Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-06-08
Water Storage nd Irrigation.
 lSilyer Belt l

The storage of water in sections where the rainfall Is inadequate to in sure a crop, has become d question of much comment, and in the arld west much rich land belonging 10 the gov ernment is and has been iallow since the dawn of creation, yielding no sup port to either the government or mul- titude of people who would otherwise reclaim it and associate the idea of plentiful harvest garnished with gold en fruit.
 The cultivation of the soil, accord ing to Vattel lis an obligation impos- ed by nature on mankind" and every nation, according to the same author ity, is obliged by the law of nature to cullivatr tine ground that has lallen to it's share" But how is that to be done in a country like Arizona where thirsty earth drinks up ihe rain and drinks and gapes for drink again" un- less the general government assists in providing water storage, which she can easily afford to do by donating land, which in its present condition is l uninhahitahle and not wOrJ h stiver
 Or will the government sill persist in l its supine policy towards western pos | sessions, winch even begrudges pio- neers (who emphasize their presence i by their thrift, ill an Indian country that assistance which their surround ingS demand.
 The total area Of the United States Is 3,603,So4 square miles, for which was paid S6},709,G00 and which was acquired of Great Britain, France, Spain, Texas and Russia, and not an inch by discovery, which goes to prove that our boas ed governmental enter prise is simply mythical, and that the push and energy which clears the for ests, by swamp and stream, frightens
 the hooting owl, rears the log school
 house, creates history and opens the
 way for the formation of additional
 states, belong not to the class who fig
 ure in my lady's chamber" or post.
 ure before q looking glass, but to
 those whose energies have carried
 them to where they find elbow-room
 and who are now imploring assistance
 from Rip Van Wrinkle Congress tc
 render newly acquired possession,
 habitable by assisting in husbanding the water which now runs to waste
 without refreshing the soil In Esop',
 fable Of the dog in the manager, the
 hay and the OK illustrates the federal
 governments position on the question
 ol water storage.
 While water storage is secondary consideration to Congressional legis la'ors, they, no doubt, knit theil
 brows occasioned by profound though
 of how to solve the Indian question
 without having logically entertained
 the idea that the question of irrigation
 might prove a helpful adjunct to tn, army in it's efforts 10 extend the bless ings of civilization 10 where Indian superstition now, through the inhu
 ence Ol their medicine men, lead
 whole tribes to believe that antago 5 nlsm to tire whljes Is commanded O
 them by the great spirit The efiec of supply of Water in the aril west easily ob aimed by means of reservoir, would attract immigration whici $ would speedily surround our expens { i've, troublesome and dangerous nr mads with the influence of Chris ial
 purity, in which halloN cd inhuenc no guilty though can live" and als 5 with ihe Ger; ain knowledge that eth r way oi the transgressor is hard" ant , under these circumstances would no
 the Indians also, like the white mau
 become "hewers of wool and drawer + cf water" and il they will not prof E by association. ell them of the fate q
 the Pequods who were in 1617, almos
 wholly eXtermina ed by lhe Englis 2 and the few vino eScaped were givel , 10 the Naragansetts Tor adoption. s How to Kill g'phers is questio I frequently discussed in he papers. Los Angeles county farmer has disco, cred that the lit!le beasts love celery r and that putting poison on ,his veg. e table and placing j in their way is g sure method of killing them. As kimble ol Chine, says the poisr should be pQ on what hey are aa,in . at he time; that is fl they are eafin t potatoes, put it on them; i trees, pu
 Il on the place eaten and SD ou wit
 any root tree or vine they are dt [ stroying Chino (Cai) Champion. r Tie new haeber s)tap has crawlel { ' the top.