Arizona republican., 1901-06-28
PHOENIX. ARIZONA, JUNE 2s. 1901
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or beach without having The Re-
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bs lonesome without it.

AT congress of TrlRdllOnistS nelu III
Wyoming last week the conclusion va.
reached that the gov
Up AGAINST eminent should under
THE REAL take the redemption Of
THING. the vast areas OF arid
lands in the west by the
construction OF storage reservoirs. 1t
was agreed that this undertaking was
a, duty the government owed to its
people, who are Its supporters; that The
expense attending the building of
reservoirs was too great for individual.
effort; that 1t was as much the duty
Of the government to redeem its waste
lands. thereby Increasing many fold
It's commercial value vastly expanding
its homestead possibilities. and doub-
ling the country's productiveness in
some lines. as it was TO build dykes and
harbors, or TO dredge rivers.
These irrigationists favoie the New
lands bill, This bill failed of passage
IN the last congress. Its. main features
take the building of reservoirs in tbs
various arid states and territories for
the purpose OF retaining new lands;
that all moneys resolved from the sale
of government lands. not otherwise APP
propriated for the benefit OF schools.
should hereafter b used in the con-
structlon Of reservoirs under the di-
rection Of the secretary of the interior,
and that this money received from the
sale OF government lands In each state
and territory should be spent for con-
structlon work In the state or terri
tory In which the lands were sold.
An analysis OF the Newlands bill does
not hold out much Of comfort to resi-
dents OF the Salt River valley. In the
first place the expressed purpose OF this
hill is to provide means for the re-
demption Of new lands--that Is, lands
not now under cultivation This clause
alone, unless amended. will cut this
valley of from any benefits resulting
from government aid and construction.
Again. the clause requiring the expen-
dNure Of money derived from the sale
Of public lands in the state or territory
in which the lands were sold. does no.
carry much solace 10 Arizona hearts.
Statistics from the general land Office
for the last Ave years show gross re-
turns from the sale of all public lands.
Including mineral lands, to average
about 5000 per year At this rate how
long would It be ere we could build the
Tonic dam. dam that will cost about
$4,000. 900?
II wouh appear that Arizona is up
against the real thing.
The Republican favors government
aid. II believes this to be the govern
WE FAVOR mdes being wise bust
GOVERN! ness move 1t favors
MENT AID. this proposition none the
less earnestly because 1t
is\hrmly of the opinion that the Salt
River valley will never be benefited
directly by this government policy. But
We believe the policy 10 be right, and
when a>thing is right it Is right not
withdrawing every section does not
reap rewards in dollars and cents. |
Other sections OF the country viii profit |
by government aid and deservediy So |
Lndeed. We believe that other portions
of'Arizona will profit. We believe that
the government will undertake the
construction OF the San Carlos dam,
thereby placing our neighbors over in
Ella county on Easy street. And right
here We want to say that those ella
themselves will be no more
rejoiced than we over the connummn-
ton, Of their long deferred hopes. W.
are not jealous or envious OF our neigh
bors. We are glad when they are en-.
rl7hed. t-e. .t.-.
But when the government has under
Ia, ken the construction OF the san Car
los dam--whicn IL will d. because Of
the restitution and needs OF the Pima
and Papago Indians. rather than be-
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