Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1905-06-23
rnbu,,,o Senator Ss~Iapd,.

ing interesting feature Of the ban
quet given 20 The irngaaonls;s at Reno
last lay night. II is a splendid
tribute TO Senator NeElsudE. whose
work more thai any other mans re-
suited II the irrigation law:
Senator Dubois q Idaho, after an
eloquent description o; western America
as the oaly place III which the white
race can expand and develop the highest
civilization, spoke as follows:
1T vas ve-! Hgh! and proper thai the
first Eork o! this chaTscte. should have
been i~naugura;ed ard carried 70 cou-
p.ston in Nevada, because IL tie :o:e-
front q al the fight FOR years stood
your sena:c-, FraEc= G. Ne=land=.
He Was always az his post OF duty; ~
~as always active. When lie -as not
wo-sirS u the House and Senate z-i
after he hai go::oE through tLeae II
the d! time, be ~oali invite "a 20 b:=
.esiteuce 81 rish:: he would picE OF.
the eastern men whom be wanted 10 =.
d1eaS. and ihsr l. would So sons Q.
u western men MO then 70 maze i'm
ZsGu, speeches. he csys- Qu., ciEh-
OF lay, Seut!s2rE; he VS. LEzy= :: =.
II L often ss.l hat a E-opAs; = 10,
1Lo1: honor save u h. oE- cu--;T.
( tUo't EcCE EOw yen re-a-3 S=-s:c:
Nevlaai= here, but ! ca- E=1:e ,o7
that te L c!2- e. ~ t=1-:= =. sI L.
people IL this aid zri ~-i 49, rr-oc;
il no: II Nevada 81 IsA=: L al ~
balance q tkz@ stzts.
CONGRESSMAN Mociel - equally
kind II II. recognition c. to =-yIc-=
rendered b! the secio: senator ,-v-
Nevada IN framing and assisting Il tt=
passage o. the irrigation bIu. be spoke
in part as follows:
Is Of the west, within tie oO-G--s Q!
our respective states, have protests a..
read! undertaken or 70 De undertaken
under tits laS; yet We are al glad thA:
this first prOisc. was undertake..
Neyada, The members OF this deless.
ton hare all Of them had much 20 do
with bringing about this couEunm.,iop
aud therefore We know Of the sp!srdid
wors, Of the magnificent and fruitful
endeayor Of the man who represented
tbs state III congress al the time the
bill passed, who 10 lay is your honored
senator, and xuo LaG so very, yery
much to do with the framing and the
passage u the national reclamation Law.
he never lei W; he TALKED constantly:
lie worked necessarily, in season. and,
some people thought, out OF season.
tie neyc! had an Invitation 10 d dinuer
or Z banquet, and hs never made 3
speech IL or out OF congress Tor years
that he didn't cay TO tie people Of the
east something in regards to the neces.
zIty Of tue reclamation Of the arid lands
OF tue great west
Congressman Jones 0: Washington
was Que o! the last speakers. lie be
gan by saying:
-"hen | first went to congress sat
at the 'eet OF Francis Newlands and
drank from his lips tie gospel OF irri.
gatlou,' and then proceeded TO describe
IN detail the methods 10y winch Senator
Newiands had converted his collca ,ues
from Indifference TO interest, and then
enthusiasm, il be half OF the irrigation
cause.
The coincidence between the dates OF
the Battle OF Bunker Hill and the ded.
~icati"n OF the Carson. Truckee pro.
ject WIS observed by many, others re.
called, in addition to this. that the II OF
June, being also the date on which the
Newlands bill was signed by the pres.
ideDt, and became a law. will have a
still further claim on history.
1t was this interesting coincidence
that lei lion. Sam T. Davis, before the
last guest OF the banquet departed to
offer a resolution setting apart the 18th
OF June rs a atatc holiday by the people
OF Nevada. Mr.. Davis resolution was
unanimously adopted, and it is already
determined that appropriate ceremonies
will be arranged 10y Nevada people III
celebration Of this national event, which
means 20 much to not only our own
state, but the entire western world.