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Show |i -tr<-> • General of the state, to-wit: In planning for the construction of. the numerous canals on the present reservation it is our desire to simply make a fair beginning on each canal "or which an application is made within six months from date of approval, concentrating our efforts and annual appropriations of money on some two cr more systems each year, with the intention of completing all within the period of five ye?irs from date of approval of applications, or such additional time as you may allow a3 provided for in yoxir state laws. 'feu will 'appreciate the desirability of conducting theXrork'in "this manner in ordor that it may be prosecuted with maximum economy and r-xsult in a more speedy application of the water to the soil, it w i n also oblige r.e if you will send the.p©py of -..-• your letter pertaining to the natter of applications for ditches already constructed, in which you state that it will be unnecessary for us to make applications for those canals built prior to 1903, unless for our own satisfaction as a matter of record. I have mislaid the original. Yours respectfully, WHC::P. Chief Engineer, |