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Show AN UNWATERED EMPIRE. TO RECLAIM IT & STUPENDOUS PROBLEM. Work of the National Irrigation Association. The vlita that the possibilities t Irrigation Ir-rigation reveali, rays tho I.o Angeles Herald, Is almost stupendous, as a lew facts and figurM prepared by the National Na-tional Irrigation Association demonstrate, demon-strate, The Federal Uoverniuenl today owni 100,000,000 acres ol land, which la worthless because It Is aiid. This "un watered empire" can be reclaimed by irrigation and rendered capable olini-tnlnlng olini-tnlnlng a population ol at leait 60,000 000 people. In tho word ol the Secre-taryot Secre-taryot Agriculture In his last annual report: "More than one-third oithe country dependi upon the incceis of Irrigation Ir-rigation It maintain the people, the Industries, and the political Initltntfons of that area, and futnre growth will also be measured by the Increase ol the m claimed area, In a region which, Id life extent nnd dlvenlty ol its mineral wealth, hai no equal on tho globe, the rlchet ol tho mines in the Mill are already al-ready lurpatsed by the productlo'naol the Irrigated (armi In the valleys,' and the nation at large Is at lait awake'nlog to the fact that tho development otttie uie ol the rivera and arid lands of lii'e vrcit wllltomtltuteoneof the mosC Important Im-portant epochs In our Increase In population popu-lation and material wealth." t' ( work roKTiiK riDiRiLaoviRXMiirrf These stupendous possibilities also present a colossal problem. How may thli gigantic desert be transformed lata a laud ol prosperity T Who is 10 redeem the national domain by a comprehend alvo system ol reservoirs I ll has been demonstrated by twenty years ol experience exper-ience In irrigation devslopmeat and Vjr the reports ol government experts awl engineers that the gnat problem ) only bo solved by th'Falftalnilliftii mint. Captain Hiram M. Crlttenjaii, Engineer Corps, U. 8. A., In his rspott on "Eurvoys for Itestrvolr Situ," declares de-clares emphatically that reservoir construction con-struction In tho arid regions ol tho west can properly be carried oat only through public agencies. "I'rltato enterprise can nevir accomplish tho work succeit-fully. succeit-fully. As botween State and nation, It falls es ore properly nnder the domain ol the latter." tin YKina would nxcLiiu tiii wist. It la estimated that ,143,000,000 would reclaim the arid lands ol tho weitj that an expenditure by the Federal Government Govern-ment ot!lC,000,000 a year lor ten years wculd open up landt for tho sottlamsnt ol a population ai big ai that ol the entire en-tire country at present. An appropriation appropria-tion ol (100,000 was made at the hut session ses-sion ol Congress for preliminary mrveyi to discover the belt locatloni (or the lm incnao reiervolri. The assistance ol every organization and ol overy Individual In lorwardlng thla all-Important work should be welcomed wel-comed and assisted In every passible wav by tbe cltliens ol this western country. A NATIONll. ORCUrtlZaTIO. "ThoNatlonal Irrigation Asaoelatlon," continue! tho Herald, li doing roost valuable val-uable work In awakening Interest throughout the country, east and west, In the cause. The policy that the Association As-sociation advocates Is, in briel, that the Federal Government shall build, wherever wher-ever necenary, the Irrigation works required re-quired (or the rrilamatlon ol the arid public lands, reimbursing itiell from salss ot tho land reclaimed ; and that a lair share ol each river and harbor bill shall hereafter go lor building storage reiorvolrs. To carry out suoh policy re-qlrei re-qlrei an eflcctlto national organization, which cau only be realized by active and general support. Commercial oiganlia lions are asked to endoise this policy and co operate with the National Irrigation Irriga-tion Association. 1'ersonal co operation and luemlierahlp in the unoclatlon are niccnarr lor the success ol the movement." move-ment." Guy E. MiTtutLL |