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22 Plans for a 60.000-acre project in Jordan Valley are well under way, and the lands have b€en withdrawn from entry. About half of these lands are included in one of the miHtary wagon road grants, but will come under the project. A 150- foot dam will be built in Jordan Creek Canyon in Idaho, $ut over the Oregon line from the lands to be irrigated.

Another project is located in Malheur Count,, about 20 miles above Vale, Here 15,000 acres of Government land ha be€n withdrawn from entry. The water will be secured by storage on a branch of Bully Creek.

The largest project Is located in Warner Valley at the eastern edge of Lake County. Over 170,000 acres of the finest quality

of sagebrush land lies under the canals as projected. Approximately 100000 acres of this is in public ownership and was recently withdrawn from all forms of entry.

besides these four oroitets. two others arc in contemplation, One of the old nrojeet where water rizhIs were sold to 275 pros,N:(tivt tIers and the suj,ilv suf!iden t for only 35 of those who were on the ground, has been revived, and a preI imn try tint rae! tnt end into fc Ir the storage of an adequak, SUPI I ly of water.