Show THE ARID LANDS the congressional record of july contains the able speech of senator francis E warren ft arren of wyoming made in in the senate of the united states on the instant in in advocacy of his bill for the irrigation and reclamation rec of and lands tor for the protection ol 01 forests and utilization of pasture lands and for other purposes the senator in in calling up ins his bill for consideration declared his purpose to be to establish first the value of irrigation as an aid to agriculture and its special importance to th the e united states second the necessity of giving serious serious and helpful consideration to the subject of improving ing our and arid lands without delay third that the method of reclaiming the and public lands of the united states states pio proposed posed by the bill is is safe and equitable and will vi ill prove satisfactory to the nation at large and bring about reclamation la of the largest possible portion of alie and area in the most speedy and economical economic alway way it is is generally conceded 11 eaid said the senator that r something should be done to aid in in the dc development of that part of the west known as theand the and region the present land law laws s are inapplicable to that section and the importance of prompt legislation can not be overestimated the bill provides brov ides that all public lands belonging to the united states situate west of the ninety ninth standard meridian of longitude west from greenwich and cast of the summit of the coast and cascade ranges of mountains which are not more valuable for minin mining than agricultural purposes nor embraced in in any mining homestead or other claim initiated under the public land law laws s that are to bo be hereafter liere after perfected in in accordance accor dince therewith therow ith or were w ere heretofore specially reserved by the united states for any purpose be and the same are hereby granted to the aforesaid states and for the purpose of aiding in in the reclamation thereof upon certain specified condi editions dit ions among which arc are that each N such state and territory shall proceed without delay to divide Us its area into irrigation districts district sand and to provide for the distribution of the public waters to eaid said districts and further to engage in in the actual work w ork of reclaiming said lands by conducting water thereon by the construction of requisite canals reservoirs doirs and other necessary irrigation works sd ed as to accomplish actual and successful cultivation of agricultural products so far as such lands may be capable of reclamation by a proper water supply and each of said states and territories territories shall continuously engage i in good faith according to its ability in inthe the work of reclamation until the whole area capable thereof shall have been reclaimed for tho purposes afore aforesaid zaid it is is provided that if at the end of ten years any state or territory has not proceeded to carry out the provisions of the bill in in good faith falth the pret president ident shall announce the fact to congress and the united states may then resume title to all lands as shall then remain wholly for the purpose only of continuing the work of reclamation as Oon congress gress may provide and determine and all lands useful only for pastoral purposes shall remain with or follow as the caso case may be the adjacent reclaimed or reclaimable land landi i and as an adjunct thereto the states or territories may mortgage pledge or conditionally sell the lands granted or such portions of them as may be necessary for the purpose of raising raising the requisite funds to accomplish reclamation and for no other purpose provided that said transfer or incumbrance shall reserve the express condition that the land lana shau be owned and occupied as to the number of acres granted each settler according to the provisions of the act whenever sale thereof shall be completed the bill further provides that each of the states and territories tern tones may enact laws providing for the sale of the necessary lands for town towne sites ites and right of way purposes such lands as shall have been reclaimed and thereby made subject to agricultural use shall bo be sold to actual settlers only in in tracts not exceeding ICO acres of irrigable land in in addition to which eacle settler shall be entitled to acquire non irrigable lands to such an amount as will w ill increase ins his holdings to a total acreage of not more than acres all such entries of irrigable or other lands to be made conformably to legal subdivisions cueli lands to be s sold old to each settler at the prices and under such regulations asto as to entry andeer and perfecting of title Us las shall be fixed and provided by the respective state and territorial legislatures all irrigable lands to bo be sold to such settlers at prices not exceeding the cost of reclaiming and on such terms of payment as may bo be prescribed by law jair and rion non irrigable ian lands do taken by settlers to be batad at a price per acre and saia sa states and territories may enact laws for disposal of lands under homet tead entries in tracts not exceeding acres in legal subdivisions to each homestead dettla settler no settler to be entitled to enter more than aarn of irrigable land I 1 provided that such homestead settler shall pass possess lttie alie same qualifications re quiren bied of a homestead ird ettle mn und lder ertho the united