The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-08-03

upOn Tho Missouri iyer anh eleaI
down To t,0niHianA In thu south
l'ha nakt proposition ihHt wa contend
for N, that where tho government hAa,
In this state, owned aud still owns
millions OF A0reH Of fertile lnnda, And
Wbleh ara uDprOdnotlve, only beeauNe
tbe lands Ara Afid, thNA the federal
government ahOuld hnild moi neges'
anpily only small distributing stleAn,p
0p System OF streams, WhAFe thu settlavl
md farmers ana stOoa lnen could build
Hn0h small streams Tor themaalves, but
thnt thnpa should be bNilt n aren't eanal
which II entirely beyond Tim auOpa NJ
private enterprise, m thnt theae WAAlt
WNtsFs eAD ba taken out VI TIN river
and utilised Tor the lleopla " your
aren't state,
New, taking these Two propositions,
lifting than up IN Il nillnp III flIh hs
niubI, md n pillar ot cloud by day, W.
viii lend ouI of Tho difficulties Tim,
Haem ID be indispensable lOdAs In the
reclamation 0f thaan Brid lands, Hut
loo ls consider Whnl lha bpDehla Will
bu from tlle adoption OF the policy 0l
tho Irrigation 0Onpresa WOuId ha 10 ,hp
people Of iAlH atata,, ilat na lnhe anoll
blADOlnf indOtiIshy itaeli I'ahH first
the mining industry and Tho develop
mlpNt NJ thn untold mineral RESOURCES
on thIa Apnnt stnIe, " thu waters tbai
now M 10 WAala IN thu winter months,
not only accomplishing no good, bni
0oHtinH millions Of dollars damage,
Ware stored In lhaAe uppat mountain
reservoirs, Al Tho expense NJ thn
federal gOvApnment, H0 lhni thAy n0nld
ll0 tAkan out during The nlS nnAaOI III
tho yenp upon thn miners claims, or
mines, where They p0QnIra WntaF ftl
their W0pk !, sny water for tbN mills and
amailnTA, atO, Ann nsOd by thu min1p
for these pnppOaeH, WllbOnt ADy burden
0i HklIAIlnaa npDD llInl except lla G0na
HtINGtiOD Of A diioh 10 tNho tho Watep ONt
Oi tho reservoir Oi Atinnm hlRher than
lin H6nfae, WGnlii yOn nDt Ah'aH w III
mo that " would Do OF unavnlOuH vnlIe
10 thh nllDinn industry 0f Montana
| know tint In thu stutp of California,
with which ! mn M0re familiar thnD !
mn with thia atnIh, the question NJ
Wntep IN one Of TN pppnI ppOblunlA Tint
hAH presented Itself 10 ID0 miner, nnn ]
imnplnA II MDAl bp lNrAals No III your
Hlnta, II lhe IpHpvvOlilnn Of thede
waste wntops during tha winter can be
Fnyan, all Df lllp,n for II useful purpose,
my III lhp developing on your mining
~ mineral Industry, nn0 TINT tlhy
WOnld stimulate mining, md would
irinH the miner pfOapelllS, W0Dl1 llOl
Tint Nr itself, II nothing nlaa we're ms
complained, ba OF vaal benefit 10 every
Othal Interest of thlA a!nta, beoanse IN
ihe Minus plospavs IN Montana, 10
wonld prosper The farmer md Tho stock
RlOW9r,
Now passing from the mineral taA'
ine IN line next the farmer, There N
nOlhina In the world thAt WOuld atinlnH
lata ma banaht lhe intepeSla Of tho
farmers Of Montana M n olnaa and
indeed Of every atAte III fnOt u would
effect thpOugh iheas great volumes
Whlah ara running w waste and illa
nnan0a something within Tho reach Of
avary industry thai might by started by
thRsH waters balnH HAvad III ApeAt
nHavy0iTs especially during tha dry sea,
In tha growing Of crops And
tba raising Of faad Instead Of All0Wi inA
these wAisiE 10 40 10 waste III thn
WintaT during tha winter months take
tha si0pkgpOWaps, let mo iiluHlrAlB
Ihe gpaat purpose which WI hops tO
|DRye 0npiiad Ont IN thia vicinity, " N
fnivIy wall understood my friends thAt
hhe Yellowstone river can ba taken 0nl
At n point farther up tha rivsrH"'l think
bha mama Of tbe plnoe IN Hplingdnleaa
lnrpiad along bhe iidgs Of the divide
bptwaaD tba MDSselshell and YellOw'
.tODa rivers nnd gaviiad AlDnH tlla
livida oleap thionDh 20 tha junction OF
Ihe Yellowstone and Missouri.
Nov | hnva here thia evening"
which Of course th0ae In The Audien0a
DnDnOt see, bnt wbiHb lrAoes tho nOnrae
III tba Missouri and tbe e0nyse 0f thH
iiVid8 which / have jnst referred lO,
Y0u aee The ideA which IN in my mind
lnd ! want yon 10 ginsp " dnfiDA the
Dalanoe 0f my argument thiA evening,
Thaie IN tIle line 0f the YallOWHtDne
'Iyepi hHre IN tha lInH Of iha divide
DotWeAH the YellDWAlHn9 and tbo
md Of Tho Yellowstone 10
tba Missouri liver Now flhat water
Wara takeD 0nt M The p0int l i0fev W
md 0AyIied In MI immense OAnNl Al0nH
the fidga " WOnld n0t lass0n lh9 WHtes
VI II sipAlo farmer In The YellDwsi0ne,
DpOausa 0f TIM WHtav taken 0nt In lle
luunl would retDTn 10 the rivev, Ihe
\ Inference W0pld bp thAt thlA whole
,vpat G0nntry balwaNn this pOlnl NJ Who
Yellowstone md Tho divide IN TIN
JDrth, tnstaad M having fha water 0D
tlla h0liOn, N WOul1 ha tnkan out Nv
tbo i0ps nnd Nil through Tho aleNt
i1lDty fhafe wHDld bn ample aud
,hpndnnt WHfev INV y0nI OAttlH IHan,
IIIeap vOisars Nud fuvnaTs,