Show ROOSEVELT ANO THE WEST eres president ident Is irrigations most friend and thereby a benefactor to yet unborn HE HAS LIVED IN THE ARID REGIONS t and fully realizes their needs his ilis great work praised by the press irrespective of politics blood bloodless less conquest I 1 of vast empire when president roosevelt Roose was GOT gov aboc of new york he once remarked 1 I am arm 0 at the sixth generation born bom on island but I 1 BELONG west of the if bourt waver this Is 1 a key to the depth and breadth of f that tl president presidents knowledge concerning olti things pertaining to the united states tie ile Is 1 the first president who ever vl ad west of the th missouri river lie ile is the drat who eyer ever perceived the incalculable of the arid and west and he is i via lefly responsible for the national lari tat lors act which Is to transform deserts nt tit gardens by a it chain of endless times derived from the sale of public aandy la in the arid rid stoles each arid and state list tarn turn ts Is to be reclaimed and populated by ty independent high minded self sup sporting citizens established himself in 1834 1884 on a ranch at the headwaters of the lit alo tl bilia missouri river in south dakota lie ile was then only 20 years of age after 4 residence there of about two year years he returned to new lork not only restored aa n body but a different man mentally and nd psychically ue ile bad entered into the of althe IN 1 esc eat so completely that oat he was actually acta ally there the mountains communicated to him the secret of 0 their strength and has h learned of the benedictions of the unclouded sun he ile made a ranch herded cattle mingled with con covi boys and hunted the big game of the plains there too he be learned the Biar TeU vets of the and soil when joined to the waters of the mountain streamed st reame vast area to be reclaimed it was such experiences as these that enabled him to link his name forever with the great irrigation movement me ile tl us was induced to put the presidential ellas boulder against the barred doors of arid rid fin a erica erics and do one of the biggest bilings since the a gning citing of our declara tion con of 0 independence perhaps few of as s hare more than a tagne vague consciousness of t the mighty issues involved in to this act it adds at once acres of fertile soil to our agricultural agn cultural and hor ticul tural area and opens op up one of the most beautiful and promising vistas ever per delved by the husbandmen of america or elsewhere it might be ba so 4 by caril cavil tra that the reclamation of these deserts was inevitable sometime but it was by ao 00 means inevitable that they should be reclaimed by means of public works and that the p of land and water would be indissolubly united the great adae st thing liking president Rooi rosievelt evelt has his done dow here was to write this naming flaming sentence 11 1 I OF WAT ER APART FROM land cannoa PREVAIL WITHOUT CAUSING EN E durina DURING WRONG that tha t was enoth tr er I 1 proclamation of emancipation int lot the he great struggle between private greed said bixl ixl public good came at the psycho psychology log lea moment the mighty words of the first irrigation president and the battle was won pral pralle tor for the th president b h smythe author of con quest of arid america it pioneer in the movement and now a demo batic cratic pel pol bician of san D ego california writing of president roosevelt a 8 visit t the he west awk ie le ago exclaimed wel wei ome come theodore roosevelt Roosevel tl welcome because you are the lent tt IN elcome galia again because you wrung national ird allon from an unwilling Con congress gressl and thrice welcome because with a stroke of 0 your pen you slew stew the dragon of water much bloch as the men of todal todi to di dal appreciate the italic chii g yoa you did when op bortni ty ed the door it Is only the men imen floare wl alio oare are ila 10 lire live as the he long genera daeris lon abell untold who may kaow know the full significance of that great deed it a universally nire ralty recognized irrespective of politics that the passage of the national irrigation act by congress juie jute lw 1902 1 could neter never bate have been accomplished it if t iad tied not been tor for the tact fact that mr lir roosevelt so strongly recommended irrigation in bis his message to Cor congress agre and nd put his personal shoulder th to the wheel gw eel to help the mends friends of the bill aiding wing th tit forbes into line in its favor when his official clat signature was doly duty to the he measure mating making it the law aw of the lit d the press f from rom the at lactic lo 10 the pacific from the th lakes to the gulf aud and irrespective of religion or politics seat eil up one beany hearty acclaim of A well done it was a sincere heart tribute to the man to his honesty pat pet riot lani statesmanship americanism monte tied vied with california and the mix bills It valley said limen men the eulo clea information exultations exaltations predictions prediction 8 and ad prophecies were edifying and lasper fog og they emphasized the monroe doctrine of america for americans ex tracts from many maor of the papers publish ed d in different Berent di parts of tb country ap a p paring gearing at the lime