Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-10-29
together They Will Do Titanic Work in Develop
ing the Great West.
TRANSMISSION OF POWER TO FACTORIES
Rooseveit's National irrigation Act to Create
"New Heaven and a New Earth" for
American Freehoders Halt
Has Not Been Told

IL National trralfiJu were only
dream or a ssuvturug indefinitely pro
le-4ed, Ii wolI i.- IDLE tp speculate Da
fores, ,4dayed result. Bus the work is
sireSTy in is iclaH stages. II r"ute1n-
plates ua expenditure u at Least SiJo-
OOQ.etO ultimately enormous snn
.,f money y-hgy by wise provision ~ jaw
Il will come. not fgJm taIllE the people,
bur from slira sf lands -t4 n part or
the spubie domain. It viii be- understood
ch-s the total expense Df each irrigation
system constructed by the government
R1il he refmdei 60 Uncle sam hy those
wtn actually occupy the irrigated lands.
Meanwhile. a. the years 20 hy. -le gen
trai fund Tor reg!aimIu- uyil lands VIII
Increase rapidly from the sale ~ public
lsIds throughout the thirteen states ana
s'-es Trrrito-b-S affected by the Ma
tierzt act So IL wall De that the fund
will fsrow larger as II by sromctr,rd
pnosression. after the tenth year. when
she hrrs moneys expended by tHe govern
me1st shall have been returned ~ H. hy
the farmers. who own and oevupy rhg
land under dltche. built By the govern
msnt-
Speaker Reed. yt.ion.
Hgn Thomas B. Hert, iH speech ~
al A"-'fa NHA.A hAaAaiAN AH NA7
beea our past orr resources have just
been touched upon. and there is wealth
eeyond the Nlssisslrpi which in the upt
f-r distant future will astouish even the
dueilcrs oa tho shores OF Lake Mirh!-
gsu. From the time my eyes hr-t r-sts'i
the great uncultivatei plains which iie
between ehe Nis-i-siPri aud the Pacific
Ocean. my awakening dreams have been
Oiled with visions ~ the incAlcuIlhi"
wealth which the touch Of living water
viii bring to TIE from those volrcic--
deserts
There wealth only cnD produce
wealth. rnd nsn. singly and alone. might
well try 70 ~uhslur che II suIlhyHs as
20 cope with these wastes oIt the hand
u united AMI associated man i- already
reaching forth 20 grasp the great results.
Tue same power which wastes millions
oa the Mississippi raa he utilized 70 make
the deserts blossom With the BONES ~
men for whom. and FOR aii Of US. the now
bligiHed soil will bring forth the fruits
Of the Ganieu ot Eden"
Lord Maeautar'- Prediction.
Lord MscaHiay. writing % an Amer
icnu friend pusr sail Your fate / t.-
heye 20 be cerfnn. though IL IS deferred
by physical cause. A. long hs you have
a boaniloss extent ~ fertile and uBoc-
enpie.i land. your llhpr.ux population
will be far mpre at ease than the labor
Ing pepuiut5ou of fhr Oh World Bui
the umc will come when Ncw Ensiaul
will he - thi~kis populated as the Od
World. Wage wi'i br 1s low. nni Will
hrrtustr as much UisI Nnu a- with NJ.
fcu wil have your Eirm'nshams and
haochesters nnd lu CHEESE Hi-miurhams
a b
Of artisans will a--Ir.i'y b- some tim-
oht OF work. then your institutions will
tairiy be- brought % tH- test"
When Lord Narauay wrote the above
d,refu rrrphesy h- dii not know of
the houndirss West au.. fl. great psssl-
tniHies that ar" 20 come fp its popui1.
ocr through irrigation. lie lid not know
chat Rea=a,slf H"H'I 1ppcar ou the
ecrue at tine proper time and cause the
fife EIvfHE w8t-r tp he applied 10 the
pnrched plains and thus produce one of
thr greatssf TRANSFORMATIONS OF any a-e
nr any time
In these columns. ON former occasions
tthas been shown tAlt thr irrigated West
will not only be the garden spot OF the
world. bat that it Will afford the surplus
fruit and veEFt Die pr-lucn. coupled " i'm
cereals aud other staple articles OF com
neree. which. exported 60 rbreig gu mar
kets. are destined q establish America $
world commercial prestige.
Unmeasured Electrical Energy.
0sie contemplation 81 such marvellous
e~suits would be incomplete without Civ.
Ing due consideration n the generation
Of electrical energy aud its long-distant
transmission snd local adoption to me
chanicsi and industrial ends This -
dtret result Of reclaiming Arid Amer
tca.-
The electrical Transmission OF power
co considerable distances has accomplish
ed net only results not contemplated in
it, original Inception. but also others Of
widespread Importance and value. In
deed. the secondary results are quite as
important as those arising from the pri-
mary successful operation OF such trans
m,ssion lines.
Wherever water power exists. or
where the situation enables power TO be
cheaply produced. there has lain dormant
q source OF actual wealth which has
araited the application OF electricity
The effective results obtainei when
powers have been developed and applied
by ehis means have been almost invari-
ably alike New industries have started.
new towns and villages have grown up,
aud new centers Of production have
arisen and given employment 70 labor
and afforded = market for raw materials.
From the combination OF the two there
has srisen in each case a new source OF
manufactured products. representing an
sddition 90 the permanent wealth of the
cDnntry.
Life In Water. Power In Electricity.
Even. however. beyond these Industrial
effects which have been noted in the
case of power transmission establish
ments ia certain portions of the United
6tates. other results quite unexpected
and equally as beneficial have arisen. In
the arid regions Of the West. where only
irrigation is needed to cause the soil TO
hecome highly productive. the installation