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Show 22 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS have not yet been obviated. The Department of Justice has in contemplation the filing of a suit for the adjudication of the waters of the Walker River, from which the Indians obtain their water supply for irrigation; These Indians' crops suffered severely owing to insufficient water flowing down the river to their canals during the past season, and the Indians were more or less discouraged from this loss. The success of their agriculture depends largely upon the outcome of the proposed litigation. Contracts were let for carrying on part of the rehabilitation pro- $. ram on the Fort Hall project in Idaho. In addition to the work king accomplished by contractors, very satisfactory progress has been made by our regular force in continuing such construction as i could be accomplished with our available equi ment. The Bureau of Reclamation made payment in the sum of $700,000, as provided in the act approved May 9, 1924, for that area of the Fort Hall Bottoms which will be inundated b the construction of the Ameri-can Falls Reservoir as part of the Linidoka roject. Of this sum, $600,000 was deposited in the Treasury- for the $ enefit of the Indians, and draws 4 per cent interest. The other $100,000 was expended for I enlarging the main Fort Hall Canal to sufficient additional capacity to provide carrying facilities for the irrigation of the Michaud I Flats, a unit of the Fort Hall project which has not yet been de-veloped. It is contemplated to complete during the next fiscal year the rehabilitation program on the project, thereby making adequate irrigation facilities for the irrigation of some 52,000 acres of land which is considered to be as fine agricultural land as any in the State of Idaho. Construction work was continued on the Flathead project, in addi-tion to the operation and maintenance work. Considerable dis-satisfaction his been evidenced by the farmers of this project, be-cause it has not been completed earlier. The ultimate irrigable area of the project ap roximates 125,000 acres. The Camas Unit o4' the projeot, at least in part, has a doubtful soil uality. The Bureau of Soils of the Department of Agricul-ture 1 as assigned one of its men to make a soil survey of this unit and a report on this surve when received, will be of material benefit in coping with the digculties arising. Slight increases in the cultivated areas on the Blackfeet and Fort Peck projects have been made since the placing of the administration of these projects under this bureau. The indications are even more encouragmg for the future. Final report by the commissioners of the LeClair-Riverton Irriga-tion District was filed in the district court of Fremont County, Wyo., on Februar 9, 1924, thus completing the final organization of the &strict. T g is district, in pursuance of tripartite agreement between the United States Government, the Riverton Ditch Co., and the district approved by the department August 2,1924, is operatmg, in addition to the Riverton Ditch Co.'s works, the Government's irrigation works constructed for the benefit of the Indians on the ceded part of the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Under this agreement the Government is to pay its proportionate share of the cost of o erating the system. Construction work on the diminished part of t f is reservation has been continued to enable the pro er irri-gation of the lands within the project. Considerable worf: of re- |