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Show I THE CITIZEN ' Thus a sum of approximately a billion and a half, dollars would be avail-ablsufficient to take care of every drainage or irrigation project ever presented to the government for its e, The Strawberry project in our own state, has enjoyed great prosperity since it obtained additional water. The increase of acre production' last year was sufficient to pay the total cost of all water rights to the farmer. Only $110,000,000 has been appropriated for reclamation work under the original bill of eighteen years ago and of this sum Utah has received West s Greatest Problem And Its Solution Warning that famine might stalk through the land if the national government did not soon give aid to the reclamation of arid, swamp and cutover lands, was uttered by former Governor Spry in a brief speech at the Commercial club luncheon last Wednesday. It was one of the most informative talks on the subject ever heard by the members of the club. While Governor Spry modestly stated that little progress had been made at where he spent several months as head of the reclamation forces, he made it clear that a com- plete plan for reclamation was embodied in the bill which was favor- ably reported during the closing hours he ne- gotiated with some of his tenants in the hope that they could be induced to work for him in the country. No more farming for us," they re-- plied. Broadway for ours." He them $35 a week, but they preferred to struggle along in the city on wages that did not, in many instances, exceed $15 to $18 a week. ' The eastern critics of the reclama- tion project wete inclined to stress this trend toward the cities and to declare that the lands would not be worked after they had been redeemed. While admitting that the argu- ment had force, Governor Spry gave some fascinating figures to show the returns from reclaimed lands in the west. ' The Twin Falls project cost $12,000,-000- . Only six families were in the district when the work began. Now it has a population of 60,000. The return in 1918 from the land was $42,000,000. state and, being short of-labo- r, I ; of-fer- ed ; jj r p0gtal savings banks. In all banks there are savings of $12,000,000,- $48,000000. nt at present'' 1 ? Devotes Itself To The Assembling of jJCX Out-Of-T- he Ordinary Articles To The Utah Democrats have main- tained an appearance of unity by not even trying to agree. At their recent convention they were afraid to adopt a platform lest the event at San Francisco should make them ridiculous. Nor were they able to agree on planks. Appreciating their inability to effect a compromise, they restricted their platform to but two declarations one approving the national Democratic administration and the other favoring the ratification of the s League of Nations without tions that would Impair, it any vital particular. On this ground, and this ground only, did they consider them-- selves safe. As for the rest, they de- -' cided timorously that they must await the outcome of the national conven- - Third Floor Keith-O'Brie- 5 Financial Advice Now Paramount In these days of stress and uncertainty,manthe Is average In a business He needs adquandary. Investments. on his vice This bank offers to you the advantage of Its long, successful experience, through Its officers. 1 reserva-busines- - i tlon. it Is manifest to Republicans (Continued on Page 18.) ; that Co. n iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiMiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiii . - Add To The Name sions at San Francisco. 000. per-ce- Decoration ( The funds in the postal savings banks, if this bill passes, will be used to buy the bonds of iirigatlon and drainage districts formed under state laws. The charge will be, not against the individual settler, but 'against the districts which will be responsible as states and cities are responsible for bond issues, and the money will be collected in the same way that taxes are collected. qqq Of Interior Without the inspiration of a confident hope the Utah delegates departed for the San Francisco convention. If they had been asked to analyze their thought they probably would have said that the outlook in Utaah was better than the prospect in the nation and that they feared the national convention might go far toward destroying Democratic chances in the state. They have felt that the Democratic state of mind into which Utah drifted four years ago, and which has been preserved by peculiar local conditions, might be dispelled quickly by explo- n $160,000,- - The Gallery Utah Bourbons Have Attack Of Nerves without placing additional tax burdens on the people in these days. So that there may be no fear that the postal banks will usurp the of the other banks the bill stipulates that the government shall not carry more than 15 per cent of the total amount of deposits at any time. In order, however, to draw a The Yakima project, in Washing-- , sufficient sum into the postal banks ton, cost $16,000,000. The return in the rate of interest would be increased 1918 was $56,000,000, and last year, a 'to 3 per cent or 3 per cent. It is 2 rdry'year, the return was most generous inducements should be offered to settlers, especially the service men, to settle on the reclaimedj lands. He held that the. government should build the farm houses ,seed the land for the first crop and give the settlers thirty or thirty-fiv- e years in which to pay off their indebtedness. panl0Q bm wMch ghowg congregg jugt how to obtain the necessary money The government has today it It was the speakers view that the The advance to the settlers will draw not less than five per cent interest. Both principal and interest will revert, not to the treasury, but to the reclamation fund, so that a perpetual revolTing fund will always be available for redeeming waste lands. To what extent Governor Spry and his conferees worked out their plan is evidenced by the proposal of a com . An Atmosphere year. bill, which is tax-ridde- Quaint Little Touches That Gives The Home short this year as compared with last tbe compromise measure agreed upon in Washington, an appropriation of $300,000,000 is provided for and it i to be used for the reclamation of swamp lands in the south as well as arid lands in the west. , 0f -- saId would be $7,000,000 or $8,000,000. In the The Addition - dis-Washingt- Smith-Fletche- k Tis - Weber-Prov- o Co. n : approval. If the country- is to insure itself against famine the government must extend its reclamation work. According to figures presented by Governor Spry the country needs 100,-00- 0 new farms every year. The reports of the Department of Agriculture two months ago showed that the wheat acreage was 24,000,000 acres project, to which Governor Spry referred, 2,000,000 acres can be put under water, or more acres than are irrigated at present in the trict included within the boundaries proposed project. The cost, he i of congress. The problem, as it 'presents itself to the governor, has several salient phases. There must be not only reclamation of lands, but means must be found to stop the trend towaard the cities and offer inducements for the cultivation of the soil. The speaker told of a New York apartment house owner wit hwhom he had talked. In this mns apartments were scores of service men, back from France, who had got no farther toward home than the lights of Broadway. The owner had farms in a nearby Under the only $3,500,000. Keith-OBrie- 1 5' 3 3 a a lfcCornlck. ..... Anthon H. Lund.. Vice President President President Vice A. Smith.. Oeorge Cashier Fred If. Michels en Dl & Judd.... 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