Show TO MAU THE DESERT BLOSSOM AS THE ROSE BOSE secretary of national irrigation con 4 gress green has ach scheme eme that W will 1 benefit home seekers spokane Bp wash arthur hooker secretary of 0 tile the board of control of 0 tile tho national irrigation congress wll 11 present a resolution for approval by that organization at its seventeenth in spokane Bp okana august 9 to 14 memorializing memorial izing congre congress sg to issue 3 perk per cent gold bonds bonda running years to tho the ti mount of or aa much thereof as may bo be roces sary eary for or tho the following pur posos ono one billion dollars far drainage of overflowed ond and scamp lands thua ibus re clai dalming tin nn area equal to square miles ono one billion dollars for the luc ree reclamation larna by irrigation of acres of arid and saml arld lands now partly or oi wholly waste one billion dollars to construct and improve deep waterways to develop thousands of miles of territory now nov without adequate transportation facilities ono one billion dollars tor for good roads and national highways for the lack of which the loss to the furm farni area of tho the states la Is approximately annually one billion dollars for forrest forest protection 1001 forestation citation and conservation of the ho forest resources thus thua assuring timber and lumber supplies for centuries to como come five billions of dollars is an all onor enor incus surn sum but it is no more than la Is ally required to carry out the gil gantic scheme ia in developing mm lions ot of acres of oe lands in various parts 0 of the united Util tel states now absolutely worthless said mr air hooker in explaining tile tho pill glnn fress ress will not bo be asked to appropriate a penny the returns front from the improvements would pay off of the bonds afia govern mont would simply act as a banker as it does doea now for tho the various irrigation projects the bond issue would ample funds its aa required to narry out the work in ili the tha several divisions tit at tho tame same time giving the best possible collateral to those investing in ili these securities |