Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-09-09
President Is Irigation's Most Stanch Friend,
and Thereby Benefactor to Nil
Ions Yet Unborn.
aE has LIVED n The ARID REGIONS
And Fully Realizes Their Needs-His Great
Work Praised by the Press, Irrespective
Of PoIitics-BIoodIess Conquest
of Vast Empire

w. PsostSsa4 neosevsIe was Gov
ovnse - New Yoek ~ once remarked
II - - ~ dxtb esnsratiou born on
1gankooeap Islasd. bst BELONG wssl
e ~ Mlepoud dvss,"
Thjs y ~ = H. dspth and breadth
- ~ PSpetteaf's knowledge concerning
~ tkloos ppstainsps = ~ United Htstss'
~ = ~ arpe Freshest whs svsr resid-
- w. - ~ hjnouri river He Il tbs
~ W. svss psscsivsd ~ IncsicuIsbis
euoostasss ~ tbe an vest. ued he 4
e11o1V sesDeasible ~ tks nasioaai irrt'
ooefes ~ Which = 70 tssnsfosm deserts
~ uDp1eaa- ~ ehain Of sndlsss rev
SBon 6eeive1 frpas The ssIs Of public
49, y ~ ard States. each ard Stats
- e1Fa b y ~ rerlajmsd and populated
~ )H1sose1set. hIxh-mInded, ssif'sup-
osstins e3sjssns.
neeeevsh ESTABLISHED himself. Ia 1894.
- rnseh ct the hesdwstsrr Of the Lit
~ 4t.soar rivsr In south Dakota. He
~ tksa ouay ~ ysap Of age. Aftsr
seettsace thsrs Of about two year, he
sveaFpsd to NV York. MT only restored
= body. bat Z different Ihan mentally
cd Specifically, He had catered into the
eDsxit of the West - completely that he
Wes actually westsrBixed. There the
mountains communicated 10 him the Sc
eFst ~ their strength and he learned OF
~ bpuedicfionn Of the une!euded sun.
He made ranch. herdcd cattle. mingled
wttb cowboys aud hunted the blk game
" TIE plains There. too. he learned the
Usrvei~ OF tho arid soil when joined TO
~ waters Of the mountain streams.
Vast Areas 10 B~ Reclaimed.
II was such experiences as these that
snshied him 70 link his name forever
with the Trsat irrigation movement. He
thus Was Induced to pnt the presidential
shonldsr sxsla~t the barred doors OF
arid America aud do one OF tho biggest |
ehiaxs since the sixnlug ~ our peslara- |
etes u Independence. Perhaps few Of |
- have more than vague consciousness
~ the mighty issues involved in this act. |
q ADDS AZ once i23.0O00o0 reres Of fer. |
0le soii IL our agricultural and horticnl. /
turai AREA and opens up oar Of the most
beautiful and promising sistas ever per.
e~ived ty the hu-bandmon Ut America.
- elsewhere. II might b. said by cavii-
ers that the reclamation Of these deserts
wss Inevitable. sometime. hut II was BY
- meane Inevitable that they should be
ssriaiwed b. means Of public works. anf
eAat the ownership Of land aud wate
V0uld be insiix<oluhiy united. The great
~ thing President Roosevelt has don
o<rs vac IN write this nnmiag sentence
~fHtVATE OWNERSHIP or WAT
III. ArAHT FROM LAND, CANNOT |
PREVAIL WITHOUT CAUSING I'm |
DURING WRONG" That wxs anoth
- Proclamation Of Emancipation. Int
The great struggle between psisate gree
ned public god CANA. ~ the psycholos
efal momsnt. the mighty words OF til
osst ifslsstIou President --~aud tlsr battl,
vss won.
rrAiss sse The rrsssdsst.
William n. Smythe. author OF Con
Qs~et of Arid america, a pioneer In tn
6rr3ssttoe movement. aud nav a Demo
esstie politician u Ssa pirxo. California
writing Of Pre<isisat Roosevslt's visit T.
~ West awhile ago. exclaimed We
oo0s. Theodore Roosevelt! Welcome
DeeAsas yos are the Prrsi.ieuH W~Ieom
agsla. tecauss you ~ruux national irri
3sftoa from "a unwilling Congress. Aud
lArtcs vsIconss. beran~s with stroke o
veer psa you slew the dragon Of water
Much ~ ths men OF to.sa,
AtRrvtiets the thing you did wheu ep |
Dersuaity opeaed the door. II II only III,
npn who are to lire. ~ the hong xrnera
lk~ss shall uafoid. who may know th,
|u1 Significance OF that great deed" II h
> snivsrssiiy recognised. Irrespective OF .
Dpiifien. that the passage of the nstionn
sst<zt,oa art b. Congress. June. ipO2
Duij never have been accomplished II !. q
~ ~ hes Tor the fset that Als. Roose 4
~ - sfronxly Recommended irrigation
p9ielatiou In his mressxr 90 CuSure>< |
~ pat kis personal shoulder 70 the
vkssi 10 help the fri<eds OF the hill
ming IL fotsv- int line Ia is favor. ID
Whea hls 0tbeial signature WAS duiy | 4
|0xe1 ~ the measure. making Il the "A
~ - The land. the prv~s from the At "a,
nsft< % H. Pacific. frcm the lskes to 4
- gtlf. asd irrespective Of rsiixioH or i
Dstatlrs. ssat up pBs hearty sceislm OF q
Vel 6o<er II vas = sincere heart N
sitats - tn nsR 10 hls honesty. pat. {,
S~eiM. s<st< ssnsp&hip. Amerscsni~ua
aaino ~ Nth California. aud the afi-
kntpH valley aid Amen The euls.
~ infesusat>s.. sruisstiens. prr<iirtieas
~ Deopheriss were sdifyinr and is.spir. -
- They eopha.iz~5 thu lfoarp< dr. y
- - -Aasrsos for Am<r5rnss" III .
ear<s fron nahy 1t the papsrs pnbtish- =
> - li1sr~1f parts OF the eoantry--sp
'nartas ~ IT, on<--srs hssv r<pro- !,
nrs1s =.
Rr.sa1ssa na>-svss's fvs.~sh.
~ - 3sst ti-tinsxIsel5 sdnini<srssson
Danxass 70 p&ss bsst kes><~ at coarE~x~l
lUz3n9 IL present ss~-ssa the nsloasi
u1ezfies III = des<rrins Of especial At =.
sne7ss y ~ neoeos- So< that IN 49, y
~ Dsvviszons - IL pss~sxs prsssut =
nyxh1ng ~ h . matter thai kss taas -
- ue1eR p1ttse Rbd legislative dknrss
~ - epsS'se<st.>s 10 this ess4sry. %
- bntan.4 ifrSzf>sa iexfslstsss SIS Que -
- esz5srnuyey few ths1gs 70 ~hf<A e
FneA.t>a< Roosevelt szs~d shs esp<ssxi ~
assss<>Ss 81 Csexfe<s 10 h>s sr~< sssns5i
ne>ssx<. sssf - s~rsrs ~aifk he has de-
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