Show I EWELL TO GO Secretary Ballinger will not be he blamed if he carries out his hs snake killing kUling plan to the fullest extent o oman oman oman man who is not loyal to his chief has any business In the departments department He HeI hinders rather than helps Secretary I Ballinger has been very ery unfortunate in this respect While the interior department Is to tobe tobe tobe be purified by the dismissal l of ot treacherous rous erous subordinates there Is a move mv movement m v ment on foot toot to place supervision cf the government irrigation works n the hands of the army engineers President President dent Taft has been very ery favorably im impressed impressed pressed with the work of tf f Lieutenant nant Colonel Goethals down on the Isthmus and desires to use sortie some of the other i officers I A bill was waa introduced in the House last Jast week under the terms term j of t which the President In his discretion may detail any an engineer officer of the army to supervise or Inspect any engineer project of at the government The measure went ent through the lower lowerhouse lowerhouse lowerhouse house without trouble and If it the Senate takes favorable action work ark on the irrigation projects will be rushed to completion under direction of army arny engineers The rhe plan is the Presidents Hav iTaw Having HavIns Ins ing in had remarkable success in digging the Panama canal Mr Taft proposes to take the c reclamation work In hand Just at present this work Is dragging and Congress has not made provision for completion of the projects project According to the statements of or Sec See Secretary Ballinger has been b cn I spent on the projects ts I Inow now under way and it will take 70 more to bring them to com corn completion completion A A bill providing for the is issuance issuance Issuance of in bonds to be repaid rep ld through the future sales sal s of ef f public lands which has been bean passed by the Senate and is pending vending la In the House Is expected to furnish the means for tor pushing most of the pr j Director Newell lids has h s not been r elastic over this plan for raising r l ng the necessary money y declaring that thaI the he natural flow into the ike reclamation n fund would be bo sufficient ent Few Pew people agree with the director and andU If President reM dent Taft Tatt has hag his way wa Newell Newe will vilI be eliminated at the mo ma moment moment ment and an army engineer put in charge |