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Source: 62d Congress, 2d Session, House of Representatives, Report No. 591
GANADO IRRIGATION PROJECT, NAVAJO INDIAN RESERVATION, ARIZ.
LETTER FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING COPY OF A COMMUNICATION FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR,
SUBMITTING ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION FOR BEGINNING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GANADO IRRIGATION PROJECT ON THE NAVAJO INDIAN
RESERVATION IN ARIZONA.
March 5, 1912.--Referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs and ordered to be printed.
Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary, Washington, March 2, 1912.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, copy of a communication of the Acting Secretary
of the Interior of the 1st instant, submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $35,000 for beginning the construction
of the Ganado irrigation project on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona, in accordance with the plans submitted by the
chief engineer of the Indian Service and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and the Secretary of the Interior
in conformity with the act of April 4, 1910 (36 Stat., pp. 269, 270).
Respectfully,
J. F. Curtis, Acting Secretary.
Department of the Interior, Washington, March 1, 1912.
The Secretary of the Treasury.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, through your department, for the appropriate action of the Congress, an estimate
received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, for an appropriation of
$35,000 for beginning the construction of the Ganado irrigation project on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona, in accordance
with the plans submitted by the chief engineer of the Indian Service and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and
the Secretary of the Interior, as provided in section 1, act of April 4, 1910 (36 Stat., 269-270).
Respectfully,
Samuel Adams, Acting Secretary.
Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1913, by the Department of the Interior,
Office of Indian Affairs.
Department of the Interior.
INDIAN SERVICE.
Ganado irrigation project--
For beginning the construction of the Ganado irrigation project on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona, in accordance
with the plans submitted by the chief engineer of the Indian Service and approved by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and
the Secretary of the Interior, in conformity with section 1 of the act approved Apr. 4, 1910 (36 Stat. L., 269, 270), $35,000:
Provided, That the total cost of the project shall not exceed $60,100 (act Apr. 4, 1910, vol. 36, p 270, sec. 1)-------$35,000.00
Note.--This is a large reservation, containing approximately 12,000,000 acres of land, of which very little is susceptible
of irrigation. The Indians are excellent workers and will make good use of all the water furnished for the raising of hay
and grain for their flocks during the winter season. They depend largely on the sheep industry for their subsistence, with
some farming in the river bottoms, and under conditions which would be discouraging to a white man. Very little assistance
has been given these Indians by the Government, and it is believed the expenditure of funds necessary to construct this project
will show good returns for the money expended and will protect the water rights for these Indians.
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