Show LAM Tm OF r rTH TH RID U LANDSI Chief Engineer Report Soon be bc Issued to The Public ABOUT HEADWATER FORESTS The Ilie Salt River Valley Idaho Deserts Projects and Other Im Important Undertakings s sI I Special Correspondence Washington Jon Jan 6 Tho second an null l report r port of at the tho Irrigation lion under the tho charge of ot Fred Frederick erick U H Newell is t now In n proof mid will a tI publIc document be Issued as ns joon in Th report wilt will give a n general description tion ot tho work being done dono by the government In Ill tho the various western stateS tates and territories under the national Irrigation law IMS In Actual construction hit has been begun In Arizona am Neva Nev dion di d on two to great grat projects which will re reclaim reo claim several hundred thousand acre acres of at fertile land and build It up Into o agricultural communities Do n D dense den Ire lulled surveys have havo been and are aro being made of at numerous other projects and amid of OC these will be bo up u dur duro during the coming year rear ear By fly the tho end of lag ing th the fiscal year there thero will doubt Ie b ho be something like 23 or 24 U million dollars In tho the reclamation fund for to this work Tho general Idea Is as expressed In Inthe Inthe th the report that the tho Irrigation law Is a it sate eife and aall carefully framed trained act net and can be w worked out to advantage No change or 01 amendment to tho the law is recommended to Congress If It after atler actual trial upon two or three pro projects proJects an some acme weak steak point develops then the government will bo lie In n a 11 position to Intelligently Int advise Congress what change is needed hEAl WATERS FORESTS Time The forthcoming report of or the ml calls culls mitten atten attention tation gatlon gat Ion reclamation service serlee lieu tion to tho tIm great necessity for the pro NO protection projection of ot tho the headwaters ot or streams It t ilS aya One neof ot of tho the most Important matters In connection with tho the permanent de I of ot tho the water resources ot or the tha Is II the tho protection of or the tho catch meet ment basins from tram destructive Influences The Tha head waters of at many mallY of ot the tho es OR important streams are aro already included within tho the forest reserves and some ut the important reservoir sites altos are thus thuy warded front from Injury The Tho forest ro re parve boundaries should be extended to include the country from tram which conies comes the tho principal part of at tho the rainfall This land lana 1 usually has hns no value for br thu Is rugged and suitable only for tal tho production of oC trees The Tha belief Is gaining ground at nt Washington that not only should tho the forest reserves be bo extended to this d ile gree but that tho the entire remaining public forest lands should bo be perman permanently permanently reserved and that any timber cut rut should b bp be under gov gaY government government supervision thus absolutely Insuring the water stater supply both hoth for Cor Ir Irritation and mind power hewer as ns well as M for tor mu or any 1111 other need Tho The scores o ot of denuded and bare mountain ranges In western states once thickly covered with and anti hr attest to the tho bane bUM baneful baneful ful operation of ot our present timber las laus ST DAM nAt IN t U IJ S The figures ot of the tho geological Itolo survey show nn an Interesting can OM n nf nl ilin lons Of oC the bill bia TontO lonto 1 of tt the os Salt n River vir Arizona with lIh other great artificial structures In tho the country countr The Tonto thin dim d m Is to rise feet reet above tho tim chan channel channel nel of or the tho stream Its thickness at atthe atthe atthe the base will be feet teel gradually tapering to IL a width of ot 16 10 feet teet nt mit the curb cUlb the width of ot the tho darn damn across the tho canyon canon will trill be feet teet The rhe great Croton darn which Is to pimply New el ew York with water Is feet ret above the river channel and and nl feet Clet across It U was stas ns necessary necess Y In this rue rate to dig clown down 80 feet to Insure a good foundation The dam near Boston nos ton Is fen feet above tho the river channel feet flet thick at nt tho the base and feet t ct wide TO 70 IDAHO mAUO DESERTS Dl The government has been heen making a Je reconnaissance r of ot tho the Irrigation lion tion possibilities of ot Idaho under the thO rational law lati and has hns selected three throe localities for more complete study stull The southern portion of ot Idaho par particularly along tho the Snake river riser offers Ionia lomo of ot tho the best opportunities for reclamation In tho the United States said paid Mr Ur I II H Nowell owell time the national hydro There are aro vast tracts of ot rid Irid land along niong this river which could w be transformed tran Into great farming communities through tho time storage of Its ItsOn Itsal a al aters On Oa of ot the time three projects selected by hy he the government for special study Is U at Vim Mud Lake undertaking This Timis In iii linden a II largo large extent of ot desert land landIn lad lil In 1 It IH is that acres acre tail n if bl reclaimed through n It canal conal ran ne on tho the North Fork of oC the tha river rIer near nO r St Anthony Various trial rial lines lilies have been ben run out omit by lIy tho the across the desert showing Jut mm aral hi cnn ho bo carried out omit at lit differ int at cl anil at lit different costs cost rh Vhs Tho project contemplates h rl of or about micros acres In J both bath sides of ot tho time Snake river south if It IlIr