The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1903-03-18
c CONGRESSMAN ". |. JONES
RETURNS FROM WASHINGTON.
He Is Aware of Rapid and Material
Growth in the City and is Very
Glad to Get Home.

congressman Joiles dTrlNeu III tuo
city Sunday afternoon, and early Mon
day morning was seen upon the streets
of Yakima greeting and receiving con-
CALCULATIONS from the rank and file
both the great parties. He very grace
ully submitted to the following inter-
view from HERALD reporter.
suppose you are glad to get back to
Yakima, Mr.. Jones?
"Of course am. There is no place
like it. We are not perfect although /
don't admit this anywhere else) but we
have as few drawbacks as any other
place. 1t will bring up most pleasant
memories to many when I state that
when went to the depot in Illinois
walked and a four horse team and
wagon took my trunk.
| do not know of any place that is
growing and developing like North
Yakima and believe that this growth
and development will continue for
sometime at least. The improvements
made and being made are simply aston
ishing. l was also surprised at the
growth and development Of Prosser and
the other towns below, and of the adj
joining country. Across from Prosser |
could see 40 or 80 new shacks put up in
the sage brush, and it will not be long
until our sage brush fields will give way
to prosperous homes"
Do you think the government will
take up any irrigation project in our
state?
az do but it may be some time. l
have the promise of the Department,
70 rim
here this spring to investigate not only
the Cowiche project which has been
submitted in definite form, but also the
proposition of reservoirs all along the
Cascade range and any other proposition
that may be considered feasible The
Department is flooded with applications
| for projects great and small and it pro-
poses to move very carefully and slowly.
Ii our people show a great interest,
however, in the matter it will 90 long
ways towards getting early action by the
Department. | believe that they will
| take action in our State about as quickly
as in any other so far as new projects are
concerned"
| see that the Department has de-
cided upon several projects in several
states.
eyes, so ! see by the newspaper
reports. That had not been done before
left Washington. These are not new
projects, however they are projects that
were investigated by the Department
before the general irrigation law was
passed. Appropriations had been made
for investigation by the Geological De-
partment and they had taken up some
specific projects and had made detailed
estimates so that the Secretary of the
Interior in his report for 1900 specified
three projects and gave the cost, so that
| if congress should decide to take mp
some definite and certain project they
would have specific information to act
upon. These are the project. that ac-
| ton has been taken upon now and not
new project investigated since the
general law. No new project has been
selected as vet. We must not get i'm
patient this work will be done but it
will take time. 1t will be great thing
| for us, however, when it does come and
is something worth waiting and working
for. | think a great deal has been Sc
cured to this county by getting the APP
prevail of the secretary to the construc-
ton of the large ditch on the Indian
reservation. This ditch when COM
pleted will bring under cultivation
almost as much land as we now have
irrigated in the whole county. We can
appreciate to some extent what that
means to this county by the way of in
creased population and increased devel-
| opment. 1t means more than any
appropriation that has been made in
this state for any particular locality in
my judgement.
Do you think there will be an extra
session of congress?
al do not know whether there will be
or not. AS you are aware the senate is
J in extra session now, and | see by the