The San Francisco call., 1905-03-01
THE RIVER BILL.

THE opposition to the river recti6caon bill framed by the
ecuve committee has been strong for it, and another
measure place The bill
reclamation district of million and board of
troll composed of member from San Joaquin County two from
Yo each Suffer- Yuba Cousa
Glenn 1t will be observed that of the nine
members from above Sacramento The land holders on the
upper positively and with expressions of bitterness
posed the original bill because the preliminary proceedings by the
promotion committee and later on by the executive committee they
complained that they ignored and their interests not
Sum- watchfu of
paper the State the best qualified advise counsels the
land the substitute bill 1t authorizes the board
OF control to the land the districts creates not than
$4,000 for the preliminary invite the cooperation of
levied until such cooperation secured Nor this be called
for unless the board find be useful As it
only FIVE there doubt that will be
cheerfully paid and can be wisely spent
The capital mistake made the original bill have been
leaving the land entirely and its preparation by
residents of the district concerned This not only to excite
the and opposition of the interested parties who
consulted thing of the proposition
join the State and the United States the reclamation project
The thing Congress "hat land
dong If the answer be that they are doing nothing the effect
will be bad But when be said that the land have taken
the initiative have provided board of control be elected by
themselves and have provided fund of $4,000 the feeling will
Taking the attitude Of the valley press and of the Sacramento
Valley Development Association to be representative expressive
OF popular feeling the subject conclude that the land owners
have forced right start by their opposition to the original BILL and
that they have done the best thing strengthen the hands of
Congress The right start the main necessity
of the In the depleted condition of the national treasury
appeal op funds impossible that ample time will be
had for prudent preparation of the preliminary work.
We eventually the State and the nation will
share the of this them, perhaps putting of it
reaches the
from So per upward and that such recamatons largely
because of the high quality of the land is evident that the million
interested this large reclamation stand insignificant
OF the If assessed the minimum of $40 there
would be left only of the estimated of the whole
work be divided the State Federal We
advising But if it be made all will
be ceer accepted made by the land own board of
throughout the
Valley by nonresident and nonntesed parties
The people large part important them and
will volunteer contributions which they would
if forced upon them from the outside
The Cousa clearly right saying that the work must
with the land 1t worth $4,000 the land
organized and talking basis with each other The
proposition them the State National govern
nearly all the counties having ovefowed lands the people
indignant they consulted and few outsiders
they about the land owners business than they
did themselves Now land in the proposed district
would the passage of the BILL 1t least would
make great work.
The indications that such the sentiment of the Sacramento
the members of the Legislature
obligation they under oppose
original should why the bill should
pass There but little time left before adjournment of the
done should be done quickly We think the Legs
make mistake agning with the valley people and
the land