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Rh must be su}xlividecl into tracts not to exceed ‘6° acres, as this is the maximum area for which water can be furnished to ndividual owners under tile law. The public lands under the project. which include a Large portion of the lake and swamp areas, are, at present, withdrawn froni entry. \\‘hen these lands mc restored to entry, homesteaders nay ftle applications for available public lands. The lands in California are under the jurisdiction of the Susi,’viIlc and Reddirig land offices, and those in Oregon under the j uriscliction of tile LakcviL’w and office.



The project is nan’ rally divided into two parts, which have been commonly caned the ‘upper’ and lower.’’ lilt tJl,iler project’ which takes its water supply from the Inst River, with Clear Lake as a storage rcervoir, includes Langell’s Yonna and the upper Poe Valleys. The lower project includes tile lands in Kiamath and lower Poe Valleys and the Lowcr Kiamath and Tule kes. Tlic sour,rc of water supply for the “lower project’ is Upper Ktapiiath lake. Construction work on lie first ‘line miles of (lie main canal and (lie laterals thereunder w-a IWLflIn in arch. T. ATId was