OCR Text |
Show IDAHO AM) Till. Alt III LAM'S. j SoniH I'ixtreels fi'niu a Mcmorinl to be 1'resented to ( onacess. The position of Idaho with regard to the disposition of the arid land is set forth in the following extracts from a memorial, which will be presented in congress: "The state should own the forest lands and hold them, that it may preserve the J forests thereon from destruction and the witter supply from becoming Intermittent and useless. "The :4utc should own the grazing lands I and hold them, that they may !" made valuable val-uable and that the revenues from them may I be available to pay the expense of protect- I lii-r the forests. "The state should Own the irrigable lands, I (bat. it may obtain a revenue from their sale with which to so regulate and distribute the water supply for their irrigation a- t.. produce the jrreatest benefit to the commonwealth common-wealth and to the individual irrigator. lease tlient on long lernis in tracts not ex- i cecuing tw60 acre.-, each, for 2 cents per acre I per annum, ll is believed that w ith the I security of tenure thus given, stockmen I would fence their holdings, develop water on ! ; them and make them extremely valuable a adjuncts! to their Irrigated hay lands, a hag ! the pastures for their summer and the hay I , latins for their winter feedinir. The roVfcnm ' I from (be urttltg lands, Urns ivnti'd, erottid j bo infllcicnl for tbe administration and pro- I I tertlon of both pastures and forests, i As tu the Irritable lands the uieiimrin! I ssys: "It is au.ausotute Decsaaltf that the water ' 1 supjily bt' controlled and regulated bv tins and intricate, requiring iiieu of ability nml I speeial training and a larsrc expenditure of money. "It ia not reasonable to tnx the other in-' duatriot of the commonwi altb for tbe direct Use and benelit of these irrijrnhle lands, j Iberel'ore the states should ovn these lnnd.-. I that it mn.y sell them at such i price as will ; pay for (he extraordinary expenses which j their peculiar coudiii ih reiune. "It would serin like que "'ionlni; the abil- I ity of our people to ifOTeru themselvea, to I ipication (heir ability to administer the I . waters, lands and forests upon which their I j livelihood depends." |