Show I THE t lR IRRiGATION m I CONGRESS Nu t MEETS Fourteenth Annual Session Opens In the Gem States Capital ONE THOUSAND DELEGATES s In Absence of President Pardee Congress Called to Order by Judge Shurtliff of Ogden III I 11 I I n ii tic SIC or if Unite loIe 1101 I lliel mm mimi I in ill HI Ing iii a 1 Hearty Welcome Vice Pr t I liaise e Idaho Sept X a More than one thousand delegates delegate representing uIt about of tie Die states stales of the tho Union were pie ent today toda when hen the National Congre engross s M d for tor It its Oli oti M annual session clon Oregon was waa represented by h nearly MO to delegates delegate tab sent nearly as all many and the California delegation of about aboul 60 0 w sz third in point of 1 numbers number Vice he President who ho od oti at St Hoist Boille before daylight this morn mornIng mornIn log Ing In was WAR escorted tn to the theater In III le patk at 11 Ii and re received r calved a hearty hearly the audience standing and applauding for tor fully full u a minute e Immediately after the snivel arrival of or the vice sIce president Ir the Ihl wan 55 called to order by b 1 I W Shurtliff of Ogden Itah first vice le president Trl lOY by George Georgel l t Li Patrice of or California president of the lbs congress was wal detains In California and will not b be present James A 1 mayor of ot Boise Hoh and aud ala br Frank Prank U It welcomed the delegate t to Lo the capital of the Han Haneta T stilt eta a alay lay Good In K spoke pok at wine some length of the Ih several greet great re t Irrigation project now nOl In course ure of completion In Idaho The convention was roused to 10 ap ape applause when Oo GO Hooding heeding referred to President HOC stating slating that thai it II IIa ita was a Mt It St HI Antimony Anthony in the Ih state of ot Hi ho hn where President MX six years eRN ago 1110 matte made his hl first promise to 10 the west tt to give his hili support to time the Ih movement I for forthe forthe or the enactment of ot a R national reclamation lion tion law lal Tue great grut Irrigation works In Idaho now nearing MarinI completion he hI said were the fruition nf of II this Ihl promise made by tJ President Roosevelt States Senator Fred T Dubon Dubos of ot Idaho voli vol ad d welcome to tok tOVIe VIe k President Pre Fairbanks and when he hI touched upon national politics refer referring referring ring to the Ih vice ke president as 15 a possible JIO lo ble ide presidential candidate the th convert conven convention tion responded with the ap arl o Senator J rOd if it rhoul Mr lre th the tho h vice Ie dent should lead the great rail of which he be 1 IH Is a dl member and If fate falP should decree that he lie bf be b the thu next president the of or Idaho would feel assured that they bad J d i imort mort opt ardent supporter In the presidential hlen hal for or the th vice ilee president Mid hI Senator had been ben one of the lh most molt consistent advocates of legisla legislation II thou tion for the Ihl reclamation of o the arid ari 1 regions A letter from President wa wu was read It U follows follow rs To 10 the and members of the I Irrigation Boise BolI IdA Ids Operation OI rollon under antler the reclamation act arl which i sIgned on June 17 I I Ihan have han has been b carried on omi energetically dur during durIn log ing In the Ihl four years since that date II Ie The reclamation service ron of over oer 4 skilled engineers and exports experts tl in va ye various a rious lines line has been II organized organised and Ind It Ir I Inow now noli handling the I h work with rapidity and effectiveness c Construction Is III al ai already alff ready ff d well 11 advanced on IS sa great grent enter enterprises prices In the Ihl arid states and there lies hall been I MO acres of land laid out for Irrigation and of nf this thU acres are arf arenow arenow now under tinder ditch 80 miles of canals mind and ditches and lOO feet of have lune been completed and ami cubic yards of earth and 00 cuM cubic cub yards ards of rook rock have been mowed moved De Dc Detailed tailed surveys have han been extended over oer square quart miles mike of ot country within which the reclamation work cork Is bIOta located and miles of f lev level Ie el ei lines have been run Three Ihne hundred buIldings building Including offices and sleeping quarters for workmen have hae been belll erect erelt td Os 11 by the reclamation rda service and about an equal number r by b the con In traitors StetSon Over men macit and about I horses are at al pr went employed i PERIOD PASSED J The period of general surveys purveys and amid examination examinationS for lor projects is IR past put Kf m fort feet U is I now no concentrated In III getting g the Hili water aler alien a sufficient area Hea of or ble We land In n each coch t to put Jut It lion on a it revenue e producing basis To bring all allIbe the Ibe projects to 10 this point will upwards of which amount It 11 ItIs itis Is I estimated will be n II lt from rom the th receipts from tho the disposal p sa I of ot lands for the 1111 years MII DIFFICULTIES AHEAD We he ft may mar well congratulate ourselves upon the Hit rapid 1 p w already made nae and rejoice that the Infancy of the thc work vork has hall b heen blon cn safely pawed Hut we VIe must mUll not nol forget forlet that