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Show BBBBBBBHFai iJWlj OO 1 PRESIDENT ELECT TO AID WEST. All parts of the irrigated west will rejoice over the statement 01 Senator I McNary. chaiiman ol the irrigation HH committee, who has had a confer) QCC wiih Presidentelect Harding at which 1 tl B entire Irrigation situation was tils iJ cussed, especially the need for sddl 1 tional federal aid Mr Harding eag- B rl sought information and later ex- pressed the utmost belief In the eco HH nomic necessity for extending hriea tion tbrouqhout Ihe west b deyi. fB loftc as water remains available for brineinc desert lands under cultiva- mi 1 Senator Harding and Senator Mc- INary did not discuss specific legislation, legisla-tion, but the senator lrom Oregon out lined htnps recemU taken to brine the together, and told of plan- recently made u.r get 1 lug the west unitedly behind the bill to be pressed next session. Th question of reclaim Ing swamp lands did not enter into tb vj Florida conference beyond Senator r McNary s explanation thai the west (i and the south f;p preparing to Join iiib bands in a common cause. H; j lrrl-atlon works, under federal aid. H' lj would offer a great opportunity at this PPPH j time to reduce unemployment and H make available thousands 01 homes for he growinc population or the nited States. H'i Reclamation not onl srould create PPH work but perpetuate new avenues of H rmpir.yniont and help provide mean H ft 10 ,ed the inhabitants of America and BBBSSSSm L th sUrv'n: People of other lands. H When Governor fox was campaign BBBBBBBH I fr I 'D we8t' nr Mftted upon the lr H j rixation proses cts to driV boml th PPpH wonderful good that might come from PPpH turolng the millions spent m prepai H tng for war into the channels or peace H ful deelopment or the irriaation pro) B i "ft of Idaho and other western H Stats. While Warren Harding did H not xlslt the west and. therefore, made H no spscitic appeal to watern audi H ences. eridenily be was not less de- H tOted to VSetSjrn interests than Gov- H eraor Cox claimed to be. and no that H ht is to be the next president and has fl j B no ulterior motive in appealing to the H west, he commits himself 10 a pollc) H which should bring grin of un H productive land n the irrlgattl region jVl cultlvstion H j This is good newt. It mean much H districts such as American Pails. B 1 Idiho. and. Indirectly, it means much B to Ogden as the renter the grain Hll jf and livestock Industries of the inter H 4 Bsr mountain coun'ry. which lu great par BBBBn j II depends pn Irrtgarvon. |