Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-01-16

available Dy congress as q loan from
the general treasurery to the reclama-
ton fund, to be repaid from the lands
reclaimed, as required by the national
Irrigation act" (Applause.) : .S I
There are 100000 to $500, 900 acres
of land in Northern Montana which
can be put under water, and which. as
fast as the water is put on it, can be
sold readily for S2O to $25 an acre. 1t
will cost from Sc to So an acre to put
the water on it. The government
would not be out anything ION the
transaction. - .bg@I5
IS. That all INDICATED state land
grants and all INDICATED land scrip Of
every class shall be- located within a
fixed limit of time, and if not SO located
no location thereof shall thereafter be
allowed, and the same shall be pur-
chased at fair valuation by the ma
tional government" s..z.
That is, where the government has
given scrip or right to locate fof any
reason. let the land be located within
a reasonable time and let them take a
fair price for their right and let it be
Cancelled and leased. ~
"And no more scrip of any kind shall
ever be issued, and in case of the in
clusion of private lands in forest re-
serves, such lands shall be acquired BY
the national government by purchase
or condemnation, and no exchanges Of
such land for other lands shall be per
mitted under any circumstances. p,
&c.. That it shall be the law of every
state and Of the United States, that
beneficial use is the basis, the measure
and the limit of all rights to water. in
GLIDING riparian rights, and that the
right to the use of water for irrigation
shall inhere in and be appurtenant to
the land irrigated. so that the owner
ship of the land and the water shall be
united, and no right to. water as a
speculative commodity. ever be ac-
quired, held or owned. (Applause) 4
a"7. That it shall be the law of every
state and of the United States that all
unused and all unappropriated waters
are public property, subject to appro
priation for a beneficial use. first in
time being first in right, and that on
all inter-s state streams priority of use
shall give priority of rights throughout
the entire course Of the stream, with
out regard to state. lines, and that in
each drainage basin the irrigators
therein shall control the distribution
of the water for irrigation"
:. That is the rain falling from the
heavens on the land Of the state be-
lings first to that state. esE ,s n Il :;
IS. That the national government,
as, a part Of a comprehensive national
policy of internal improvements for
river control and regulation, shall
build not only levees and, revetments
where needed, but shall also preserve
existing forests, reforest5. dennded
areas, plant new forests and build the
great necessary reservoirs to safe
guard against flood waters that now
run to waste. ,y4 St W. f:5 3E III
= 49, That the public land states shall
administer the state lands under sys-
tenn similar to and in harmony with
the national public land system above
outlined, and that each state shall en-
act a state homestead law for the
settlement oflands owned by the state,
and that the state lands shall be sold
only to actual settlers under such law.
and that no lease of. state lands shall
be made (Applause.) &. 4.5s
& Now, that is in the line of preserving
for those who are to come after us the
opportunity to make homes on the pub
lie lands, and not to make it possible
III 8 ANVIL " GCI CO6CtACi O0,UUU OT lUU,-
600 or 300, 900 acres, as the case may
be. H IA. ~ r. 4.S. 81 & u.
". Before leave the subject of agricul-
tural education want to say that it
would be better for every citizen Of
this state, whether in the city or in the
country, if the public schools in the
country should embrace in their cur
riculum at least some elementary in
struction that would fit the scholar for
entry to the state experimental farm
or state university. applause
40. Children should be taught to
farm as they are now taught in France
and Denmark, in the public schools,
and that farm training schools shall be
established by county, municipal,
state and national governments, where
every boy and every man out Of work
who want employment can gain that