Show OF WATER the at its last session appointed a committee to investigate the question of the irrigation and arid land 3 the committee will commence their work on the first of august nest starting from st paul minn they expect to spend three weeks in the field and will visit northern dakota montana as far as snake river basin utah nevada california arizona southwestern texas along the valley 0 the rio grande from el paso to san antonio thence by the fort jonh santa fo and colorado railroad across the plains the pan handle region and part of southern new mexico through that territory to southern kansas colorado and wyoming ahe committee will be accompanied by the director of the geo logical survey richard J minton who prepared for the department of agriculture the report on irrigation iu alie united states published by the united states senate in accompanies alie special committee as expert having been appointed irrigation engineer in the united states geological survey alie united states geological survey will have six engineering parties in the field sometime before the committee starts the public domain west of the meridian will be divided finally into about fifteen hydro lical districts as the topography of the region best indicates proper storage basins the six districts now formed embrace the region between the meridian west longitude and the rocky mountains montana idahl utah nevada and all the basin sections of the pierres and california west thereof and new mexico and arizona |