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Show TJIE SUNDAY MOHNINli EXAMINER, NOVEMBER 6, 1904.. tatkm of from fifteen million to million U ie diffi.-ul- t for to conceive the cumpreheii. ent llf"JM uer a stupendous scheme. . ; System Enlarged. The storate snd coneervatiot. In large rcervoir. which contp.i union but which are , or .Jt eeAe-itout- ? sure a constant supply of water needed, constitute one of l lt IV.wure ni-of the reclanmia.a the retention of fluo-- i water botr; n y r1' ui erate and torrential stream ! uui. proptr diversion Ibtreof u ' mems the present develoneirt of nt n, t eiii galion, which under concliiy." boa about reached its of ts. In the watering of sev.it mii'i,.. clencjr acres of fund, may undoubtedly be 1 in a short period of tf'ne. The goveminen c will lose tjoUiii;,- - by tht operation, aa It will be reiinurid uv proceeds of the sale of the lauds irnrictM to purchase by tne actual settlor in tracts at the actual cost of rvulaiiuuoa applied to each particulur Ijcaltiy, to e paid In easy annual instalments. The prol ceeda of sales are returned It the ivj'.int,. lion fund. to be used again for tin- ex;a! sion of the system in other VtcaliiUj, eaj tliua the government will gain by ihe conversion of the parched plain and j,v places into fruitful fields ami iilewei homes for the nililions of putnL.c peoK who will come to possess and enj.iy in, a. That the West, with In retnarkibly dry and , healthful climate, will agr. cultural success In sections where ii aril be will Is plains irrigated there no a iiq. In the irrigable valleys the chlrf cereal crops are barter, wheat ant on. 'j, will be passible to cultivate iru.: ire, ,v. yond what even the resided. t g,,. agtne. All fruits will gro r p., r'. 'ni;. Ie a alinund There great inriunry in nv vada and other States mid with the Irrigation under way this wg Increase. 1 might go further Lim d.i dl arj enlarge upon the possibilities f.ir tiie hum seeker, but the plans under nay are s stupendous Uiat a calculation is quite impossible. nuix-mor- WUSST LMIM 0F SBsmrmsxsM mm$ JUJIFOTriMS OTHSM WL1 i WBM Will n t. ? J - to-di-y. t Po tii utiea of the Future, In this healthful country I tike consideration all glares mertiur,t,i-ih- f;l in,, may bs grown every vartety of fruit. These lands will be made product he wliri water moistens tbe soil. The soil it It can be transformed from its ur.d iulle Into one unbroken atretcli of grcMi. Tien bearing apples, piums, peaches, olives, oranges, lemons and fvery k.uvg variety of table delicacy wll flourish om day where the sage brush anl the giva. wood 10 loug abeurbed the little wuistiut in the soil. The possibilities of this undertaking art Infinite. I am glad to say that wuik ii uuder way In one section that will ai,r SD.OuO acres, and that within a few ye-these many millions will have been dero-.e- i to transforming the face of this enure . country. Thousands of cltlxen of the Veit in I rtouthwest Hre united In this undurtnkin,:. These men represent the type of man win; drove an ox team In the early history cl the West across these deserts and are the bona and sinew of this glorious section of the country. to-d- ay W ILHAM A. CLARK. P ospects-fo- r Home Seekers Citizens of the United Rlates mxy obtain lands which are now being Irrigated, la March of this year there were open to entry ninety thousand acres under the Homestead act, subject to the provision of the Reclamation law. Under these sets tlm Becretury of the Interior la authorised to limit the ikmieetead entry to an urea forty and one hundred and sixty acres lie IIB day must come, though per 1'' I haps so for in the future that we I I cannot ha sard a guess aa to the date, when all lands at the United Stales will ho fully peopled and practically every acre of land de-- ; voted to agriculture. An important step In this direethm was taken when Congress passed the set to reclaim tha arid lands of tbs West and tha Southwest Millions of acres will thus bo Irrigated. Where tho Band Is Noam in clouds under a sun aa artificial water supply vrtn transform tho barren urastes Into green gardens and rich producing grain fields. There Is a now awakening destined for that great Western country, eo long tho valley of desolation and death. 