Show OF BIG PROJECT UP TO UTAH Secretary Ogden Work In Og Og- O den Discusses Reclamation Reclamation Reclamation tion Situation IDAHO MEN SPEAK i I iI Bigelow Says Irrigation Organization Plans I Are Are Re Ready dy The success or failure of of of the lbs Echo lam dam the Initial unit of the Great Salt Lake Lako Ba Basin ln project lies with the people Dr Hubert York Work secretary of ot the Interior declared cc before the directors of the Ogden chamber ot t f commerce and their Invited guests at sin Informal dinner held at the Weber club Saturday evening Besides the secretary Dr El- El wooI El Mend Mead commissioner of I reclamatIon Governor C C J Moos of Idaho Senator Frank H o of Idaho n R It E B Shep- Shep Shep rd president of ot the Vesten States Reclamation association allou and 0 O IL commission commissioner er r of reclamation In Idaho vc wele honored guests guest at the banquet The fundamental feature o of the th new nell reclamation policy of ot the tho government the secretary said Is to determine a n fair valuation of the projects to determine hoW hoWlong lon long It will take lake the fal mers to pay for their land based on Its U productivity and then let the farmers take over and run thel project themselves The s must t then lien pa pay up or the tle govern govern- government ment lUnt will Fell sell the project at al pub pub- public lie lic auction Secretary Work briefly outlined The history of the bureau and declared that he be was tn In fact tact the receiver o of a defunct izat ion COSTS 10 1 MOUNT U Projects had bad cot Cost three or four foup times limes what the settlers were told they would and Irrigated but halt hair the land they wore were supposed to Dr Work Vork said Mid adding that instead of paying per cent ot of the total back Into Inlo the government every ery 10 years as 18 ts was planned they had bad paid only 9 per ot c tho the total back to o the government in over aver 20 O years cars Deferred Deterred payments pa be became be- be became became came a disease he declared and It took quick action to to- to save O rec- rec reclamation rec reclamation One Ona of Secretary Works Work's first aCts after taking office was to appoint the fact finding commit commIt- commIttee committee tee of which John A Widtsoe of Utah was a member This committee ne cc explained for six aLe months and then proposed the fact tact finding bill which became known as the tho flooding bill And you ou can caa thank Senator Goo Gooding tor for saving Ia the tho tact fact ins find find find- lug bill which he did tor or It 11 will e save ave fed federal ral reclamation reclamation tion lion Dr r Work ork declared at the sam sales time lime paying a a high compliment compliment ment Silent to Dr who he said was of Inestimable value alue to him and would be retained as an ad- ad advIsor ad advisor visor us long as ho will serve seno erve In that capacity TO CLEAN X SLATE LATE SLATE'S As S s a relief relict to the so called df dc- dc projects ts now existing Dr Work ork explained that congress will have ha to charge off money due and start them out with a clean slate Western tern men conversa conversant con itt with willi the thc ac acts s will wilt appraise le the land and it can be paid for as fast as I 1 feasible No body of easterners tan call run our western farms I Di D- D Work added I It Is because iwo w l i a two t Utah Congressman gaman Dr Whit Widtsoe soe loe and former Cornier Governor Go Spry i dont don't ont know It ha he h declared for Cor they have bave havea a h spent Hours tei- tei j mc me slate J I I Dr ol Kr aId that beI beto he be w glad I to mo W H II Waltis Wattis again and was pleased sed ed that the Utah Con Con- Con tl ruction company was wasi success success- successful successful ful In securing the American Falls dun dam contract because it Is a re re- reliable re reliable liable y I e said MEAD D l KNOWS S O OGI OGDEN FX The The nt will bo be ready ts 1110 turn tu dirt as soon eoon as tho ho waler wafer users have havo formed an T organization through which It cin l j d daI aDr Dr El- El Elwood wood u Iea MM- MM ld St cons com missioner of reclamatIon after the the of th the Great Salt Sail Lake Basin project movement f Dr Mead said salol he was as thorough thorough- thoroughly ly ly Iy conversant Weber coun court county ty Iy situation haVing ng- ng been ben one ot of th the of O Ogden's Speaking Sp oftIe e present statuS of the Echo darn dam lain lain- he declared are thai Ihal the government will not nol deal with Individuals We want you OU lo Jol arm rm a solvent business om ot sonic lome kind kIad We e dont don't carr care o f 1 It tt roust must It Ull lie be he iso 0 ald added d and went wenton on to say nay that this organIzatIon must be bo made up of ot persons who know bow how to handle the Then the government the project over to them an and bo be befree befree I free treo to carry out some ome of the tho reo re remaining units of ot the Salt Lake rin Ba-rin Ba- Ba BaI Basin I sin project Including work blend blending tend tend- tending ing from front Cache to Tooele he declared Dr Mead stated tSat he would W lIke e to see ee the project pal paid l for tor lit 1 20 years earl which could be bu done through paying only 5 per pcr cent ent In- In Interest In Interest terest crest and would l mean cheap thap WB- WB wa water ter Ho eloa closed clo ed d by adding that the moving Ino ot of the railroad tracks near Coalville