion. He reported that there was nothing difficult of construction, the . line running mostly in mrth for its entire length of about 4k miles, and estimated the cost to be $10,644.63. The acreage reclaimable under the line is 822.4 acres, at a cost of 812.94 per acre. This ditch has been constructed by Supervisor Shoemaker, under authority from the Department, at a cost of about $10,000. It is known as Ditch No. 2. The San Juan ditch was estimated by Superintendent Butler to cost |
