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gation Act. The acceptance of the Carey Act and the passage of the U. S. Reclamation Act in the following year stimulated irrigation development. In the first two years of operation under the Carey Act projects aggregating nearly 400,000 acres were initiated, and the investigations of the U. S. Reclamation Service resulted in the beginning of con- GAUGING AN OEEGON STREAM FOR IRRIGATION

struction work on the Klamath County and Umatilla projects in 1904 and 1906. Numerous private projects were initiated and irrigation securities found ready sale, owing to the fact that they carried interest, which was somewhat higher than the interest on ordinary bonds.

Crater Lake. A Lake That Was Once a Mountain. Crater Lake National Park was created by an act of Congress approved May 22, 1 902. It consists of 249 square miles on the crest of the Cascade Range of mountains in South-eastern Oreg'on. The principal attraction of this national park is Crater Lake, which has been listed as one of the six wonders of the Western Continent—the others being