HUNTLEY PROJECT MONTANA The Huntley project was authorized by the Secretary on April 18, 1905, under the Reclamation Act of 1902; examined and reported upon by a Board of Army Engineers and approved by the President on January 5, 1911, in accordance with the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 835). UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, Mr. F. H. NEWELL, RECLAMATION SERVICE, Denver, Col., February 26, 1905. Chief Engineer, U. S. R. S., Washington, D. C. DEAR SIR: We, the undersigned, have examined and considered the advertisement, proposal, specifications, plans Nos. 1-2-3-4 and profile hereto attached, for the Huntley Project, Montana, and recommend the project be promptly advertised and put under construction, in accordance therewith. Very truly yours, (Signed) WILLIAM E. SWIFT, District Engineer. H. N. SAVAGE, Supervising Engineer. A. J. WILEY, Consulting Engineer. J. H. QUINTON, Consulting Engineer. UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, The Honorable the SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. April 14, 1905. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Departmental letter of the 13th inst., transmitting the reports of the Commissioner of the General Land Office and of Indian Affairs upon the proposed Huntley Project, in the ceded Crow Indian Reservation. From the report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office it appears that contracts have been let for the necessary public land surveys and that they are to be completed by the end of the present year. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs reports that the allotments on the ceded part of the Crow reservation under the proposed project are perhaps completed in the field at the present time. If not, they can be made at a very early date. In regard to the disposition of the lands allotted to Indians who have since died, and which under the law can be disposed of by their heirs, the Commissioner is of the opinion that the Secretary of the Interior may require a condition in the transfer from the Indian heir to the purchaser that the latter shall make application for a water right under the provisions of the reclamation act, although he questions the efficacy of such a condition. It is believed that such a condition introduced in the terms of sale and deed issued would acomplish the results desired. If, however, such condition is not binding upon the purchaser, it is believed that there will be but few cases in which objection would be made, because if the land is sold in tracts not exceeding 160 acres to any one person, it can not be utilized to much advantage without water. The main object to be accomplished in making these transfers is to prevent the acquisition of these lands in large blocks. It appears, therefore, from the reports of the Land Office and the Indian Office that the questions raised regarding the advisability of beginning the project at once have been satisfactorily answered. It is therefore recommended that appropriate instructions be given to complete the Indian allotments at as early a date as possible, and that prompt report be made thereon by the end of the present year, and also that the Indian Office be instructed to prepare such conditions of sale of the inherited lands as shall incorporate the requirements of the reclamation act. This office would be pleased to cooperate in the preparation of these conditions, in order that the policy of the Reclamation Service may be carried out as fully as the circumstances will permit. The project as now outlined contemplates the irrigation of about 35,000 acres of land at an approximate total cost of $900,000. The project has been approved by the Board of Engineers, and I recommend that the sum of $900,000 be set apart for the further steps necessary for the completion thereof. The plans and specifications have been reviewed by the Board of Engineers, who have approved them and recommended the immediate construction of the main canal covered by the specifications under consideration. It is recommended that the specifications, which are herewith returned, be approved by the Department. Very respectfully, (Signed) CHAS. D. WALCOTT, Director. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, The DIRECTOR OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. SIR: I have before me your letter of the 14th instant in which you have reported that the proposed Huntley Project, Montana, as now outlined, contemplates the irrigation of about 35,000 acres of land at an approximate total cost of $900,000, that the project has been approved by the Board of Engineers and you have recommended that the sum mentioned be set apart toward the completion thereof. You have also enclosed a proposed form of advertisement, proposal and specifications for the construction of 30 miles of main canal of this project on ceded Crow Indian lands, the approval of which you have recommended. In view of your recommendations I hereby authorize the construction of the Huntley Project and I hereby set aside from the fund provided by the act of June 17, 1902-32 Stat. 388-the sum of $900,000 for that project. I also hereby approve the form you have submitted except that, in view of the difference of opinion that has arisen between the Comptroller of the