Show THE CAREY GRANT A few people wo aie finally waking up to the or of the carey grain beaure the legislature adjourns the advisability of the acceptance and ana utilization of this grant gram at thle this time musi be decided what to Is known as ae the he carey grant was the action of fifty 1 bird chiru COD in PRIS Dg as 88 RID ao to the general appropriation bill the foli following owing sec 4 that to aid the public land states in the reclamation tion of the desert lands therein and the settlement cultivation and sale thereof in small tracts to actual settlers seii lers the secretary of the interior with the approval of the president be and hereby lo 10 i authorized and empowered upon proper application to the state to contract and agree irom time to ame with each of the states in which there may be situated situ aed beert lands as defined by the aoi entitled emitted an act to provide for the sale of desert land in certain states and territories approved march third eighteen hundred and seventy seven and the act amendatory thereof approved march third eighteen hundred and ninety one binding the united states to donate grant and patent to the ibe state free of coot for urvey survey or price such desert lands not exceeding one million acres in each state as the state may cause to be irrigated reclaimed occupied and not less than acres ol of each one hundred and sixty acre tract cultivated by actual settlers within ton ten yearb yean next after afier the passage go of this acta act as thoroughly as is re quiren of citizens who may enter under the said desert land law before the application of any state is allowed or any contractor contract or agreement is executed or any segregation of any of the land irom from the public domain la is ordered by the secretary of the interior the sta e shall file a map of the baid land proposed to be irrigated which shall exhibit a plan sho showing ing the mode imode of the contemplated ion aud and which plan shall be sufficient to 10 thoroughly e and reclaim bald aid land and prepare it ic to raise ordinary agricultural crops and shall also show the source of the water to be used for irrigation and reclamation reclamations 1 and the secretary of the interior may make necessary regulations for the reservation of the lands applied for by the states to date from the date of the be tiling filing of the map and plan of irrigation but bat such auch re reservation shall be of no force whatever hat ever if such map mao and plan ot of irrigation shall not be approved that any tale otate contracting under this section is hereby authorized to make all necessary contracts to cause the said mid lands to be reclaimed and to 10 induce their settlement a aud d cultivation in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this section bul bui the state slate shall not be authorized to lease any of said lands or to use or dispose 0 of f the same in any way whatever except to secure their reclamation cultivation and settlement As fast as any state may furnish satisfactory proof according to 10 such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the secretary of the interior that any of said lands are irrigated reclaimed and mccu 1 pied by actual settler ra pa ent sohall ashall be issued to the state or its assigns lands so reclaimed and settled provided that said states shall not sell or dispose of more I 1 ihan han one hundred and sixty acres of lands to 10 any one person and any surplus of money derived by an adv v state from the sale of taid aid t i lands landi in excess of the cost of their reclamation shall be held as a trust fund for and be applied to the reclamation el cla la of other desert lands in such state that to enable the secretary of the interior to examine any of the lands that may mav be celeo ed provi provisions Ions ot this section there is hereby appropriated out of any moneys in the treasury not noi otherwise appropriated one and dollars approved august 18 1894 the legislatures of wyoming and idaho promptly accepted the be grant the session of 1894 6 5 establish log the price of land at 50 cents an acre and providing that contracts should be maue made with private companies for the construction of the irrigation works all details including plans of ef construction tend and the price to be charged for water rights to be ap adroved by the state also in accord ance with the policy of the stated declaring waitr and aid to be inseparable and that settlers purchasing water rights under such works should have bare a pro rats rata interest in the irrie atlon system so that thai the farmers under each ditch should finally own the same thus turning sg it into a district system probably as near a combination kecur ing the benefits of the california dis brict triot law and the utah basis basia of con et at ruction ownership and control as aa any legislation so ao far devised can secure boure in wyoming