| Show q M 1 r PROGRESS OF GOVERNMENT IRRIGATION uJ dw W V WN H Il In III F barge nt of tho iho int thou 1011 work worl toil nn story the tho other day a 1 Joint meet Ins 1111 of ot the thc and house hUll o of ot what the government Is to doing under the Ih law la foil Con Construction UI work lork Is In way In ht ninth and and very ery en surveys nIl nail of or Certain projects are arl being made In III all Montana ad while general len surreys HUOI are 1110 going on all over till the arid amid and amid arid region Mr Ur Ir Newell up upon upon on Oil the committee the necessity for tor thorough surveys and the highest util utilization of ot tine the H water liter re tho Ir of ut the he greatest number of 01 acres I the works which the government will build built are to bo be of or such fuch fuchu sucha u a I substantial character OA as to endure fur for I centurion centuries like Ilke the 00 human Irrl works of ot old It In is not a 11 wise IM policy i lie he II euld to tl rush Into construe construction tion of ot works betoN nil the detailed I facts faetH and ll of at any project have hll been gathered and carefully care tully worked out The cost st of 01 this reclamation Is h under un under der Jer the tho law lass la to 10 be borne by the Irrl and It Is estimate 1 will 1111 vary ary from tram IS 8 B to KO 20 per acre ace All government Irrigated land will unquestionably ho bo quickly quick taken up tip at lit such Ruch low lo figures where It II Is land and can l IN be secured under the home homestead stead law lull If It Hit It Is b held In private own It may nley 1110 rent not b I be oJ settled lIet t no so ly Iy TV The government 1 engineers find In la Inmost most t instances where they th have havo hn eU ed e sites that Thal largo o tracts of ot the adjacent lands have ln Isen n tak n 11 up for sl pur purposes poses under the Ihl Desert used land act or the commutation provision of lit home homet stead net act and are aro ar being belUK hold held h for III a It arl I rise rl tl e The flie fh offeree IH Is a good ROnel tine one for tor the land speculator who wll wi take his Ma profit print from hum time the t ht settler It H IH Is conceded that our cur foists tl are lie Inc lag Ing wanted nt lit a fearful rate mul lint If It the tho lIt nt nu of tit continua 1011 tI II II I tin till mite States will willU U Is 1 denuded of ot Its ItH Inside of ot 40 to 40 years yearn What objection nn nil th rr bl be b to b the Ih pine ns nR advocated by 43 h the till forestry u rind amid till the National I association to In nil all the Ihl rennin remain ink hug II public timber In III forest fits would e th hn till Iliin to In n the forests tR in HI tin tilt national 1 RO go O and rum tho Ili th Iles true rut thin The Tho K a I Ithe the IiiI timber or o under tinder NIC su III h Ii as aR would pie lit re Ili young roun growth thus Insuring In thin the th null r supply and future of ot Murano us 1111 Ii is I done II Oil In III the Ihl foie foment t lepar The rhe III 14 slop 11 to In this end cad U is Uthe I the repeal of ur th Ih IT tos K ni nu i nl timber and nil suin law lall under miler h fir ear earI I can 1111 in hire hll Ii hr to 10 hu hay merit land la wm worth th Ih flan flon nn art acre III for forT forrO T rO rho 0 Tit The hl and then IhlI at lit ator or ne s will it II oppose 1 any all am y such lIth atlon hUt hot tit the II people will support part It ItH urn OPY H n lo I LL |
