Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-03-27
IRRIGATION IN NEVADA.

In letter tn the editor of the Carson
APPEAL, the Hon. +. G. Newlanl~ gives
an outline of the irrigation bills intro
duced by him during thu last session "t
Congress. These bills apply in two in
stances particularly to lhr S ate of Ne
vada and in one instance to the hole of
the United States. The two special bills
provides $4,000 to be expended on the
Humboldt ri> err and $S0GC0 10 lie expend-
ed on the Truckce rive The general
bill provides 70, the APP H'ation of the
proceeds from the sale al all public lands
to a special fund to be called the Arid
Land Reclamation Fund t" Re under The
direction of the Secretary Of the Interior,
not only for investigation but for actual
construction Of such projects as he deems
practicable.
In concentrating his efforts u,,nn gov
ernmental assistance fnrthe reclamation
of the arid lands throughput TIE United
States, Mr.. Newlands is building better
than he knows. There is no subject at
the present time more worthy of consih
Grafton by Congress than ihrS, and no OBJ
ject more orthy of assistance. To any
and seen the beneficial effects OF irrig,-
ton on the arid lands, the onIer j.. that
the Government of the Unit d States has
not long ago made this a national matter,
and extended liberal national aid to the
reclamation of millions of acres, which
can be made to bios like garden !'y
the application OF water. We believe
that the equilibrium of nature is always
maintained and that where water does
not exist upon he slil face, that it exists
beneath the surface and can be had for
the seekin The writer drO, e across the
State of Nevada from Aurora to Utah,
and believes that underlying a vast terri
tory of sagebrush plains. there is an i'm
mense reservoir of artesian water. 1t
has been demonstrated that these great
sagebrush plains, when irrigated, will
produce anything that viii grow In TER
zone and it is the duty of the national
government 10 demonstrate that artcsan
water exists in sufficient quantity 10 IL
rigate these waterless wastes. The ma
tional government lends it's aid to COM
merce. manufacturers and mining, and il
is Just, and right, and equitable that il
should lend its aid to agriculture not
meagrely, but literally; because that is
the foundation upon which all the Others
rest. Mr.. Newlands in his letter speaks
of 1.-The dissensions and jealousies of the
different States, aroused by the naming
of specific project in any one State
This is to be deplored and indicates
condition of narrow mindedness on the
Of ,yofi1- l. ,,h
tremely regretable. There should be nt
dissention or jeaiousies in a matter o
this kind. 1t is subject of national in
terest and should be unity of action
which should he friendly, liberal, ant
cordial. Every State should have ANNA
national conventions, where all could b
represented and where the delegate
could freely discuss the subject of waite
storage, irrigation and the reclamation o
arid lands.
We hope that Mr.. Newlands will con
tiDue his efforts until he compels bot
Houses of Congress TO understand tn
importance and magnitude of this ques
ton. and will give it attention it 'deser
YES. Mr.. Newiands is doing magnificen
work, not only for the State of Nevad;
which he represents in Cong -ess, but fo
every State in the Union. and he deserve
the support and commentator of ever
one of his constituents, and every maj
woman and child that earns or eats brea
each day of his life. He is working j
their interest and for them, and no ma
in the Congress of the United States
pursuing policy so lefty, SO broad, an
SO universally beneficial as the polio
now being pursued by him in his effor
to reclaim by national assistance tt
arid lands of the United States. 1t is
be regretted that the subject is so gre
and SO broad that the average Congress
man cannot grasp it with comprehe
sion Of it's magnitude.-S. F. Arg,
March IT, 1901.