Show TO MAKE THE DESERT BLOSSOM AS THE ROSE Secretary of National Irrigation Congress Con-gress Has Scheme That Will Benefit Homeseekers Spokane Wash Arthur Hooker secretary of the board of control of ho National Irrigation congress will > resent a resolution for approval by that organization nt its seventeenth session In Spokane August 9 to 14 memorializing congress to Issue 3 per cent gold bonds running 100 years to the amount of 5000000000 or as much thereof as may be necessary neces-sary for the following specific purposes pur-poses One billion dollars for drainase of overflowed and swamp lands thus reclaiming re-claiming an area equal to 100000 square miles One billion dollars for lie reclamation reclama-tion by Irrigation of 40000000 acres of arid and semiarid lands now partly part-ly or wholly waste One billion dollars to construct and improve deep waterways to develop thousands of miles of territory now without adequate transportation facilities facili-ties One billion dollars for good roads and national highways for the lack of which the loss to the farm area of tine United States Is approximately 500000000 annually One billion dollars for forest protection protec-tion reforestation and conservation of the forest resources thus assuring timber and lumber supplies for centuries cen-turies to come Five bllljons of dollars Is an enormous enor-mous sum but it is no morel than is actually required to carry out tho gigantic scheme In developing mill lions of acres of lands In various parts of the United States now absolutely abso-lutely worthless said Mr Hooker In fxplalnlng the plan Congress will not he asked to appropriate a penny The returns from the Improvements would pay off the bonds The government govern-ment would simply act as a banker as It does now for the various Irrigation Irriga-tion projects The bond Issue would provide ample funds as required to carry out the work In the several divisions divi-sions at the Game Uuie glvlns the best iwsslblo collateral to those Investing In-vesting in these securities n |