Show i i The Seattle Telegraph has a ilaIi whereby it thinks the federal government govern-ment could undertake the reclamation j of the arid lands It says Our suggestion sug-gestion is that the arid lands should f c II reclaimed by the United States government govern-ment and the work paid for by the ts sue of scrip receivable at par in payment pay-ment for the land The scrip wouldbe worth par wherever greenbacks fir i I worth par that Is anywhere in North America If it were provided by law that a certain part of the purchase i price of the land should be paid In Irrigation Irri-gation scrip its Sbe ga redemption would be speedy and while it was in nit n-It would be eagerly sought after by persons per-sons desiring to purchase the Irrigated I lands It seems to us that this isa j perfectly feasible proposIton It would moan the employment of thousands of people on the Irrigation works Jt would mean the addition of an enormous enor-mous and very valuable area to our farming lands It would mean an tnt mediate stimulus to business of tal I kinds And all this without the addition addi-tion of one dollar to the public debitor = taxation for the scrip though a charge S upon the whole nation would i be coveed twice ever by the value of the frrjgtp t ci I I I anel aA iiJwi 1f VI i |