Show THE ARID LANDS one of the results of the recent election may bo be to set back the solution of tho the question how best to utilize the arid bands lands of the great west considerable progress progress has been made in the right direction during th the e last few years and by one means or r another widespread interest has been been aroused in relation to th this is subject senator warren of wyoming has submitted a bill which w inch seems to be a good one for the purpose intended but it is not likely to become a law at this session of congress as it is a republican measure and the democrats in the house would most likely defeat it for that reason besides senator warren lias has probably been defeated for election reelection re and the democracy of wyoming made a strong fight against his arid land bill tho tile bill may not be per perfect fact but if ever amended and pa passed nabo sed the tile credit of it will be given touho democracy however there is no doubt that at come time in the future near or remote the question will press for solution and must be met and settled upon its merits the new york times takes a sensible view of the subject saying that the movement to cede the arid and public lands to the states and territories in which the they y are situated with a view vien to their irrigation by local enter enterprise and d und under r local law laws s has much to recommend it we quote at first thought it may seem unwise to part art with this nt national natio ional naf property for the E benefit erie fit of onla a notional f cry few of the states b but ut these lan lands onal sare are wo worth rth 1 little atle or nothing except w when hen artificially watered while an increase e in their value will bo of benefit to the whole country countr indeed some persons hold that it would woul be well to convey no not only the arid and lands but all other colvet lands ads except the mineral regions regions ions so 0 that the profits of the more bertl fertile ref e portions can be used for redee redeeming minx the sterile tracts this however is not a necessary part of the scheme it is to be presumed ned that the increased value of the redeemed lands more than pays the cost of irrigation that this assumption BU is correct is shown by the spa results effected by private enterprise la ia what Is known as the arid and region cise tue be statistics of the crops raised on such redeemed lands are astonishing alike in tho the regularity and in the abundance of the harvests these reclaimed farms show remarkable results the people who till them talk with a kind of pity of the rainfall farmers of the mississippi valley and the east who are constantly exposed to the disasters now of drought and ana now of deluge they regard themselves as more fortunate in being able to turn on oil to their own lands just the amount of moisture they want and no more it is quite certain also that many millions of dollars have been laid out on irritation and that a t great eat amount t of capit capital I 1 I 1 is iny invested sted in taking fr g arid keoun id la lands d and arid watering them it is it estimated that acres might thus be redeemed the tile general government cannot go wisely into the scheme the only practical plan will eventually bo be found to bo be to code cede these lands to the states and territories the laramie republican thinks that the people of the united states will demand that the arid and lands shall bo bb made habitable because here in the west there are homes for millions and there are millions in the overcrowded East who must have homes speaking of senator warrens bill tho tile republican says it would solve the problem of how to bring tha the homeless and the homes I 1 together and in its solution wyoming will be filled filed with prosperous and happy families and take her rightful place as the peer of any state in the union IT WONT be halt hall BO so funny when the post begins to laugh on the tile other side of its mouth WOOL DROPPED 2 cents a pound yesterday in the boston markett market a t significant T result of tho the democratic victory WHAT WILL the democrats do with the currency tur currency rency question the question that the people would like to have answered ITS ASTON astonishing NG the number of election bets that called for a ride in an irish buggy tile republicans worked in in I 1 the shafts this year SINCE THE election the price of sheep in utah has fallen 50 cents a head this is ia only a starter toward tho the destruction of sheep husbandry in this and other F territories and states THE post ia is sorely lorely troubled over what THE STAN STANDARD DAR thinks and says to our democratic contemporary nye wo commend the old adage ho ile laughs best who laughs list last UTAH seems to be in the swim and Is keeping step in unison with the majority it means statehood and people had as well begin to prepare for it park record ehos afraid of statehood la Is it the democratic party TRUTH CRUSHED to earth shall rise again look out for us in four years more bore 11 says the park record the record is a liberal organ where shall we look for tha the liberal party four years hence in the sovereign state of utah UTAH WILL never be a republican state ogden post as much as you know about it just keep your nether garment on and dont get excited because it happens to ba be houi your innings now f As ax EASTERN exchange thinks that oscar wildea wildes experiment to develop a it new hybrid bulb a golden veined tulip ought to succeed for this country lias has just witnessed tho the grafting of a hayseed on a three card monto monte man nian with surprising results THE THRIFT thriftiest IEST man in the united states if the story they tell about him hini bo be true is ex president R B iiames it is said that during tha tile campaign be he was conducting cond acting a hennery thinking that perhaps tho the democrats might want to buy roosters right aw away aly after election THE CHICAGO news record says that extortion will bo be prevented during the worlds fair already there are numerous schemes on foot for the establishment lish ment of apartments and restaurants at reasonable rates and arid anything like outrageous extortion will be dangerously impracticable THE pioneer press thinks that perhaps john bull would agree to reciprocity in the way of an exchange oi of tinplate for american armor plate having discovered that the armor plate now being used by tile american navy is much better than anything of the kind he has been able to produce DON 31 Dic DICKINSON riNso may be postmaster general lie ile is the gentleman who found powers and sent him to utah powers may be first assistant postmaster general true utah is not a state statte yet but it will bo be before its vote will bo be needed by the democrats I 1 powers lowers did good work for the democrats in the last election and should be rewarded THE press are still discussing the reasons for the lato late democratic c cyclone y which temporarily prostrated the republican party there appear sto be a pretty general agreement upon one point namely that the present trend of public sentiment is strongly toward tariff reduction and the question which the he party managers have to answer now in directing their policies is not which way but how illow far THE post says there is no doubt that the republicans would liko like to see utah admitted into the union etc the democratic party of utah stands pledged to give utah statehood but the democratic delegate in congress dare not make a move in that direction whether utah bo be admitted at this session of congress or after the democrats get full control of the government when shod sli edes wa enter the union it will bs be as a republican state you uns will do well to bear that constantly in mind Tur Irrigation age the only publication of its kind in the world has entered upon its fourth volume hereafter the age will be published monthly instead of semi but subscribers will receive more reading matter than formerly the aim w will I 1 11 bo be to put the great irrigation interests of the west before the country and the world before all who are interested either as p prospective settlers or investors the irrigation ago age is deserving of the great success which it U is meeting with JUST BEFORE tile first session of tho tile fifty second Con congress grels the Ho Ilon Jolln T caino caine delegate in congress from utah introduced a bill in the house of depre senta tives providing for the admission of utah into tho the union as a sovereign n state thereof it could not be ceacil reached i before the session closed owing to a 1 press ress of other business but if mr caino caine anahis and his democratic constituents constituent a were really in earnest probably our delegate will immediately upon the reassembling of congress try to have tile bill called up and passed by tile democratic t hose of representatives there are many citizens of utah however who believe that MrA Caine was only bluffing we shall see what wo we shall see |