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Show 8 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. used in connection with the Ashurst-Hayden Dam previously built across the Gila River above Florence, Ariz., and the Florence-Casa Grande Canal, now under construction for the diversion of the natural flow of the Gila River to provide irrigation for 35,000 acres of land belonging to the Indians of this reservation and 27,000 acres of land in white ownership in the Florence-Casa Grande Valley, Ariz. In the Northwest work was begun on the enlargement of the canals and structures and the general rehabilitation of the Fort Hall proj-ect, Idaho. The completion of this work will provide adequate irrigation facilities for 52,000 acres. An agreement executed with the Empire irrigation district of Bancroft, Idaho, provides for ex-chan e of part of our Blackfoot Marsh Reservoir waters for an equak q uantity of water in Jackson Lake Reservoir whenever availa-ble, which will enable the irrigation of approximately 50,000 acres in the State of Idaho that could not otherwise be irrigated. Construction of the Ray Lake Reservoir was begun to provide ad-ditional water supply for the Wind River irrigation project, in Wyo-ming. Regulations were issued authorizing the furnishing of water on this project and the Crow project in Montana to water users who are delinquent in payment of irrigation charoes. Construction was oontinued making availaxle for cultivation large additional areas of land on the Wapato project, Yakima Reserva-tion, Wash. Regulations making the relief act of February 28, 1923, in so far as consistent, applicable to the Blackfeet, Fort Peck, and Flathead projects, in Montana, were issued. Extension of time in which to pay charges due on the Modoc Point project, in Oregon, was alsa -m anted. Water rights were acquired from the Bozeman Trail Ditch Co. for 1,959 acres held in trust for the Indians on the Crow Reserva-tion, Mont. A suit started several gears ago for determining the water rights of the Indians on the Uintah Reservation, Utah, was satisfactorily settled out of court, and water-ri ht certificates were issued by the State engineer of Utah covering t 51 e lands of this reservation upon which proof of beneficial use of water has been submitted. LANDED INTERESTS OF THE INDIANS. AL LOTMENT S . -A~o~f Ola~n~ds~ t~o~ i ndividual Indians was car. ried forward last year as rapidly as general conditions would per-mit, ,the total number on reservations reaching 3,923, covering ap-proximately 1,904,000 acres. Of these, 2,12$, comprising 1,654,412' acres, were on the Crow Reservation, Mont.; 1,077, covering 198,632 acres on the Fort Peck Reservation, Mont.; 276, embracing 10,742 acres in California, principally on the Mission and Hoopa Valley Reservations; 217, comprising 34,936 acres on the Cheyenne River and Lower Brule Reservations, S. Dak.; 168, including 819 acres on the Salt River Resp-vation, Ariz.; and about 60 on 4,000 acres in other reservations. On the public domain, 245 allotments were made in various States embracing 34,432 acres. FEEP ATENTANSD COMPETENCCYE RTIFICATES.-P~~i~n ~f~eSe were issued to 625 Indians, adjudged competent to manage their husi- |
