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Show i EAST SALT LAKE TIMES, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1923 "Under me irunlz.itlon nr of direct nil-;!!- fV j!i :l been abolished. him A lie I'onmiiKimier i I i I' :,ll !jiiq!j!ii!i!i ii: Peggy Shaw ii'il.l ;!'!:! f MM of reclamation him lures appointed (P IV. PiivU) :im the organized In line with thp other 14 of fli Depart-nien- r of Interior. "Tn the Wnshlng-to- '"''444 ii the ill vision, auditing the chief wnn-ilctv- deao-lutio- non), nn agriculturist, will assume chnrcp of the project management, except for the work that 4 decretory fiubcrt Warh .SECRETARY WORK APPOINTS .SPECIAL ADVI JORS TO MAKE EXHAUSTIVE INQUIRY DICKINSON SHERMAN KCIIETAHY OK T1IK INTKllIOIl WOUK Is reorganizing the bureau of reclamation and all the West Is watching the process. And there Is plenty to watch, fur there are 28 By JOHN T . reclamation projects In 14 states, representing an Investment by the federal government of (181,00.00. Considerably over a million acres of Irrigated lands nre crnpjied each year and the products are valued at tno.iMOjKiO or more. On thesa project lands are about 5U0.000 ieple, exclusive of the cities and villages. The Influence of wholeeach project la of course sale purchases of manufactured products by the people on the Yuina project for example, totaled (5,411, MU In 1921. So the prosperity of niuny people la bound up with the prosperity of each project. Senator Asliurat of Arizona, in a debate In the last congress, said this: may be required of technical engineers, who will work from the office of the rldef (Arizonu-Cnllfornln- At the outsat let It be reilambered that tha full Importance of national Irrigation cannot be m insured In dollars, for It baa an Intangible value not to be actinia ted In tonnage tablea nor transportation rates. In building new commonwealths In the arid lands of the West the government Is utilising undeveloped resources and erecting opportunity for Its cltlsena One of the primary purposes of the reclamation law was to create homes, and this purpose has been richly fulfllled. Viewed from this standpoint alone, national reclamation has amply Justified all for which Its advocates hoped. This may be true. Nevertheless, this reclamation work la a business proposition. Uncle Sam furnished the funds and did the work and Is eventually to get his money hack. It now looks S If It would be some time before he breaks even, jdemben of congress have been preparing to make demands for repayments In this congress. Secretary Work Is quoted ss saying, The service was on the rocks and couldn't have lusted five years longer." Ho Is also quoted as speuklng of himself as the "receiver of the rechiniatlon service. Altogether, the twenty years of government reclamation do not seem to have been nn unqualified success. Fortunately there la an offlclul statement, which gives a fair Idea of conditions. It was made by Secretary Work to the Speelul Advisors' committee appointed by him last fall to ninka an exhaustive Inquiry Into the financial and physlcul features of the 28 projects and Into governmental policies and methods. The penuinnel of this committee Is distinguished. The inembera now at work on the In- vestigation are : President Julius Dantes. of the United Slates Chamber of Commerce, Washington. James R. Garfield, former secretary of the Interior, Cleveland, Ohio. Former Governor Thomas K. Campbell, of Arisons, I'hocnlx. Dr. John A. Wldtsoe, former president of the Slate university and Stale Agricultural College of Utah, Salt I.uke City. Utah. 1 real dent Oscar F. Hradfute, of the American Farm r.ureuu federation, Xenia, I). Clyde K. Dawson, lienver, authority on Irrigation law. Klvrnod Mead, noted authority on and Irrigation, Itcrkclcy, cal. Mr. Campbell was elected chairman und Dr. Wldtsnc, secretary. Secretary Work's statement to the committee was In part aa follow : Soon after I waa called iiun to net as secretary of the Interior, In March. l!r';i. JMy nttt-n- t l.n wna jairtlcularly directed to conditions relating In the rei laimition projects constructed or being ecu St meted by the department in (In- western states and among which have lived for thirty-liv- e years Through complaints from organizations of ter users. Individual water users, reports of agents Inspectors, official records of the depart t, mm ;lIl,j congress. It appeared that nearly all of i!, project were In such condition that some radiwil reforms - 1 or Improvements must be Imd if they were to be saved, fanners protected from loss of their homes and the return of the money advanced by tin- - government f.w their construction nd maintenance was to lie secured. npl.