Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-05-07
SETTLERS SEEKING
GOVERNMENT AID
POSITION or The RECLAMATION
SERVICE BRIEFLY OUTLINED
sETTLERs MUST TAKE TIE tN.
trtATiVE.

The operations or Coz. engineers ul
fho RUD.umluon service .Wr, tur
passage of the irrigation act have
excited wide aplgBd u..f through.
uut tHU country in many section.
of ne west iTf rati0n hal boon do
yDIopod to "a point WhDr. .bg r,duIr,
mou's of the land oRcoUI Goo normal
water supply. and .H. s.H.eu ar.
organizing with tI.t .J securing
che Bii 0f Che government boo t1e con.
struct.0n uI .mmgu.c storage WORKS iI
conserve tHe flood Wat,rs nHe gou.
600 waste The assistance yi l1o gov
rramunI be- asked. as il. .1H OF tHe
wuf, is beyond tho moan. ai tIe auu
owners lu 900 such cases .n. policy
OF tIe reclamation .D.t..u Dom. boon
t1 make s. clearly understood chat
th.. uss.Hfau rqu Doe secured auH
through tho iuu.rngH 0f 90 healthy aud
sustained public opinIan Expressed boo
O. direct communication .8 tha soorr
ilry gf The interior from .Ia uuUpI.
lu brief th. UIUrt u.u.H.ar.D.
tho actual huI lwn.r must uI.
ih, initiative aud organic along Iuc.
similar t1 th1.. follow Fr fhp ...
Tiers OFF Salt W..r toHpr
Do should Dbl. understood THAT tu,
irrigation projects which naturally 8p
poe. Wusf .o f1a onr.no'rs arc those
which aro .r., FROM .hu yeNue quo
uou. off pr.H.r ownership uf land
aud water Largo enterprise. which
contemplate. lHe reclamation uf thr
vast acres Hf dosor, land. rot "a pafi
OF iho pubI. domain present ru uh
s.hrI. u.d. FROM tbof. ri o. purely
physical nr srE.neoriue character
while 'he construction 1f works boo
settled communities u.s. urr io m
ro'Ne personal features often moro
rYHs than anything found loo tic|
n.Iua. w1rk 1f construction
just now tbO.o are several rrm
unu districts making appeals fu the
government 'nr assistance Zoo orIor
That many thousands of acres OF
crops may ho saved from partial or
total loss each year hy reason of n I
scouty water supply In ono ~ these .
districts Dee famous valley M tho
Uu,omHahsrc the Irrigators aud ditch /
owners have perfected au orraniza /
lion and win shortly present a formal /
demand fur federal ala Zoo tho con /
struciiou OF the GunuIsou tunnel
u Montana Idaho. South Dak1ta. I
Oregon and other states. similar or. /
aanizatIons are forming mass meet.
nrs arc u0Ius hold, officers elected.
and details considered Tho rule 10
fho reclamation aoryIc, Boo aIl such
cases 70 one 1f absolute non Interior
'neo. Upon request assistance Is civ
on BOO ouiliuus Ono proper form oil
organization REQUIRED hy jb. Iapari
moUt before definite action can De-
taken. bui in on other essentials thp
#oi,'ors are informed that they must
work ont thrir own destiny. that
ihcIs requests f1r AID must boar prac
ideally tho unanimous endorsement
of tho actual property owners and
must Doe free from suspicion of poI
itiCs.
Down lu tho foIHdifuf sarion dr- |
ori The settlers arc FORTHCOMING the
government 20 take up a stupondous
work for tho fuller utilization OF The |
wr'ors 90 the great Colorado river
To those making such request and
'o all others who in tho future NAV
leairc tho governments AID. The
above outline OF tho position of the
reclamation service De- especially o. !
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