1 ' semi-tropic- al Reclaiming Arid Land. By Senator W. A. Clark, President of the Irrigation Congress. compliance with your request for IN data and Information relative to tha work of the Irrigation Cougms. NoWhich convenes at El Paso, Texas, on vember 17, I beg to submit a brief outline of the program of tho reclamation of arid which has bean vigorously begun 1,100,000 arcs. .The Salt River project, lnoo tho passage of tho act in iIM, wall as a uescrli Akin of soma of the work, in Arisons, which cost about aa a few ujO, will provide for tha Irrigation with suggestions of to tho future possibilities and beneficent 80.000 acres of land and contracts have results of this vast and comprelwimltno, been let for tho completion of the work. For the Yuma project on the Colorado undertaking by the government. 17. JW. River, I3.foi0.tm lias been set as Ido by the By tn act of Congress on June received Interior Department. It was provided that all funds from the sale of publlo lands In excess of It la estimated that It will cost about amount and will reault In the Irriga-an- d tbe five per cent out aside for educatlonaljthat Call- -t ion of MB, Ml acres, at a cost of about tan other purposes In tha Btateo of Mon-ipIdaho. acre. The same conditions exist with foraia, Oregon, Washington. Dor South reference Dakota. North to tho Nevada, I'nrampahgre project in tana, Ne-- 1 Colorado comprising about lUO.uuo iuu-h- . kota, Colorado. Utah, Wyoming, and the Territories of Contracts have been let In Idaho fur tbe braaka, fa Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arisonaj Minidoka project, which will water lMl.tMNl should ho set apart to be used for tha acres of land below tlie American Falls, iwelamatioa of arid lands In those tttatas,ln Montana extensive surveys have been made In connection with the Milk River and Territories. Bine the passage of this ao-j project, which contemplates the diversion set np to tho present time there has availof the naturally stored waters of Bt. cumulated a fund of about h,fo,000 Mary's loike, and when completed this able for the purpose of reclamation, will Insure the reclamation or sevenU thel FVw convenience of administration thousand acres. was division a made service In the hydrographic brunch of the Geo- - No contracts have yet Wn let for thle In Loal Rurvey, and a atari of engineers construct iin. Surveys and etudlcs have waa appointed, of which Mr. F. II. Newell been made of other localities In Montana was made chief. The executive and ono which wilt undoubtedly lead to their! IRKJti&'L&D LANINS iri ViASiiOii V&LL.Y on ac- adoption and Improvement. In Nevtuli1 suiting staff of engineers, selected oonalsta count of ability and experience, In Urn varUms Slates ef about twemy-n- xbesides about a hundred and Territories, and forty additional engineers and assistant and a ronsldcnthla number of hi and laborvra Important Conferences, The princifatl eoginsem linld a conference each year at the place where the KNEW WAS THERE. lo mi !': Ul'k. Ih' "1 noli, illl't lint Irrigation Congress meets. Thiswillwas at Knd . W'hltiify In iigaln' m.iu. OW :u:c v. 'i i: tjat so lb- wouldn't suit." meet Ogden In Jim, and this year It i revelling c.iiisiruiUH,y in cmiilr a imtr' et K! Paso, Texas. Chief Engineer Why j an old in Ills . lisa tii opera a. is Vi. J- .1 llo-- i. enyiiig of Newell presides at these conferences, lie Will, brc.iumbaniUt-revived and is il and being up to on Ins Ti's ll.'IM 'll ' la an officer of the widmt experience an.il (OWI Broadway. IV. ni t r e;a;- s cim H invk!,. 11111 aelccted onj A surh vt I lie highest skill and ot':cars ago. long Mr. Of hi for iurlrg. ihv MmvMMui lit j : I i ee idrl I AS THE CLOCK TICKS ir ty SOME PERSONAL NOTES ill-- I N , - . . yu o'r:i wrlous manag.