The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-23
THE ST PAUL GLOBE. DAY SEPTEMBER % 1901
other o. states, Senator Hapsbrough sa
Hanshroushs Roasts Newell

ne irrigation bureau of the United
states Is national affair, and In the
nature of things no discrimination can
De made betyEesn the .stateE in the .ex-
7pehniture Of money raised under the
proylslonsaof the law. oklahofnA has
con1r1Ryted fiI round numbers $780,
900 to the natibnal fund, swith an ex-
penditure Of nothing for irrigation pur-
poses. And no money will ever be
spent In that territory for the very
good reason that there is more mois-
ture There ANNUALLY than is gogd for
Inc crops: Nevada is one of the great
est beneficiAEies under the law, despite
the TACT that it is one of the smallest
Contributors, for IT has more arid land
LHlfteen states and three, territories
under the provision of the act"
Speaking Off the project to irrigate
large areas along the Missouri river,
which Chief Engineer Newell in his in
.fefvlew in T he gu o b e, did not take
kindly to. Senator Hansbrosgh, said.
,if Mr.. NewelRs statement, as pub
hshed, was a correct reproduction Of
his views on the feasibility Of irrigat-
ing the bench lands of North Dakota,
| can only say that think he is mis-
taken as to his premises. Competent
judges, who have been over the ground
ana given the matter very careful con-
sideration, are, confident that very
large area can be brought:sunder the
irrigation ditch in the western part OF
North, Dakota
& We believe that. many, thousands, Of
acres can be irrigated by the waters
Of the Missouri river. - -. -.
s'fs,s Problem Is Simple
- 1T is true that the Missouri lies be-
low the land to be irrigated. but when
we consider the fact that endless guam
titles OF. Ignite coal are found over
hanging the, very waters of the. river
and that the goal can be mined and
brought to the furnaces at cost not
to- exceed so cents per ton, the other
questions involved in the problem are
easy of solution aasei,fsS +,
Pumping plants can be installed
along the river and the water hoisted
to. the land and then conducted to
bitches and distributed.
E, 1T. will be claimed doubtless by some
that the land is too high above the wa
ter to admit of the water being. sue.
eessfully pumped. The answer to this
Is that with .oui cheap fuel, one or more
pumping stations can. be established
height. -.
Under our irrigation laws, when a
project is undertaken it must be shown
IN advance as nearly as possible that
the benefits to the lands will warrant
the holders in returning to the govern
ment in ten annual inSta11ments the
total amount, Of money expended by
the government. for the irrigation
works. This being the case, the gov
eminent. officers necessarily are very
cautious in their statements as to the
feasibility of. irrigation projects, and
it was doubtless for that reason Mr..
Newell took so gloomy "a view Of our
project as. he is reported to have taken,
But, Senator Hansbrough declared
'sthe public may rest assured that no
adverse report from any Source what
ever will deter the North Dakota dele
cation in congress from exerting every
influence which will bring about re-
suits which we know can be obtained"