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Show JUS Lip Western Senators f Support Reda Fund Loan Me 4i Irrigation Project J Favorably RepoK I Be Called Up l Sinv.iil l.i The Tiihu'.i... I , WASHINGTON, lv,-. ' lK.tiilioil 1UIS ,-H.,l tj 1 soMii-i- lan,! r.vlaiiiati,,,, ,,u A lias iHVi'mo. so nil,-, i i a in, ' ttcimtora huxe u Met i, B,' I of Senator Jon,-s of Wa I thorizlni; loan to 1 1 1,1 ,,,,.) ) ! of f2;ul.0lH(HlO. whirl, ainoi uppi'0ii-laL-, n,.,.,!,., diiiflf ciKllt or leu years to ha i:J I liiK existing or ninn-ove,! lnl 1 cots, ami to buil.t m ir,,j, 1 from time to time l,c ap J amount, it is believe,!, projeets now known la bo'' whieh give proiniio of saeeu 't Tho Jones bill rerently v',blfl' reported from the senate ( n irripulou. and li Is phi ,1 i Lll for eoiisidenuloii iu Illy ivu.' holidays, lu Its report, u, 1 mitleo mijiiut the pa-sing 0 t J part says: . lw inder tha reehinatluii , rniment. has expended In', Ji work n little, over Slilll.iiuo.mji1 irrigation purposes Ins been able for over l.V.Ml.OlKI aer.s ( land, before reelamaliuii, v;u f ren, desert waste and imimn) Q now estimated lo ! wend; S7f,il an aere. 1 iiirinir tin, ( , 1 litis, l,or,l,l!i;l ai res were eri,i(ntal Value of the pl-oiluet was '' an average erop value p, r n The aetual iieeoiiiplislnneliti; I" little short of marvelous. Present Financing Ini:!S W "The money used Ins l.eo , adequate for the ii.(.i, '-f dered Its expenditures morn -K than it otherwise would lie. sufficient to earry out riml veloped plans, a far KrcabT n mn area eould have been reelali . ,-'6mi "Jn view of the results uhll " ' needs any armunent to ho ,'i"-iru the wisdom of the reelamrptovlsii Waste lands have, been inaili , jnontti C.reat reservoirs of Joeal, st1', tional taxation and revMiw8" created. Agricultural pioihirt: mlit greatly Itiercaseil without, in jT bM section of the countrv. 'ai ' have been built, towns ami grown up, and a gred nm.'.liit I kinds of manufactured uVnl ui. the created, aside from llie (.-r, made to the supply of li.iiri i;--2-7'11' similar expe-nditui e, of jiuui'7 eminent has added surli , o-dlr.g strength to the nation nn tb "It must not lie lorgul le :fllne that tho money expeuileil is 'VuiiT and tho fear thai il would ... v back must now be fully (lis . facts show that the niuuey turned to the Kivrriiiii'ail rioncd will all be repaid in the emi. 30. liljri, the accrued construe '" ' amounted to S.S.M-,:'":!, of w '''lstl-870 '''lstl-870 has been paid, bavins c-" t'ae I due and unpaid, and thai. I3 5tri, largely collected by this tim '' gregate of operation anil I charges June 110, HH!', v.-as -.'-renc of which only Sr,iln,i;07.77 pre W.iter rental charges a jg rcgi 031. au, of which only 5IOi,!liiH ' ' paid. Tiut very few. If ,ny, pi iit.-sr pfises of this magnitude can ,.. a wonderful .showing. . Development Endanger s "The reA-!aniat ion net of H that the proceeds from tho cPUI! lie lands should go into the ( . t fund and he used for li 1 igatir -r:s: That is the source from uiiicl roa lo do this work lias laiptlj.. own lilOS the pro'-eeds fioin llie f-ai 1 lands was over ?liJ,mji,i)"lJ. I)' been diminishing every ye;ir 1 pi fiscal year UM'.i It was mill r gov From this il will be m-n ' something is done promptly J,nt work will come to a standstill, it has done so already. S'i !, lave been undertaken fur 11 and the projects undertaken a -! K completion and cannot, uiiiid ra! ent conditions, l e carried to - 'Oil "The cost to complete the p ::! c under way is estimated at -i;:,. This expenditure would a,''i 01 ,it acres more of lrrlsable lands. ; cots have been examined an ? r,-j In shape for approval, that about JlflO.riOO.MO, wcuH thing more tiian J.250.MP ! si; irrigable area. This develop ' !n: take place under present end .( vtite capital will not rlo this the smaller quickly rein'i.-i'-n eds have been worked o-st- SL. rnaining arc tiie larger pro from the very nature of tain l.f investment is required, and no . return can be had for vcrnl : the lands can he made pre" those working them get en a . living basis, which must he v.o -1 llie land itseif. To Foster Agriculture. 1 "What more constructive ilt do than to provide for W f : The time is opportune. "Ir j is increased agricultural prc ?;;! must come largely & .. tivaled acreage. M lla I'le.M'i ' lie land is not avana ; j gene. Anv increase reclamation or not at "' nSj !. who served r, the ; seeking homes and o l' r , , sands more should Ic.r-v ' -4 I ,-ities and go into a?ricu.tu"-. j This euterpnse w.,1, - . all these conditions, rii". . . non'ical thing to do is . to sion so that a broad and M plan can be earned on ' , , several years as rapuM' . , ,,. quire and the d!"?"?0?i ,1 1 this way the l in.ate t less proportionately t. . . . This is the b-"-p'-' :.all lL ' :!.! acted upon. l.".'V'.h'.. lions will ""fr;Ai:tlt : iallent "r oie K ,,,, , organization. I..-C , ,,t anlhorizalion wld V . '..j it c ! pi-iat,-d for s to 10 ''';; r,.r,lS-o r,.r,lS-o return to .be f;"''' hat - 5 ' fore this, ami H;e ; rPv gSl'aniount' be,- it , |