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Show Treaty Stipulations a Ureal Borden. Some Figures Showing How Undo Sam Is Obliged to Pay Out Large Sums. Interesting Legislation Rolating to Reservations and Irrigation Sys- terns in "Western States. Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON', D. C. Jan. 22. The In-dlan In-dlan supply bill making appropriations for tho current and contingent expenses of tho Indlnns and fulfilling treaty otlpu'.n-llons otlpu'.n-llons with various Indian tribes for the fiscal year- ending Juno 30, 10M, contains theso Items, which aro of Interest to "Westerners: Pay of Indian Agents. Blaclcfcot agency. Montann 51, SM Crow agency, Montana 1,S00 Flathead ngency, Montana l.GM Shoshono nsency. "Wyoming ; i,S0O Uintah and Ouray agencies, Utah 1,800 Treaty Stipulations. Fort Hall Indians g,M0 Blackfeot agency .. 10,000 Pay of Employees. Shoshonea , $5.0M Bannocks g m) Flatheads Support and Civilization. Fort Hnll ..$20.00) Lemhi agency , 10.0CO JomdIi'b band Ncz Percca l.'ooo Shoshonca 6,0W Incidental Expense. I',1'0 iW) Montana ;....S.IO) fv?la 8,(00 Utah 10M Wyoming 5 That so much of tho act of March 3, 1903, as provides that the grazing lands to be set apart for tho use of tho Uintah. Whlto River Utcs. and other Indians on tho Uintah reservation,- a3 provided by public resolution numbered 31, of Juno 19, 1902. shall bo confined to tho lands south of tho Strawberry river, bo and the samo Is hereby repealed. That the time for opening tho unallotted -lands to public entry on the Uintah reservation reser-vation In Utah, as provided by tho acts of May 27. 1902. March 3. 1S03, and April 21. l&W, bo, nnd tho samo Is hereby extendod to October 1. 1905; provided, that eo much of said lands as will bo under tho provisions pro-visions of said acts restored to tho public pub-lic domain shall bo open to settlement and entry by proclamation of the President of tho United States, which proclamation shall prcscrlbo tho time In which theso lands may bo settled upon, occupied and entered by persona Intending to mako entry en-try thereon; and no person shall be permitted per-mitted to settlo upon, occupy or cntor upon said lands, except ns prescribed In such proclamation and after the expiration expira-tion of sixty days from tho tlmo when the samo aro opened to settlement and entry provided, that tho rights of hnnornbly discharged dis-charged Union soldiers and sailors of tho lato Civil and tho Spanish wars or Philippine Philip-pine Insurrection, as defined and described de-scribed in sections 304 nnd 2303 of tho Ro-vlcd Ro-vlcd Statutes, as amended by th act of March 1, 1901, shall not be abridged. Indian Schools. Carson City school Jo7S00 Grand Junction (Colo.) school -ic'OO Shoahono school 54225 it m " ' Tho House Committee on Indian Affalra has reported favorably a bill which provides pro-vides for tho opening of tho Shoshono or ,;,lnd . "Ivc'" reservation In northern ,Xi'om,,!Ifr nnd flxlnff tho date at June 15, ISO1. Tho reservation contains nbout ono and a half million acres of land. An Interesting bulletin regarding cost and value of Irrigation, as determined by Investigations of the office of experiment stations. Department of Agriculture, has Just been Issued. Tho work In California Is set forth In this bulletin. This work has Included tho collection of Information as to tho quantity of water uaed In irrigation; irri-gation; pumping water for irrigation; teats of pumps to determine tho most efficient effi-cient types and the best conditions for their operation, and tests of various kinds of fuel to deto; .nlno which will produce tho largest result from a given expenditure. expendi-ture. Another line of Investigations has been Htudles of tho best methods of preparing pre-paring land for Irrigation and applying water to crops; experiments to ascertain the absolute water requirements of plants; and studies of economic and business questions connected with canal management, manage-ment, In order to determine what form of organization will bring about the most Just and economical distribution of tho water supply. A large number of pumping pump-ing plants havo been tested to determine their efficiency and tho cost of raising water, the final result In each case being given In tho form of the cost of fuel for raising water thirty feet to cover one aero of ground to "a depth of eighteen Inches Under the various plants reported on, this cost varies from 90 cents to J3 GO Tho tests also Included measurements of tho loss of wator by evaporation and tho results re-sults obtained show that water with a temperature of S3.2 degrees lost almost ten times as much as water maintained at a temperaturo of 55.5 degrees. Congressman Van Duzer of Nevada has Introduced a bill providing for disposal of lands acquired under tho provlslons of tho reclamation law. Ills bill provides that any lands ceded to the United States or acquired by purchase under .the provisions pro-visions of tho reclamation act of Juno 17. 1902, or by condemnation under Judicial Ju-dicial process, or In any other manner, for utlllzatldn under tho provisions of said act. which aro susccptlblo of Irrigation Irriga-tion by means of works constructed under un-der tho provisions, limitations, charges, terms and conditions of said reclamation act, any such lands which aro unaurvcyod may be surveyed and subdivided In tho samo manner as other public lands, and tho Secretary of tho Interior may, In tho disposition of such lands, as well as of all other land3 lrrlgablo under said act, provide for farm units which contain con-tain subdivisions of tcn-acro tracts conforming con-forming to tho public survey system. The Secretary of tho Interior Is authorised to lease, for such periods and under such conditions as ho may deem proper, any lands proposed to be utilized for Irrigation Ir-rigation works under said reclamation act during such time as tho lands may not bo needed In connection with such Irrigation works, and any money received under the terms of nny such lcaso shall bo covered Into tho reclamation fund established under said act. Tn tho bill providing for the transfer of forest reserves from tho Department of the Interior to tho Department of Agriculture Just passed the. House aro two sections. In which lntennountaln States aro Interested, vis. That forest supervisors and rnngers rtiall ho sokcted, wlion practicable, from qualified citizens citi-zens of tho States or Territorial In which tho 6ald ro.se.rvc:. respectively, aro situated. That rights of way for tho construction and maintenance of damo. reservoirs, r.iter plant), |