was wa costing more snore than the engineers had anticipated but that the government go Is ready to go as coon as some association a Is formed A A- AP A P J I Bigelow a member of or the tha Utah water storage commission who shio has been closely clos I a associated with Sall ih Lake Basin project C Continued ud on P Page raf E Eight II CABINET MAN AN OGDEN GUEST 1 I Co Continued From Pago r I 1 activities and and who acted as toaSt toaSt- toaStmaster toast master mater master at the dinner declared that ho he was pleased to announce that the commission lon will present a plan to Dr Mead Head and Secretary Work sure would today loday that he was meet with the Approval of the gor- gor gov government gOV 1 officials Senator Prank Frank R n Gooding who who was waa declared by Toastmaster I Bige- Bige Bigelow low Bige-low low to be almost almot Utah's Ulah own son gave an address on his fight tight to give the west wet a square deal In matter of ot freight rate rates He spoke on the great Industrial I future of the state stale und and said that It If there I Is a mineral known to civili civilization I that Is not produced In abundance In Utah Ulah he was not fa- fa fa familiar with It 1 I Senator Gooding briefly discussed the long and short haul baul situation that without the condi condi- conditions condi- condi conditions conditions advocated by the Intermediate Intermediate diate Rate association of the west this country will never come Into Its own The senator from Idaho declared that Dr Work York Is the only Secre Secre- Secretary Secretary tary of the Interior the United States ever vcr had to make a three I months personal InV investigation of the west wesl I lie Ho has given the west a new lease on life Ufe he declared and has put reclamation on a basis where whre It can meet its obligations GO GOV MOORE SPEAKS A gradual not a II rapid growth Is the key to success tor for the In- In intermountain in territory Governor C CC C Moore of or Idaho said sald declaring that the problems and Interests of Utah n and ana are lied that they can well be bo c states i Governor Moore asserted that Idaho has gone through a perIod of depression and that for tor a time people were l prone rone to lay theIr troubles to the war but that Inow It now appears that the I troubles trouble roubles were wre bound to come anyway We Ve e were wre moving cloying along too rap rap- rapidly rapIdly Idly Governor said add add- addIng adding Ing that before the war he thought hough h ii was making money on a II farm but that be he Is now convinced that If ho he was It Il was due only to the increase In valuation not to any an special good tannins farming North Idaho with Its mining and timber resources fared better than southern Idaho with its Is farms he said South Idaho Idaho's prosperity has bas ha gone up and down with the cli- cli climatic matic and financial conditions However the governor declared that his state Is now on the road I to prosperity We c have paid ten to twelve million dollars of or debts debt within the last mat year or two large two larg ly n In n Utah he said and are now prepared to handle the overflow from the northwest as well as from the which la Is i bound t to come WATTIS SPEAKS JiS Utah needs Deeds the aid of the gov gov- gov government not a as charity but as a credit W V H 1 Wattis president ot of othe the Utah Construction Construction declared addressing Secretary Sec Work and and Dr Mend Mead and added adde that it Is now up to the p people ople of othis his state stale to 1 prove rove that money ad ad- ad advanced will be Le paId back iback We need aid because of changing chang chang- tog ng conditions he said Our for for- foreste eats este which used to hold back the water waler are gone and the water which was waa formerly high until July Jul Is now low Jow In June Therefore we need some means of stor- stor storing stor Ing the water tor for late lato use It Il Is Is- Is up to us and we wo are pre pre- preparIng preparing parIng to show you OU that thai we are ar ready and worthy of ot aid he said Former Mayor Frank Francis who vito was a member of a special committee on the project spoke on the plans that have been laid for forthe forthe the formation of ot an organization to todeal ti deal eal with It the l gl government and saId I trIn utan states the plon pione tr r rin r in the field of Irrigation should be beable beable able to handle bandle a large Irrigation 1 project Weber county he said knows know Irrigation and can handle handlo the situation Should Secretary Work visit Weber county In eight years yeal's he will find a great transformation ho he b added In his opening remarks Toastmaster master masler v stated staled that future depends depend on Its Ita agrIcultural development and that but 3 per pr percent cent of her total area arca Is now under Irrigation W Y JL H 11 Harris president of the chamber of commerce presided at atthe atthe the banquet which was attended Le besides ldes the speakers by the follow tollow ing following J Orson Douglas Jam James H Douglas R n E Bristol A P Mer Mer- Merrill Mer- Mer nh rill M Id S S Eccles Gus Wright Fred Ired Parker Froerer P F H Mulcahy I M 51 III Par Par- ker Fred E Williams VII Williams IIams W H W V L L Vat Wattis E H O 0 Charles H Barton Darton James g II 11 DeVine James Brennan H II M al Rowe R n B Porter W V Rico Rice KIm KIm- KImball ball J U Eldridge Jr Frank M Driggs and A L Glasmann |