-i'The ami criticisms cover n vnrletv of points loo numerous to be describci here, ou't Included charges that In many nf the projects the original estimates under which settlers were In dueed to go upon the projects were from .Vi to lm per cent ten low and that the actual com lots ten so great that It Is impossible for the farmer to psy out within the time and manner fixed liy law or even at all ; Ihat mistakes, englms-ritiam had male which added materially to the of constructed projects ; (lint others Imd lieen undertaken that should never have been started; thHt the overhead costs of the service und many of the Individual projects, all home by water users, were burdensome nnd excessive. Under the system used In the reclamation serv s T. Campbell J.R. Garfield lee I hnve been unuble to get figures that appear to he dependable aa to the rest of Individual projects or the total money expended on all projects. It Is represented, taken from the records of the bureau, that the government's total Investment to June 80, 1023, In round numbers Is (181,000,000, and Its total receipts Hbout $40,000,000, leaving r. bul anee invested and unpaid of (1:15,000,000. The reclamation service, for which this department Is responsible, apparently requires reorganization, Annual reports on some projects Indicate their Insolvcnry and pending failure. Out of the 28 projects only one has met Its obligations as they fell due. I.ong extension of lime for uiyiiients due ure being urged Individually and by projects. The original period for payment is expirr ing on certain projects and nn additional extension Is being asked. In one Instance such exr tension Is to he preceded by a moratorium. Kccliiiuatlon of arid lands by Irrigation from government funds a heretofore practiced Is fulling on a majority of projects as a business procedure und must be promptly readjusted as to methods of reimbursement of funds appropriated and for the purj ioso of securing to the settler a permanent home. Your committee Is requested to survey the whole subject In Its entirety; give to the bureau your opinions concerning our operating methods that we limy avoid errors, und finally your which congress may si inly and which should ultimately preserve the sanctity of con 20-yc- five-yea- reeom-meinlatb- tract, secure to farmers safely for ihelr Investments already made and Insure a return of Invested funds.'' Secretary Work's first move was to urrept the of the recresignation of A. 1'. Davis us dim-tolamation and to abolish the nfflee. lie then appointed David W. Davis commissioner of the bureau of reclaimitioii. und Miles Cannon, former commissioner of agriculture of Idaho, field reclar mation commis-doncr- . Inst fall he announced that the two principal headquarters c.f the reclamation service would lm In Washington ami lHn-ver- , the latter city being u central point as to the various reclamation projects. The reclamation service will henceforth he divided Into two prats lically separate departments. One will care fur the construction of the projects; the other will care tor the operation and maintenance after construe-itn-. Secretary Work's unnomieenient of lion was iii.ado to a special committee of the Dell ver Civic and Commercial assiviution, witli whom lie said In part ; be had been In conference, "The dropping of 2,'i employer In Washington will mean a wiving of (20.IN si a year, us the sal arie of these employees nmoiiuted to approximately 10, otli ii year, and the expenses Incidental to their cmploymi nt totaled about tbe same amount. "There are about 75 employees of the bureau In Denver and some 5,itti employees engaged in the work of const ruction, operation and iiulntenanee on ihe different projects. Nil decision will he reached In regard to these employe,. until I hnve Imd an opportunity to go ever the siluathm thor Highly. "Fornu rly the recbiTmition service was under the director of recbimation (A. I. Duvl), who was an engineer with offices In Washington. The branch office in Denver wn for the administrative work in the field. Eio-- project was supervised by a manager who attended to the operation of the project and who whs the conncrtlng link between the government and the fanner. This project manager did the collecting, supervised the operation of the ditches and endeavored to get settler far the land. witch chunged the girl into a kitten she forgot to throw over hT a spell NCK upon a time there was a