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Show GOVERNMENT TO TAKE HAND. Buys Jackson Lake Dam Dredge Equipment. Washington. The secretary of the Interior has authorized the declamation declama-tion service 'to execute contracts for dredging equipment for the new Jackson dam, in connection with the Snake river storage project, Idaho. Jackson Lake dam, built on the headwaters of Snake river in Wyoming, Wyo-ming, will store 400,000 acre feet of water primarily for use on the Minidoka Min-idoka irrigation project in sou-then Idaho, securing an ample supply at all times. By an arrangement with the Carey act project at Twin Falls, water stored in this reservoir is now ,a!so used to supplement the original supply of that project. |