there are dangers and difficulties still 1111 ahead alt ad and that only un unbroken broken vigilance Integrity and good goM pence rens ne will III suffice to 10 prevent There Ther Is now no tin question as asto II asto to where the work stork Yo rk shall hall bo ht done how hol howIt holIt It shall be bl d ne or the precise e way In which the shall hili he made madl All 11 that thai Is III settled There Thle re rl remain main insIDe however tIme the critical tr II k ll question n not of ot 10 be w t l t I to utilize the reclaimed 1 lands landis by b putting J them Into the hands handsor of or actual cultivator and homemakers who will return the original outlay In annual In IA installments pak Id hark bark into Inlo tho fund UM the Ihl question of tI n see nee tog Ing In the tI lands land ire are sr Id for homes home and an wit not for ii of ot speculation n or fir for fee forthe the tsp P of or large fortunes TI r OF or This Thill que ti Is III by nn ass means she sim simple pie 11 It t a easy AI to In in I maske kr 1 plans nl and aM spend d money During lurlne l the time when the government Is making a II great IPat In Investment n vestment like mee this Ihl the men 01 In charge darI are praised and the rapid progress Is L commended limit Hill when the Ih time comes for the government to 10 demand the re refund refund fund fUM of the Ih investment under the terms term of 01 time the law then the law III itself will wi be put pul In to I time till test and the Site quality of ot Its lis administration fl will 11 appear Mr The pre press Ing log danger Just now WJ springs prInK from the desire III of or nearly pul every net man mn to 10 get t and an h heM M an as touch much l urh Ind Und as al he can an whether he eec can Ill handle It profitably or not nol end ami I whether or r net not It Is I for the Interest t of tin the community that he hf should houll have it t The prosperity Iro of lit the present Irrigated areas came camo Am from the th of f th the theland land and the consequent intensive Intend mitt 1111 I setter all n With an adequate supply of wa as water Sec ter a It farm of nr rh 1 I acres ArreR In some Mme ml of tile the If arId wen or Ar r of nr 4 ell A acres Ill tiet where hIlt U Is I a as large ai II rosy may ml b be u ea I I I fully full tilled by b one family When there J forE foie a man Inan attempts to hold holl acres airas I I of or land completely irrigated by b gov gow 10 i work he l is If preventing others oth othI I from acquiring a 1 homo home and I is actually keeping down the population ot of the th thI I state NO XO IN 1 I Speculation In lands reclaimed by bythe the Ilie government mount munt be e checked at III whatever cost COlt The Tit I object of o the reclamation 18 act It ii I not nullo to make mike money but bill to 10 make Therefore Site th requirement of the reclamation set art that the hue 11 of ot th Ihl farm firm uni shall be he limited In each eh legIon to 10 the area ices which will comfortably support one epic family fa III n must be bt enforced In lit letter and end andIn In spirit This doe do not 1101 mean mn that the farm farni unit thai shall be sufficient for tor the present family with Ith Its future grown children and anti n hut but rather that during the th 1 Ie years of or payment the Ine area rM u for each family shall hAIl he to support It 11 When ben once onre the farms hut have be been n fully full tilled by br tree free hold holders ere little danger of land monopoly will viii remain n n IRRIGATION O DUTY This Thin great meeting of ot practical Ir rigatoni should hould give particular atten attention attention tion lion to 10 this problem and nd others of lIf the Mm kind You ou should and I doubt not nol that you lUU will iII give h your our effectual support to til t the of or the govern government mont ment In making the reclamation law I w In all Alt respects and sits particularly particularly getting hll back the original Invest Investment investment ment so that the lilt money may Ina be used u g In the th completion of other pro IW projects dl and thus In the general exten extension sion km of prosperity IrOll In l the west Until II It has been proved I that this Slits Brent greet In Investment investment vestment of J S In Irrigation tussle made by ly b the government will sill be I re rC returning turning to the tb treasury It H I la Is useless le M tl expect tx t that thai the Ihl people of ot the country will consider direct 1 appropriations for tor forthe forthe the work Let Iel u us give Ihl time the reclamation service pervice a chance to 10 utilise utillie the lie present Investment a I second time before dl dill die dillu cussing cursing u ln such Increase lUIt I look forward with great confidence to the result re III TIlE Uy fly JI Hie tit th side able of or the th reclamation r sery IIrVIn ire Ico there Ih ha h Lisa grown up another of 01 not nol less lew Interest t and value to 10 you Ou of the west nest This l Is the forest service which was II created when the charge of ot the forest reserves reserve was I transferred from the Interior department to the de tie department pertinent of or agriculture The forest forejt policy fIOlI of ot o the administration which the time forest 1 I is II engaged In carrying out nut I ii based burd a as AI I have ha often said RId