-- r that lie Is j w.vrni In whU-- the law Is operative, studies tlisi.. conditions and directs operations. !j,ihnliv All reports of tha reclamation service (.vf n ' are made to ttia director of the tnHilngic.il Survey, and through him to the Rcr.-i:ir)( of the lalarior. Binne Die passage of Reclamation act several of tha Kiuics m ,,prr which It la appUnablo lutve psM-acts ", t with the providing for !int gulng t, qull," said hr. Thin'l w.il srnuient offioars, and in others locel or-- ; y(l(J .i m gulng in put un p. Inof uscn water and others ganlxatlons oiora right sway. I'm not 1 know there Is mo'ii y !lvk W !!' 0discouraged, f.r i1 hay com In oner. -I know It's there beciiu-i- . TLe preliminary woTk of reclamation in. In ii 'A m!! n m.1 1 v, ,llt ' line the Uif'P .IJ i tf recunnoiasance, meusuremenia t and surety has been pressed forwsrd wlthj Aa .i a Fifth if seal and energy that deserve the hlgh-- j j' 1'ii.j.i i; est commendation; end projects fur active was h. I'.i-- s OHM G. CARLISLE has disyoverej y,tv. lit the f.istnrsses of Set auk it, work have been laid nut in almost a Wcnt bark or. ih Mr. new a with attribute. the Bute, upon which esthnat u tnaii m1 have M- -. tieen submitted, and a few of them have) J Carlisle spends Ids summers there hip! 1ur bc n no!--i- . or I' :i nuir tbi ppro-- l of th interior ihe'thtrV tm h.ui. u!i irt. Ahnkgm's c;nnn Ci'i'TS. si'.-vle- , - nf "l'vc's laitn-rv."- l iMUf." "Dolly Vurd.ii.' "When Wore the days e ioktum: yepts-Th- ar-.y- K-- . 1 ...lAi T lii o i . i l prJvin lurid already adojnM in thfarfiihuf ahoucj "No, iha farm tiaud !. Mr.. vi.rih Tiitf i: w w. :: n:i.--.r- Th . I ; I I ,: f: . is1 w ,f a ' K in- a i ) i ... i 1. - i . i1 ;;!! yus . U vii a r i. :i t .v ' f. 1. - il V, J 1. Z.( a.i.)jn th s lrfuU-Si-cni- e I.., (I, E.T I. j s. n, fill: re!" ,tn - ll- i. in Hk.eiS0.i KitunK .ji iidiive i 11 ; ri- -. c i' -- I r IU ! u.14 , t ... A i MASuN r j A Um M.-- wivd lirrnint. Li - I W cry well. Indeed, Thomas Y. Walsh, consist lug w . d In In Frluce and Colonel Msx"onl y W work of this coDfXC" ith a polite bow, taka theand there ; pwf" J 2. cret sry whom eha had lngton ure and the flsifottry The report of this "d that elw bn. been spooking he'r pldg dae'cW. before the congress here he ;.ia to the d.simguisiied Dr. Xamcl stratei the wisdom mrrS vention in continuing et 31 ward, to the verythe P,e l , ilnr.al cxpllal. where AMENITIES. was heard and natit-niT Is tull tl'.it Jubn Sharp Will. ,ii-- enacted which , kHl4 W 14 S'.c Ik illrf 1"1 t! a Til, in iy the mm of the O II, S UIJJ.I.-M- ' the lut ixe roiiiN:J ly tbe law passed by oy .ivk.ut and SIVjnvj'jl .Congress "1 it:, I it suspect lh"re were nnv tv Roosevelt on June 17. Mill ifr. tYliii.irii, pul'll". IMS t um d l.iuglit-- r. e There ere 12.j3l buys and "Tin-rthe tie in, l in the the Induelrlal schools of Ureal Rrii: aii't," I only our!," present. e - -- e foM .j-- u-- aporropreta souls in W, hut those who teres ts of the organisation at heanw'J determined to leave no stone U Congress and attain all right, but he kept me in hot water all go over mud speak a bit of pldgeon English perfect the was organised. It which for Ject to her. l. u ti.'ii!'. lie made up Ills mind tn get my In 10 there And the girl from the elope walked over in Chicago In ill paivrs every day, and nothing delegates enthusiastic of i hc the h::i. 'm in HOI email, dilnty figure the odd first move towsM .lh was As lucre wts no real news to give out. dreoe. and herself JvnllaL beside interest her. Bhei.f"!? Great . 1 he on.y eure. snuied and nodded. heb.Ksiitoiuunuf.i.-iureltani The Cliinese lady the business people of Cltlcsgo way to .Make It right so tb.it tho sinil. d and maided, too. Then tho ili- - by B. Mysom In bi H. Colonel East. to iL f b utst to fomitin remarked: wjl rril !ju;itrs "You dm-- allee way Hum China? IFow port of tho tt,h."1theietreinsrk liivi p.i::rr an..'