The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21
from them about forty Ave millions. They
cannot go on in that way Indefinitely, r.,
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Il am not saying much about the area
OF their land up there, and 1 am not so
much frightened about their climate or
the quality of their soil. They are pretty
near where Sir John Franklin met his
misfortune-that Is, somewhere - near
the north pole. I have seen fields Of their
wheat and it. was some Of the handsomest
wheat ever saw, but it would not yield
a bushel to the acre. 1t was a handsome
growth with nothing in it. :. ... . e..
I knew these things when was in
terested in the Canadian Pacific. Our
people who have gone there will. a great
many. Of them, come back. At the same
time, they can raise great deal there.
--.~ An Instance Of Irrigation
:; I will tell you what they have done
there. At the feet of the Rocky noun
tains the Canadian government gave to
Mr.. Gault a land grant of, I think, 10000
acres if he would build an irrigation ditch
or canal. He has done SO and the scheme
is a success. The number of tons a mile
carried over the Canadian Pacific in that
irrigated region Is as heavy as it is be-
tween Barnesyille and st. Vincent, and
that is east of the Rocky mountains. But
they have a magnificent scheme of irri-
cation and they gave about 10000 acres
of land. Mr.. Gault, think, gets for
these irrigated lands from SIS to $40 an
acre.. ,,.-s1 zEe ~
There is one thing that wish to say
to you before close and which wish to
impress upon every one OF your members
Of congress in both branches, and that
is this: See that the public domain is
preserved for the people who want to
occupy it as a whole. / think in the past
three Or. four years about ninety million
acres of land have been taken under vari-
Gus acts of congress, and I believe it
is fact that at least not twenty million
acres of the ninety millions have been
actually occupied at all. -.....,
Representatives Must DO the Rest
Now these gentlemen who were active
in bringing this matter Of irrigation for
ward In congress and making it a law I
remember once would not listen to any
discussion of the matter whatever !
remember then they could not have time
FOR any consideration of it and consid-
efed 1t arrant nonsense. But now some
of them have gone after. the irrigation
project and provided appropriations to
promote 1t SO that certain individuals.
VINO nave been voted some of the land
TO be irrigated by one means or an
other, may have their lands irrigated for
them by the government for their benefit.
And the, proceeds of the disposal of the
public land, the funds that you people
have contributed to by the purchase OF
government lands, those land owners have
the modesty to come forward and claim
they want for Oklahoma. Arizona and
some OF these states where. without irri
cation and good society, a man could
not live. You have heard the story, per.
haps, that all they wanted out there O.
the arid plains was a little water and
good society. and the answer that tina,
Is all they wish for in hell. daughter.
NOW we have carried this forward for Ave
years and put our money into the genera
plan OF education upon the subject o,
Irrigation to bring the question before the
people. but we cannot go any farther.
Your representatives must take hold
and after we have done this your repre-
| sentatlves must see that you are not re.
| iected IApplause) You must strenn
ousy insist on having your fair share
and II Dakota does her fair share sht
| will fare as well.