Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-28

tssSrd, Il souii i- Idle 10 speculate GA
lssesa, adosri results Hut the ~.sk 10
slraAdy In its initiai stages IL eoai-ta'
passns sn expenditure OF 81 least ttsS.-
~, 90 uiainatsly-an enormous sum
~ n,sn~y-but by n wise prSsi.lsa of ise
II win esn-. not from taxing tho t-s,Il-,
bot from sales OF lands still q psrt "t
che puiasc domain. IL will i-~ understood
shst the total expense Of zach Irrigation
sysssm Constructed by the government
~s,i be s~fand-si tn uncie Sam by those
~iss actually oecupy the irrigated lands
Meanwesii~. - the years 70 10. the s-n'
eral fand ,for r~claItnIns arid lands siu
,aereasc rapidly from the sale "f puhil.'
lspd4 thssakbsut chs thir'~-n States and
dsscs. rersitsrs~s affected by the Ma
<soaal ses. No !, will BE- that the fund
viii eror larger ss II by s-om~irseai
vroeression. after the tenth year. ~h-a
she hs,A moneys expended by the govern
meat 2hatl have been r-snrn~i Tn IT, hy
shs fa@srs. who own and os>cupy the
iasd sajse bitches baiis By the govern.
0eat.
aesskss Rsed's vtsiss.
uoa. Thsmss u. ite-,i. In . speech At
eitisbaex IN isos. said: Mighty ss hs,
heea our past. our r~-ourr~. have jus;
bese Sosprh~,l Vpou. AMI there IL wealth
teyosd tke Mississippi which 10 shc not
far dlsenut future will astonish even the
dweiieex sa the shores al lake Alichi.
gan. Pssm tho time my eyes tir-t rested
sa the great uncuitisnt~.l plains which ii-
bstweea the Mississippi aud the Pacific
Ocraa. my awakening dreams have been
tiicA with visions Of tho incaiculahi-
ueselh which shr touch Of living water
wut bring 10 hfc from those volcri~s>
desesSA
There wealth only car produce
Wsakth. aud man. sinsly and alone. might
.As vgall try to, sub.luc the lfimalayns a..
q. cope with these WASTES. hat the hand
ef assitrd apsi associated man IL already
rcschinx forth 10 grasp the great results.
Tho same power which wastes million.
an the Mississippi can b- utilized To make
dc deserts blossom with tho homes "f
sicn for whom. nni for all of Us. the now
blisads,i soil will bring forth the fruit.
OF the Garlen of Eicn."
n Lord Aacsuiay's Prsdictios.
Lori Macaulay. wriiin. 10 an Amer
loan friend. once said: "Your fate bc-
hcvc to be certain, though Il Is deferred
by physical cause. As long ns you have
q bsuadicSs extent Of fertile and npoc-
cupied land. your iaborins I,opuiatio,,
wtA hc far more at ease than the labor
Ing population Of the Old World. hut
thc time will come when New England
w1o be N thickly populated as th. Old
Wwfsd. Wages will he as low. aud will
+dnctuAtc as much with you rs with us.
Yea will have your BirminIhams and
Mspchcsstcrs. and In these Eirminrhams
ard Manolicstcrs hundreds Of thousands
4 artisans will assurcily be some time
- Al.
fArly be brought to tho test"
When Lord Macnuiny wrote the above
direful proptcsy he did not know Of
tiie iotrpdiess West. an. the great posi-.
ksflties that are to come to its popula-
tlen through irrigation. He did not know
chat a Roosevelt would appear on the
scene Mt thc proper time and cause the
iNe-i1viaE water TO be applied to the
parcl,cd plains and thus produce one OF
1hei Sreatcst transformations OF any age
0r any time.
In these columns. on former occasions.
it'has been shown that the irrigated West
whi not only he the garden spot Of the
wond, but that II will afford the surplus
Gr,iit and vegetable produce. coupled with
cereals and other staple articles of COM
n.erce. which. exported to foreign mar
ktts, are destined to establish America s
wos1A commercial prestige.
Uamensurcd Electrical Energy.
The contemplation of such marvellous
eeNilts would be incomplete without Civ
Ing due consideration to the generation
OF electrical energy and its long-distant
eransmission and local adoption to me
ciiaaical and industrial ends. This as n
direct result Of reclaiming "Arid Amer
Ecaf'
Tho electrical transmission OF power
to considerable distances has accomplish
eh not only results not contemplated In
its original inception. but also others of
widespread Importance and value. In
deed, the secondary results are quite rs
iniportant as those arising from the pri-
mary successful operation of such trans.
EMISSION lines.
Wherever a water power exists, or
wilere the situation enables power to be
cheaTy produced, there has lain dormant
q source of actual wealth which has
aHaited the application of electricity.
The effective results obtained when
powers have been developed and applied
hy 4a,is means have been almost inyari-
ably alike. New industries have started.
new towns md villages have grown up,
ann new centers of production have
arisen and given employment to labor
and afforded n market for raw materials.
From the combination of the two there
has arisen In each case new source of
manufactured products. representing an
addition to the permanent wealth of the
country.
Life In Water, Power In Electricity.
Hven, however. beyond these industrial
effects which have been noted in the
case of power transmission establish
snents In certain portions of the United
States other results quite unexpected
and equally as beneficial have arisen. In
che arid regions of the West, where Only
irrigation Is needed to cause the soil to
becon,e highly productive. the installation
OF plants for the distribution of water
to the dry soil has often caused q de-