to make her forget how to talk, und wicked witch who lived In a cave when the hltick kitten looked up und in the forest because she did not like saw the handsome man and bean anyone and wanted to be all by her hla kind words she thought of whut self. would happen when the witch saw She did not like the birds, she dis- him. liked the animals, and if anything or Go hack !" she said, but she Imd anybody ventured neur her cave she hardly okcn when she saw the old promptly changed them Into stones. witch coming through the forest. After i while the cave was surrounded It is too late," said the black kitten. Tint don't let her know I can by Hide idles of stones. Oni, day Into the forest there sjieal:. If I cun I will save you." a little girl. 'I here was no time to When she saw say uny more, this strange stony looking place in for by now the wicked witch was the midst of the grvut green trees she chanting her magic song and In anwondered who could live In such other minute the handsome mail and ; and, being curious, site went his horse had become u pile of stones. j the cave und looked in. The MMir little black kitten was So now In deeper trouble than ever, for Ila, ha!" said the old witch. you have dared to come to iny cave? site had fallen In luve with the man You shall pay for this. A black kitwho Imd spoken the first kind word ten you shall lie. And before the little she had heard In many a long day girl could run away the old witch und she wanted to save him. had chanted her song of enchantment That nigh when the old witch held and a little black kitten ran under her wild witch dance she took her ketthe table. tle and the black cat to the place The very wicked witch had long where she Imd chnnged the man and wanted a black cat, bul only a pretty horse Into a pile of stones. Instead of girl ci.tti..1 he used on which to work dancing by the door of her cave a she nightly did. When all was ready and the fire was burning tinder her kettle the wicked witch began to sing nnd the black kitten, creeping close to her, listened harder than ever to what she said. When the wild dance was over she seemed to have forgotten the kitten nnd, standing before the pile nf stones she had newly made, she said in a high pltohed voice: A prince you never ilinll appear. Until these magic wonts you hear. Then the black kitten heard the witch saying softly to herself, Muldchnron, chunge" und again she began her wild dance. Hut the Iduck kitten held the key to the magic art the witch had guarded and she began to chant the song A Little Black Kitten You 8hall Be." that changed the poor vlctlma Into tlie apell, and aa none had come to stone and slower und slower the witch the forest before the old witch hud danced until she fell u heap of stones upon the ground. been cat lean until now. Then, running tn the atones that The poor little black kitten learned many strange things about the magic had been the horse and rider, the arts In the time she lived with the wlekeil witch, but she hail never nmmmmaamasoKmmmamHBi found the wuy to break the apell that held her In the form of a rat. One day while she was wandering nhnut near the cave the black kitten heard the sound of a horse's feet and the next thing she heard wu a cherry voice saying, "Hello, Kilty. IIow did you wander Into this place?" Now at the time the very wicked Q clerk's office, the bureau engineer and the four Held Inspector. In the Denver office the duties will he engineerin';, huv-Into do ulih the construction work relative to bringing wnter to the differ ent At projects. that point the field commissioner (Cun Mkffc cHoThi! TIIE WICKED WITCH ofliee we will now hnve the law tllvl tlon, dime'll hi engineer. The engineering division will send Its reports on the construction work to the Wsshl n g t o n office nnd the field commissioner will for ivurd hla reports on and the operation maintenance of the projects to the same DW. Davis 2 place. F. K. Weymonth (chief engineer at lienver brunch) will act aa engineer and Miles Can-noIs the field commissioner. They will set undei David W. Davis, the commissioner of the bureau, who will have charge of the administration of th reclamation work and the organization. Mr. Wey mouth and Mr. Cannon hnve gone over this plan with me and are thoroughly In accord with It "Mr. Weymouth shall have charge of all engineering work such as reconnaissance. Investigations, designs, construction nnd auch other work as may be assigned. lie will have two assistant chief engineers with whom to consult and who will substitute for him In his absence. "As