states opera Uon immediately prior to th alio P passage gs of afi the act buchl su C Q I 1 settler simile shall PC t title to t said id land until he lie or she has cally actu aily resided ul upon an Tind abc acc cultivated ulbia cadt the same for not less than two years and has procured by lawful means sufficient water or water righta to continue successful cultivation of at least ten acres thereof the proof whereof shall be mado made in such manner aa as the respective legislatures aforesaid shall prescribe it is provided further that a former entry and proof under the homestead laws of the united states shall not be a bar against homestead entry u under state ifo r no person 6 acquire from state or territory title to fae more than thai s ot land actual settler lease 1 clan lands a s for pastora pa Etoral I 1 purposes purposes in tract not cx exceeding the lands lying contiguous or adjacent C tony 0 aej E claim or entry of land under such stipulations or at such prices as the respective legislatures may by law prescribe t he lie apportionment of contiguous or adjacent pasturage pas lands being held ld to mean a division of lands so that each settler shallie abe entitled to rent the pas ture tu i ri land cirii gotlie lands of such settler than to those of any other settler excepting as limited or bounded by mountain ranges highland divides deep canyons or other natural boundaries of different watersheds hy do graphic basins or parts thereof in which cases the said natural boundaries and barriers shall prevail the timber lands and reservoir sites granted shall not be soi dby any ia 8 state tz ot r territory but shall remain the property of the state or territory as cat climent areas for collecting and conserving the water to be used in irrigation but timber needed for domestic manufacturing or r mining use in instate state or territory may be so used subject to the laws enacted by the legislature thereof and any state or territory to which the act applies shall have authority to provide by statute for the sale of surplus timber for the protection of forests for the growth of young timber and for the use and protection of the reservoir sites by and for the people residing in said state or territory 0 senator warren lias has given the subject of reclaiming the arid and lands his thoughtful attention and careful baudy with the result of evolving a plan which cannot be improved upon for making valuable the millions of acres of land in the arid and region of the west which are now useless and valueless the government of the united states would be the gainer in every way by accepting senator warrens plan for settling up the country the arid and lands comprise two fifths of the ara area of f I 1 the united states and if reclaimed icel aimed irrigated irr and cultivated would support more people than now exist in this connary con the bill is all right and ought to pass 4 and our sister state of wyoming lias has reason to be proud of senator warren who although one the new senators the washington post says has already achieved a most enviable position among his colleagues ho ile is the chairman airman cli of the irrigation committee a position for which he lie is peculiarly fittan by reason of his extended knowledge of and experience peri ence with this sub jact A mah man of strong and independent thought of vigorous action of frank dealing and of manly characteristics ho lie has won ivon the esteem and confidence of his fellow sen acors and of those high in national authority and has already began to carve out for himself a career that re bounds to tho the credit both of himself and of his rich and growing state di ADDLED f the demo ratio cratic vice presidential candidate says that believing in the right of every voter to cast his ballot by poev power the democratic party will steadily all legislation which threatens to imperil that right by the interposition of federal bayonets at the polls the republican party also believes in the right of every legal voter to cast his vote 41 by power but democrats alone are responsible for tho the impairment and imperiling impe riling and denial of that right in several states of the union the force bill eo so called is not a as we have stated before a national issue but its discussion is likely to militate disastrously against the democratic party in the northern state states the democrats may yet bo be very sorry that they brought up a question which will end to consolidate the sentiment of the patriotic element in the north and make them more determined than ever to keep out of power the only party that denies the right of one class of citizens to cast a free ballot and have it honestly counted as cast T LINCOLN said during the war if a government contracted a debt with a certain amount of money in circulation and then contracted the money volume before the debt was paid it would be the most heinous lie inous crime the government could commit against the people patriotic utterances of lincoln seem to have no effect on those who na 1110 would demonetize silver THE tue dispatch makes a great many reckless statements one ono of the them in is that the tariff takes millions of dollars out of utah annually and brings not a dollar in return 11 now if that bo be a fact the dispatch should be able to e explain x liow how and why it is and show by decent argument that the republican party is aa as it alleges bringing bove poverty arty to 0 o utah 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