Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-19

Irrigation act. and In the construction
OF the irrIgatio works To be built under
II Is to aid and encourage the home
maker The first concern Of the gov
eminent under that act should be for
settlers now struggling with an Insult
ficient water supply. Their needs being
first supplied. the surplus only should
be taken for new settlers on new land,
but all who share In the benefit Of gov
eminent expenditure, both old settlers
and new settlers. should contribute pro-
portionately to the repayment OF the in
vestment to the government.
AVOIDANCE or COMPLICATION.
In framing state legislation care
should be taken not TO compllcate the
operation of the national government.
which must proceed In conformity with
state laws and not In opposition to
them In carrying the national irriga-
ton act into effect.
ADMINISTRATION OF THE FOR
ESTS.
Whereas, The extension and practical
administration of the forest reserves Is
Indispensable to the growth and pros
perity of the west, and
Whereas, Vast areas OF public timber
essential TO the irrigation development
OF the west are passing into private
hands through the operation of the
timber and stone act, and
Whereas, Ample provision is made
for the disposal of timber from the for
est reserve to supply the needs OF set
tiers, lumbermen. miners and other us
ers of timber, without the destruction
OF the forests and
Whereas, The conservation of water
by the forests Is not less essential TO
irrigation development than the con-
seryation OF water by reservoirs, and
Whereas, The non export clause OF
the forest reserve law precludes the use
OF forest reserve timber outside Of the
state or territory In which such timber
Is cut, and
Whereas, The forest work Of the gov
eminent at present IL divided among
three separate bureaus, an arrangement
which precludes unity of action and ef-
flciency Of administration and
Whereas, In the language OF Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt 1.-THE wiser and more
skillful the management of the reserves
by trained men, the greater obviously
will their usefulness be TO the public
therefore be Il
Resolved, That the eleventh National
Irrigation congress faVors the conserva-
ton and use OF the western forests
through the extension OF the national
forest reserves, and
Resolved, That the forest reserve law
should be so modified as to permit the
expectation Of forest reserve timber
from the state In which such timber ~
cut whenever II shall be esta blished to
the satisfaction of the secretary I'm
charge OF forest reserve that the sup
ply OF timber IN any reserve IL clearly
In excess Of the local demand, and
Resolved, That we favor the consoll-
dalton of all the forest work OF the gov.
eminent In the bureau of forestry Of
the department of agriculture in ac-
cordanoe with the recommendation Of
the president and all officials concerned
TO the obvious advantage of all the in
terests which depend on the reserves
Resolved, That the Congress of the
United States should Immediately re-
peal the lien provision of the forest
reservation act, and enact a law where
by private land within forest reserva-
lions or the improvements thereon may
be acquired by purchase or condemna-
ton,
Resolved That watersheds which have
been denuded of their forest growth by
fire or otherwise should be reforested
by the national government and there
efter be preserved by stringent laws
from injury or destruction from grazing
by livestock, and the forest reserves
should be enlarged TO include the wa
tersheds Of all streams furnishing wa
ter to communities dependent on the
water supply therefrom for water for
irrigation.