| Show RBARRAMHQ THE WEST I 11viding It into TwontyHlx States on Topographical Line for Irrigation System Purposes = = rill ropoflllon to I make a repsrtl of that Platt of Ih e Unite states sale Tr tie Mlourl river recently n itJ l I in tin f > F Irffippi If by If M I uonalduii it I altnieiiiiit conj con-j I alien A In tv liass 1 u ltee I by t conlde1 I 10 be possible strain called lone war has been n il I oto Arbogait of l iliw 01Y I 1 cur1 ilhii we give tome of the I 01 in 1010111011 In the i a e hone 1 i r CarI led I as file ex I R 0 In hrlgatirv H i ve oiith I IRA let aa llh I led I i list I i ti rltiKl lull Cull i C-ull Tho 1 1 plan rodIt vuul ogl it mitts sonuAlnig Is icl And I I aI I in still 1 while there no w ll leodvell I I propose I Ill I rn 11 Is oer ill I bo made vet Iliad p iv that Alicia a rrpjilitlon is d I I i ntial to 0 growth I put i I rnauriail I ol LIt ome 1 e II II 10 tn 1 ilvrn ill tie I It Prttit If fIt It f-It ho I n I > lle 1 light j it I o I pirtlliill by II < u ua me mme oil Ve I I Vtatcs t inurlnt 1 h1 levcopmenl ol the i II I II I i n a ntally include 11 ctuhtiv boiwcen the Mis < 1110 I Sfrav by l irritation 110 I i In ne stf llho I 11 > il IP Vl ll n lit 1841 fiw f a 1 11 i I ic Iu t i n C i i In I I u Mixi Arifuiu Southein nI I h > i rn Suits 1 IUilllluli Irani IUill lulu troll i I I 10 1 11 Id mime lauds On J llie tiiture ol the greater port I dt ndii stiff wlh n s i 1 e Wi i depends < all H i i I Ie i of the resources of I I 1 1 1111 v ihcr 11 now carcel II a sec Irnkllni several hundred miles out ol flat direct u v ml pasdns ill i all I itall i nil tr Misters Thi ra v n Is Imp le fir five hundred lles of its length xI tep In I line plau Montana Culr I I I rlrh < ana MI il In al halves I by > Kockv Mountain a vhlle ashln 1 u on Ore oii arr divided by the I < n I t i I Range a id the dislrlcli r1I either 11 l I these 11111114 have h l Interest 11 I common while many oll their 1111101 tomlrt I I itt Ihe proposers nfil tar I I unit Is I hat the tates 1 hall lie 1114114 II out with regard totoi ngrnphical afDmti and their tell 11oty hall he based wt nn1 vidcd water sjsietnstir drainage la I i sins When the reclamation ul the nnd i West Is I hIlly taken m hand they say tin litigation works will have lo be run irucled and controlled by the itale I flat whether operattd by the state nr tq I nvate c impan ea w will Im lin > o < lble lo accomplish what ulll Ito I required in laists I file missile IIr eers gallarfarve IlIlx lion district Ihe undent I the land KIII I waters Is under ui e set I law I and ie stale auihuntt AsIIlltatidihowthert is I not a rivruf consiileraLr sise l in nil the iirrlnitiii Country that duct I Ud flow 1I1Ih tAIornw > vata nr let riiorles In sister stnix of tne whole and I r gion an trosse I and re crossed s Its suio line g Inn us would i I be I needed 11 tell I the cmlous WAY in which the mennderniK ol river through three or four stales ur territories has raised all mann r ol Inlraalu questions ot water rights and Involved the whole U est In interstate problems The Dear river for Instance lists iu I lih lions noith Into UCluing tutus west into I Utah again thin back Into U joining crtssea lulu Idaho and linally comes lack again to the stale of Us origin tiiiplynijB Is I waters Into tile neat Silt lAce The Miuible coniplical uns con I coming water lights In this river art dailiK Indeed the Interior Deiwri Z 7 COINA4Ak < A C 4qo 4 Of N43 P IN Y e 4 e XA t4 1 A 1u at 50 U TM CuLDRA061 q 0 > 0 WE TTXAS 6 0 AdS It T LX A I I 1 4 mot thi almost uninhabited Western it in r i oils that may not be tell dd l At le 1 iu support large n opuli l 1 n 4 tile agricultural lands of the I lo article nfirrcd to claims to lar < t ell striation of the due ban been te it i 1 on wiihiut t any purlltuUr sys I III I Iltal Lori i rations hive bought dUI I 1 001 iKunble I sections ol 1 m H i me rivers lure nnd thereat I titd I and wiMin more ujter than j 1 d I WIwiv niter areas have e n enipttd lot the ute oft mall i I n Ithtfut t proleI flecause there t tip IIl1 khhors to dtm ind II hah a tl ha-h t > v ilue of l tire Und l under irri Ilonoct file upparenl other battlers I blung ud I their natural and l riitlilliil I I I at ul the ut cs arvu iier < upply btlru v l oil Ita tin greater I bti cut ul I others i bl ru 11 U I kind oflhm hu u n 11 I iht d < it si itilon bis been 1silictl I with the krowth until nnn I av F ten tat es are the scene of bitter nu is o r niter rights I Flit adjust I 111 at these lillicultits Is I ont ol file I uht in Hit proposed re parts in II i the Dialer reason urged is I i iht lutsuon ol irrigation must be I > I e Ul H the t IIIteA of the people a