Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-01-20 | Page 2 | New Mexico and Arizona May Reclaim Lands under Carey Act in near Future

I NEW NW MEXICO AND MAY AY RECLAIM CLAIM LARDS LANDS UNDER CRY CAREY ACT i IN NEAR EA fUTURE W WASHINGTON Jan 20 The O.-The The house committee on public lands has hat or fa favorably reported tho the bill Introduced b by Andrews of ot New Mexico extending to the Iho of ot IIona Arizona and Now Mexico time the provisions pro of or thu the Carry net act In a n letter Secretary of ot till the Interior Garfield says 8 that there aro arll In New Now Mexico and Arizona Arizona Ari Art zona many margy mall opportunities for tor reclamation under the thC Car Carey act and he lio urgently recommends the Iho enactment of ora a a bill extending x ex- ex extending tending tKo provisions of ot that act to tho two to territories The states slates which have taken advantage of or the act aro arc Colorado Idaho Montana Oregon OrE Utah Washington and Y Wyoming o ln Four of at these those havo have patented over O under tho the act In a n. letter to tho time committee on public lands landsi Assistant Assistant Assist Assist- ant Secretary Pierce of ot tho Interior department de- de said Raid I There Is probably a great quantity of arid land Jand In the tho territories which may not I come como within tho projects of or tho the reclamation tion service nor ho bo reclaimed by lIy a tu parties artles but which could be bo selected irrigated Ir- Ir and reclaimed b by the territories under the proposed ed law Jaw In large Jurge tracts an and made to yield some somo revenue to them b by the sale ale of or the lands Jand to settlers The Carey act IK Is for rOI tho ho purpose of or aiding ald- ald In ing th h the public lands states in reclaiming their divert desert lands and In securing the tho setI settlement set set- cultivation and sale in small I tracts to actual settlers Tho The United States is hound to donate grant ant and patent patent patent pat pat- I ent freo of or cost of or survey ur desert Crt Jan lands s snot not to exceed acres to each state as us tho ho state mu may causo Cl tho land to bo be irrigated tc reclaimed and occupied Patents Patents Patents Pat Pat- may br b bj obtained e on mr the tho land as soon as sufficient proof Is given I en that the lands haw have been Leen irrigated reclaimed an and occupied h by actual set settlers Not ol moro more than acres may be disposed of or to an any ono person and any surplus money derived from the tho sale saJe of ot such suh lands is 18 to be held helt as a trust fund an and to be used in reclaiming other desert esert I lands in the state s