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Show !! The year 19116 may'quite &tingly be selected as matkin~,tKe clos? of a distinct 10-yea? periodin theforestry work of the In Ian Serv ice: It was in the .fiscar .pear. 1917 thet effective results. werefirst attained.on a large scale in a polidA 'b f awakening lumbermen.t o the unusual o'portunities for success 1 ti:m ber operations on reserxa- +ions in tfe'western States. In that year the Schley, Evaro, and Rongn units. on the Flathea&Beservati&, Moat., .the southern Mount -Scott &'middle Mount S ~ b twt i t s on th'e Klamath ,Reservation, Oreg, and the Cooley unit on the Fort Apache Reservation, Ariz., comprising's total of 'more than 1,000,000,OO~ feet board measure, mnresold for very satisfactory prices. These six large sales sharply 1 directed attention of operators to the. timber resources of Indian re&rvations; and the f6llowing years witnessed a growing interest in timber .on the Colville, Quinaielt, Spokane, and .Tulalip Reserva-tions, Wash., Flathead, Mont., Klamath, and Warm Springs Oreg, Nez Perce, Idiho, an6 [Mescalero, N. Mex., Reseruations. detween June 30, 1916, and JMe 30, 1926, the income derived.from timber cut on- lands under the.dinct administratlon of the Indiafi Bureau -has been approxiniately $16,000,000. , . . . PRINCIPAL IRRICIATION AGTI'VITIES . , . , One of the most important irrigation problems dealt with by this office during the fiscal year has been the disposa! of the many pre-liminary matters in connection with the construction of the Coolidge Dam across the canyon ;of the Gila. River near San Carlos, Ar~z., authorized by act of June 7, 1924 (43 Stat. L. 475). While many intricacies were met, it is felt that real progress has been made.. After the passage of the enablin act no work could be undertaken until funds were made available i?y the Interior 'appropriation act for the fiscal year 1926. As prior plans had been made in 1915, it was first necessary as a preli,minary step to bring up to date the data essential to the preparat~ono f plans for a dam best suited to the site. Field i~vqstigationsw ere necessary, and upon completion of these, plansof six,types of dam were prepared, .with: estimates of cost, for the purpose of selecting the type of dam best adapted in this instance. Many complex~ue~tiownse re met in connection with an engineer-ing construction authorized to cost $5,500,000 in addition to innumer-able other matters snch as alleged water rights requiring adjustment in order to comply with the law. After the plans had progressed toa stage whkre it was deemed ad-visable to obtain the views and judgment of consulting engineers. three engineers were appointed,-on; of whom declind to' accept owing to the limited salary authorized. The others. Messrs. Louis ('. Hill and Fred T. Soet7.li. rendered valuable service. Alrrr the nlanfi were &&ived in the offihe- it was further desired, owing to th: i k poeance and the magnitude of the project to obtain theviews of other engineers to determine whether or not the type of dam known as , the multiple dome dam, conceived and.de6igned.b~th e assistant chief engineer. of this service, C. R. Olberg, and approved by the chief engineec :and. this officej washhe' proper type of dam. The securing of consulting engineers for this purpose was facilitated by the enact-ment by'Congress of an act approved March 18, 1926, which, author- |