A document titled General Classification No. 66 with a date of October 10-October 16, 1939. The place is Malheur County located in Southeast Oregon and the subject mentioned as well is Malheur Country. General information given on this page states that $22 million has been spent for construction of Vale & Owyhee Projects during which irrigation water was diverted from different sources such as Vale, Malheur River, etc. The last water used to be brought by a railway in 1938 and more than one hundred thousand acres have already been appraised with an estimated price at $5-$15 per acre. It also talks about the Vaile-Owyhee Government Projects where four outstanding structures were safeguarded such as land classification, appraisal of value without water or on dry valuation, construction estimate for irrigation etc. And it further mentioned that lands susceptible to irrigation should carry out construction and operation charges which later then must be insured prompt settlement before owners can exercise their conditions. The document was written by Pacific Northwest from November 28th,1939 along with a title page of another document General Classification No.65 dated on October 4-October 10, 1939.

Land reclamation and irrigation in Malheur County, Oregon

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