Show tr v t 1 y C r N L N f- f fr Neglected g I West West- 1 1 S of omission on the p part rt of of congress in c connection nn with ith tt matters tt rs p pertaining directly to the Western estern section of the j cou country y have been pointed out with s such ch regularity that it would i ise se seem sein m that hat the national legislature during its last session made a studied d effort to slight this thi section of the e c country to the e eu u utmost possible extent l j Only a f few w days ago it was stated that a telegraphic c anno announce announce- nc me nt had been sent out to half a 3 dozen n Western s states ates by the trie ther chief chef r of the dairy divisi division n of the e bureau a of animal industry in of Western states that appropriations for the department Hatt I t been been denied by congress s I Previous to this the information was given I th co congress gres pad lat latrea red rea reduced ced by half the appropriation for agricultural experimental work reclamation projects j 4 Now ow comes come the announcement that congress congre congressi s cut down dawn 9 yn t the e fO forestry estry appropriation to 0 a mere bagatelle and that as a result relt work or ct only five projects in the entire intermountain country will be De continued that the el elaborate pla plains s decided upon for the utilization t li at on off the recreation ion features of all forest r reserves serves will have to o J be ab abandoned for the year that range improvement operations operations' will c t in two and that some experimental stations may have to be abandoned Although Utah is favored with two of the five projects for tie the e entire tire intermountain and which will be be- conti continued in t the e I Wasatch n reserve erve these projects are of such an immaterial char- char a acter er that considering the necessities of the system as a whole th y might i ht a as s w well l have been aban abandoned on with with the fhe i important part oI the the- work 5 I Aside si e from the p passage ss ge of ot the ta land d te leasing sing and the powersite power si site bills by the way were of oflas as much much- importance to the c fry as s s' s sa a whole as they were to tf the Western Weste n section directly it d-it r it would seem seem that congress practically lly ignored t th the the great and growing West Vest upon whose reso resources resources of oil oil minerals inet I wool cattle and nd various other things th the entire country Is dependent ent to a great extent t 1 |