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On the recordDecember 8, 1909
You have six locks now completed, and where those six locks operate, the success of the system of slack water has been demonstrated.
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Robert Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Remarks to the Ohio Valley Improvement Association

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Jun 1, 1911

It is hereby ordered that the following-described land, to wit, the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter and the west half of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section 26, township 18 north of range 13 west of the Gila and Salt River meridian, be, and the same is hereby, reserved from entry, sale, settlement, or other disposition, for use of the Walapai Indians, subject to any valid, existing right of any person to the land described herein.

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May 23, 1911

Provided, That nothing herein shall affect any valid existing rights of any person

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May 7, 1911

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order of November 15, 1883, creating a reservation for use of the 'Pima and Maricopa Indians,' be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to make such reservation available for use of the Pima and Maricopa Indians and such other Indians as the Secretary of the Interior may see fit to settle thereon.

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Jun 19, 1911

Fraudulent misrepresentations of the curative value of nostrums not only operate to defraud purchasers, but are a distinct menace to the public health.

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