The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-01

that such states as Nevada
and Kansas have practically no 'i<oaa
of public lands and have no irr,.-z.4i'es
To meet this objection it woul5 IS@'ion.
ficient to place 10, 20 or even 25 - SUI
of the proceeds Of sales i'm a e7at
fund The state Of Oregon rtt-s'al
have the honor to represent. 81
in the amount of sales realizes 7l2
public lands all other states ~
Union, passing the leader hv -
cent. Should this bill. as now 5-.p-f
become a law. notwithstanding +T5"-t
VantageOus position of Oregon iA NY ny
erence to the sale of public lands NJ
would be an effort made To frrr1E ~
tide of immigration TO other S-sf-s
Oregon would not secure the evrlvs.-
ture of single dollar for MANY =. -'
10 come. The department of tbs
terror has already selected IFS f,- .-'
lie spots, surveyed them. made W. WI
mates, drawn plans, approved the ny
jects and is waiting only the nasg. 'o'
of this or some similar bin In 80
upon the works. These works ave-
Arizona, Montana, California. Nar.iL-
and Wyoming. >-A
In a letter dated the 2gth of lam.
airy, the director of the geological So
vey states that several hundraa -
voirs have been examined I'M vsrfo--
parts of the arid regions None ga
these, so far as I have beer i7far-,,z
have been examined in Oregon. V-ssL
ingtOn. Idaho or in California go.
the TrUCkee river. the latter baiu- \.
tended to irrigate land not In Csr
fornia, but land wholly within +b.
state of Nevada. If there was O .,a-
tainty that even after the consf~T-
ton Of these works there would bs D.,
| fair distribution among other states
this condition could be endured h.
patience, but we have no such ASSN
ance.
The geological survey has Iarpa,v
controlled this matter in the uasf ana
would in the future. It's members. wbT.
Sexcellent scientific gentlemen. are ro,
| elected by the people. are not aca-,s,
J toned to consult the wishes If fbs
people. and would not be rasporsibi.
to the people of any Of the arid lar5
states or territories.
Spend It on Surveys.
The inclinations of the interior do.
partment have been shown by the fac.
/ that while over 81. 600 U0O nave beeu av-
pended for Investigations and surveys
! Of irrigation, so far as I know not one
/ dollar of this was ever expended with.
/ in the states of Oregon or Washing.
/ ton.
There are some other defects in tn.
| bill. there are other particulars in
/ which it does not meet my views
| shall be willing to yield on d grea.
/ many points, however, and 10 give th,
/ Dill unqualified support if it is amend
/ ed SO that the state Of Oregon win have
| fair treatment with her sister states
/ 1T is not correct, as has been stated
/ that I am antagOniZing the aImOs
/ unanimous sentiment OF my COlleag CUES
| It is true that in the committee on ir
/ rigatiOn of arid lands, at the last see
| sion Of congress. composed of clever
! members. six of them voted agains
| this proposition. At this time most O.
/ them were serving a first term I'm con
! gress. none of them were servinl
more than d second term. there wa
not amongst them a chairman Of
! single committee. and all but one ha
| been defeated for election to the pres
| ent congress. Agreeing with me wer
such men as Judge Ray OF New Yorh
| Mr.. Warner Of Illinois, Mr.. Barham O
| California, every one of whom was
chairman of an important c0mmitte
| and had served from six to lively
! years in the house. What are the sen
timents of the members of Inns con
| gTess or the members of the vari0u
! committee has not been ascertaine
as yet. 1t Is known, however, tina
| there is a very strong sentiment in aC
! cOTdance with the views I express an
they will be urged with all the pOwe
and vigOr ! can command.