The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-12-08

mendation Of last year, that so far
as they are available for agriculture
in its broadest ense, and to whatever
extent they may be reclaimed under
the national irrigation law. the 70
naming public lands should be held
rigidly fer the home builder. The at
tcntion Of the congress is especially di-
rected to the timber and stone law,
the desert land law and the commute
ton clause in the homestead law. which
in their operation have in many re-
spects conticted with wise public land
policy.
IRRIGATION RECLAMATION.
The work of reclamation of the arid
land Of the wet is progressing stead
ily and satisfactorily under the terms
OF the law setting aside the proceeds
from the disposal of public lands.
The corps of engineers known as til
.tc1amauon service. Which is conduct
ms the surveys and examinations, has
oaen tnoiodgnIy o4gdnIled, especIa.
ga4ns beng uAAen 10 secure under tnc
ers4t selN4o IuIes a Guy OF Sailed,
ye.ieuceu ana elnclene men. our-
,eys anu examinations are p1ogrees-
ne throughout TIE AID safes IA ter
4.t04Its, piaus I0r works
9eiAs piepa4eu n passed upon Dy
gea4us OF engineers before approval
- the secretary OF the inferior. IN Al
-1end ana NEVADA, n localities wherG
sacn WOrK IS pIe-emInenly needec.
INSTRUCTION mas already begun. l.,
otner PARIS OF the ARID west various
ptOJecls are well advanced towards tn
uta"ng up OF contracts, these beIns
atIay eu IN pat by necessities of reach
lis ag-leeInen,s or understanding "a
.esa4 ds IIsnts of way or acquisition.
- real estate.
most OF the works contemplated 70.
etEstruction are OF national impoltance
moving InJe4 state questions or tn
securing of stable, self-supp0rtinS
communities in the midst OF vast tracts
vi can land.
The nation as a whole is of course
The gamer by the creation of these
nomes, adding as they 90 to the wealth.
and stability of the country, and fur
n-snlng d home market for the Pre-
ucls of the cas-. and south. Tn
Exclamation law, While perhaps no
deal, appears at present to answer
ne anger needs for which it is de
signed. Further legislation is not rec
Jmmended until the necessities o.
change are more apparent.
PRESERVATION OF FORESTS.
The study Of the opportunities of re
uIamatIon of the vast extent of arid
iend SHOWS that whether this recla.
mauon is done by individuals, corpora
uCnS or the state, the sources of wa
Ter supply be effectively guardeG
Uy the preservation OF the forests al
The headwateIs of the stream.
The engineers making the prelimin
AIRY examinations continually empha-
size this need and urge that the re
naming public lands at the headwa-
teIs Of the important streams of tn
west be reserved to insure perman-
ency of water supply for irrigation
The necessity for p-erpetuating our for.
est resources, whether in public o.
private lands, is recognized now as
never DeIOIe. Inc demand Tor IOIeS.
reserves has become insistent in tn
west because the west must use th5
water, wood and summer range which
only such reserves can supply. a
CThe message next discusses a var
iety Of subjects; ne immediate inter
est here.)
SAFETY APPLIANCE Law.
In my annual message the atten-
ZION Of congress was called to the ne
cessity of charging the safety-ap,
2liance law, and it is gratifying tc
note that this law was amended in i'm
pCrtant respects.
With the increasing railway mileage
Of the country the greater number o..
men employed and the use of larger
and heavier equipment, the urgency
for renewed effort to prevent the loss
Of life and limb upon the railroads OF
the country, particularly to employees
is apparent.
CATER reciting the history of all
treaties and claims between the I'm
tied States and the different powers
interested in the Panama canal from