Show m YOU mm cottell Dwon apon he lins ICE HIE ludm s JOT but sim B rot indar irris hiob and Str rains handled laci licht NEW YORK dec R major rowill chief of tb e mission to report upon alia beat method 0 irrigating alia and lands 0 the country read a upon the subject before the chamber of commerce this afternoon lie began with the statement that about half of the landa of the united states exclusive of alaska are and lands be said so far as they can be brought under cultivation by irrigation are the best lai ds in the country because the crops are certain not being subject to chances of extreme wet and extreme dry season as is the case of lands dependant upon rain of one thousand million acres of and land in the unius states six millions are cow under cultivation by initiation and about one hundred and twenty millions cin be rendered arable bv that ma r estimates that the construction of reservoirs canals and oilier works necessary will cost at the rate of 10 per acre assuming that one hundred million acres are to be redeemed in this way alie cost w ill aggregate one thousand millions of dollars for the proper carry ing out 0 the w rk change in alie land laae is necessary where irrigation la unnecessary alie land is cultivated by private individuals vi each firl nr being able to liae li crop in entire independence of his neighbors in the and countries operation cooperation co for distribution of water from its source is essential in humid countries the tendency is toward small holdings while in the and countries it is toward large holdings many large find small streams run through the and belt but the amount of water obtainable is not large enough to irrigate all of alia arid lands which they traverse and the question arises what portion of tham are entitled 10 anso the water major powell holds that they should be u ed at points where the most good can be done this point he says ia where the stream euins from a rushing crystal mountain torrent to the low land stream which mingles with the soil of alie land from which it flows it taken above eliat point it would be w here the dully atmosphere of a lynli altitude would make it less useful in prod action of chopi if taken below that point it would be too much evaporated and wasted on the way thus taking the arkansas river as an example water enough to irrigate a million acres in colorado would be reduced to only enough to irrigate one or two hundred thousand thousand acres across the line in kansas the bame rule major powell says applies to the waters in the apper missouri colorado aitio grande del norte and columbia rivers he estimates the aggregate value of alie waters of all these rivers at five thousand millions of dollars the forests at alie heal waters of these rivers serve as and must be preserved provision also must be made for controlling and protecting laige bodies of pasture lands not suitable for cultivation in addition to these are great tracts of mineral lands should be held by the government until the mineral has been discovered when they should be parcelled par celled out in quantities only large enough for economical boking woking wo king when storage reservoirs and canals are completed vast water powers will have beeri erected suitable for manufacturing purposes these will exist at puns on canals higher up than at which the batera are to be taken for irrigation the government major bowell says should no ba avowed to furnish any m ney the completion of the great eystein of works fur the preservation er of foresti and parceling out of the water a garat many thousand men will be ne esary and to put the matter in the hands of the government would ba to bald up a bureaucracy and an army of the only th ng the government do is this furnish wise laws to control operations for this work io hand ahe laople would naturally combine by hydrographic basing that is in alie territory by a single stream and its tributaries tributa ries within a single w tier shed the courts ba established to adjudicate upon all questions arising from this condition ot though the government should apportion the water among the different states in hucl district major powell that money for carrying out these great schemes might bo raised by the issuance of community bonds or other similar methods pee 5 secretary haa received the report from the agricultural station in southwest kansas announcing that it has been demonstrated that arid lands in the west can be made productive without irrigation alie experiment peri ment proved that desert land will produce plentiful supplies of grasses aad forage plants including sorghum and it is believed that wheat torn and p will grow equally well fhe ground was pulverized to make a bed lor holding the water that falls in rain the planted murfa e wai covered after sowing of the first crop with matted straw to keep the loam from blowing away and with it the seed crops will re quire no straw tor ahe reason that the matted roots will keep the dry earth from being blown away by high windi 1 laejer a station bat wont sani bit flag F chronicle dec fi harry A alaka a lawyer premises under tain contingencies a e tomorrow evening in relation to one of liia friends who was missing tonight to night mr blake and bia wife were driven to police headquarters at 8 and excited interest in their errair by their cenca aad their earnes nets when they obtained oba ined a privat fl bearing with hio officer on duty it was learned that the m geida person ia a well known merchant fifty years old and aoe of mr Jila kea dorest friends he left h s home at 6 this mornine under which mado hig friends anxious and they became unquiet later in the day when they learned that he had not kept en casements be had ade lint almy decided to wait until the early acting at mid bir bilake baa at the Lang liam hotel after leaving all the lie admitted he wai in hia search hut do twined to nime ing gentleman until tomorrow to morrow |