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Show (UMMI1IU.MItCAItUlt'S ill.11. Titr. action of hind Commissioner Carter In recommending thu ceding of arid lands to tho rjtates and Territories where they aro located, will gristly alreuglheii tho work of thn Memorial commltteo who will go to Washington to reprrMtil the Irrigation Congress. The resolution which they will re. rent, does not oik for the ceiling of Hi It land, but that It bo granted In trust, which UdB a more amiable request than that aug-greted aug-greted by Commissioner Carter, an opportunity will bo oil jr Jul the Commlltco to spring the question of Western generosity and back It up with the testimony of this frleudly otllclal who hat aiked lu our la half more than wo havu had tho assurance toiuk forounelvet. Commissioner drier In hit report to thu Interior glut the following et. roatu of tcio unclaimed lands whlih might lie regarded at at hi. "In Arlaona, oVMI.uoai In Csllfornla, U,ilri,tWl Idaho, M,71I,MI Monlaua, 74,irj,70i Neiada, M,af,m, liruon, lo,.il,ntl Utah, 3.1,-UH.UoTi Uuibliigtoii, J",till,ll, Myoiulliir, tXI,sU,ill " lu rooomnieiiJiu that thlt viwl domiiti bu ledtl to tbete reeifctlve States and Territories tho (Joinmls. lluneraajt: "While tbt seamp laud irrant Hlutet may litis lx on In llnerent an I tutu m in dealliiir with a grant which wat bul an tusldtiiUl iiiatior, tbo deaort Ian 1 grant Walne o.ul 1 not airnrd loeliutdoal Willi h qiuMlfon of vlla! Itnportauuo tudilltr etui would miurtalvonlt' iintinkli. II sawoiil I In mi. ruin HliiiisiMp i uonol tt i ,,ij l I, s i i inlr i i an i r,ai ill If i t i , tlltt tly tuluri.ua lu U. v. i.o ,, , , j3fMMiiiAafi. t n ' I' ton.liiey m' It is nothworltty that amonrf thoie inot loyal to Western Interests there It a atrong diversity or oj Inlon on this ceiling proposMloa. Tueritn Krauclico UtrvnlcU says "No" with a volet of Ihunler, It waati tht government to holt on to tht land and itovelop Irrigation to tht utnioit In Hi own way, only to do It as quickly as lemlble. Tho lsn 1 rosy then Iw opened for location and eettleuient as other publlo land! have been. Whether Hit process of development Is carried tn by thu general government or by riUte aud Terrlhulal enterprl-t the succesi will bo In exact proportion to tbo honest and romt t eQVrl given to tho work. It Is not a quettlon of lower but of honesty and oncrgello action that li most lobe coniljetid. |