!. Springs. 0 likre Meiunn klunntry? In tn- - weiks tliat follow luj mo , national departments liiii fk news, rcsieil liic liui a. D:i.-L sented at thl. imt tte of purest committee was appointed by of ! elU-hl- u . also authorised; i or lp-c- ra Is To fix the price per acre that shall bt charged for water, which prise shall return to the government the coat of the irrigation work. To fix the number of annual payments, not exceeding ten, and tho date when the payments shall begin. To perform any acta and make all rulee and regulations necessary to carry out tbs provisions of tha law. Thera is no charge for tho land other than tha usual Land Office feea All entries will be limited to from forty to one hundred and sixty scree of lead, depending upon location, character of soli, roughness of surface and Irrigablllty. All of the publle land will be subdivided Into homestead or farm tracts, each ef which will embrace enough Irrigable land to support a family comfortably If veil and carefully tilled tinder Irrigation. Any unmarried person over twenty-on- i head of a family years of age or any Intention to become who la or has declared tv a cltlxen of the United States who has used hie or her homes teed right, or who Is not then owner of ono hundredoneujol sixty acres of land, can file on any these tracts. Title to land cannot he acquired tmU all payments for water have been made. Residence muet be established on ln within six months after filing thereon, and must be continuous thereafter. not The cost of water to settlers hss been exactly determined, but will prohalwt be lie or thl per acre irrigable, payable ten equal annual Instalments witboai In teres L The land la situated from WOO to feet above tea level, and tho climate wan dry, the moan annual precipitation from four to six Inches, Snow rarely to a depth of throe or four Inches never lies more than a few days. " Temperatures are about the same Salt Lake City, and tho same crops reins there flourish hers, Tho soils are sandy loam and asny a of Carte the main, but In the lower part coniainw Sink Valley they are heavier, an admixture of clay. It la all valley U oovered with sage brush and greaecwooa. Well water, usually of good quality, the Tnickee-Carso- n project has been confrom tracted and tbe work Is well under way. bo obtained on tho lower land atand on w This will reclaim about 200000 acres. Plans to thirty foot from the surface and estimates of projects In almost all of higher land at from one hundred to s the States coming under the provisions of j hundred and sixty feet depth. Ilia act will soon be cqgipieted, and when The Central Pacific Railroad traverses t approved contracts wlllle lot and during 'part of the land, but the main bony the coming year the work will be actively Canon Rink Valley Bev from fire to tninr . progressing throughout tha entire arid mllee from It. . w district. There an now come twelve thousand With the view of protecting available fifteen tbousnnd acres of land under euhr districts from private entries the Iuterlor. ration In Carson Sink Valley, and the iiutidrro Department has withdrawn from entry population Is probably eight V.U1T and settlement large areas of land, j ent live public schools In the are niere . amounting In the aggregate to about for- and a half million acres, of which t The bt gation Congress. re--1 a half million have been three and About a dosen yean ago the first Rj' stored. It has been variously estimated; si on of the Irrigation Congress was io that In the sixteen Rtates subject to the' In Utah. This year tt will convene was nes provision of the Reclamation act 'there are! PasA, Since the movement beeomei" available from fifty million to sixty million thousands of persons have acres of land capable of sustaining a popu- - ested In the great movement to rKM1" the Wert and RonthwesL BfPort ,: pf.n-:- the da-lii- ag s .i.-vi'- all :il ri (tl-- ' iningi I Fr--.i- kc.' |