Show NO DOG IN MANGER Government Will Not Interfere With I Private Irrigation Projects i 1 Seattle Wash Secretary Vash Secretary of the Interior Interior Interior In In- Ballinger who has just returned returned return return- ed d from a conference conf rence In Portland with officers of the federal reclamation service ser ser- service vice said on Thursday The reclamation service service- will not play the dog In the manger policy toward toward toward to to- ward private irrigation corporations Instead the government will give all aH possible encouragement to private enterprises enterprises enterprises en en- where they do not conflict t. t with established o or projected federal reclamation projects There should be no issue between private priya e capital and the government and land should not be withheld from entry beyond a reasonable period of time Ume where Its js s within the range of private capital Se Secretary Ballinger said that his biB present task Is personally to examine the various projects thoroughly to Investigate In the workings of the reclamation oration mation service then to formulate a report thereon thereon which will be made to President Taft direct He declared What I am trying to do Is to cement the Roosevelt policies as to water waterpower waterpower waterpower power resources and to bring them into a state of homogeneous ency |