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Show DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES INDIAN IRRIGATION SERVICE SUPERVISING ENGINEER o -blackfoot. Idaho. march 10. 1925. ;om.nissIoner Indian ..ik fairs. .epsrtment of tne Interior, lashingtcn, u .0. i / .,- rear _r: \-f; Tne following is in reply to Office setter .;o. 92050-2-1 oi January o, 1925, enclosing copy oi a letter aared ^eeemcer 15, 192-i, from various Indians of ..ioun-tain none, Utah, relative to m e water situation on the uintah reservation ol ^taa, durina tne past season. r.eply to Office Letter oi January 6tn, nes Lees delayed as a result of my eeina; absent in wasnington on ofliciai business from -January 19th to february 21st, 1925. wat t he to to the v/n i or cer so to er s irr en at: _rro'.'t wst t cn si water AS ir?ii up > iga a n; a result oi the extreme deiiciency in the ly available lor our uintah Project during tion season 1924, it was necessary in orde cur aster-users, Indians as v/eli as .uii^es a any crops at a n , districute' nr; • p.a m cr r v.ater-use mature y v/nat is Known as tne r y involves tne s sufxicient sisa ited periods a t e r wh i e a cessary era to districute oration ' rving ox a "h \e. i smfci_ accom a Dli system, _ d" or stream for economic irrigation xor ime ratuer than a continuous unaer the circumstances vouia ce stream, or "head" that it would ce impossible s'n any irrigation at all. _ . r . -i. i report with. my can oi trie r r o .jec i i • V l x , ssu indi t n e yrc? i; r a c t i c would r suiieri G a a n s 0 a t 1 y ? ibis matter was referred ro our x irsfeld o± the uintah xreject, ich is in cousiaerarle derail i night state that x am quite ful rscnal observation tnat as a re tation system or our uintah .as erac tica11y a 11 o j. oi; r ''<' tor -us ns, matured lairiy good crops. ice oi tne rotation system, it ' iy impo ssi c 1 e t o mature any. cro e been as a result extensive ±o r o .1 e c t y-.i and copy s atta 1;/ c o n suit 0 in irr er::, i where V.'OUlc: os and s s a i J o cue vir ~ T i ra 0 "",' , c, a v tr e v gmeer, or nis d n e r e - ced from r e r *-- e t icn ..:: 11 e s without e o e e n ere en i er y rjaspec oiaiiy, |