Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-07-20 | Page 2 | To Reclaim Waste Lands of Nation

TO RECLAIM WASTE WASTELANDS ti-i ti LANDS OF NATION Irrigation Congress Will Probably Probably ably Ask for Gigantic Bond Issue When hen tho the National Irrigation con con- congress r gress meets at Spokane August 9 to 11 H. H a resolution memorializing Congress Con Con- gross gress at Washington to 1 Issue three per percent cent Bent bonds running years ars for forr r- r r. r to bo be used In the tho reclamation r mation of ot Innumerable waste lands F F throughout the thc country and In generals general s r national Improvements will be bc pre pre- s. s nt l for tor approval The Tho promulgators of ur tho the plan say that Congress Congre 8 would not bo ho asked to appropriate a L pone penny I I and that the returns from the tho Improve Improvements i menus ments would more than pa pay off ott tho j bonds in the allotted time The Tho board of or control at Spokane is behind the c movement omont Ono One billion of tho the thoC five C billion would be bo for drainage of oC swamp lands lantis thus Huts reclaiming an area equal to i st miles mlle Ono One billion would go I fur for tho the reclamation b by Irrigation of of acres S of ot arid aril and semi arid r f I lands now wholly or partly waste I Utah would Iw he the tho scene ceno of a a. great part I of the reclamation work undertaken i under this provision of or the thc resolution I Ono billion would be bA used in tho the i construction and Improvement ment of 11 deep e II 1 I waterways s to develop thousands of country without adequate miles of ot country now I watts facilities Ono One billion would go o for tOI- tOI roads an and national I highway In line tho l present lack of which tho ho he armors of the country aro uro reputed to loso lose 50 annually One billion hillion bil hll- lion would go tor for tho the more extensive work of forest protection ant conservation of or forest reI re- re I thus tints for for all aU time ode ade- timber and lumber supplies In In case the resolution n IH It incorporated ut rated d Into a memorial to bo be presented to to Jho national l government ever every cOI commercial organization in the court coun country Jr try will be c asked to ns assist in pushing the tri hl project The Suit Stilt uH Lake Iak Com Commercial Commer Commer- merI mer- I cial lal club and the th associations of oC the Chamber Chamber of or Commerce in sending delegates dele- dele sates grates to the tile congress will authorize th their full rull support to tho tiro gigantic scheme