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Show I UTAH LEADS IN IRRIGATION 1 1 fill Srclary of Agriculture Wilson's Recent Report as a Result of Re- 1 1 Ml ccnt '"V""110"5-11 is Cuiting a promincnt Fisurc in lhc M j jj j I Present Irrigation Discussions. 4 m g)g)M II ill 1 1,11 Corrwp"iJcnco Ttlbuno I IF Si ililngion April 6 -What Irrlga- HbJ I UHl'H 'n " k ,i" io rl for l l"h' ' fln ,b" glgH I ll'llJl JOiumg question In Washington now Wm 5 'Mil Jt mn,ht be added that each rcprt - H Mr c nut in of the Stales of Montan i B J Wvomii Idaho Nevada Colorado H nml ml other State" as well are gB I. , el u c deep into thli mibje. t The M I ' V . ,,, miin.0 Inteiost In Irrigation mM I ' Ii n t ilngether the result of the Irrl- wm. I c ni 1HI now befor- Congress Tlt 1H f . 1 s j hai been glowing for yenis mM 1 . i i r p.rts made b) experts from m 1 ' i, , tli, f the . necutlvo depart- m me ii md Ihnc or foui In depmlmcnt mM , h n inn intenslti-l the Inteicst m I nat i 1 Inigcly to the fund of In 1 I fin unliable H I - I UAL. 1'TAII LEADS H 't Lli ii ii ,i us to lead In Inlgnlion de- glgH . ii Ii a loom nt Other Statea have made mM ii W s ,t p.. g ss during the past two r g,H T i, j u i. notably California, but m I l tab i th i pioneer She et the pate 1 i , i,ii g a large number of Inlga- MM i'fi t , vw ni and In modern storago Ini- MM ' i which were provided In her enn- H JOi, an.l about the foothills of the m l cut s early ns fn yeai sago arc m v i,n i UK, under the direction o in. H , ,j Bi , ury of Agriculture placed Utah m ' )' i ,n tu n n rank of hrlBHn progreaa ggalaB I ' t; n r i -lllfnrnln H .1, Th Inbum roncspondont it fers to g,M l"' VK ' th in it p. rt of th. iprtlul leport on MU I 1 1, i hi n id Cultivation of the Soil H '.. i1 nhi li i ib tclwl bv the Kenate ttn MU (1 j u .tilt tl'ehrURiy wherein (puijo m Ji ,(i,i i i ii d the insults uf the lneit. mM I (i i t timis bv pi 'In I committee nho laB t'i ,ji' ' 1 mi iu i ilntH of the State of Lalafl ifJl i 4 lib mill H the range of the M V 't' '' V 'l " "ir i i ii- It I found b 1 ' ,, r to t i ort thut the pnpu H i 'i 1 t ii in th Hon dlHtrlrta of H .1 i , v ,a then fi nn 'neo lii IHo times B ' '.1 u r tlinn In tin- h ligation dlntrlcta H i 0 ort illfomli llo. i.i ii i. port ha" lHH 'KwJl I J" t bim limlP-d by heirell of Ag lHW i IS! ( .ti ri niinn Alison ai a rtmilt of the rt - laH I'Jfti'JItl tent mieallKutiou of lirlgutlon mith llH SMfeM' oil' mil poFflMUti In CnllfoinU 1 84(ftW Mill h iilnua that Hmte In iidiam. of lHH '! IS! 1 tjh Ihls riport Ih nou tutting u laMI ' l';l- con II ihl llglirv In the rnlini tlt.n of llHI '. Ivi J nt nut In t'ongievtt .is It w ill beui lHH l ',51'? Poi th Dual illiltion of Iht Inl- lHH I 'T'tB ration bill no under conMlderntlon lHH i ?"ii M Tholoni, muotti! qutlonnf regulating lHH t t!f; ('. the mbjtct of Inlgutlon In the HUH. a gHH i'Tfilill b r " 'on of UnlUil Ptalea tloicrn- gallH ''"Irti ment liinds for lirlgutlon pun oaea still H ''iTH (onllnurs tn be upi ermoit, and this lt- ggfl 'jilil centrpirl a tepoit nhlt h Is Just coin- gagfl iil'tll-B Ins out of pies tonitantlj lifers to H f iiV tblsii-oposlili.il although It noulil np- Bl i .IS "i pear to dltpost of It b declaring Unit H " (St '10 stt" llll" better knnuleilge of H H l))i l10 situation and the proper disposition gHI HUillt of the linds fin Irrigation pnposis H '' "fill! then could posslblj huo the I'lduinl H 1 'I'll "" eriiminl and that by lessluu of MmWl l" Stlil tbe lundt tindei pioper testiletlons to gHi 'CllJl tJie hlttiH tin latlei inn inort expedl- H 'S''i3 tlously In lug about the ileelred resulla BH .'