tiol 111 I I Altar 1 nupplt train suur 1111141 bo bo 1Id at 10 i m 11 I uple I 10 imitation l i this call c inn it Mbly bud 111r bu-d iu I Westero Mutes lire ut P t I 111111ated t I flit trouble I I i Hut I IM m II ons 11 acres of th l t irri l > I none late derend for tl eir ratur w II i r pply oil rivers that ine I I r l 4 r at r part or their lui 1 till i M si t The I oiilo 11 I t icu h ic-u t i an till ilir A t r supply ad asle io III lntllelr 04nII I OL I in tit nw rtatt It I I l iiimtd I tint large I areas t 01 otacit i vdualle hy l Irrlgitlun ihruuili file rloll ol toslly v bum ruined thriiuji the I e ntnt of agriculture on H iir slate IVIIIT I up I flits ro I run ronlliil lu 4e viconflict w II i State and Mime bit J lon o Iw l lure Cnngrris n I t II Ii I i Hit I Interior 1 1 Cl If as i ln v I fact agriculture is 1 h l H 1 is o V 11 I ivor ul CilloraJo lIi 1 cr it I n iu n me Colored people l III know if they must ah in Ion I I allI I industries In lai I r uf s killa lar I icrs Idaho rind Utah I u i and Nevada and I 1 NcviJi I fail are wrangling over like Ole It And 1 as agriculture n de e OPC I iimilir luestlins innumbirless armlg dl 1 lads uill arise among all Ow of the West Ihe troubles are cauwd by tile nunnc I loch tile states Wr laid 1 at A glance at Ihe mapi r tile Uit1 I i Lat h 111 show the not ible d hITrce n b un hrles in the eastern load I CIII ulvc III file eastern fall i 4 n lural boundaries rivers I mountain Ih ke Are Iirgey ftlluA I I 1i Ne n tilt tain th I ma to t al r wholly on the hats 14 I latitad and 1 I K dc mere is i 111 u isreg ird 1 0vipblial lines and the r 0111 I u ct t I a devriopt1 I along ullh I the v lo p nirm I ol Ju ihe ptarnt e uultry arc t Nallical I ncomple l In xuona el I n non n a people I lt hvuijt horlhos the irand sn Elt 0 caplu only by I merit U At present urestlivit ullh n bitter contest between Idaho mail Iuh uith rwiect to the dixliloii of the viatersof lilt titer I I he governor and people ol I I1I1J Idaho want Ihe department 1 to compel I the Utah people to > top developing their I Irritation Korku ai that tire ruining on I undoing I all Idaho has dint 11 I yvar4 nf uoiL Aualn there ate Some soc million I mil-lion acres of Und 1 In Id din that depin I holly on Water rising In A > omliv In I order to develop this land III U necessary that the 110 I PIC Ill laid line lull control I of the ualcr Uppla and I Irrigation Oaks in Wuening Moil ul the agriculture ofVwili dpcn wholly on uaten caught aj In Liliornli and IYIIO CaliUnui r I staiti In to U014C i i time Water ullhin I her own buu duiei there would be I mart trouIe Ineiu are hut unile instances ii > lhcaitlclt And thu la l I I but tin beginning of the era ul Irrigi tlon I 1 I he rented proponuil U I to u Ipo out i Therern1proposedli II ol i completely I lim I present utati And I I tcra I irhl IIIRH And re divid Ihe arid t and I sub humid West and SjuthuMt into i lilh I states with boundaries I In accord ullh the flat first contour of the country in I I with I special II reference to the requite nitnts of Irrigation Ol coulee III i > vo i possible to mtlu le the I iriril nvnrii I i rich In one irrigation district or In one i mite But uith the exception uf th Mluouri Kb Grande I Colorado Co t atloo lumbia ind Shoshone j and of two > I kntilkr rivers no tlrenni In all the irri tpMun country Would under the tire I i posed I l > million hours In the mom lianyiii mal dow Irom one politicAl division 11I111 I miiiher Each I river want have ill entire coiiist thioUili till aril I I region of the Unlled States confined I little the limits uf cint stale or tern tury Tins plan would pill a very dIOVicnt look mi the mail of the mud I I State The Sew VurL Ann jinii o u that Oi uould l also snake great hon ul ll iho political nITili ol the union The ftcheme would give tucnly HU aratki and i territories I In Place of the tithtecn I t I i now LOIII itute I life ucitem I half ot 1 the i IIflnuy value securing ti the lVeq t m I > I tali ilutnce ullh file Iast I in itionil i I i allairt III which IH tilts 1puI1 still give it full title 111110111 JWII I I fu urr There urtild then Ir I l Ity see i I I i slatM und ttnrjnth In the U i n l n UClakC Iopulatlollolh 1111 i ol ual divisional uould be about i ce Ijdred l all I eighty tnotmndmil te t itri < e 11ZI t settni ihiee tho i 1 Iov I nut I Ire n piire miles Ihoiu I crms arc I draw almost wholly upon n ural II hits i n id the areas ol lie i roou u k ala s lie tu cral ly umfirm I rail fly loll rl lie proposed illvHotn would 4 utijleu I tu I > luehuid For 1 all lit rrit the nnp t li 1 > the btoty Hut the Ach no a > nol Ict in > > ived the inJarnineiii ul the West itself |
