Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-10-15 | Page 6 | Back from Irrigation Congress

BACK FROM irrigation CONGRESS congressman reeder of kansas gives his views topeka kan oct 13 congressman W A heeder the ranking member of the house irrigation committee is in topeka today having just returned from tho irrigation at ogdan ire said irrigation ia tha moat important thing that the now has on hand the irrigation fund liaa nil million dollars on hand and that the irrigation of a million acres in tb near future the is experimenting with the in western kan MH and eastern colorado and will develop artesian wells we want some changes in alie land laws so that the land will be kept out of the hands of speculators emall homesteads are what is needed forty acres is enough for one settler 0 o irrigate