Show Wife Still Loves Dad Who Slays Baby U S PROJECTS ON IRRIGATION mum TO BE PROBED Board to Determine Why Costs Have Gone So High INTERESTS WEST Object Is to Make Success of Reclamation I Plans Plais SAT BAl rAin LAKE Jan 17 With Wit With elI all elIthe the members of ot the federal reclamation reclamation mation tact fact act finding f with the exception of Julius Julina Barnes Barne president dent of the United Stat States tl chamber or commerce In Inthe inthe Inthe the city the comM la commission lon II Is pre pre- prepared prepared pre prepared pared to plunge Into lu Its Investigations I tlona here today Water user users from practically every one of the 28 I areo- areo are to give their telmon testimony to the corn com com mission I The objects of the investigation I Which Is recognized by observers observer II as one ono of the tho most moet Important Irrl- Irrl Irrigation Irrigation gation meetings ever held In the country is to consider er the actual cost of ot the project to the settler to consider why tho the actual oot oost of many projects ha has been ben many timet the original ore estimate to got get an understandIng of the the settlers settler are having In muting the payments to the government to consider what appears to be mistake kes In engineering or In the business lne organization of the service and to obtain views d view a from the wa- wa water wa water water ter urs on how bow to make out of projects which now appear to be failure COSTS PILE DP UP According to Hubert Work son sec secretary sec secretary of the Interior In his an- an annual annual an annual nual report for tor the past Y ys ir certain tain tam projects developed at an estimated cost of 2 25 26 5 per acre but the actual costs coats per acre have been moro more than to the tbs settlers In other projects the a actual Irrl irrigated ted acreage has haR been ben considerably lower Iner than the estimated acreage The result of ot this has hae be ben n accord accord- accordIng accord Ine Ing to Secreta Work report that the government o has hs lI spent ent about IP If IT these projects project but 0 cuing on ing to bad policy somewhere the B on many projects are unable to meet their payments and the cottiers them them- themselves selves are facing serIous 11 Ii o 3 I PROJECT The a project In Idaho I for to Secretary Work 2 was to cost 2 2 Net Nt Cl lIon cost to Juno 30 1923 1323 was 26 Estimated coat Ir i er OE ado acie was Mas 20 98 thile the actual cost to June 3 30 O 1923 i Is 66 30 The Rio Glande project shows an en of 30 and an 1 actual cost cont 70 c Delegations representing ater users In Nead Idaho Arizona Washington Nebraska and Utah ha halo hao c aimed In the city I The I evada delegation Is Li beaded by bv Governor Go Jam James R 0 U h The various i lon on In the country ire re Salt It rier rh er Ari ArI- ArIzona Arizona ri zona rona Yuma ralto nIa Orland Oriand California Grand Valle Colorado Colorado noise Boise Idaho King Hili Idaho Idaho Oa Gaiden en City Il na MontT-na till Milk River Montana Sun Suri Mon Montana I Itana tana Lower Loer Lot er l In lo llo Montana and orth Dakota Platte Platt I Nebraska and New New- Newlan Newlands New lands lan lands s Ne aca Cirl r rl bad e fulco Hondo Ne New Nan Mexico Ulo Itlo I Grande New Mexico and Texas Texas ill Trenton Buford-Trenton lI ton Nonh North Dakota luford- luford Trenton North Dakota Umatilla I Orello Oregon California Oregon Oron and Cal Cat South Dil Da kola Da-kola kota Strawberry Valley Utah Utah Utah-Okanogan Okanogan Washington Yakima 1 on Page Pace Two o 0 oU u V S PROJECTS ON IRRIGATION I TO BE PROBED Continued from rage Pae On One Washington W ton Washing to ton Shoshone Wyo MEMBERS OP OF BOARD nOARD The Th oC or the th fact tact find find- Ind log La b M oa follow follow Thomas Thorna ii 13 1 C I II Phou Ariz former of ot Arizona chairman Dr John K t Salt lAke former fonner president nt of ot the tr tv Qt Utah and nd the th Utah Ut h Agri- Agri Agricultural Agricultural A rl cultural college collic cs lcJ chairman n and nd James Jam R H Garfield Clev Ohio former secretary of the th Interior 11 Elwool M Mead aad Berkeley l y Cal C l authority on Ia mitlon matlon and ind Irrigation Oscar 0 cr E EI I Bradfute Ohio preal president pr ld ent nt ot of the American n Form Ferns r bureau Clyde C Dawon Denver Cob Colo authority on Irrigation law and ind Julius Jullue H Barnes rne Duluth of the th United State State St tf chamber chamb r ot of o corn com commerce com commerce merce |