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Show With the Indians of the Fort Berthold Resemtion, N. Dak., nego-tiated on the 25th day of June, 1902, by which they d e d to the United States 208,000 acres of land. IRRIGATION. The lndian appropriation act for the current fiscal year, approved April 21,1904, contains an appropriation of $185,000 for construction of ditches, reservoirs, purchase and use of irrigating tools and appli-ances, and purchase of water rights on Indian reservations, of which $35,000 was made immediately available. The following expenditures haye thus far been authorized from this appropriation: Pima ReEervation, Arie., construction of additional well& ete. $4,000.00 Yakima Reservation, Wssh., construction of additional lab erals, etc .............................................. 25,000.00 - Crow Reservation, Mont., completion of Big Horn OBnsi.. .. 15,000. 00 Zuni Reservation, N. Mex., continuation of dam aid res-ervoir ................................................. 40,OM).00 Klamth Xesewation, Oreg., completion of Crooked Creek ditch, construction of agency spring ditch, etc.. .......... 5,000.00 Pala Reaerv~tionG, al., continuation of irri@tionconstruction. 2,700. M) Total .............................................. 91,700.00 Tongue River Reservation, Mont.-The wnstruction of a system of irrigation on the Tongue River Reservation, Mont., has been deter-mined upon and preliminary work commenced. The estimated expend-iture on this reservation during the present hcal year is $35,000. The salaries of superintendents of irrigation and other employees are esti-mated at $15,01)0. Navaho Reservation, Me.-The O5ce is steadily adhering to its plan of constrncting small irrigation ditches within the Navaho Reservation, especially from the Sau Juan River, as set forth in last year's report. Authority has been asked to make certain expenditures in the wn? struction of a dam on Black Creek and to straighten that creek so as to make more useful the Black Creek ditch; to improve and put in repair the agency ditcb, otherwise termed the Fort Defiance irrigation sys-tem; to wnstruct a ditch in Canyon De Chelly; to repair the Wheat-field ditch and dam, and to put in good condition4he Cottonwood &tch and dam. According to the statements of Mr. Shoemaker, supervisor of irrigation, these expenditures are necessry in order that the Indians may have the full benefit of the ditches already constructed and the use of their lands along the proposed new ditch. He h also reported the feasibility and advisability of irrigation at Chin Lee and Round Rock. Further attention will he given to the wnstruction of ditches-leading from San Juan River. The Indians utilize the ditches which |
