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Show H PASSES FIFTY MILLION MARK The National Reclamation Fund Grows Beyond all Expectations. Washington. The national rccla-inatlon rccla-inatlon fund Iuih passed the SftO.uoo,-000 SftO.uoo,-000 mark. Nine and one-half mil-Hons mil-Hons of dollars wero added to the fund during the past fiscal year, by fur tho largest contribution In nny ! one year since the passage of th nn- j tlonnl reclamation act, nnd the mtiil fund, Including tho contributions re- I reived during the past year, now K nmounts to $.r,0.7 10. tG4. BS Not all this amount Is now avail- BX able for uso, for mnny millions have Bfl already been expended in the con- BB itructlon of works In nil tho states rontrlbutlng to this fund, nnd otlior Ba millions have been contmcted for, so BH that all tho money heretofore avail-1 Bflj r.ble. or now available, will bo ro- 1 quired for tho completion of projects now under way. It Is not expected that any now projects will bo authorized author-ized In tho Immediate futuro. I |