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Show COMPLETING BIG IRRIGATION DAM Washington, July 20 The embankment embank-ment of the big Belle Fourche Irrigation Irri-gation dam in South Dakota probably will be Gulshcd within u month. It Is not expected, however, that the concrete con-crete work will be completed until tbe laat of tbe current year. About 31.000 cubic yards of earth were taken tak-en out and placed In the dam during June, according to reports to tbe reclamation re-clamation service, making a total of 1,523,000 yard3. or 97 por cent of the total embankment- 1 t ' . Juno was an exceedingly dry month in the territory of the dam and cropa on lands above tbe ditches, it Is nald. are past redemption- Many of the settlers set-tlers depend upo" fPlng rains and failed to irrigate early enough, but where water was properly applied excellent ex-cellent crops will be harvested.. |