Show irrigation CONGRESS BOOMED IN THE BAST the following i from the salt lake telegram secretary report as it does on the cac of ali meeting of the irrigation in aylen oylen h tr lain to nationiel interest in the sessions to be held in the relict bounty capital it arat t l irr on cocks report ahat the geological euney is al work on comprehensive plans bawd on the irrigation law which in and and semiarid semi arid and tern tones il aide hie plowed of iha alei of public lands that region for general in ration work speaking of the part tu be taken in irrigation by the blitch ock water houll be brought to the point where the can with elwir own labor or by fo construct ditches and literals laterals late rals to reclaim the deleat land with the menta of actual settlement and fultn aaion to bo followed by the payment of the cost water the clement wil be eliminated leaving the ground free to bona fide settlers up to july isac the money accumulated from the bale of public land amounted to the annual receipts having steadily increased the total wa for 1801 and for while the amount for the ciscal year ending june v 1003 is equal to the fund derived from the two preceding acara the states and entitled to irrigation money from the balci of their own landi arc arizona california colorado idaho kansas montana nebraska nevada new mexico north dakota oklahoma oregon south dakota washington and wyoming As boon as the law was passed the geological survey distributed field parties froia the rio franje to the canadian line the report wag now ready deala more especially with conditions in kancza and oklahoma touching on rca dagg artesian possibilities and the underflow of large bed on the are dry in summer after consultations in tho cabinet within the jagt year it was decided that the government houll build are known as the sweetwater dam in montana the gunnison irrigation work in colorado the st mary of canals in montana the truckee in nevada and the salt river dam in arizona the coot of chich forc i estimated at arid landa in alio regions named are now practically valueless except for grazing and for that purpose will not bring 1 an acre hut irrigation would bo a marvelous change for land in the dame localities supplied with water ell now for ia an aero and upward on ain er age au acre of irrigated land will support one person in ahe united states aap icren of vacant public land of which over one half ia suitable for grazing i running to in the vat alone water buli ical to irrigate at leant 7 acres the ht I buix alobe is doing splendid work in arousing interest in irrigation and especially directs attention to alie meeting of tho conant cong nt As tah enterprising paper saya clearly a subject tin extensive ie dealt with on a large ealo ny ahn national anil the work w going forward on the broad foundation required |