| Show PROBLEM OF TIlE THE ARID LANDS Important Papers Rend Read at tho gallon gatlon Congress I CAPT JEWS flow to 0 SkirO nr GOY loV Believe it Ie II h hnud Ihl nud n l Chicago h lA go Nov rov elect In 1 a letter leUer rend read tonight before Jerore the 1 Irrigation on r record rd n heartily In with the aim ot of the Ills IIi letter contained till his practical practical or of In the which will be from no now on for government for tor Irrigation and his appeals to iU 1111 citizens to Interest themselves In II a 1 will the entire nation A letter from General was the same end The congre believes that It Is as ae much the thc duty of at the to take measures to prevent n nto ae aeto to prevent tho of at harbors It It Is 15 just tie as rent n a duty for forthe the Government to open alien tip vast of lands nil n to now courses for shipping It believes further that the time for tor action Is 18 ripe that lii ground hu has been well 1 red eM that all efforts should be during the comIng ot of to secure satisfactory legislation DUBOIS Dubois Dubols ot of Idaho made II a brier address l In which ho he A great of once told ml me that the future home hono ot of tM white while race would ho be between the Fit 19 ocean the Missouri dail dailIn In Columbia on the north To fo Tome fome me this true trill Within these thelle boundaries are nrc acres of at that con can be reclaimed at a 11 cost ot of The government hav the tho power to take charge e ot of the ork of at which should be begun without dela deay lION IrON NEWLANDS Congressman Frank Frnnk O 0 Nowland or of told how the waters of at tour four I rivers In his State were lost In sinks or of orthe the desert Instead or of being used to irrigate the thousands ot of acres of at tar fer tartile fertile tile land which needed anI only the water vater to change It II a desert to prosper ous agrIcultural country countr Captain M t Crittenden llen ot of the States engineer corps spoke on Relations or of the Government I to I CAPTAIN AD I Dm SS Captain Chittenden Id In part The storage of at the waite flow of at lie Its becomes an indispensable con cen to the highest development ot of the western country There Is only one agent broad enough and powerful enough to handle so IO large n a proposition In Ia the way It should be handled The function clearly pertains to the gen ov which covers coers all the country and em the streams from theIr heir sources to the sea As to the burder Imoh Involved II It if the I work Wont be limited strictly to re reservoirs It will vIll be n a comparatively light onea more mere bagatelle compared with the cost or of other river works no now being on One million n ft year ear wilt vIll corn carry on the work M as fast tast as It wilt ever cr be needed and after the work Is well under way a Its 1111 benefits will practically pay for tor hat remains to be done Congress Wet we lOa may rest n never neer reject amelI a meritorious project so long ns as It Involves no greater burden than that It is III ol ent that Congress In III not unfavorably disposed towards te Ic gov of reservoirs but butwill butwill will be absolutely opposed to going oln Into the Irrigation bu I then is isone one rock whIch WI vt try to avoid lest Is cause caupe us k The reser Question must from the Irrigation question so 80 tar far as althe aid from the general government Is concerned The purpose of at the reservoir Is to gIve gle th the streams moro more water nt at tam seasons than the they had enlarge the resources or of nature It II Is not In any way Incumbent nt upon the to regulate the use or of this water after It I leaves nes the reservoir The Tho laws las regulations and administration which were good enough for tor the stream In Its lis natural conditIon will viii be goo good goodenough 1 enough nough for tor It In Its enlarged condition These Thelle two to principles should be given ghen corporate form torm In the resolutions this association present to eon Con Congress gress gres In asking for government aid In Inthe Inthe the construction of storage reservoirs I 1 That the tho vater so stored shall be for tor the tree use of at the people sub Hub subject only to such Ruch laws and regulations nil as may be In force torce In the Status through which they flow i and U 2 That In thus advocatIng the tion ot of reservoirs by the ted fed government 10 o the waste Waters ot of the arid regIons relon this asso aSRO elation dallon disclaims any Purpose or of draw mw lag Ing the government Into II a polio policy or of Irrigation works or of It en enacting enactIng acting legIslation for tor the of at the waters used In Irrigation as In Its Jud judgment such matters should bI be left exclusively to the States Statu It at And In proposing a law for Cor tb the ap or of money to build lid nn any re res particularly first whIch may be built It should contain the follow following ing provisIons 1 That the so 80 stored shall be for tor the tho tree free use or of the l tOple anti and shall be released under regulations to tobe tobe be establIshed h by the of at war or Interior all as the case calle may be 2 That the waters so PO rele l shell shall alter flowing oft art the government reservoir property become n a or of orthe the stream In lI Its natural and be sUbject to the laws and l regulations ot of the State or States through which the they flow 3 That the Instruction or of this re reservoir or of any other that may be built shall not In any wa way commit the tho government to n a POlICY 1010 of constructing irrIgation n II r of at controlling the distribution lit of the Water which flow from uh such reser I strongly hope that II a definite Sll step stepin In this work may be taken by Congress nt at its 1111 approaching sessIon One good reservoir built will be worth years of argument I 1 hope that In going before Congress for tor nn an appropriation 1 a site pile may be agreed upon which will moat completely satisfy the requirements for inItiating the work Select nt at site ot of less Jess than cost an and of Inore than average lf benefits Irate your our Influence