Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-10-17
IRRIGATION TOPICS
Declarations Of the Irrigation Con-
gress Held at Missoula,
Montana.
FAVOR LEASING ARID LANDS
Government Construction of Storage Reser-
voirs Advocated Harmonious Irriga-
ton Laws by Various States Urged
Endorsement of Oeasion of
Lands to States.

Lands to States.
The resolutions adopted at the irriga
ton congress at Missoula, Montana
were as follows:
Resolved, That we advocate and re
affirm the policy and principles hereto
fore enunciated by this in If
former sessions, as set forth in the fol
lowing resolutions:
LEASING OF THE GRAZING LAND
We favor the leasing of the publ
grazing lands at a nominal rental /
limited areas to settlers farming ada
cent lands, the revenues from rentals t
30 TO the states and territories wherei
the lands are situated for irrigation de
velopn1ent, leases to be subject to RICH
OF reclamation by Irrigation and of set
tlement of land actually cultivated, It'll
OF land to remain in federal govern
ment until actual settlement, the leas
ing OF said lands to be under the contrc
or states where situated, and the e v
nues arising therefrom to be expende.
by the states engineering bureaus; pro
Vlded, that in any state having no en-
gineering bureau the federal govern
ment may lease the lands and expena
the revenues in the construction of irri
cation works in the state.
FEDERAL STORAGE RESERVOIRS
We favor the preservation and devel
opment of u national by tn,
federal government for flood protection
and to save for use in aid of n~avigatio,
and irrigation the flood waters which
now run to waste and cause overflow
n destruction, as recommended in thu
report of Colonel Hiram M. Chittenden
and we urge the adoption of the recon.
mendations of this report as to the con
struction Of storage reservoirs in the
arid regions as a part of the rational
policy of internal improvements.
ARID LAND RECLAMATION.
We favor the construction, by the
federal government, of storage reser-
voirs and irrigation works wherever
necessary to furnish water for the rec
lamation and actual settlement of the
arid public land.
UNITED OWNERSHIP OF LAND
AND WATER.
The value Of the irrigated farm and
the security of the home thereby Gre
ated r alike dependent upon sufficient
public control Of the water supply and
the prevention Of water becoming a
speculative commodity. We believe
the water Of all streams should
remain public property, and
that the right to its use should inhere
not in the individual, or the ditch, but
in the land reclaimed.
HARMONIOUS IRRIGATION LAWS.
We urge the adoption of a harmonious
of irrigation laws In all of the
arid and semi-arid states and terrific
ries, under which the right to the use
Of water for irrigation shall vest in the
user, and become appurtenant to the
land irrigated, and beneficial use be the
measure Of the right, and the irrigated
home be protected from litigation by
the establishment Of a state system for
the equitable and final adjustment Of
he rights of irrigators to the distribu-
ton of the waters of the streams.
INTERSTATE RIVERS.
We favor the establishment Of a ma
.ional commission for the equitable ad-
|ustment of all differences arising from
he appropriation and use of the waters
VI the interstate rivers.
FOREST PRESERVATION.
We earnestly urge upon the congress
If the United States the Importance of
.arrying into full effect the legislation
with a view to securing the
and most effective action by
he national government for the preser-.
ration and re-forestation Of the forest
ands of our country and the resulting
conservation of our timber and water
supplies, and wise and systematic utili-
Of our numbering resources.
CONDITIONAL STATE CESSION.
We oppose the cession of the public
ands Of the nation to the respective
Itates and territories except upon con-
litions so strict that they will insure
he settlement of such lands by actual
in small tracts, and absolutely
their absorption in large bodies
lnder private ownership.
GOVERNMENT SURVEYS AND IN
VESTIGATION.
We commend the efforts of the va
ious bureaus of the national govern
nemt in the examination Of the physical
legal conditions relating to irriga-
ion, and their work in promoting the
ydoption of more effective customs and
Methods of irrigation, and urge upon
ongress the necessity OF providing lib
raj appropriations for this important
york.
COMMITTEE ON STATE LAWS.
We suggest the appointment Of a
ommittee on legislation to aid in car
wing out the recommendations Of this
ongress as to the adoption Of a har-
system Of state irrigation laws.
UGH committee to consist of Elwood
fead as chairman, and one member
rom each state, to be appointed by the
resident Of this congress.
On the 10th of December, 1877, Rev.
A. Donahoe, pastor M. E. church,
,uth, Pt. Pleasant, w. Va, contracted
severe cold which was attended from
le beginning by violent coughing. He
lys. "After resorting to a number of
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