Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-03-03

high line bitches so as to bring the stor
ed waters to point where they may be
available to the settlers; and the ex
penditure by the settlers themselves o.
from SIS to $50 an acre in the bitches
and side bitches necessary for the re
clamation OF the land.
Now. the purpose Of the irrigation
movement is simply to enable the Gov
eminent TO bring these waters TO a
point where they may be available BY
private enterprise or by cooperation
of the settlers for reclamation OF the
arid lands And with reference to that
| will say the storage OF water costs on
the average about S per acre-foot, and
that is acre-feet OF water are required
for every acre OF these Is, ooo, 600 acre
II means 10000 COO acre-fcet: so that
assuming all the water for these $4,000
; COO acres were stored water il would
! cost $50, ooo.ooo or s., 500, 600 annually
for period Of one hundred years; but
this VT vCu d i>Ot FL lie stored water.
/ The stored water would simply be used
to Supplement- the t}oodwaters. The
latter would be ample Tor a! during the
ccrIy months q spring and summer.
and the stored waters would only be
used to perfect growth toward the h2r
vest season. And so it is probable that
.3o,oooooo acre-ieet OF stored water.
costing about 81 so 600 900. would. with
the aid OF the unstored flood waters re-
claim these 100000 acre. But III ad
diton TO that the settlers who reclaim
these lands Will spend an amount, ag-
gregating many times that much. and
will to that extent increase the wealth OF
the country
Nov. let NE say that the reclamation
question is not one OF large proper
tons. It will be undertaken very
gradually and there is now pending be
fore this body. reported by the Commit
tee on Md Lands. and pending before
the Scua.c. reverted hv the Committee
on Public Lands, = measure which pro
r!sles simply that the West shalt reclaim,
Itself: that The proceeds OF the sale ci
- bubble lands in that region shall be put
. into 4 special iund, to be called tn
Arid Lands Reclamation Fund Civ
ing the Secretary Di the Interior the
power TO go on and conduct Storagt
reservoirs and hydraulic works csSent a
, Tor the reclamation Of the arid lands
that the irnd ITSELF shall he the limit oi
! his operations. He can make no con
tract except when the money j. actually
. in the iund,
+I- two,
years | NAV say. we have been pressing
this question upon the consideration O
=. CONGRESS md wherever We have press
q Cd .h, Question at construction Con
gress always saws: We do not know
/ enough about it. Let lis ,nvcsti@ gate
more. We VIII deny yo't hall 4 mil
lion or = million Of dollars which rot
II I, }or construction and we will give
d YOU 100000 for investigation. Ane
e 50 We have gone on Tor years spending
a the gentleman says. nearly s. COO 90,
! and venture to say double or trrhl,
: that amount would have accompl she.
= I'll the storage that viii b necessary il
e Nevada Tor the next thirty years.
There are 6oO. 900 900 acres al land i
the arid region. bt,, there IS At the III
most water enough only For t0o,ooo.Oo
1t acres. The rest are high tnnuntai
h lands and pastoral lands. which ca
, never be irrigated bccausc there Wi
: be no water available
y Now | wish 10 say that he refers I
this question. L is truc the vca't'2 CT,
20 ated there viii amount to billions an
it will be worth billions and the ari
country Will have Il populafion % fro1
=" seventy FIVE to d hundred million
g people within the next hundred year
p Does the gentleman object 20 he -,
alton OF wealth in this country: i
alter the creation Of wealth ONLY in Il
TO philippines. and does he propose to 4:
al ny Us the creation and Development
domestic wealth:
Mr.. Hill am in favor al the dew,
- opfnent OF wealth by individuai etfor
$ Mr.. Newlands-The gentleman pr,
e poses to turn over tn, land to thu Sta
Does the gentleman know thai tver
Id reservoir site necessary for the rcclan
alton OF arid lands adjacent to the,
~ rivers IN Nevada is in California; w
not the gentleman present to Nevada
rs gold lick when he presents to her II
! arid ian..s within her hounda-i,s Wit
out giving her the California mounta
lands in which her streams have the
d sources and without which the conser
n alton OF their flood waters is iInpo
s., sible7
Mr. NewlandS then added the folio,
III ing questions to Mr.. Canron.
lie Now. ] ask these gentlemen wheth
X he is willing to ccde to Nevada II,
NJ only the lands of Nevada hut the emit
., eastern slope OF the Sierra Neva,
o' mountains. whose streams are tributa
It. les thereto.
OF Mr.. Cannon-If the Federal co,ir
ga have not alreadv jurisdiction. I Won
give them jurisdiction to legslate ar
IL determine the interests OF Nevada IL
a California. But lar better than tha
OF | should like to pursue such policy
>, would make Nevada with her 400
people. a respectable county III t
Is State of California
IS Mr. ewlands-The policy that Il
81 gentleman pursues will result III n
vada remaining a State OF 1000 peopl
IN The contraction OF the energies OF tn
State and the contraction OF the pop
lation Of that State are entirely due