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Show H Senator Reams- B Senator Kcams arrived in Salt B Lake from Washington Sunday B and will lemain in Utaii .until B Mendaj . in speaking of thu arid B land question the senator said; B "It is the endeavor of thoie Bl most deeply interested in sccu' ing B Federal aid for iriigalion in the B West to get all the Wiiletn rep- BE rcsentatives to unite and won; to- B gethcr on a general plan that will B 'benefit all the arid States. It is Bb realized that if each Senator and Bb Representative goes to work Along BK his own line for his own pet ineas BS ure nothing will be accomplished, Bb as it will be impossible to get ns- BX sistance from the East and the Bk South. Hut if we ivoik together BS on a broad and comprehensive B plan, and all pull together, wc BC can accompl'sh great things, cs- Bl pecially in view of the position BS taken by President Rootrvclt in B his message, The President came BS out forcibly and plainly on thu B subject, as I felt confident he BB would from interviews I h ive had B wit'i him on the subject. And BBj now.siiice the President has taken B the right stand in the matter, it B would seem to be the duty of all- Bv representatives from the West to BS agree on some broad trie, aure B that will benefit the whole reg'on Bf. - and then Oghuput their speebjy B 'SSwSKrrgiagH'ic Utah Tak?pio r portion nt this lime. I hope that B we will be able o get Mi m,a n B: measure sctdng h icle (. e pio- B ceeds from the sale of pubi'c lauds BS for the purpose of cons'- acting B reservoirs in thu avid regions, the BB work to be done under Fed1" 'a' BB supervision. Aftei tiiat point is BK' gained the selection of the places H in which the money U to be cx- Bfl pended can be le.'t o the pi oner BK authosities. The rmiii llun" islo BS get the stail; and if we den'Uwork B together wc will get through no B bill of any kind," BS In the mater of lea.ing the B mineral lauds of the IikKi n rr at- BS vations to mining compn.es, B the Senator said: "We all look B a stand agoinsl this. The matter B is now be 'ore the Seta ary lit the BS Interior, and it is (o be hoped B that he will giant no lejve until it BB is seen what disposition Congress BB will make of the muter. ' The B hope is cntei turned that Congress BB will enact a law opening tne res- B ervation to settlement, and solve B the problem in this way." BB Senator Kerns isdoiug a great B deal of good fcr the ilnle and ii B heartly endorsed by the majority BB of the voters. |