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Show URGES UNITED ACTIG FOR RECLAIM! WE ? Fred R. Reed of -Says Unity Essential jt Forcing Legislation r ' Permanent Organization Governors' Conference Is Advocated. Concerted action by the west i0 1 tai u nat ional legislation for I 1 and development is considered vh-,"," I poriant hy representatives of otho -c.-n suites who are interested in the s in 1,' conLrres of governors here av the conference called by Governoi 1 of Washington to consider rclr and other matters pertaining i0 m," velopmcnt of public lands. F.ntln -responses are greeting the plan f0r conference of western reclamation 1, sentativos. .Indorsements of the plan, toother-assurances toother-assurances tha I delegations will i from va riou.s .states, arc being tv -. by Governor 11am beeper daily. . Idaho and New Mexico have heart',-, dorsed the. plan, and their represemi' believe that ihe format inn of an n'.- ' tion of western states to advancer,. Lerests of western development shv, a part of the conference work. -Major Fred Jl. ileed, exeeutivo -tary of the Idaho Reclamation associV has written lo Governor Hart, snyh the ldalio as.sociat ion Indorses tht for Die conference here, and thal . certain Governor Lav,s will app,,;. delegation as soon as he returns ia,n east. -Major Heed proposes thai a niancnt organization be formed fir purpose of advancing western in:,-in in:,-in liie national capital and elsewhere Unity Efficacious. The west has been put off with c, lone; enough, in tiie opinion of Major ; It is time that concerted action W to secure for the west the aiieniioii the financia i assistance it reciuire. points to the lact that such an a. tion would represent ti.OtRi.Oiifi ptCilj, sufficient number to command the m tion of congress and Washini-tijii reatis if they united on a program. Utaitns interested in te plan thusiastically indorse the idea of a man en t organ iza tion. It is pointer) 1 here that an association of a dozen ( ern states wouid have t wenty-fotir r hers of the United States senate wor for it. Under tsueh circumstances, 1 twenty -four men would be able to such a balance of power in the 1 house of congress that they rouid recognition of the west from some 0' eastern members, who decline to sec -the west needs. Edward E. Young, chairman of th dier settlement board of New Mexinj declared himself deeply interi'sh-d . united effort on reclamation and de-meiit de-meiit of western lands. He expt" attend the conference here tli:- m -'! Mr. Young has announced that lie ;e fc four actions by such a conferein e. that it should also bo indorsed and. 1 upon by the governors conference. Would Urge Inquiry. Mr. Young says he favors askim j gross for a joint committee to invc-and invc-and ascertain the cot of admini:' the public domain. . Second, he say he favors the eminent em-inent of a publicity bureau, to be v. ; tained jointly by funds provided of the western stales, the duty or ( bureau being io carry on a campAi: education in the cast and to ii,!;. public opinion in favor of giving ; a if! to western projects. ' The New Mexican also favors : , mending that congress cede the mm , public lands to the states without oral or other reservations. 1 i'"ourt'n, he proposes that eongrefc' i . be asked to appoint a committee fp' , : membership to tour the wcsh-ni t : in order that they might get a com; I sive view and uiulorstanding of ih' : i bilities of the west and the proideiT the west faces in carrying on its df- , ment. |