..'i'ltt TOO MANY OI'INIONH Hm 73 v Netrl ecty man In Congress mil HI it il ft ,n r 1 '1,llu' eeiy expert In tho u- SlS l II rlnus tl paitments and burenus of Hm t' tP R AoshIiiKton b.ts his oun dlstlnit Hm I ill opinion mid 1 Inn of iirogruinme With SIM IH'ITi these fiats In li'i. , thu itport of tho BgS 111 13 npeiiil touinilttee under the tllrtrtlon VbB u il "' ",c s"rLtjr of Agiiiulturc irspett H , II Ini' the progress or lirlgutlon In Call H I if fnrnla, mostl In the poitlou of Call H '- fomla Immedlitelj toutlguous to l.s H !t Anreles Is extremely Imporfint esi t n Ii' clalij Is It Important since the rtport BB1 It It Is liased upon nctunl linptoeiiKnt nl H i'., rend) hid und innde and not upon H f JT throrlCN und piupusltlons of onu class H )'u! n"d another bbH 1 E'f now litmnATioN- hiioui.u m: MM i1 The dcduitlons li allied by this spe- H tlal report, ishlih Is design iled as 'A H il tl j Itennrt of Irrigation IUNestlg.itlons In H ' t-'nllfornlii," me of tnuisr of hienfst H i Impoitance It recomniends speclllcalU B ,x that It Is tie dui) of the hliilc to II x m M the prinrlt) and llmltntlnn of eMstlug H jllfs1 Mnti.r rights Mhetber thej nie bisel BBBBH t (I on the mncshl of ilpailnn I mils hi 9 Ifl I on beneflehl uso to determine the o! BBBBH , j i , T unn of unused ur unapproprl ittnl in- BBBBW IV 1 T ters, to exerclso adetiutte sutilslon BBBBal '.1 j and contiol when uen nppiopilnllouH !! Kj fire sought to prtn tdt. tin nlTlcu In 1 j which shall be l.ipt n tompleto letoul f m of tnrh pel mnutnt light of eiuh nppl ' HI cation mid of each permit for a hen ill it ' H crslonoruse to dltlde the Sjliite Into B r , 7 ndmlnlstrttlve divisions and districts, bj 1 i lused on drnlnnKe lines and to pun hie J , I mi trfertlte HdminlstriitUe sjslem llh mWJ j ,in., proper olllteis for the dlslrlbiitlon of JbbbI 1 'I the wnler supply among those entitled Bass i . L fl to Its use VJK i In1! rtiort innkea a retontmcudittlon BBBMb 'tli? fc Mhlch, shoull the present bill befoiM ! I f f'ongrcts bciorro n 1 ill Is esieilill) BBBBs w r4 reccminendt 1 in the land o tiers auj BVJbS i'l I olbcis Inteltsldd In irilgallou In Utah J ili'i Idiho and joining in fart It is of ! mf , Krcnt nine to nil liitermnuiitiiln States jpjV i J I It Is ltiommuided that the board of jBw If control of nalcr lialng determination jtBH ( . of existing wutei lights and tonti nl of jtSJI ) the st ibllshmi ut uf rlglits should ton JH , slst of one nttoini) n business nun jBBal Jl i und t cllt eugliuer who shoull b. BVJbB .'I t appointed In the Siipiemt rouitoftbe JBbbS - I Ht at. and Mho should boll the pnsl jHJH t.f lion until icmned foi tnuse The sal- mVJJ i il J ut) should be SJOOO per annum em b VJ und llieit. blioul t be a ileiK at ISOO pi r MVJ . , nimiini In be appointed t j the board MS i A state Indratilie tugliuei Is lemin JbbbI ' f ineudid, who should lmte txiliislte , tontrol of the ndmlnlstratloii of I lie ) i Mutir supplj und Ita distribution The jhjI I ti lni fct ccouoinii il use of unlet sh ill be jBBfl ' mule und douiestlt use shall takt pre- H if t d nee oiei nil otlun Die biaul of HjBBa t contiol Is empowered to llx Mater rates , tint tamo us fount) supen imrs