Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-31 | Page 5 | Work Indorses Project Bills Aiding Farmers

WORK ORK INDORSES PROJECT BillS AIDING FARMERS Favors Charging Off Construction Construction Construction Con Con- Costs and Suspending g Payments SEVEN SECTIONS ARE INVOLVED i Emphasizes Desire of Commission to Give All AH Settlers a Square Deal W. W WASHINGTON SIn Jan 30 M APr AIr AD AP- AP r r ot of bills Introduced in to the 6 le based upon a report ot or a 0 r or a n. survey and providing charging off oft construction co cots coats ts 1 n. n of ot of payments on v p. p reclamation tIon projects was vas g 1 In reports submitted d toda today ct b Secretary Work to the senate f reclamation o. o commute i Vt t 1 tT and revisions In o ft t tho phraseology of or some of or the i i measure was suggested by the thea a secretary as a n. means of facilitating if it ft i alt tr administration The projects ded in the proposed legisla- legisla JI O with the amounts to be berged Barged arged oft off and acreage against i teh charges are arc to be suspended I as follows J- J ff PS Ju fj Shoshone project Wyoming 1 Jl- 66 and acres r t r project Idaho I rond and acres t Boise Oise project Idaho suspension o 1 against acres Colorado 1365 II ti and acres r lie e division of ot the North Platte J Project r located in Wyoming 2268 22 68 and 1665 acres Ne Ne da and andi i 1 acres t. t Idaho and 2414 a acres acres f 9 i These These reclamations said Reclamation Rec Rec- s ll ri tion Commissioner Mead are ale line in-line with the departments department's policy off orl Q giving the settler a square deal Tey Tiey T e should answer accusations that U the department and the burgau bu- bu of ot reclamation were against re reclamation What we are against Is' Is inputting putting settlers on new p projects ejects without thorough knowledge that the the- project Is likely to he be a success success' and the settler fitted and provided for tor his work The fact th that t about half hat of the settlers on the North Platte project have failed seems to show there was something wrong with the old policy and that settlers did not have a fair chan chance These bills aim to r remedy such conditions