Treasury Department and this Department, with respect to concessions of rates from railroad companies, and of the fact that I have asked the Attorney General for an opinion in the matter, I do not think it advisable to retain in the general specifications Paragraph 11, relating to concessions of rates or to ask bidders to make allowance for such concessions. I therefore direct that you eliminate paragraph 11 from the general specifications. In accordance with your further recommendations I have in a letter of today directed the Commissioner of the General Land Office to cause the survey of this land to be completed and reported on to the Department without delay, and in another letter I have directed the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to cause the allotments to be made and reported on before the expiration of the present year, and to confer with you on the subject of conditions of sale of inherited lands. The enclosure in your letter is returned herewith. Very respectfully, (Signed) E. A. HITCHCOCK, Secretary. HYRUM PROJECT UTAH The second division 1 of the Salt Lake Basin project was found feasible by the Secretary September 9, 1933, and approved by the President on September 18, 1933, under the terms of the Reclamation law. This division has been renamed "Hyrum Project." The Hyrum project was found feasible by the Secretary on November 1, 1935, and approved by the President on November 6, 1935, in accordance with section 4 of the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 836) and subsection B of section 4 of the act of December 5, 1924 (43 Stat. 702). SALT LAKE BASIN PROJECT-SECOND DIVISION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, Washington, September 9, 1933. THE PRESIDENT, The White House. MY DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: Section 4 of the Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 835), provides in effect that after the date of that act no irrigation project to be constructed under the act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat., 388) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto shall be undertaken unless and until the project shall have been recommended by the Secretary of the Interior and approved by the direct order of the President. Subsection B, Section 4, Act of December 5, 1924 (43 Stat., 701) provides as follows: That no new project or new division of a project shall be approved for construction or estimates submitted therefor by the Secretary until information 1 The first division (Echo Reservoir, Utah Lake Control, and Weber Provo Canal) has been renamed "Weber River Project." in detail shall be secured by him concerning the water supply, the engineering features, the cost of construction, land prices, and the probable cost of development, and he shall have made a finding in writing that it is feasible, that it is adaptable for actual settlement and farm homes, and that it will probably return the cost thereof to the United States. The following data are submitted with respect to the Second Division of the Salt Lake Basin project of Utah, usually_designated the Cache Valley Division, located in the vicinity of Logan, Utah, in the watershed of Bear River. THE PROJECT Cache Valley, in northern Utah, is largely irrigated from a number of typical mountain streams rising in the mountains east thereof with water supply for irrigation generally deficient in late summer, although there is much surplus water in the winter and flood season storage has not been provided. Cheap storage sites are not available and the financial resources of the community have not been adequate to the task of storing flood water for later use. The project comprises, in the main, a reservoir on Little Bear River at Hyrum and a canal leading therefrom on the westerly side of the stream to intercept several streams of weak flow from which a number of small canals serve irrigated lands. The storage yield will in the main be used to supplement the inadequate supply for 8,000 acres now irrigated. Incidentally, irrigation will also be provided for 4,000 acres of lands now largely dry-farmed to wheat, which lands will upon irrigation be devoted to crops of less competitive nature and provide opportunities for an increased farm population. A small part of the developed water will be taken by local communities which would otherwise probably encroach on the natural flow to satisfy their growing requirements. THE WATER SUPPLY From a study of stream flow records extending over a period of 25 years it has been concluded that the reservoir would fill every year, with surplus waters available in the winter and during the spring floods. Individual requirements for storage vary from one-half to three acre feet per acre, depending on the sufficiency of present supplies, the character of the land and its crop adaptability. Surplus stream flow after filling the reservoir will also be available for direct use where desired. The resulting water supply will be adequate for all lands served. THE ENGINEERING FEATURES The reservoir will be formed by an earth fill dam with rock, riprapped face, 90 feet high and 525 feet long at the top. A concrete-lined spillway will cross a nearby saddle in the surrounding hills. A concrete lined tunnel in one abutment, at river level, will |