field commissioner, Mr. Cannon will have charge of the operation of the reclumutlon such as the delivery of wnter, land, crop production, handling and marketing, Improvement of form conditions, Industrial betterment, codec lion of wuter and other charges, and the settle nient of hinds." Chairman Campbell nf the Advisors' committee; after preliminary Investigation, says tlmt a practical moratorium will have to he granted by the government on a number of reclumutlon projects to prevent disastrous failure for the present tenants. "In my opinion, wild Mr. Campbell, It wLI be necessary for the government to 'reconstruct' tbe fiscal policy of Its reclamation service nnd grant a new start to a number of projects, probably of them." The Western States Keehuuutlon association ren Has Anyone Laughed - At You Because You Are Short Over the Phone? Now short can mean two things. Short can mean that you are curt and crass or that you are rapid mid brief. If the latter yon have a good deal of right on your side. Tliere la a tremendous umount of time wasted talking over nothing on the phone. If the former you never have a right to he Impolite. Probably If the phone company didnt have so much nothingness talked over It wires the service would be UNI per cent tietter. Do you remember that during Ihe war that In the big centers the telephone eomimny asked you only to make calls that were "strictly necessary." In ottier word. If Jen tile, who has just left you, rail up to see how you are since site left you 30 minutes ago why shouldn't you he brief. Then ngutn you have your work to do and if you hang all day on the wire will your work "go hang"? dls-Irici- one-thlr- d cently met at Suit I.uke. elected II. H. Shepherd president in place of I. W. 1iivis. resigned. The unniuil report of Secretary Frank E. Drawn said in part : "Those of us who are Inclined pessimistically to view the seeming Inability of settlers on government Irrigation projects to pay their Just obligations bemuse of the wide spreml between the cost of living and production and the price of farm product, have taken the view that it situation dangerous to expansion has developed through the necessity of the appointment by tbe secretary commission (Speof the Interior of a cial Advisors' committee). the report of which, ilicy believe, may blast the hopes for the future. 'Tail the truth Is. if we will review the situation commiscalmly, we will agree that the sion 1, really the first great effort the government hua ever im.de to look into tho development of these project which liman personal enriching. commission, with a personnel Tliis wlileh brings confidence, Is not tn he led on by the vagaries of guesswork; it will not be swnyed of unsound economic argument by the narrow nor will It la- - turned In It findings by those enthusiasts among us In the West. There have, however, been counter-current- s The formers of the United States, particularly wot of the Mlsisippl river, have been laird hit Many of them anil some of their representatives in congress are of the opinion lliul there I a I read v too lunch cultivated la ml ill the United States, This association cunnot depart from its firs' announced position of a broad and comprehensive ceclauiatlon plan. Tbe prtneipul reclamation projects are as fo! Salt lllver, Arizona; Yuma. Arizonn-Ua- l lows: ifomia; (irnnil Valley and Uncompiiligre, Colo rado; Dulse anil Minidoka, Idaho; Milk lllver bd1' Sun lllver, Montunn; Isiwer Yellowstone, Men Dakota; North Platte, Nebraska; New lands, Nevada; Itln Grande, New Mexleo-Texs- s Umatilla. Oregon; Klamath, Oregon ('iillfumla Belle Fourche, South Itakota; Strawberry Valley Utab; Yakima, Waihlngton ; Khosboiitt, Wyoming n HILDA syiionomous. For a time Hilda was one of the terminations to feminine commonest names In the Teutonic world Htid gradually the word came to mean maiden" and was used Interchangeably. It waa (Copyright, tana-Nort- h 1 j Superstitions - t By i H BAB1 AND THF. IRUINQ KINQ LOOKING-GLAS- S It I ball luck to allow a to bulk Into a mirror liefure It Is a year old Is a iiiH'istltlon common nil over the country. In some sections t Is believed tlmt It will THAT i I cause the rhlld'a deatli before It rom-pi etc It first year nnd In other see--lions the evils which will follow range tn all the wny from severe nines trouble In teething. Till superstition I based on the same Idea a the ninny others which conexist with regard to tnlrmnv-t- he ception of primitive man ut the rw- - PyifUratt.) 1 by Whreli-- r Symlli O health. good iij jtiuCliuo K udltals. 