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Newspaper results for reclamation AND irrigation

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100760 matching newspaper pages in total. Salt Lake City, UT has the most hits (5399 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.

  1. The Salt Lake Herald — 1880-02-14, page 2

    … squelch the proposition for allowing Salt Lake City to borrow money to complete the irrigation canal The bill for the purpose which originated in the Council was V only squeezed …

  2. The Salt Lake Herald — 1880-03-12, page 3

    … o WASHINGTON Washington nThe bill which was passed by the Senate today for the reclamation of arid lands is the measure introduced by Hill of Cole rade amended by reducing …

    … largo area to make them de sirable for purchase by capitalists with view to their reclamation by ex tensive and costly irrigation projects I miscellaneous Washington IlTbe President baa recognized Charles Wilson …

  3. The Salt Lake Herald — 1880-03-12, page 4

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    These excerpts come from American Stories OCR.

    … WASHINGTON. Washington, 1.-The bill which was passed by the Senate, to day, for the reclamation of arid lands, is the measure introduced by Hill, of Cole rade, amended by reducing …

    … large area to make them de- 'irable for purchase by capitalists, With view to their reclamation by ex- .ensiYe and costly irrigation projects. The SENATE, on Thursday, passed q bill appropriating $4,000 for boring …

  4. The Salt Lake Herald — 1880-06-18, page 3

    … East streets where he will find the sidewalk in a miry condition dition whenever irrigation time comes round tbe ditch not having been leaned out for year and relieve one …

  5. The Salt Lake Herald — 1880-09-08, page 2

    … commissioner who went some week since to bore an artesian well on the plain > for irrigation purposes He ays ho has decided to bora one of them at Fort Lyon Colorado It is …

  6. The Salt Lake Herald — 1881-09-16, page 2

    … SIDE WALKS CELLAR FLOORS ETC Special attention Is invited to our system of SUB IRRIGATION FOR ORCHARDS AND SMALL FRUITS Saving fully threefourths the water and labor ordinarily …

  7. The Salt Lake Herald — 1882-03-08, page 4

    … the selling or otherwise utilizing of water conveyed i I 1 veyed in them for the reclamation of arid lands Senator Vest has in troduced a bill briefly referrel to in our telegramt …

    … water A similar bill has been introduced by Mr Vest in behalf of the Utah and Idaho Irrigation Company giv ing the exclusive right to use the waters of Bear River in Idaho and …

    … southern Idaho is now practically worthless and can only be made productive by irrigation at the same time there is land that private enterprise will soon redeem without …

  8. The Salt Lake Herald — 1882-03-08, page 5

    The Library of Congress text does not contain the match. It was found in American Stories (Dell et al. 2023), a second machine reading of the scans. OCR credits.

    … sioner whose duty it shall l be to collect all information possible re lative to irrigation wherever it may be found and such as may be of interest in this territory and that …

  9. The Salt Lake Herald — 1883-09-05, page 5

    … corner of Fourth West and Second North streets being thusref used The committee on irrigation to whom was referred the petition of J Dull asking permission to locate a tank …

  10. The Salt Lake Herald — 1884-02-10, page 5

    … the t wide avenues and eUtely and often graceful architecture the waterways for irrigation eewage and sprinkling the edifices for worship education and amusement the employment …

    … Baptist than St John and he outKomcnizaa any Catholic in his arrangements for the reclamation of the impenitent dead He swallows without gulping and digests without griping …

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