tit) jbSJ Ii i ouiulls oi boards of trustees of muni- KVJJ I, I elpnlltles M 1 1 ' I'UOVIUI.Nd SI'ATi: LAH. H 'i! Tin leport uigeutl) reeonunends that MVj 1 1 ( tho tloeinor of tlie stute be uk"cl io K uppolut un eert nonpartisan com- K I , julfevion to fiame lirlgutlon laws dapt H td to the foregoing rfeomiuen latinos K ii nd to tho btute constliution Hit! ex- B ' t ut rf the tictuil toiistiuttlou of works B i un ler ilu lutii 1 1 itgulatlon for the re- R i ri if lis outlu) in Mhole ur In pint H i , fiom the lauds lunrlltfil In pinportlon BBBfi I , ,i ' to the biuellts eonreut I lni ludlug sloi- BMbS i J ngo "wills md all the litigation works, Im j Kji; Is proMded for in detail As to 'till rI Un" VI' C,0N ""S'1I-:'NT AID ' iri In IHOinotlntr the Inlgution deielopniiiit, l(i It Is it commended that the suuu should E i l, i bo applied t the eonstitielion of stor- H ' nor K.r ilu tot Impounding water to IHj i 1m un J on thu publk lauds tin ion- J ( tluuatlou of the iDdiogiuphle und lopo. 1 I i , (,ruphli work of the Goiciiiuuut and I U tspedull) Is the woik to be done b the 1st I j'eileiul anil thu Hlute goM ruinents to be so dlitlnctl) outlined ns to inuko iin-t iin-t I iiosslble uny conlllet and tin nttiteiaor I Il tho redout! (iQMinnient, ale to be in-1 in-1 I joined to uotk In perfocl liaunon) with , tho olllters of tho State howuiineiu hj I if) . AitTiistAN wiiLW l'ltnriiitAm r Hf I V It Is palpable In the general tomlu ' H i clous of thlu valuable itport tint li is 1 I l(, tho opinion of the uxpeits thut tin tost H Ml licliellclnl means of Irritation H loun I H I I'll in nrtcslan wells und that the stoiut.. BBbH i ' a systems lire but niiYillnr) ur subslitlat) H ! (Ill to uny system ndopted . Jilt li pro lilts H ! J for tukine Mater (ill fitly out of the bBbI '' . eround upon tho spot m litre It Is need BBbbI I' I , ' cd for tuc In tills lespeet the slight H V i rtcptli nt wlildi wntcr iu so plcntirully H 'h! ni cured by uirnns of nitislan wells In BBBbI li it! ' I'tf'i Ktvcg that Kioto a grent nihon- H -i tago mor nil otlicm In jnuldni: nuihlo H I j 1 lis nrlil lands H Frequently Ihioughout the oluminous H itf U report tliero aie citations slinnlnrf that B fit nut on,y uro Irrigation lands In tlr) 1 Hk . i atmosphere and high altlttnle "" dncth. and reliable In their protlut tle-ness tle-ness than lands In humid or low lt tudes but those regions arc J, "'' nil and desirable for naWUtloii. In many Instantes It Is ,''0Wn.thf1J,I,,! from the regularity of crops that seldom sel-dom If ever fall tht re Is n -""Pe' "". wneo of the usual plagues like storrns and grasshoppers and other In sects found In other sections of our coun ry where Irrigation Is necessary III. Kansas Kan-sas and eastern Colorado, Nebraska and the Dakota. iitiiioA-iioN mrt muiT cui.TUitn Considerable space Is given to the ad-antagt ad-antagt to be derived In fruit cullure from irrigating lands in this "'""J of the 1 nlted States All readers of The Tribune ar ramlllar with the fact that no tlnnr fruits If Indeed fruit as lint . ran he found In any section of our country us In those portions or I tali and Idaho which aie Irrigated. nd Irrigation Ir-rigation for fruit tulture Is one of the mark, d and most Interesting feature of this ici oil IIIUICIATION PKOI'lTAIH.n There 1 a great deal of Billable Information In-formation and 11 Is .onstantly atiumu-latlng atiumu-latlng at the