Show LSE A Y CST MilliONS MilliONS' m U USE f f Of PARKS IN n DEBATE HAlf J Eastern Point of View That West Has No Regard for Natural Treasures Declared to Be Be Untrue By FRANK BECKE BECKER lIE East East and the V West est ar ares T TIlE JL distinctly divided o oui on 1 th the t j liu- liu ut- ut development of Vestern l lands according to writers in n na national 1 4 t. t and local magazines magazines and ac according to comments of local government gov gov officials ls The matter mattei Is rag raging rag ra ing through government departmental at Washington and has to do with tJi i utilization of waste waters of the W West st as opposed to the possible o of some of ot t tie the e scenic beauties of- of th West est t tf jC The East contends that base mate in n the development of Y of fruitful acres will ruin M some me ome mountain moun- moun tam tain meadows and waterfalls which future Eastern tourists might enjoy Tha Westerners clai they ca camake care can make male th thousands of homes for po poo tl Easterners who never have have- a a. a. chance to bee ee a waterfall anyway The fh whole controversy elsy Is using up tone ions of paper pulp in iii printed matter Idaho Utah and oth other r states stand to lose hun hundreds reds Qt Ot n mil nII- millions l lions lion in future prosperity l HOW QUESTION AROSE A H The question arose over th the i iv l power bill Jill which included a pr provision vl lion tor lor the utilization of waters water fn fr n a. r parks An immediate protest arose aron In tl the c East fathered by Emerson Hough In Inthe the Sat Saturday Evening E Post who sel see e forth at some length and and with muth vehemence that Yellowstone park was wa about to be stolen from the t American people He entitled his article I Pawning Pawning Pawn I ing the Heirloom He s said agid id that de deI designing designing de- de I signing persons were seeking vast waI wa wa- wa r privileges and vast irrigation I ent enterprises which would ultimately ruin Yellowstone park as any fit place for a sightseeing tour He is followed I in a later article by William C C. C Gregg Gregs in the latest issue of the same magazine magazine maga- maga I zine in opposition to the Fills Falls river liver I project t which would irrigate acres add worth of or food products annually and supply homes home for additional persons along the Snake river in Idaho HOW IT AFFECTS IDAHO s This controversy is of serio erIo serious s 's s import im fm- port to the people of ol Idaho and an Utah r especially specially because of l f informed Ill p persons per per- r. r i sons sons sons-of of the East are permitted to prevail pre pre- I vail in their propaganda theVe t will will will- j always suffer suiter when it comes to to asking ask I rrt f I congressional appropriation for or recio reci mation wherever It may be according 1 to local government nt officials who are I j familiar famUlar with the situation The New West magazine of or SaltI Salt Bait I Lake has taken up the battle brittle an and In its last issue carries sev several raI articles I by men familiar ar with the Falls river lver project protect They declare that a great great swampy country in the far tar southwest southwestern I em ern corner of Yellowstone park never visited by tourists and not worth S se see I Ing will simply be created into a I giving lake whose waters will wl furnish food for future generations f fA A WESTERN STATEMENT l P. P S. S A. A Bickel cl among other r ti tout to the thelast last is t. t j of or the NeWS v West Vest has this to say on the thc subject The Fall river bill asks for r the right to store and conserve w waters lo t the water supply to Irrl gate sate about acres of ol land that that- will be the means of earning 11 10 V OOOO O worth of ot food prod products an and will vill support people along alons the Snake I Idaho I I The land In the tho Yellow Yellowstone to 1 II na tit tit-L t t park required for storage g pi rj r- r j poses covers about cres of pC samp land lani which is iN remote from froIT I travel and never visited or seen seeri by br by the tourist but only by a f few w trapI trappers trap trap- I I pens pers and fishermen i By Uy mea means ls of this storage J F I acres of land will have a t suJ sufficient leht water supply to insure num numerous rous' rous well elt j irrigated farms of ot alfalfa sugar bee beete In and beautiful homes much trees homes to to I more beautiful than the swamp SWami of f no noI I value or beauty but I with rues flies and mosquitoes during the thern he heI j I summer months It would seem eem that there can be no argument in favor of not granting the uso use of oft oft- i this site bite r fe-r tho the storage of ot water PRIDE PRIDE IN PARKS I The people of tho Western Vestern states state have as much regard for and nr ar uro tt us proud of our national park and scenery sc ICO nery as are the thc Eastern people bul but the Western Vestern people understand more fully the needs of the West and go so o a a. little farther J t. t Beauty Is only skin deep hut but ut usefulness usefulness use use- combined with beauty Is Is a 0 wonderful combination and ii a blessIng bless Ing ins to those who have hwe this and and a a a jc joys to all It lt has been a great disappoint disappoint- ment to the people in the West Vest t a few people In the East who are not familiar with the conditions Inthe in inthe inthe the West Yest have been able to hold back the progress of ot the West Vest We e from the West Vest are asking nothing more than at tl-at we may be granted d the tho right at least to do what we find Is best to manage our own homes as wo ve find rind best to do TEAPOT TEMPEST I 1 bEeve K I. i Is a tempest in a a. teapot teapot tea tea- pot said Ralph n. n Woolley h hydraulic engineer of the geological survey Continued on Page 1 12 i USE OF WATER Continued from 1 with headquarters in Salt Us has visited most of the s m the intermountain country countr T Tern cm ern method of conserving al not desecrate scenery bu but cases actual actually h adds to toof t 1 lof of the country country There a 3 v I of acre aero feet of waste vat wat from the continental divi divit adjacent to Yellowstone i 1 might be conserved the aesthetic taste of ot an am amis t is not directly concerned i f i river rh-er project but we ve are aro aro t I tIn in the future utilization o 0 oters of Green river thousands of acres to the I 1 area of this state Shout Shaul 1 river project fail fait the propose river project might go 50 by h also J Ralph S S. S Kelley chief chit f Q t service of the land offic f it and Idaho belle believes es there thereof s of laying too much stress stresses o 01 beauties to the detriment 01 trial possibilities There danger in ht the fact that tint th he ganda is spread by persons persons' pers not or orill will ill not understand 1 0 of the question In its fi fihe fihe fir he says reclamation of i 1 acres in the West Vest to ti mcrea of the nat nation ion is ifs 19 I. I s sma smatter ma matter master ter of spending money t W I money The loc location of d da t Voir sites and power po hells hous housed ter that could x e-x easily ih be Vie ad u tween the iu ines r r. the enthusiast K Ie n to o 1 can cm both ichu th their ir ir en enc doing vi lence l to either tOil |