The Teton peak., 1904-09-22
Irrigation Will Change Deserts to Gardens and
Provide Lands for Millions of Homes.
ROOSEvELTS STROhC, FRIENDLY HAND
A Policy that Increases the Sum Of Human
Happiness and EnIarges and Strength
ems the Republic.

/ coGrtry ah.5gnfs in mount,ias. plains
and valleys. IL i here that the s5T-ru-
n1eat proposes % apply the workings u
the National Irrigation Act and % r.
claim all 81 ra- arid land which may
+ - a-s-ertainei 70 BE- arabic and waIch
+ = found - be susceptible .. r---la1 IA
f Ton oy the amount Of water avails.Fyle
+ Tyverumeu- experts estimate that m
I present amount u land which may h4
f irrigated : sb-sRr one hundred mil J.
+ acres This ean be reclaimed By apply
ing the amount ot wate- now available
+ l.lr--r- IL i al>O estimated that after
irrigation has b-ea applied % the soil
( for three or four years. a less quantity
/ u water IS necessary and hence an al
ditional area u perhaps fifty millions
acres more may possibly b= aidei ID the
reclamation area
Nature Did the Neeffui.
Nature seems To have employed every
RESOURCE az Irs Command e. make rae
mountain and plain region the most fav
Ored portion ot the e4rrh's s1rfaee to-
the IA b5tzrion of man This section viii
one day BE- the seat of empire ot the
United States. and. consequently. ths
world For a distance Of more than
/ thousand miles there are successive
chains ot mountains, in general course
running Dorra and south and on parallel
lines. with numerous valleys occupying
the immediate ground.
Zach valley, large or small, has IT'S
stream. carrying. with rapid fall. the
melting SLOWS VI the tributary m11n-
tains. The grades in general favor the
operation of irrisaung canals which
take the water from streams and carry
L at moderate fall 10 lines above
the cultivated land. As the spring sea
son advances. the rainfall decreases. the
crops need more and more water. which
= furnished automatically by the gradual
Increase Of the temperature along and
mp the mountain side, reaching the light
est deposit Of snow first. and then. during
the later and hotter months. drawing
upon the reserve ot the deeper and less
easier melted ice at the higher attitudes.
Fertility Of Arid Soil.
Under the rains Of centuries much Of
the soluble plant food. in eastern soils
hare been washed into rhe sea. Where
no rainfall! exists the plant food remains
The government analyses o. soils show
that the arid lands average three times
as m1,n potash. six times as much mag
nesla aud fourteen times a. much lime
a. the buTnii lands. Any farmer will
tell you that a limestone country Is a
rlch country. To replace the food taken
5y growing plants the eastern farmer
resorts 70 fertilizers and manure Start
ing with a rich soil, the irriga ZIONIST also
tnds ier-ilzlng strength in the water he
uses The nanHrial value held in soiu-
ton in 81; inches OF water-the amount
applied to one acre in a season al the
University OF Arizona-amounted 10
S.lOi. Ten acres under irrigation aver
age better returns than io-acre crops. in
the usual way.
Land Very Valuable.
In those communities Of the ives,
which have be-n created by irrigation.
the average yield of wheat. potatoes and
small fruits far exceeds that Of the best
farming district in Iowa or Missouri
pr the best part Of the Mississippi Val
icy. Although comparatively remote
from the worlds markets for products.
an acre of land under water rights in
the very heart Of the arid region, will
'ommand higher price than an acre in
rhe humid Mississippi Valley. The farm
{
ed. will yield more profit than 900 acres
farIn-l IN the old. haphazard way In
tensive farming and larger profits from
smaller farms are making closely settled
communities. establishing nea rby neigh
hors. srhopls. churches and libraries. and
the isolation Of old farm life no longer
Exists The farmer makes more money.
and the deadly n,onorony Of life does
net drive his children from home. or
his wife 70 the insane asylum.
Roosevelt immortaiiz.d.
The passage Of the National Irriga-
tion Act ]. tantamount 10 SAYING tha,
the west is already re,iaemed-it i now
only a question of time. Perhaps no
law has been passed since the founda-
tion Of this government winch has been
or can be - prolific in great and last
ing results 70 the United States. No
law has ever been enacted which will
add - much stability. wealth. happi-
ness and general prosperity 10 the peo-
pie and the government az the National
| Irrigation Law
Here j. new field for the most hope
ful speculation. Il cannot be that any
human mind has yet been able to esti-
mate the far-reaching. the fruitful re-
suits which will follow in the wake OF
this National Act. Lincoln is immortal
ized for his Emancipation Proclamation.
Roosevelt will be immortalized because
he has done that which will set free
from the thraldom ~ the congested CEN
ters OF population. millions Of families
who can and will feel grateful to him
and his memory they sit under their
own vine and fgtree and enjoy all the
comforts and contentment Of their new
ani enlarged life of health. happiness
and usefulness.
Make It easy for the average citizen
| u become a land oMner and xnn