National t npltal showing that while the gnat lirlgatlon of the Intel mountain and TuclHc tountrlea has frequently proven successful financially finan-cially and of great advantage to those legions where lotaltd the leal development devel-opment of the tountrj antl the greatest great-est advantages an to be derived from small Individual work, such as Individual Individ-ual farmers alone ran trform together with Ihe assistance and co-oierallon vvlileh should properly ome under the cllietllnn of the Klaus Some of tin gnutest financial sue-tesscs sue-tesscs in California have proven to be llmne by the constliution of lestrvolts and Irrigating dlti ties Whertvcr the Stale has attended out Us bind to assist as-sist Individual land owners In the work of Irrlgillon the work has been mutually mutu-ally advantageous and the work has plugresstu iiotiniy ihsi tjue familiar wllh the Irrigation means In I lull and Idaho tan leadlly discern grent slmllailtv between them and those Pieseiited by th llustratlons of Irrigation Irriga-tion wtnk In Callfiiinia timing the I ist two or tin co )enrs us repiesented b I Ibis sitilil leiort from the Depiirl-mtiit Depiirl-mtiit of Agriculture The committee dei lares that tho prosperity of Callfoi-lllil Callfoi-lllil iluiltiK the past decade Is due almost al-most entirely to lirlgatlon work This report and one vvhbli pretedel It some time since nnd relates tn the same gen-eial gen-eial subj'et are unnulmniis In the conclusion con-clusion Hint not onl) are Irrlgntnl lands the most desirable from everv 1 olnt of Mew for farming and fruit tultuie nnd grazing hut that time Is no enUrpilM) In which one can engage tniltil at present whltli will bring so early nnd so great returns In the vvn) of prnllts ns the pin chose of arid linds which ma) be undo niuble b cither the sinking oi in Ionian wells or the slorago of vvuste water In the mountain.! and tun) on Tin: fiitowTii or land valuks Ii) Irrlgiillon woik. ns shown In these epoits has been won lerful almost uiiirvclous The) have manifolded In value rinm two to ten times wlluln I e-rloils e-rloils ninging from two to live jenrs luimenso tracts of Hud have been purchased pur-chased for a noinlnil tlgure and disposed dis-posed of nt values from JT5 to 2in) icr neie within twent)-four or thlrt) months, after nn c x endlture of less than J3 per acre, and In man) Instances nrld lauds have been Irrigated and disposed dis-posed of within the time of one season's sea-son's ciop und the owiers have quintupled quin-tupled their nione) 'there are few Investments In-vestments ortered vvlileh Insure so le-Ilalile le-Ilalile und quick returns Wherever nrteslin wells cm bo found nt n depth Insuring n leasonible cost of outla), or whcrtvtr Viatel mi) lie stmed iiuir by nnd biought to the arid lands ut u leu-sounble leu-sounble price the speeulntivn feature Is ellinlnuled, risk Is lot an clement In the enture oiik om.t nr.auN Hecrelar) Wilson of the Agricultural departnuiit Is of m Inlon and this opinion opin-ion he has frequentl) expressed tu 'the 'Irlbuno eouesiKindin' that the Irrl gallon ii: the arid linds In the inter-luountulii inter-luountulii counir) lies onl. begun, that It Ins been cuiiiely experimental up to tils time lie sn) that In his own Male Iowa the lurmeti for almost it generntlor laboied zealousl) to gei wa ler Into sections of the Mate need.ig Irrigation and at times the) wero n.-most n.