Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-09-16
Telegram to National Irrigation
Congress at Ogden, Utah.
Last Year.
GREATEST STEP FORWARD
Ssca = IT, Presllesfs O,Isiss u
trig1tIss --Messase Shows Vast rusl
u iaiernstics % Recisasuss
II AID Lsids.

Prpsldsnt Roosevelt sent the fcIiowfn
osssass to tbs National irrigstion Con
ovss II sesrion at Ogden, Utah, Sept
u fp0S. Il i characteristic Of tn
"a Il shows = broad. deep. patrioti
hesrsst Ia both irrigation and forestry
e alss shown his mastery InteIlectus
QFase Of any and all topics concerning
~ publlc welfare:
- Oyster nsy. y I: ssrs,, y: 1901 :.
shs forward progress Of the States. bu ri
- that - al mankind.
vss the beginning At an achievement
- grvat thai we hesitate 70 predict the
esv that the law l. an accomplished fnsf,
~ unef be given effect. To That eud the
eeAoation s~rstee organized under the
Hsttesai Irrrstien Law Of June II. 1902,
- betn pushing lfs surveys and rxamins'
- = re~nihle irrigrfton projects eDcr.
ideally 10 each Of the thirteen sfntes ard
osee Territories named ~ the art Rosne
~ fsosd on careful study 10 be ilnprnc.
ucsble. r<thrr becsaxe Of ecanfy water sup.
~ - 81 great cost. Others must await
9tgAes values In land. while still others
9asd the sest aud ere ready for Immediate
eonetrsrtiss-
Nscessity ~ National Ala.
~ feasible prcjeets arr aIways large
~ eestiy. i.~cause private enterprise has
elrrady setsed spsn the smaller mud less
~ grsat works whteh arr T. be 70 ersen.
~ . part In bringing the nation 10 It's
~ eevelorm~nt. osest csre sud the high.
- sseinssrns skill are r~anired to plan
oest li0ruIt uBesrtakinxsof mankind They
pase ~ built Ter pefnsaUence aud safety.
they sn - last aud sprr.d prosperity
vsrss ! i..iy 4 saxiussss sf tie Sirss-s
1aAUctes have been thought together In
~ Fseissstisa esrstrs. FOE only meu In
porttaliy s~i~st~t for rapscitl alone are
epeb's = srvsiiHs these Ir~st structures.
4ef@t nest geverm. net enly In the s~ies'-
- = nsa. hst stiI' nsrs In the ssIsctIes
eeesssv<tisa mnst po~sess the qualities
voice rsssrsepd II ~ q nstto0sl uNdvrtsk-
~. esrtsin 10 reclaim large trscts u arid
49, and to support Ia well belng : denss
teasats II the reclamation iAe. there will
- naay dissppoIst nsutA whifh necesssriiy
ewsit both the sdsocatc 81 special projects
sss.,ss sst ru he ~ .ls~ 10 .s nsss
NPuent. of these great undertakings. u
0eaie b. horne In miud that bread sur
- - sii go~.ihis projects gives the ccu
Srh II pstue Importance u one group Of |
- ~ seem ls~s desirable IN tAs light 81
ot1es ksswisdss.
tsutios UrHsd.
uer y II wise Ia large aRaiv to begtu |
lssssruss ant, aud slnhorsts details ~
Darefuiy stslied IN advance. aud the whsie |
par sss!ed snd sPprosed before work eau
Ds&tn- Yet " We proceed both cautiously
~ Defu1steutiy under this tseuehc~m law.
- Hag eshudentiy expect the largest pss
9bts dsvetot,asetit Of our arid lands aud
Astr settiensut hy Industrious. prosperous
hif rvsp~stinx nssn aud women, who will
49, H. 0f<HIfttfa ~ fffIys I'D urfiful 1
~ FOE the products 81 nIAs aud fsctorirs |
prsuStont the Laited states Ceuisnst
~ eosrtshlux Ia what l. now the deseri
14n enaliy lake their places s,ueny the
afssgssi pillars u oar Commonwealth.
Tts Irritation development Of the arid |
\ ~ cannvt ssaad alone: Forestry = ths
.s.gsnssa aud support u irrigation With
~ Irrigation development aud forest de
sruetioA canned sAi.t together. Never for
- that the torrsi reserve policy VI thu
>nteoUsi aOsefphiehI ui4ais the uss VI ali |
- fvsssres Of the forest r'sesvss. Their.
Httis pseat IL dsstructioa compared With
moas- - shIns Chisf ObJ-cL
~ vttIenent 1t the great arid West BY
Anak<ss vi houirs l. tue ceutfxi sbjcct.
~ - the Irrigation and the fofvst postsy |
IL Quilted States la forestry. ~ Ia
the tu,taediate private Interests |
Z seuA< Individual must occasionally ytvI" |
'stise xs~a. Ths tsssuss u re.ss.ry ar
- eaty Zoe the future. but fof thr present.
~ forest resstses are for all the ieopr |
~ nsss Tor The people Ia the iuIsnetilHte
~ tt-efhsod. TOR whom supplies VI weed
- wstvf are suaous tue nrst uecvsssries of |
6e- With the Ns.tf aud usafe skiifui |
DAnaseusrat Of the tesrrse by trained ussn.
- grcstrs siously viii thsir usefulness
: " the puLlIe.
uittMst success eurs.
Ne must newt allow our ehHgriu o. ten |
efasy defect snd uitieuitts " ikv man
gsnasst VI the forrest reserves to hitsd ~ |
} he at<nlus< uste~sisy ~ these F~s~s,e> |
} the e~eyi~ VI I'd. Nest.
8ukes<f cf the forest Preserve poltry has |
rsps uttt ~eausffai rapidly 10 the West |
srsss tbs issi lea years. u viii e"ntinus
srvs I'll the isst srsiiee Of opposition. |
~ silss~t soss. has wholly disappeared |
pfsre tbs ahdsrsta udsng IT the vhJ.,t an.. |
" sHs<t u the reservation. The CREATE
n sulputt ~ tue forest reserve by the pse
II ~ thr Msrt. tue lfeaief the sssurancs |
,st ths usiioaal Irrigation policy win not
III. fvs the preservation OF the f"rvsts l.
fai " tk~ sse,sss ~ tets policy.
TtikODonk koOSEyGLr.
,sasss Stewart OF Nevada Sees ths
treat Liuht
oonassr Stewart Of Nevada. the last | -