In getting Congress to undertake the work Get money enough nt at the start to complete It H Then let It be Pushed to quick sue completion so IO that th the blight of if In Indefinite delay ms may not smite smile the In Its list listIn In fn this as In ILU au other there Iii ht everything In making 1 a gool start At the concluSIon ot of C Captain Chit Chittendens address II a general followed on the or of water by J tIme tho government for tor pUrposes i At 1 30 u a rece was taken taen until 2 A paper on The LasA Solution ot of All Water Vater Problem was waA read b by l Fred red Ilond Dand state engineer or of WyomIng i lI TR Aim AU I This followed bY a 11 paper on Ir II and the sugar D Beet by bert of at editor or of tIme the Judd 1 lie lle said In pa port rt It hu has been conclusively demon demonstrated by long practical experiment nt In Infield field factory that tin tinder der irrigation Intelligent methods are to produce n a hm heavy tonnage per acre arre ot of beets rich In n and nd hIgh In The almost continuous lIun aim shine In the a rolled arid region lur dur durIng lurIng Ing the growing period and the good goodweather weather that Is almost certain to pre prevail vail All during time the anti ami harvest hanelt harvestIng Ing stage make bet un tin tinder der Irrigation In that region as to bl be absolutely successful 1 as 8 In the crop line cnn can be InsUred It is II evident that this Industry is III adapted to the arid West It I is almost the only new industry that unites and amid manufacturIng No as to keep within the State or see lec tion the money now nolY sent away to pay for tor sugar brought In countries or from other of thIs coun country I f In ninny ways time the hour is II rl ripe for a vast alt development ot of the beet I sugar industry In till tIle United The Sugar Sural QI as profitable Ant Crop was the topic discussed I by hugh h M I Wile chemist t de d the United States department ot of tune ture I FROM GOV The Auditorium theater was well filled when nl ht to order from Governor was r read In which he said saidI I believe lIeve to the last point In the tho vital necessity ot of storing time tho floods and pro the lie through throughout out the plains of at the nock mountain region The problem ot of time the develop development ment of the greater Is 18 in n part II a problem of at Irrigation I naturally be belIeve believe lIeve In Il a government givIng generous aId to time the movement for tor tt it Is hot pos possible sible sibil anti Ir if It were It would not be wise to have this storage work done merely through prIvate ownership and owing to time the peculiar necessitIes of time tho case much of at till tie work must b bIanI be bedone done IanI by the national and not h by nn nfl state government Moreover It Is not only necessary to establish a greater system ot of storage reservoirs to Prevent the waste ot of the wAters It Is also necessary to the forests on the lie mountains and among the foothills ruts that In the Place there must be a wIde extensIon or of time the exist existing Ing system or of forest reserves and In time till second ulace these forest reserves must be managed aright They cannot lx so managed while there Is the urea pres tint emit among the federal depart of time the thither anti and therefore or of time the ot of their WI e are just getting to understand what II Involved In time the preservation ot of lour our forests orests ot anI only Is an at stake which employs more titan than half halfa Il a million ot of menthe lumber but the whole and develop or of the West I ot of time the entire coup try Is bound up time the preservation ot of the t forests rest Hight use ule or of the forests means the per for of our supply both ot of wood If aster Therefore WI we cannot attend I to be satisfied with anything short ot of expert and responsible management ot of the national forest anti oilier forest Interests Time The forest reserves must ho bo car cared d for tor hy by the best trained foresters to be had Just t as time tilt I reservoirs must be built and maintained hy by the best is III the same lame II need td of trained skill In handling the forests tn In your bt best t In as 18 timer Is lii In the b great At dais dau will some Bome fla lay brill pops tics lion ti tb ot of de rot In Inthe inthe the WI ny man un s ho haM hta 1 lr r dwelt on the 1 great knon knol H a what A mitt tor not only th the aster Wt bUt the Ule wood supply Is IB to the tattler end dt d course ever every miner knows w the me methin thin thIng Not oft does doea the need the water whirl the of tb li tO forest lt Itself nillo alNo preserves but bUL h he needs the Wood too So doe doel th the mIner so 10 do dues tb the and AM 1 ai does the railroad man mn The reservoirs runn t hut lut It Tier till full tull or of silt and the cal to 10 prevent this filling with sIlt lit la Ia to pr preserve erve t forests The forest tONt II ft great nt for absorbing and dla dl tilling water It I is the lit of erosion and Is II the danger point In any IIri UOn Without pretending to outline I it mUtely a workIng scheme I W tO poInt out that without the of the your Gill pl mallet inUit measurably I Fl ret study of the streams UIn which your depend R ond coti Ind of greAt h of rat by bythe the nIP extension loli or of till rot I Item eye tern tem anti hence or of control ot of the forests protection eUon and Ute use of th forest under supervisIon 1 urge you OU to lit 50 to It that owners of forests In the West and malt alike that Umber timber can be beUt rut Ut WithoUt foreSt destruction The department or of agriculture will tell them how And that the ownershIp or of water rights In the arId country and ot of forest lands landl anywhere entaIl public Re II well wella all a duties and The gut Fat Is II Interested In the tOm corn development of at th the arid lAnds ot of the Welt Jut Just all as time the eat Is 15 Inter cited In the development ot of our harbor Item and of our corn com all on the high seas No part ot of this country can be benefited without reflex benefit to time the other hart |