time arc are here cepro incel prudent Roo booted evolt 1 a triumph As the first administration mature to pass both houseas of Congre Con greaf sitt daring during the present session the tiati national onal Url gatlon bill is deserting deserving of rop newial ecial at tendon at the moment not that its it specific provisions or its passage present anything new in a matter rustier that has hike loog long been under public and legislative legisla tire discus slon and consideration in this country bat but because irrigation legislation was one adf f the comparatively few things to which president roosevelt erelt called the especial attention of CA cegres Cu ogress gres in bis his first annual ones buige nu sage ige and to secure blob he has bits do d feted his energies and lugue uce tally for nearly wren seven months ili ills ap royal of the bill by for formally wally attaching alo al signature to it which be he will cat oat anally do with becoming meik will mark a notable triumph for tha the are ident of the united states sew new york lork commercial greatest Gr tet enactment bine since the home trad stead law ft the national Sat ional irrigation association 0 i entitled to great credit for this early and gratifying result the beginning of the great work under national auspices which is to make the desert blossom RS as the rose and convert and cu erica into an arable empire affording countless witless co homes for the hungry home seekers of this tast vast country Is in now la in fight eight it Is to the greatest grea and grandest step this toy baa has taken since the homestead law was as cirit placed upon our national statute books san lancisco Iran b ran cisco enterprise jun june 21 21 land expansion Ezpa the whole influence of the uon don was exerted la IQ fator flavor ff t the relict relief for the west brought by the bill which has just con gone on to the national statute book without without the loss of a life or the firing of 0 a it shot the republican party through its land reella reclamation mation act has add ed a vast empire to the domain 0 of the united states st loan louis globe democrat hot rest new news of the tear year every state in the west Is in interested in Q the new irrigation law noon soon to be sign ed by the lent ilent as it means the greater development ot of this title region and its a it means the ultimate provision of homes for 25 people on land that Is 13 not now useful it is the best item of news in the way ot american expansion that has his been beta recorded this year des molues moines register june 18 wilt will stimulate ail mulat private pi arate Irrig rati on several large irrigation enterprises la in this state are now under way the new law will not riot rAter interfere fere with their progress but will rather spur them to greater efel chency and thus lucre increase aae competition in opening the state and getting settlers on the reclaimed land portland Ore oregonians Oreg gonian onlan jun june 23 0 ona one of the beat oat of the parlon ion oa on first consideration it would seem 8 e em that the irrigation bill possessed 0 only n ly sectional ec donal advantage advantages to the tb vest est but it really means much to the eastern mar leu lets of this country when president roosevelt succeeded to the presidency the friends of irrigation found their itron strongest gest ally for one of the president a first acts act was to place himself in line ain with the het wit irrigation sentiment of the auntry president roosevelt Hoo tevelt it Is said regards the irrigation bill as one of the wit measures which his signature has anador mad a law brooklyn times the Pre pral allent lent a hand the irrigation measure which has been adopted by congress is fraught with vast pr in the future As the bill was visa originally framed the lands would hare been absorbed by capitalists at the expense of actual settlers but as soon as the matter was brought to the tb attention of i the president resident I the bill was amended 1 uder threat of teto veto raxton UL beg rec ister aster july 9 IW 1002 A prophetic estimate Eitl mit A patriot a man of genius a man of 01 naively a audacious prevision a man of eastern culture and of western expert enco once is in president dent of the united states ile ie could signalize his SAM in no grander pod nd in no mor more excellent way than by identifying it with the begin lings taints of the great v mork ork and of tb the great duty of reclaiming the went west on oa the lines the eagle sets t forth today to day Drook brooklyn lya fagle nov M 21 1001 1901 homestead ad aad cheap rood for thousands the th reclamation of bat but ten per cent of this enormous territory means homestead for aels of families and cheap client food for thousands of others A i ew era in our agricultural progress b glus with this system and whether it shall please the liast last or not it Is to in strict accord with the tendency of our modem modern nati nil wit growth st mot gazette june IT new now territory it Is equivalent to opening up a several verat new state states for settlement holdings are limited to acres and the tb owner must be a bona fid resident 10 lo order to obtain the benefits of the ird gallon system this will shot shut oat out the th speculators and promote the development of homes a herald boston jan