Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-24
Belief that Prest, Roosevelt VIII
Want il Built Before Campaign,
WHERE UTAH WILL COME IN
Methods OF the "Mormons, Those Past
Masters OF Irrigation" 90 be Siud-
led by Federal Experts"

Colorado has a splendid opportunity
to become the first state in which The
federal government shall erect reser'
yoir, says the Denver Post The adj
ministration is DESTROYS Of trying The
experiment: Of the first reservoir as soon
as possible Many persons believe that
Prest Roosevelt viii insist that the
governments first irrigation plant shall
be In operation before the next presl-
dental campaign. Persons who share
this theory say he Is DESTROYS of demon
stratIng to the Republicans who OPP
posed the measure that It Is practice
able.
The state, therefore, that first sends
In a recommendation of a suitable site
and backs this up with a harmonious
petition from thousands of residents Of
nat vicinity. will not have long to wait,
II is believed, before the federal gov
eminent acts, providing OF course there
Us money from sales of arid lands
Fifty-one per cent of the funds realized
from such sales goes to the construction
Of reservoirs In the state from which
the money came. The balance Is added
TO the general irrigation fund.
The Commercial club has appointed
commission to select site which can
be recommended III that body follows
this up with harmonious recommended
lions from every section of the state 1t
Is believed Colorado may have gov,
eminent reservoir In operation before
1904
INSPECTING SITES.
Chief photographer, +. II. Newell,
advance agent for the government ir-
iigatlon movement, has come and gone,
leaving Sehind him a city full of en-
thusastic citizens.
Mr. Newell and State Engineer Me-
Cune inspected the Castlewood dam
this morning, Tomorrow Mr.. Newell
Goes TO Cheyenne, after which he will
spend the balance Of the week looking
into the methods Of those masters Of ir-
rigatlon, The "Mormons' of Utah From
salt Lake City Newell VIII so to San
Francisco stopping over day at Reno
New, to examine prospective reservoir
mites.
Every man interested In this coun-
Try must regard this irrigation move
ment as one Of the most important,
7ald Mr. Newell this morning. Part of
the most determined opposition to the
oil was based upon the theory that
II would make what are now deserts In
the west fertile rivals Of the agrCultur-
al country in the east Really the farm
crs east of the Mississippi are afraid
~
the government shall have built large
number of reservoirs. We who adyo-
cate the measure, however are Of the
opinion chat the Increase I'm the de-
mand will more than offset any in
crease Of production.
THE first reservoir built will decide
In a great measure the scope Of the
governments work The theory on
which this bill was constructed was
that the government had a wonderful
opportunity to enrich the west without
losing any money The authors OF the
measure promised that each reservoir
should pay for itself, and this must be
done or 1t viii give capital to the OPP
ponents of irrigation.
mo one Is more sangulne OF the UNI
equiYocal success of government lrr-
CATION than Prest. Roosevelt himself
who knows many parts Of the west
quite as well as he does Long Island
IL is due to the influence of the presi-
dent that this bill became a law
we shall only undertake those pro-
jects which promise to pay for them
selves" said Mr.. Newell. II think
il likely that when we report upon a
number of such sites private capital
will ask to be allowed to take the work
off the governments hands | believe
the government will agree to that"