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Show 1111 FUNDS SHOULDBE SPENT RECLAMATION DIRECTOR SAYS GOVERNMENT OUGHT TO AID WEAK WE8TERN PR0JECT8. At the Same Times He Insists That the West Must Make Good and There Must be No Hint of Repudiation of Obligations. IJolse, Idaho. F. II. Newell, director direc-tor of the United States reclamation sorvlce, in a speech Defore the Commercial Com-mercial club here Wednesday night, teok strong grounds In favor of federal feder-al aid for Carey act projects that have been held up through lack of financial suport. He said there was still $30,-0O0.000 $30,-0O0.000 available of the $100,000,000 advanced by the federal government for irrigation purposes, and that this $20,000,000 should be utilized by the department in co-operation with the states in putting taese limping projects pro-jects on their feet. At the same time Director Newell Insisted that the west must tnake good; that there must be no bint of repudiation of any part of the obligations obliga-tions in any part of the west, and that the west must see to It that boi" fide settlers go upon the Wf at that It must not be bought up t. speculators in the east and elsewhere wbo have no intention of making Improvements, Im-provements, but who hope to make profits out of the toil of others. |