large works are under way in the big horn basin and smaller operations are about tu to oom corn merice mence near ft bridger in idaho the withdrawals have not been so BO great grear the abe controversy bt between tween th the e american falls and peoples co both practically utah concerns being at present before the public as a leading feature in montana and colorado the grant was accepted and plan ot of operation wa provided nevada accepted the grant but made no provisions for utilizing it washington accepted but the price of land was placed at 8 per acre thus the ot of the arant and satisfying the water COMP company that op ased its acceptance As wyoming has been a large im porter bporter of agricultural products product farmer farmere have been more urgently urgente y desired thao than other classes of new citizen and iu in that state elate the carey law can and will be of the greatest benefit in colorado probably large reservoir construction will be the feature to be and developed to co the greatest irea tesi ad vantage in connection grant montan wa wilt ill flud fiul its ita advantages to be general ati and I in nevada it will probably be utilized to kreal great advantage to assist in securing reservoir construction in I 1 ano abo the cagial work on river will furnish the base of operations ions which will prove its ita useful nete the effect of land at 50 cents cenoran an ocre ano dd perpetual water test practical ij actual custe cost Is s already being felt lu in the he equalization of lana jana values with first class land and an ample water supply at less jeep than ton ten dollars per acre competition corn petition forces down on land and water ader the older irrigation systems iu in the state at t will do more than that in the wety very near future which utah farmer may insy as well begin to realize arid and prepare for with gooon land and plenty et 01 water io in eastern idaho at about tu t 6 u dollars per acre can utah farmer afford to raise wheat and potatoes on OB land held bold at lifty fifty dollars and avei this suggests naturally toe the effert eale t ao an acceptance of the carey grant iu in utah would baar it trie price should be at of y cents an acre would it throw dow dobo n values of other land unless favored by reason of location or advantage or of moll it if a price hill hillcher ther than 51 cents shoula te be established to what extent woul the utilization of the carey grant give sin aft advantage over the homes teso or the per acre privilege under the he desert deaerts an act and the heavy taxpayers tax pay era ot of the State who are now 1 groaning 1 under their buren bu may ask lu what extent the segregation ogre gahlou ol 01 land such as aa ia 18 contemplated under this will prevent the best possible utilza utilization tion of the laud jana grants to the th stott they probably feel that the state juni grandb should be used to the best beat advantage and while exact justice justi ct should hould be done to settlers who art ar now DOW using state jandt jande yet the interests 0 present prea it farmers anu and taxpayers generally y should be considered ahead ol of the interests of future settlers it if to enact encourage urage same tu to an unusual extent would tend lend to reduce prest nt farm values or prevent the state from rom securing a reasonable share ot of the re goon good lanu in utah in the sat eat of the grants tor for state tiong aud the support of the common Acho abool Cb ool olp in the con considerate consider 0 of this subject the following facts may well be con si sidereal derea i dereu tue total grint grant for common schools to four sections in each township or one didah of toe total area of the fiatt the grants for public amount to 1 acre the etl mated total area 11 J the slate of irrigation good food lands inside of indian reservations Is about acres that to ever use wit this full amount many ex pe SITO elve storage sy systems steins w will III have b to to be that to secure i the state slate abas has been given acres acre being one third of the grants referred to above that u dr der present o the mis me ei ellane laneous oua grants can not be entirely filled with valuable lanu tuat un on er cr itie atie present operation of existing canals canah in mob less than a million dilloo 1 I scree are and over 50 per cent of me cne available water supply is 1 wasted waste but owing to the ui unfortunate fortunate campli ca capiris anu anti conflict of a now dow existing there la is but little hope of an alt irrigation at this 8 aplon assion of the legislature under Und erthe alie circumstances and con eider iufer og the lute rests of all concerned I 1 alieve ottlie el vo the carey grant should be accepted but that mat its ita application shoula oe he to such operations as ae way may be b bleily shown to be ot of equal or greater in the utilization or of the mio mie grants ol 01 the state diate C J E W |