-most rend) to nbandon hone It oietiiied to the lluwke)0 fnrmv tint Irrlgillon illtches, the widening and deepening; of tieeks and rivers iinti in.- pinper jiiiin ions tiivt.rsiou or the water from nutuies tttieinm would ntl tho pioblem It Is not general!) known thut u vti) Luge portion of Iowa nt this dale produtes her bounll ful i rips fioiii hinds Irrigated and It will be u surprise to man) renders of 'I ho Tribune in the tuteriuountatn conn tr) In know that this lirlgutlon of lowu farms was seemed b) vastl) renter mlrailes thnn would bo nctessiiry to lirlgute full) one half of the art I lands Willi h mi) be pioducllvc In tho Mate of Utah now iowa was initin.vim) In lowu there were stretches of coun-tr) coun-tr) and It Is with gieater degree true In the State of Kansas lo which It was uecessHr) to bring water for n distnnte of !W or more miles The shallow and crooked ereeks anil stieaius weie straightened nnd de limed li-med and the Utile canals which were made to dlwtt the water me tu length wile the) all placed end to end sulll-clent sulll-clent to mure than encircle the State of Utah in linn mo lanus Mhlch urn most Heritable He-ritable foi agriculture fruit culture and gulden tun king are situated In iuvIihh and cniDons and the b)vva)s of the mountains vvhlth si re or tun bo made lo stoie an auip.i suppl) oi snow anil wutor to litigate and It should only be necessaiy to take the vvatei a idiort dlstuoce In each insimne Choicer time Is no water oi snow to lie stoied tu nine instances out of ten - 1 mean in tills section where agrlcul turn! lands me dtsiiable un ample suppl) of water ma) be secured b) sinking uiteslun wells ut a depth all the way from 40 lo 500 feet And In securing nitislan wells In the vsllejs of Ltali nml Idaho 'lhc 'tribune eoire. spontlent leains fiom txiert und othut aiithnrit) lu Washington and fiom to-pons to-pons submitted to the departments, It Is vcr) seldom thai an) obstruction is met iu tlie sinking of a well dually It Is slmpl) it question uf going ihiouth mud an t sand UnriM'lIv I'ltOi' DURE INSURED It hiif been piop ised and nndouhted- 1) the proposition will take definite loun In Ihe wa) of recommendations I itini men In Congress to the Governors ui iheli Stales that after Hie passage of the Irrigation bill now pending the 1 states shall engage b) rtgulai appro- , 1 latlnn In the c mstiurtinii of leading oi muln ciinn't through tho v illeya to In lirlgnted and that tht State relm- I ins Uscli for Its nulla) or secure a I ichuhu loeome fr n the same b) fixing I u iilfiiim and reasonable charge for unci llntilbiiterl to tho tun I owners i 'I I 1m pioposlilon serins to be entiioly 't i II 1 ui dei the direction of such It nidi is have uei n leionnneriiled for t mi by tin lepoit fiom which 1 have In Hilt letter taken voluminous ex- i t r II i tofnrt there have been so many opl I r Miossel In ions' ss us to Just I u out ht to bo don in the way of irr fin' the ir 1 d rf our cotintrv that no n on en ill he reached. It was con t imiy a liou o ill- .! v 1 "a'nst Itself 1' tho Tederal r mt-nt v it to hav supreme con i ih subjc 1 1 there weie about 00 in - nt plans of procedure entertained ii t igii's If the States were to take the Imd and provide their own meth ill and means of procedure then there i.rr ilmost as many opinions In Con gress us to the terms under which Ihe iloicinment lands should be ceded to the Sliiies |