june t pr par the irrigation bill must not be b overlooked in considering rou the important work of Congre oi for it is a measure of far reaching and arid cumulative effect its ben e ats will be immediate but they will be b tr far greater twenty or thirty years from giov when the system inaugurated by this law will hare have worked out its benefi cent resul tat to an absolute lio lute demo demon astr stra ion don lo 10 angeles times mines july I 1 importance Import ince to a large section of the th west the th ird gation bill which bich promises to redeem to agriculture tatt millions lions of acres that era now dry and barren is i by far the th most important measure of the session essi oo and it t is a measure of surpassing importance one ne that has beta been under discussion for many rear years but bag has heretofore failed tor for the old reason that it was impossible to arouse roa sufficient interest in sri it outside of f the states directly affected it Is an improvement that will par pay for itself as it progresses tor for the whole cost Is to be defrayed by the money received for the sale of lands and the barred barren lands that receive the benefits of irrigation will at nce once posses possess a value f far ar beyond the cost of f the tb improvement brooklyn times july L home homes for a multitude the signing Biff nine of the irrigation bill by the pre aldei deit t will attract public atten tion to the scope of the measure and its vast possibilities in the development of productive areas oat out of tarren barren deserts an enterprise that will ultimately provide provid homes for BO people seatta post ost july 2 nil tet act of congress the irrigation bill passed by the house on friday and already passed by the senate renate is an attempt to noire solve what secretary N ft ilson has well called bour our great est eat domestic ac problem tion don of these arid and lands will not only provide homes tor for millions but will largely protect the region eastward against drought on the whole the irrigation law is likely to pass into history as the wisest legislation of the present congress new now haven conn Ca inu leader july 1 L 11 with inith COO acre acres of arid and land in the west and ad with mith an automatic fund which will reach in thirty years to irrigate this land it is difficult to tell what vi hat the outcome will bei it can only be described by the term magnificent inaba neb world herald jun june 29 20 an costern th the bugaboo of injurious competition raised in some parts of the east and west in tou iou to the irrigation plan has no basis la in common sense sine the th beginning of the present century more than one I 1 lillion illion acres of public lands hare bare been opened to settlement the great faiths of the IN west eat and south hay have come into being and the prosperity of the whole country has ben been bommen with their growth botten bo no ca con june SO 30 comprehensive and nd antomette the irrigation bill which has just passed congress nod and been signed by the president Is the only bill ter ever passed which furnishes so complete com comprehend compre prathen hen sire and automatic a plan of action under its provision at least ISO of the proceeds of the sales of public land lands will be available in the next thirty year years tor for irrigation works without further appropriation new york financial Fia ancial record june 25 a new now policy the house of representatives yesterday by the decisive vote of HO to 55 passed the irrigation bill S WT which Is of so much importance to this whole region as marking the inauguration of a nations national 1 policy for the redemption of the arid and lands lauds salt lake tribune jun 14 vastly important two vastly important measures inea stand out as the tangible results of the session the question of an isthmian aa canal has bas it is to be hoped been solved iso no less important and perhaps more contrina con triba tribu tory to the prosperity of the country Is the passage of the hansbrough lowland newlands irrigation bill it Is doubtful it if a more mor perfectly conceived measure waa was eve ver 0 enacted by congress Willi willimantic mantic conn coun journal july 11 11 Courrat the nation the people of 0 the united states are ar to 10 be b congratulated upon the adoption of a I measure which Is in itself f equivalent to the annexation of an immense area ares to the tb national domain and which will bring immeasurable immensurable benefits to the nation colorado spring gazette june jan 0 18 20 add to the Count country rys wealth an act which has received less general attention but Is in nevertheless of importance is that which blob provides for don of arid and semi arid sections of the th west andr under the tb and ad partly at the th expense of the tb national govern ment that the lands which will thin thus be made aval available lable for agriculture will add greatly to the sources of the coun arys try a health goes without saying al bany journal july 1 on one of importance the other chief achievement achievements are ar the gaage of the tb public irrigation bill will open a vast area of and west em ern land to profitable lole settlement the ex tension of the terms of chinese exclusion and the passage of a seventy million dol lar tar riter river and harbor bill |