Book excerpt: Excerpt from Thirteenth Annual Report of the Reclamation Service, 1913-1914 Sir: In compliance with the provisions Of section 2 Of the act approved June 17, 1902, entitled An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal Of public lands in certain States and Terri tories to the construction Of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands, I have the honor to transmit the Thirteenth Annual Report Of the Reclamation Service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.