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Show "*A waa appointed in 1913, Br. Boraee Y.. Shesley filling the position. Bis appointment waa not made until lata in the season, -and the ^overnment Pry ^ulch and the Bed Cap caaals suffarod severely ia consequence. In 1915, &r. B. 3. Borgcuist waa appointed Tester Commissioner by the State Bnginoer, but he did not reach the Basin until. after the hccLgbt cf the irrigation 3easoa waa over. ' Br. Borgqui3t was reappointed la 1917, and prior filings bagaa to be raaogaiaed, hut conditions wero not by J.ny moaaa satisfactory* Buring thia period the united States, in behalf of the Indiana obtained an injunction In the Federal Court restraining the various canal companies from interfering with tha Indians in the prior use of the waters of Baio-fork, T/bitoroaks and Uintah Biver a. Br. C. 0* Jacoh was appointed Federal ^ater Cocsaiaaionar by the Court under this injunction, and conditiona as far as the Indiana ar© concerned hava improved and are improving. B7.CB3T COSST2UCTI0B";- The aon3tructioa force a£ tha Indian Irrigation Service waa severely taxed to keep pace with the rapid expansion of the cultivated Indian land, caused by the leasing campaign commerxjing in Barch, 1915. All estimates for contemplated woris, on tho part of tha Irrigation Service, must be prepared nearly two years ia advazae, and the unexoectod increase in the coot of labor and 84 |