1 licet b at of u person ns something par taking of his own physical and spiritual personality ; a sort of exterior soul The und "astral body" combined. fiindltioiiH which surrounded the life of primitive man must have rendered Infant mortality extremely high. Observing Hint fact anil Ignorant of the d real cause thereof primitive man Unit the infant's soul was Inn loosely fixed In the body which It hail so recently come to occupy. Also the general helplessness of Infants with resiect In physical things led to the conclusion that the young child was equally helpless In ghostly matter Hn easy prey to malign spirits. The many hundreds of current suiM'rsililons with regard to children which survive today from a remote a tenpast all prove Ibis. Then-forder Infant looking Into a mirror run external soul the risk of having III or ii st ml body" stolen frm It or nf liming It through lark of power to draw It liuek Into himself, or nt least of having It hoodooed" by some evil spirit, e (Q by McCIsr Rmpiyw Sysillral ) l. Inc I at (50.000 Stole' Oriental rug vhIiici at Two silk home of (.lO.llOil were stolen from the while Frank It. Carpenter of Cleveland cun week the was spending the family aiol oih mil of the city. Silverware ! were not taken by viiliiiible Valued Two Rug g tii-s- s Nfwppr much used In the north of Knghind also, where the Delrun princess, became the holy uiiltcss, Hilda of Whitby, succeeding 8r. Deggu and leaving n reputation for sanctity. Though Clara de Clare could nut see It, a vision of the holy uhhes can he seen under certain condition nf light In the WhFby cliaoel today; the ammonltica which are believed to bar been set pent turned to stone at the prayer of the nhliess are also there. Around Whitby, Hilda I still the most popular of feminine names, In honor of the holy woman who Imre it. The mother of Itolf Ganger wse th Norwegian Iltldr. Indeed the asm has confine Itself largely to the peoIt suggest th ple of the North. splendid strength of the Valkyrie; the romance of the land nf the midof night sun ; the haunting iiicbinrimly the Gothic races. It is .me of the few name without diminutives or derivative. Coral Is the Jewel assigned pi those who hear the name of Hilda, If tlwj would have health and pvosiH'rily. The "f deep pink stone shares the vitality It that extent an such wearer to the n'"re or graw Is supposed to pale l vivid, aeeordingly a Its owner I t Cfhe Why 19JJ. by MeClur by weakness or get-awa- y Mi't'lurf Newspaper Syndlciitn by (Jt1 blushing girl. Before she went uwuy with the prlnee the pretty glri had given tn sll the victims of the wicked witch their forma ugaln. Defore they hail ridden to the edge of the forest the prime hud made her promise tn lm Iff wife und told her she should he so happy she would soon forget the wicked old witch und all that happened in the forest. of It Is also used to stop the flow blond fram wound. Safety for traveler Is the promise of coral. Tuesday Is the lucky day for It wearer 3 the lucky mtmlier. here la: Briefnesa over the phone saves time for you and the other fellow and if they know you to be brief always, even if they laugh, they will not call you up for fooliah reasons. g black kitten very softly whispered the magic words she had heard the wicked witch repeat anil up from the ground sprung the handsome man ami tlis them no longer horse, while stood the black kitten but a pretty r, SI'LKNDII) old Norse lineage la OFHilda. The chief of the Valkyrur was Hlldur and the mimes of Hlld and Iltllia were given to other war maidens. Hilda Is said to signify "battle" by a which probably literal translation, means warlike spirit" under a broader Interpretation. The Teutonic world clatni the name und Insists that It means supimrt." giving It to one of their princliml war maiden. The real origin seem difficult to settle upon, hut Ii la generally conceded that Hilda und peace are not SO Your This little movie" star is briU liant representati of the America girl of today plucky, talented, am, bitioua. Several years ago Miss Shew went to New York to study for th. stage, and soon afterward became Follies beauty. Her grace and char attracted the attention of motion pie. ture producer!. She has been seen in a number of popular productions. thieves. To Pipe Ora to Mill. l Montana mining eouipnny A l" the to building a ilM'llne "r "" iiioinitiiln In which It plan I" ore sliver mid down copper mill. A LINE O CHEER Dy John Kendrick Bangs SHEER WASTE we waste on lhl,t which might have An.! In the midst nf mlserlc w Forget to seise the prl OUR ti'srs win 1 nt g at |