on the vigorous purpose to In make every re Pounce nf of II the Ih form forest reserves contribute In the Ih highest degree to 10 the Ihl permanent p prosperity of the people veople who depend upon linen n them If ever er the tints time should come caine when the western forests are aro de tie destroyed strood IroNi there will with them the lime prosperity p of ot the lle tile the miner muter the Ihl lumberman and the rail mil railroads railroads roads WAd II and most moal Important of all the IIII smith small ranchman it who Yoho ho cultivates cultivate his hili own onn lotus land I 1 know kno that Ut lt you are IIII with me moe In Inthe inthe the Intention to 10 preserve the timber the water and nul the grass grawi ra by b using them fully 1111 but bul wisely and conservatively Wo We propose 1 to 10 do tie this through the Ihl freest and most 1 1 cordial cooperation be between b wren tween the government and every ever Ir man muon tho U is In iii sympathy with 1111 this policy polleT the wisdom of which no I man who knows the facts acl can for a II moment doubt It Is III now no less Is than two tan I wn years since the tb forest service s was WAIl established It Md hail 11 a great task before betor It III to create or orN N the on ot a 1 hundred forest reserves and nd to 10 ascertain and the Ih very ver different dl local conditions tins and local ne needs dt all over the west It This task k U is not tI nd of course coure It Il III net nn we hAd In tn so 0 short It A lim 1114 Up be the w OIk rk has been car carried r tied riM forward with energy npr and gence Ir and enough ha hl bee been b n done to It show how ho our fortt fOIl 1 policy Is working Orkin our on P Tie Te re rl result of first Importance to 0 you as II irrigators is III this I hi The Th fore forest i service Iee has hilI proved prow that Ihal Great foreM 1 fires Ares ran can ra be hI controlled by b controlling them heni Only of ot one per cent rent of or th the Ihl theares arM ares of or the Ihl forest reserves we 1111 horned burned over In This achievement was U due both bolh to 10 the forest forss t sl and I to the Ihl effective assistance nf of settlers settler and others In and arid n osar r the th reserves reserve Bv Hr K the Ih government has hu ev ever r cp spent nt upon Its 1111 ort forest work ork Is III a small smell price pile to p pay lJ y toy for or the knowledge that the I h streams ml which make mAI your rC r prosper prosperIty Ity It II can ran be he and amid are aN being freed frd front from the E threat of ot forest tires fires Dl WITH The longstanding 1000 and formerly hit bit bitter biller hittel tel ter difference between the stockmen and the tho forest forNI officers are nearly all alt settled Those ThO which remain are art In process of ot settlement Hearty cooper on atlon ll exists almost everywhere be between between tween the officer of fore forest t service and andI I he time local associations as of or stockmen who are appointing advisor committees whIch ate arc ar systematically consulted by bythe tile the forest service on Mil all question In itt which they are concerned This moat satisfactory condition of ot mutual help will 11 be hot HH as welcome to 10 you ou as It II Is I to 10 the till administration and anti to the stuck stock stockmen men To the stockmen It means more and more certain grow grass to 10 you yost be because because cause of time the better protection and wiser u use e of ot the tJ range rance It II means NIne stead tead steadier ier lef er stream flow 10 and more water Ilter The Th sales of ot forest reserve timber to In settlers settIe miners lumbermen and o oth othU h hn n U user u PlIC are lire Increasing very rapidly and nd In that way Will alto also the th reserves f an Rr successfully U meeting a growing need IN I LAntI nf la lit I the Ille forest r rn that are IN Thor more valuable rateable for sericulture than Shams for fori fouat t are r rt being to 10 set Mot and entry as AI r f fast tul t u is their atri ano Cult I character can ran be bI ascertained There Is I h rei i BO ito longer lon r excuse eims for saying that the r cosines ns r urd th the k taste mile settlement sod and development Dt of the misS country On Ott ib lbs Ib contrary ta the y promote and ancl that 1 d development v nu and lbS do o In It no way ni more molt powerfully than through their direct to 10 the echoeS and ad r 4 Ten T per J r cent of or all til I II the I he moRry r receIved cel ed from Im the forest is rl meetra I etra tn K IOU aces tn to I the Ibe fU states fur for till the u us of the Ito counties In which the tel rn He lie to tobe be tie for tor find end road rend The amount lUDt f t this lists II contrIbution I is b Marly Ill 5 7 d a for lur the first j fIr ear r It will grow gw 1 nud nudity 1 ity ily It Larger lutr and M Mil ill form a C certain lh an and nj ix source ur of or incises I 11 b 11 would 4 not nol h Ii have n been tn the r raM ease te with wUk the taxes UI pUce place It takes tl II a II body of It f Intelligent III 1 ral cai a I well trained l ns of or tin lite lb nt nest wt l Is III n MIll bull I Up en In who th tM the nl ur own are ate end MI d lil be safe r All AIl these there retain 1111 ate alf peed good but bUI they ba bat fo c mH not beeS bea achieve by br th 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