Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-04
o,..ldect ofLake Shore 4 Michigan
Southern on Its Importance
rvoIIIRES LARGE OUTLAY.
.e president Highly Commend-
~ "a1wIll solve problem Of Farms
" FOR culture Generation"

us". "" e Michigan southern railway
s1 'r headquarters at Cleveland when
n' snd FOR an expression Of opinion on
u7@V p,osdents message as regards mp
me tlVnant of the West, SAID.
dele'opnnot express too strongly my
Zion of the recommendation Pr
pplys-"'ldent looking to the reclalila-
the he now arid regions IN our
uoh W. states and territories Dy the
Wes'v,n o,lon of great reservoirs lot the
otorape Of water s.. so,oca
Ing IortakIng OF this work by the
the VIZ c.,overnnent is the logical result
Rehe," {srillarlty with conditions IN
81 M ,si and his practical knowledge
Of The subject under cohSl''o'"''O"'
work or RECLAMATION
or,o work of reclamation Of arid
,,ods undertaken In the complenensiae
MllH, ,horough manner when lts import
aro oo nc, net only justiiies but delilahuh,
UNI ,'Ni reo,Ire Larger expenditure VI
WIZ NY tban the sparsely settled states
monvs West can command. Money Tor
Vl Wv ,rnose expended by the state
us ho raised by taxationi TINS IL an
mus1 c, ~ ,mnossbillty, therefore the on
opy' ,,'snatiye left to the state or terri
y a''y nnoided by the general govern
WY would be to farm out TO great
h'Vn n,a,es composed Of eastern caplt-
sy syn he right to construct the reser-
alsss ~ avn the water aud contrOl the
,uli9' reclaimed Under this plan the
la '..ior seeking home upon govern
se's' sew, land must pay tribute to the syn
iiOn tn ,h,s formed, In such amount as
Wv. u,o" syndieate might elect to exact
NEW GENERATIONS ARISING
opaoh year a new generation of young
,ooD is being graduated from farms,
,,,,iagea and cities of the East ana
Il Nt,Gd,e west, men who must ma some
,aaatInn Far home and some vocation
n hD which they may become self-sup-
II porting, .otr,os 90 Iowa
N ,uisony Kansas. Nebraska, Minnes0-
n .. ana he Dakotas have attracted
"a "s of these hOmeseekers ana
Y home makers These states ate rapia
" Anlng up and soon the ahhuAl ~, ~,
n odus of young men WIZ looh III Na 'l
N FOR attractive opportunities ior secullns
RI farms and homes In any OF TINS teiIl-
a Tow When this time comes, sohie
territory must be found for TINS rlsiis
westward tide Of civilization
AN ovERsHADowINd CLOUD.
N oThe one overshadowing cloud more
al nortentous than any other today Is me
& rapdy growing political representation
M AMI Influence of the great centers OF
Ventilation as against the country. Inc
2# hore Of the country is In the forty
IA olghtv and one hundred and slxty-acre
~ Sarms-thousands OF them-owned ahd
# titled by happy prosperous American
IN citizens and In no way can this condi'
M zion he brought about so speedily as
r. NV the government undertaking at once
i4 the work Of re-clsimlng and making
fruitful and fertile the millions OF acres
Of land now It's property, but absolute
s& ly worthless without water
ARID LAND FERTILITY.
"a ut is well within the limits of ex
Su IRENE conservatism to say that forty
| acres Of irrigated land will produce OF
D'& an average more than the best eighty
sal acres in The fertile valleys Of the Mis-
se eissippi and the Missouri, Personally
M believe that acre for acre, the irrigat
M ed land may be depended upon 70 pro
W duce three times as much. Taking TN
former estimate, however, as a basis
XIX and attempt to compute the addition
it to the material wealth Of this oountr,
which would result from the expendi
fH ture In this great work Of one-half tn
money which is appropriated annual
M ly IN the rlver and harbor bill, mucl
M OF which 60 put Il very mildly l
spent without hope or expectation o
return, and the result will be&gar com
M prehenson Hut above and beyond IN
material features, consider the mora
& effect upon the character Of the natio
W Of filing the foothills and the valley
OF the trans Missouri states with tn
multitude Of hardy pioneers and HON
!N builders that would be attracted by tn
field thus opened to them.
NO recommendation or suggesti0
has ever been made by q President
.<x more important than this or worthy Q
Sz5 more careful consideration, and | hop
to see an appropriation for the reclama
ton Of the arid lands OF the nntio
< made as regularly as thar for rivers an
harbors, or for any other great an
necessary work Of the national govern
ment and that the appropriation wi
@ DO commensurate In amount with III
H great Importance OF the work"
TO Prevent the Erection of Flat
Chicago, Dec 4-property owners ,
evanston, greatly worried over
threatened Invasion of that exclusiv
suburb by fat-dwelers, have induce
# the ENanstoncouncil to take up builC
ing ordinance that Is intended to pri
vent the erection Of further Fat bull(
ngs IN the district The ordinance hf
llad us FIRST reading and probably wi
pe passed on Thursday. II provides II
nletu stalrways, all outer and part
W Nuus OF prick or stone roofs OF slat
metallic standpipes and ladders con
nlhed and reservoirs OF water ON 10
!. Is aimed 10 make the building
mats practically prohibitory.
M -.
"aue Dean OF Yale Law School.
aoss wv maven, Conn Dec 1.-The,
eoIe salisbury Woolsey nrofesso, 80 ,'V /,
,.sshauonal law. has been anao u, !, =
osnporary dean Of Yale lov ,aiinni
Sessou Of the serious Illness sV, ~ d.
ho SsS' r Francis wayand who h y, t rr
n near ., that department. of H va,a oe'
ws syi5u q quarter Of century y, i"'e na I
tior IS from stoppases , ~ 3, since Ia
''On IN one Of his i erss o' the circul
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gloves 70 the soys g Pi,ssent a pair
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