Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-03
NORTH DAKOTA
AND IRRIGATION.
c,,te Has Thousands Of Acres of
Land That Could be Made
Productive.
NATIONAL AID IS SUGGESTED.
s,b,mc for the Utilization Of the
Water, Of the Missouri by Build
log q Big Dam

spss.al Correspondence
r.st.pr,0n. D. c., Oct l9-The second
-, NJ tbo North Dakota irrigation
.,r,oss at Mandan last month made a
n,,ns effort TO awaken an Irrigation
'. /, lbc state. and to overcome the
'El,uon which a good many residents
so,. 40 any agitation OF ihe irrigation
.a,,uor based ON the foollah prcdicatlon
t.,ta state has no arid lands and that
| s5yartisement Of Dakota irrigation
.,rrases that dry farming is a pre-
s5o5s occupation, and that emigration
,.,to sate will therefore be discouraged.
r,,rs is little use In attempting TO dis
,,s flrt that the western prliou Ot
t.n Dakota D. 10 an intcnH ana pur-
NOM' XIII and that farming there can
,,6hiably and surely conducted only
N t.siI az irrigation, ANY large farm
U ,l,tiGp 40 that section ON any other
,D','s must sooner or later act as "a des-
,rictlyt boomerang y,,.
sns.chts were made 10y Sohator lIapp
srt RaUrrseutailNo stevens or MlnUe-
H" ,to flmp down with carload Of
,fare.4f4 delegates, in which these
N,.,Isrsn renewed their pledges To- sup-
.t iis national irrigation movement,
l.ttvN SIR George II. Maxwell thg exec
a ,baIrmon Of the National lIrIga-
u"' ,e.oeIqtI0n. who plead for a rcCOgul-
W., of ihe national irrigation Idea as a
.r.st NATIONAL movement, not confined 10
spy state or territory ana VINO turther
grsaI that the people OF the sute should
.t.tb| Initiative and proceed Co develop
NN'. FhnTU solves %
n.sltia thereby learning ms only cXperl-
lgcs can teach the great worth OF irri-
NIsf|stors IIansbr0uph and McCumher OF
,bs siata also spoke at length Tho former
',,t6r suggested the old plan of the utll-
.,sti6n of thr waters OF the Missouri by
ky building N "a stupendous dam, com
,arablo 10 the great Nile dam, which cost
Mmm lie said this was a feasible
rr5p0IU0n and that Congress was un-
tnbtf1ly M o. mood TO entertain such am
'oSy6pratdn ana that he intended 20 in.
tI8ute "a bIU next winter 20 provide for
, slryey ana Investigation OF the scheme.
nv Government engineers state that the
.trvfys OF the army engineers, the MIS-
s,pd river commission, and others, show
eCh n pr0plu0n To be not feasible, but
ifs senator believes that further surveys
should be made
AGAINST RECLAMATION SERVICE,
senator McCumber attacked the reclaim
af0n service as an organization which |
U8s not disposed 10 Try 20 find a feasible !
rrotrt In North Dakota. and Insisted |
ibst the large contribution 20 the fri. |
gatIon fund, growing from the sales OF |
,pNlc lands IN North Dakota should hc |
.rfnt solely within the state and that |
,te newspaper statements attributed tu /
Ky chief q glneer OF the reclamation SER |
ylo TO the effect that there was small hope .
N dndng any large feasible canal project |
m ,be state showed that the reclama- !
don service was preiudiced I'm favor OF |
other sections In The arid west.
Tht senator's attitude toward the gov /
eminent irrigation service Is neither C1l- |
rlhiel 10 holp the state Of North Dakota |
m securing the expenditure OF Uncle |
SANS money within rs borders. nor 90
stimulate the reclamation service TO In
cease its activities In finding feasible pro-
ais f0r such expenditures unless tho
an8t0rs attitude IS recognized as one not
representing the sense of the people VI the
state who desire It's irrigation develop
mC1t
IRRIGATION ACT on TRIAL
Az both Congressman Stevens and Mr..
Maxwell urged in their addresses, the irri-
CATION act is now on trial before the
whole people OF the country IL * being
watched closely hy lbs enemies as well aS
IH friends and those projects must be
selected which WILL beyond question.
ruve successful not only from an ongi.
roerIng standpoint hut from one NJ coli
Onlgauo1 as well, where tho land when
Irrigated will De settled upon and tho
roy Of ils reclamation paid back in fun !
lu ihf government
As a matter Of fact but little interest
lN been manifested 10y North Dakota |
On lhe Irrigation question up To- the pros-
cni time and none whatever prior ~ the
holding OF lho Bismarck state irrigation
congress "a year ago. No call was made |
upon tho government by the congrCssOu- |
M delegation Immediately after the pas
sage of Me- act when an other western
'hles were ClamOrlng for recognition, IN.
ISSUING upon % survey or investigation OF |
Ic Irrigation resources Of the state, no
nle-wido movement for such works was
lg.laul Oy Senator McCumbcr OF others
ana 10 Is not Co Doe expected that the Same
progress should De- found today MS has Oc-
CURED ln other western states whore large
0gal ana state appropriations had been
mace ior preliminary surveys and coop
,auon With the geological survey. and
lnL local organizations even prior 10 the
Ias'at, Ui lhe national irrigation act two |
'hd BALI years ago
NEED EDUCATION.
tlIst Of an the people OF North Dakota
4lsl pc awakened 90 thorough roallza-
u,' 9n on the benefits Of Irrigation and must
nN,e suoh an interest I'm and desire for
ue reclamation 0f their lands as will I'M
Ne We government Of tho fact that
Hu,n l has found and constructed am In
ss,U,on .EoIk the people will be- willing
~ ''S, 'Ho laod ana pay back the cost
. lUe uCt thot in the very part of tho
,'sl, which u Is believed can be best ir-
,s'e9, several fair sO.called wet wealth
VI "Ops ln succession can be raised With
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