Oregon regon Short Line Lino railroad rue rho ho la ja to bo be dammed but bul the tho rat fit i mint aunt bo ho raised high il Kt gt it II out on to tho the best beRt lands hinds HO so JIM hat piping on Oil a n largo large M tin IIA l Is proposed to reach rench tho the hinds n ft tho tb gravity system Tho The POl iw iwa I Stor a wf for pumping can bo be derived by hy suit We bie water wheels Installed nelll tho the loma Inn To furnish tho time water wlter for tor these w n a n rs storage la Is to bo lie provided R mt tho hal hll waters of ut tho the o tin ng Lakes Jackson Two Ocean CIOn n 8 mind and Jennie nil of oC havo been heen set for reser Ir third government project In InS Is S die tho near the tho by ty of at rime Tho iver vcr on tho the north furnishes po I a large supply of ot water much of ot whIch goes to waste Tho The work In Involved In this reclamation It Is II be b will bo be expensive and probably Include tunneling A very careful study stud of ot this project Is necessary but ho tho lands when reclaimed d will bo be of very high value and tho the benefit to the state will be bo AS TO STATE GrATE CONTROL CO Tho The action of ot the Idaho legislature In n accepting tho the national notional Carey act acts actIs Is s an Indication of oC the time danger danler which may result front from leaving Irrigation or orand orland land and questions to bo be dealt with by various states In accepting the tho Carey net act which provides that when pUblic land and under state regulations shall bc reclaimed by Irrigation mid and settled let tied upon the state can cnn acquire title from ho tho general government free Creo of ot cost ho tho legislature of ot Idaho slipped In a I provision lon known to but few to tho the cf ef feet that where such lands were re reclaimed reclaImed reclaimed claimed by any nuy private company In Incase Incase Inease case ease they had not been settled at al the Iho expiration of ot two t vo years after the tho com coin of at tho the Irrigation work the ot of if tho the land should pass pane to the lon tion company This Thia was a most ous mistake from the tho standpoint of ot settlement and community building but Ut would operate very nicely In tho Interests of oC land or Irrigation compa companies nice nies desiring to tl secure largo large tracts of oC land and It would bo be nn an easy enRY matter mutter for tor any company reclaiming land under tinder the UIO Carey act to make Its settlement quite difficult and at tho time end of or the two years lars specified secure patent potent Itself to t large portions of If It not the entire tract reclaimed VIOLATION OF OP FEDERAL LAW The Time matter having been beon called to tho attention of ot the time department at Wash WashIngton Ington It was waR held bold that tho the Idaho en enactment violated that portion ot of the Carey act which says That such state shall not sell or 01 dispose of oC moro more than acres of said land to any one person lerson The Tho secretary of ot tho the Interior how however however however ever has let the tho erring state down easy etHY and has hns ruled that Inasmuch as ns Idaho has agreed with the general gay sov o emment for tor which purpose Governor Morrison was recently In Washington that In selling soiling and disposing of at the land sought Bought to bc be c segregated the state will not sell more mort than acres to any anyone one person and then only to bona bonn fide set act tiers Hers the federal government will not title to lands It would seem cm that In view of or time the tact fact that the tho Idaho legislature lc in Its terms of oC acceptance of or time the Carey act had hid en noted a specific provision directly In conflict with the terms of ut that act thu tho general government would have havo been II warranted In making an example In this case and Md refusing to grant to Idaho any an patents under tinder tho time Corey Carey act until tho the Idaho turo had repealed Its conflicting and fraudulent enactment In his holding tho time secretary of ot the thc Interior states that I should It Italio full tall to carry out Its contract and violate the provisions pro lons ot of time the granting act It would seem seeni that Congress alone has haA the tho power to en enforce enforce enforce force the time conditions of ot the grant Brant Tho The most that could be ho done dOM by b the executive department of ot the govern goern government ment meat would be bs to report the matter to Congress SEVERAL MONTANA rO TANA PROJECTS The rime government engineers have havo been active In studying the Irrigation pos pon PO In Montana during the tho past PMt season reason In addition to tho the great Milk river project about which much has been written and which will bs be b taken up imp In this correspondence In detail later Investigations have been made ImIde of soy sev several eral oral other Montana projects In the tha country south of ot tho the Milk Mille river a 11 gen general general en eral erol reconnaissance has been In progress pro rose rOM along the Sun river tho the Mussel Musselshell Musselshell shell river and the tho Yellowstone par particularly near hear tho the mouth of at the tho latter It Is believed 11 by b time the engineers from tho the preliminary surveys accomplished that lands CM be 00 reclaimed In eastern Montana and adjacent portions of ot North Dakota by b diverting the tho waters nf or the tho Yellowstone river on the time north bank bunk In Montana Tho The Yellowstone Is III a great crent stream lowing hawing nearly tho the entire length of oC Montana and emptying into tho the Missouri Just JuPt after It crosses tho the Montana line In North Dakota |