Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States: With a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah. With MapsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1879 - 195 páginas |
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... snow . The great snow banks are the reservoirs . which hold the water for the growing seasons . Then the streams are at flood tide ; many go dry after the snows have been melted by the midsum- mer sun ; hence they supply during the ...
... snow . The great snow banks are the reservoirs . which hold the water for the growing seasons . Then the streams are at flood tide ; many go dry after the snows have been melted by the midsum- mer sun ; hence they supply during the ...
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... Snow " , which appeared in 1868. Since that time much additional material has been acquired by the continuation of the work to the present time , and also by a great increase in the number of observation stations , and so valuable is ...
... Snow " , which appeared in 1868. Since that time much additional material has been acquired by the continuation of the work to the present time , and also by a great increase in the number of observation stations , and so valuable is ...
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... snow , whereby the streams were greatly flooded and the lake surface was raised several feet . In subsequent years the rise continued , until in 1865 the ford became impassable . According to Mr. Miller the present height was attained ...
... snow , whereby the streams were greatly flooded and the lake surface was raised several feet . In subsequent years the rise continued , until in 1865 the ford became impassable . According to Mr. Miller the present height was attained ...
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... snow within its limits must be counter- balanced by the evaporation . The air current must on the average absorb the same quantity of moisture that it discharges . Part of the absorption is from land surfaces and part from water , the ...
... snow within its limits must be counter- balanced by the evaporation . The air current must on the average absorb the same quantity of moisture that it discharges . Part of the absorption is from land surfaces and part from water , the ...
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... . The total annual evaporation of inflowing water may therefore be placed provisionally at 663 inches . If we add to this the rain and snow which fall on the lake , we deduce a total 72 LANDS OF THE ARID REGION OF THE UNITED STATES .
... . The total annual evaporation of inflowing water may therefore be placed provisionally at 663 inches . If we add to this the rain and snow which fall on the lake , we deduce a total 72 LANDS OF THE ARID REGION OF THE UNITED STATES .
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Página 167 - ... or that the right of pre-emption has attached to the same, then it shall be lawful for any agent or agents to be appointed by the governor of said State to select...
Página 168 - ... if any of said roads are not completed within ten years, no further sale shall be made and the lands unsold shall revert to the United States.
Página 158 - Mexico, every alternate section of land designated by odd numbers, for ten sections in width on each side of said road...
Página 167 - Illinois shall be bound to pay to the United States the amount which may be received upon the sale of any part of said lands by said State...
Página 166 - Illinois for the construction of a railroad from the southern terminus of the Illinois and Michigan canal to a point at or near the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, with a branch of the same to Chicago on Lake Michigan, and another via the town of Galena in said State, to Dubuque in the State of Iowa...
Página 161 - If it be thought, however, that such was not the intention of the legislators who framed the statutes, consolation can be found in the construction given to the clause inserted in every grant, substantially as follows : "And the said road shall remain a public highway for the use of the Government, free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of troops or other property of the United States.
Página 164 - State shall certify the fact to the President of the United States that one-half of said sum has been expended upon said improvements, when the said Territory or State may sell and convey a quantity of the residue of said lands sufficient to replace the amount expended, and thus the sales shall progress as the proceeds thereof shall be expended, and the fact of such expenditure shall be certified as aforesaid.
Página 168 - ... may be sold ; and when the Governor of said State shall certify to the Secretary of the Interior, that any twenty continuous, miles of any of said roads is completed...
Página 163 - Territory, one equal moiety, in alternate sections, of the .public, lands (remaining unsold and not otherwise disposed of, incumbered or appropriated), in a strip five miles in width on each side of said river...
Página 168 - ... every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for six sections in width on each side of each of said roads.