Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-09-08
THE TWO REPORTS
Submitted by The Committee 10 the
Irrigation Convention.
srA1R OWNERSHIP PROPOSED.



resolutions tubmilted n majority and
minority fspOr. The majority report
vus NJ iollows:
Tho national executive comEiiloo OF
the Irrigation Congress IL hereby In
tttuc,rd TO prepare n seTles Of bills Tor
yrtsentation tue 20 Congress Of the
United 5!atos, rmtodying the follow.
lug ptopOsition,i
Repeal tie desert land law.
withdrawal from settlement Of
Hl, ARIA lands within the ati region
GOT fund ~ be capable o. irrigation,
3 tuoh lands except mineral isuus,
t4lfurld Tor catchment areas, psssut-
u.rnrd umuer.
Leasing the paHlurago lands,
lisi.g preference TO actual occupants
suG cultivstuts Of adjoining irugablu
land. tbs sails OF surplus timber, tue
lIU,tuus hrisiug IRON such sources %
10 evvOttu to tho development Of
water supply Tor Irrigation within the
slate, and when no longer required
fUf such imposes 10 belong ~ the state.
d. lhAt states be permitted 10 select
lai ts tor reclamation and make tntm
tie ua.ts ~ security for the coustIuC.
iipu ui irrigation work., title to such
nnIB 60 tumain IN the federal govern
mrut uutil sucn time II phstes through
the slate ~ this actual settlefs, 40 uue
Individual being permitted 10 acquire
title 60 more than forty aCtcHut Irrigated
land except IN case OF lands o. situate Il
That local conditions ueCerHitgtU the
enlargement Of the hons unit because
uf the small value Of the crops pre-
uuCyd. The money received from such
ttu Cvs 60 bo reserved for tho purpose
ut itruurgiug oblightlltH Incurred IN
lvWuFk OF bclgiming public laude.
IUit ftc recommendation IL independent
ul nae Carey law, And IL not Intended
90 conflict with, or modify the pre-
VISIONS " that lsw,
5--.rnat when any state shall have
reclaimed land under tue plsn pro-
vii j I'm section b, Il shall form irfiga-
liuu divisions according to hydro
ufHphic conditions, aud when n sui.
Ecirut lumber OF sutllera shall have
actually located upon the land within
iuun division the state shall, cOull.
ti1ually turu over the local admins.
ration 10 tho authorities VI said water
iiviHtUn.
O-lnAt before hny state can avail
itstli N these provisions II shall have
legally constituted state irrigation
Department. That there shall he hI
pointed "A national irrigation commis.
sion, vested with the ad mi nistfation Of
government, PASTORAL and i0fest lands,
Of tuCh irrigation works as may ~
undertaken under Federal authority,
AMI be empowered 10 consider anu
authorize general plans OF reclamation
submitted by tho irrigation depart.
ment of any state. The national ifri.
CATION commission shall also be charged
with the work VI making an immudl-
Rtu investigation Of the problem Of
interstate streams aud report 10 the
Cungttss Of the United States ~ early
us possible measure providing u
means iur the speedy aud ilugl nuJudi-
cation Of questions between states, anu
plan Tor tho division q streams on a
basis OF Justico and equity.
7-ThHt tho toverai territories be In.
cludeu IN tne PROVISIONS OF the Carey
law.
s-TLa' an International commission
bo constituted, comp Ited OF the repre-.
auuialiycs u tue United Statcs, Canada
ana Mexico, whose purpose II shall be-
10 thoroughly examine into and BrOl.
trato questions arising between said
nations because Of the waters 81 riVUrs
parity In each Of the two countries, or
serving M boundary between two,
and TO settle upon basis anu method
toT the equitable division OF the waters
Uf such streams when uaed for iiriyH-
ton.
0--rhat sufficient appropriations be
NJ gutuI Tor Carrying on tho work u
guagiug H,fesms, selecting and HrRre.
gaiiug reservoir riier, anu for the pros
tuUiiug surveys TO determine the loCa'
ton VI lands susceptible OF r,clama.
ton, anu M b Other work In the line II
investigation and experiment ~ may
ls legiIimaltly undertaken, such APP
populations to be expended under the
direction of the national irrigation
commission,
lO-rhat reservoir sites heretofore
reserved by tho government, which
may become necessary for the use OF
states under the operations Of the
Carey law, snail be released and made
available upon application therefor by
states Or territories.
1HE MINORITY REPORT.
The minority report favored the
nwuerGhip ny tho several states OF tue
Nu1 Janus wilnin their respective
territories, aud mentioned conditions
upon which ownership Is to be acquiT'
ed.
The entire evening session was de-
voted TO tho ulHCussIOu Of the reports,
IL. d at II O'Clock further discussion
was postponed until tomorrow mUrn.
ting.