Show irrigating INDIAN lanag M the recent action of congress in senator barda amendment to the bill haa pi pother leante lask the service ohp 0 ibo alc 1 bior 16 now tb yjih fJ IH and ho indian lands along colorado river the reclamation of tha country adjacent to what has sometimes been called the great american nilo is thus assured the plans to irrigate cheso lands havo ions been regarded with special favor in southern california the chamber of commerce in los angeles and other indeed nothing loath to urge congress to take prompt action in the passage of senator barda amendment Is especially as it isnow possible for thoi secretary of the interior to carr agree ment enado wilh the Ind laus cora ago to the effect that their lands might bo subdivided abid irrigated by a private corporation suitable lawa were passed bu tho company failed to build tho works and the indians have been batting for other relict from time immemorial they had been accustomed to cultivate the lands along the river in blots acl by the natural overflow these areas havo now passed into the hands 0 the whiles all that Is left the indians Is desert land thai without water Is valueless with water however it can bo made to produce several crops a year under the amendment to tho indian bill relief has finally come to the impoverished indiana tho secretary of the interior ts now free to build tho necessary canala under tho terms of ohp reclamation lawf and ta ellot to cach indian acres of land with water he need not wait on an v private corporation As the indian families average from C to 6 persons this would give them ample lands for their support the department part ment forming their judgment from the experience of the cormons mormons in this bbate where the average irrigated farm is less than 30 acres the lands not utilized by the to bo opened to white settlers who will pay for them under the terms of the reclamation law tho sale of lands will serve to defray the expenses of the irrigation works payment being made in 10 annual installments southern california and adjacent portions of arizona should be benefited by the influx of settlers which is sure to follow the irrigation of the land |