Show AS 4 d BASIS Of REG lAMI lAM lAM- I IS AT Ar 1 n Vater Water for Urban Use And Power Dominate the Uintah Basins Basin's Basins Basin's Basins Basin's Ba Ba- sins sin's Future Large Centers of l Population Trying to Control Reclamation Reclamation Rec Rec- Throughout the West Vest More and more our eastern states are arc taking the view that reclamation out in the arid west westi i is not financially successful unless power Is also developed so that thata a cash income may be secured to lessen the load Joad to be paid by the farmer At present the revenue revenue revenue rev rev- from power on the projects amounts to three and one half mil mil- lion dollars per year This nice sum with work done in behalf of Boulder dam and now going on in much the same fashion for the big Columbia r river ver out as the principal objective in reclamation reclamation rec rec- judging by congressional al records and political activity But there is another side to this reclamation matter that seems to be now in hi the background background background back back- ground viz fund for reclamation was placed in a re revolving revolving re- re fund by congress to be used and paid back without Interest Interest interest Inter Inter- est and to actually do that which might not be done iri irl any other manner Money might not be obtained obtained ob ob- for much good land at five to seven per cent the usual charge per annum because the cost is high th the realization of the farmers farmer's farmers farmer's farm farm- ers er's dreams Is too slow in making a 1 home and reclaiming thee the desert Land tand so that it could stand the Burden of time and interest t. t This money is actually and only simple justice given givenco co such states Because in ill n cerain cerain cerain ain sections projects have not peen Jeen very ery successful such as one or 1 more in Wyoming must not in interfere interfere in- in with the fair working jf of f the plan In this Issue we e give you JOU ou some reasons why this money is in reality state money handled by the national government we now bow to power and pe our ur desert lands to lay idle rk for tS-for for power may be found that may run concurrently vi th the reclamation A great me and cry has been heard used o successfully by California against the power trust The people eople are lead to believe that ve we must have the federal govern- govern nent into the power business in order to control this giant the power trust Every ery man knows mows chat that power may be controlled by he the states and by the nati nation n. n It nay be said that these big interests inter inter- ests enter too much Into politics and to beat them we shall have ve to play lay a bigger game An And 1 this the fact that the sanie ar- ar t claims as a fun fundamental proposition that th is so 50 big hat only by mammoth projects nay we successfully encounter it Utah has never had her share of Jf this reclamation money inter inter- est st It is time we had some Df of it Wyoming has had about about and is asking for nearly dearly as much more and Idaho aas has used about three thirty milI mil mil- I lion on dollars while Utah has had about and much of that paid aid back the Strawberry pro pro- The only big deal our state has had is this trans mountain diversion using Uintah Basin water water water wa wa- ter where the Lord never intended intend- intend ed d it to be used Is it not time for this basin to enter politics To play a bigger game If vie v dont don't we shall lose our water find and our Jur desert land will remain sheep range anger and our homes become less home like |