The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-19

3s0. 600. At the moderate price of 500
an acre this would add the snug sum
Of S5S,000.000 70 the value of the state
Money Now Available.
Congressman MondeH said in discus
s.ng the irrigation outlook that since
the enactment Of the Law S2s.0Oo,eo9
had been made available for irrigation
work In addition II this the money
intended for this work is now rolling
into the trea sury at the rate of S4o00,oee
d year. 50 that If there is no increase az
all as the result of irrigation there VIII
be $4,000, 600 mere made available Tor
government irrigation work in the next
ten years
Congressman Mondell says that the
success of government aid TO irrigation
has not vet been established. It has
been established that the government
can build good works and handle the
water. II has not been demonstrated
that the government can settle the ARID
lands and distribute the water to the
individual users. This work is still to
be done He says the federal law on
the subject has stimulated private ir-
TigatiOn mateTiaIIy-theTe is more work
of this kind going forward now than
ever before. It has also raised the
value of water rights The government
sells no water rights for less than 80
to $50 an acre. The law is also giving
irrigation a standing and dignity ~
never enjoyed before: it is adding to
the value of the land as well as the
value of water rights.
Senator Sutherland said in discussing
the chances for Utah getting aid from
the government that the irrigation fund
is to be apportioned among the aria
states in the ratio of the public lands
located in the states. For this rea-
son nothing can deprive this state OF
A certain benefit to be derived from
the act The hope of the Utah repre-
santatives and others deeply interested
in irrigation work is TO convince Uncle
/ Sam that money can be expended IN
this state to better advantage than III
some of the other states. even to the
| extent of going beyond the limits OF
Utah's portion
Resume of the Trip.
The members Of the congressional
party are enthusiastic over what they
have seen in the west, of the wonder
full possibilities of irrigation and OF the
hospitality afforded them up to this
time The party left Kansas City
June l. and made the first stop at III
/ PasO. There the proposition OF I'm
pounding the waters Of the RIO Grande
sixty miles above was considered Inc
next project considered was that OF
| Salt river in Arizona. where 1t is pro-
posed to water in all 100000 acres by
holding back the flood waters OF the
/ Salt. The party drove from PhoehIS
sixty miles up the canyon to the kooSe-
welt dam Yuma was the next import
ant stop. where it is proposed to dam
/ the Colorado river and water large
tract of land. The Imperial valley in
California was visited. Here the party
/ had the unique experience of sleeping
below sea level. The San Juan and
/ Sacramento valleys were also visited
4 in California before the trip to Hazen
/ to take part in the opening of the Car
| sOn-Truckee project was begun
/ A z. Chandler, who was formerly
| state engineer in Nevada. but who is
/ now in the government TeciamauoI
1 service. said that the population OF Ne
vada at the latest census was 43,VOV
| the CarsOn-Truckee project will sup
port 5000 families on farms This
| means an addition OF 10000 to the pop
ulation of the state without taking into
/ consideration the increase of popula-
/ ton in the cities
/ Provo Men Interested
No person in either the Utah dele
| cation or the congressional party tooF
! a deeper interest yesterday in the Bu'
/ Gin cutoff than r. r. Irvine. who i
/ now one of the leading merchants o
! Provo and the president Of the Com
merCiaI club Of that city. ThlTty-hE'
/ years ago Nj Irvine was a civil en-
! gineer and was in the field all the way
/ from the Green river to the Pacih'
! coast running preliminary lines Tor Tn
/ Union Pacific He recalls driving
/ stake at that time on some point on tn
/ lake near PromOntory Point and won
| dering if the time would ever CONT
| when a railroad would build across TIL
lake. Now he knows that dreams cont
! true The cutoff was q source o
| wonder and great pleasure to ever
member of the party, especially u
those who had not seen If before
Mayor William NJ. Roylance woul'
have found the trip an expensive on
| had there been a buffet car attached
On the Nevada side of the lake the at
mospheric conditions made the mirage
4 in the distance seem like beautiful
I bodies of water near at hand, with IN
| mountains reflected Mayor RoyldnC
! was kept busy for some time by IN
| ways guessing on the distance OF thes
! bodies Of water He surrendered a
| gracefully as possible when there wa
left no avenue OF ecape- The Womel
| in the party took special pleasure Il
! studviug this wonderful phenomenon.