Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-12-04

:, has been rei"e".. .,,n,,,,o,,v affect
u r attention 90 matterVltal'y me- ~
Tar an nresent and future progress Oh
ts tne sepecialiy in this western
ilii aeo. and wherever the na, nns h mom
I,s 0ur rivers and streams am, mas t Of
q Oa a,aily utilized. The amount Q,
TFacu'a,,,.o now during the period
IBIS ha adcd for crop production Is
sa'n small proportion of the winter
bull "a dows of these same water
q w. hence the conservation OIL them
su'' , anti of FIVE or six times as
Eouu bsing thoroughly reclaimed
pa., nresent. The results from such
As a. in the creation of water power
hc,'s ,.o,rie plants it is difficult to
'na hpt their value for manufac-
''np' ,ransportation-in fact all IN
.,,,ial pursuits-we may safely con-
el" avceeding vastly that for ag-
sos' alone. In mining and ore
t Nu VINO can foretell the future
,noney values to be divided from
nv NOW wasted completely. and
'. when harnessed for use in no
..stricts the water volume needed
Il agricultural ,u s.or,ro
Natural SITES ior
i. ,ha large way are not nearly as
..i,r, os Is generally supposed'and
.os, of thus conserving the Hood
Eaters is a most important i"''oi az
,..,otinp their construction - so
,b,t only communities or
mpot'ah' .,,,o bring s,ich
companies can III
obstruction about frac'ieuis
ore available are on the pub
aies 40 ~ ,.a Irritea states. living
DC lands Vi NV -. ,,,,,,,
within the mountain ranges way
- ,rable lands and utterly worthless
u' ~ rurnose than convert
for any o''
rg into artlhcai iahes'
Scarce as are these natural sl'es'
...ors aqn the government, in Il
It" 'e"' ,,,sio, 1ithdrexv the
spasTn Oh upPi
greater part Oh the hios.
syailable. from occupancy ~
requirement by the people. my
thrs depriving the country
fhpir IOSslDlt hSN go
out any intention OF so making thell
As a government. 1t is hard to under
stand tire motive. The ohiy reasoi
gwen was that they would be sopDieo
igr speculative purposes by ihuiViuu'
ALL lnasmuch as individuals 10 hoiu
Them would have to eXpend tnousahus
and thousands of dollars, IL woul'
sem that this course OF BopDllnt
would have been preferable 10 th'
r)yernmental action which, while un'
sble to do anything itself, eitectuaHS
stopped all others. Fortunately oul
rational Congress has seen ITS pas
error ard bills are now before IL u
restore these sites either to the nation
Al domain or donate them TO th'
states in which they lie.
For many years past 1t has been ap
ralent to those familiar with the SUP
e,t. and to the Congress itself, tina
some clearly expressed law taking IN
place Of such as are eXtant should D'
enacted, whereby private capital cal
be Induced to undertake land reclama
ton by storing waste waters-such
law as will give to investors propei
tine for construction and ensure then
title 10 the lands upon which thei
works have been built.
The secretary OF the interior, Hon
u Il
usss December last thus speaks OF
this subject: Existing laws are in
effective to secure the reclamation o
the lands susceptible of irrigation. TIL
demand for congressional action come
10 us with Irresistible force. OF tn
~ million acres Of arid lands, abou
10 million might be reclaimed, but un
less some plan is adopted by which tn
waters Of the perennial streams whlcl
tre wasted during the winter month
could be stored. and reservoirs con
sructed upon appropriate sites to i'm
pound the storm waters. the percen
With a secretary of the Interior s
apparently In favor of congressiona
taactments. it will naturally be aske
Why is this matter now brought to tn
attention Of your body? II is becaus
after passing a law In 1891 which
faulty in many respects. vet enable
Tie attaining of title TO reseryoi
sites. and under which hundreds a
thousands of acres have been re
Claimed and millions of dollars hav
tfen spent. the national CONGRESS- /
~ entirely undid all the good it ha
done and passed n new law which nre
dudes any obtainin@ NJ ara MS ms ~ a p,v
eflmental lands for irrigation or move
purposes, II is therefore especIalI
dssirabe that some ne,; act should i
passed analogous to that of 1s9
amending its faculty portions. an
While conferring title TO Investors wi
Be the means of securing new home
. millions Of our people' If after
p.oposed 10 have apactsd ny th,s , canve,
ron should resolve to support mea,
NpNmotive OF such great importanc
Y the whole arid region. the object ,
hs paper will have been erected.
The act Of Congress approved Marc
~ 1891, granted the right of wa
through the public lands and reservf
IONS OF the United States for the u.
aeanals bitches and reservoirs her,
olore and hereafter constructed i
Separations individunIs ar assoc,,
Nlons Of individuals upon the fIlir
sha approval of the certificates an
l,aps therein provided for. The limi