Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-09-03
Congress Meets in Sacramento
to Consider Reclamation
Work in West
MAKES ADDRESS
Vice President Urges Extension OF
Systems and Preservation of Forests
Roosevelt Sends Message to thu
Congress Extending Greetings and
wishe. for Success in Work. s.

sessions yesterday dlteiAooil III A.
ton Palace. Governor Chamberlain
Of oregon, president of the congress,
gave the address of welcome. Vice
President Fairbanks delivered an al
dress. speaking on the extension of IT.
rigation. the preservation of forests,
and the improvement OF rivers ana
harbors. He kept away from politics.
saying the country has surfelt OF
that, and that what is needed Is more
business and less politics.
Clifford Pinchot, government forester
and representative at the congress OF
President Roosevelt, read q telegram
which the president sent to the dele
gates. The message in part is:
az send YOU hearty congratulations
and my earnest wishes for the fullest
success of your convention. congrat-
ulate you on the progress Of the great
movement you represent. There is no
movement more emphatically for the
benefit of the small farmer and the
service and the forest service are di-
rectly adapted to help the small man
make and maintain a prosperous nome
and they are doing it. These services
were recently inspected on the grolino
by the, secretary of the interior ftna
the secretary of agriculture, who nave
them in charge, and l congratulate you
on the high standards Of integrity and
efficiency they have attained.
Mr.. Fairbanks said:
THE suggestion that The government
should, participate in the work OF IL
rieation awakened some opposition
among those who had given little
thought TO it and who failed to realize
its tremendous possibilities. Hook up
on no incident of my public service
with more satisfaction than the support
which / gave to, the reclamation act
upon the statute books. The measure
now speaks for itself. Its critics have
become its supporters, and the marvel
of it all is that it's virtues were not
earlier foreseen and such measure
sooner enacted The work of devslop-
ment under it may sometimes seem to
be slow. The results, however are
sure. llOSS VII dlG IeAAAAAAOA VASA>
what has been done by the government
will agree that much progress has been
made and that the faithful execution
of the law will result in bringing; UNI
der high state of cultivation many
millions of acres of land which are
now unproductive.
THE effect of irrigation in this west
ern country can be appreciated only
by those who are familiar with il from
personal observation. The change
made in the conversion of an arid
waste into fruitful fields seems almost
incredible. There is no more radical
transformation to be found anywhere
than in the parched valleys and plains
which have been irrigated and which
prior thereto produced nothing but sage
brush. The most unproductiye land
has become the most fertile"
In speaking of the preservation OF
forests and development of navigation,
the vice president said:
CLOSELY related to the subject of ir-
cation is the work of forestry pceserv-
alton. The two subjects go hand in
hand. We have pursued a somewhat
reckless policy with regard to the for
ests of the United States. III some
sections Of the country, in fact, in all
most every section, we have denuded
our lands of timber in what
now seems to have been almost
a wanton fashion. The demand of the
country for timber needed to build
our railways, construct our cities and
homes has been tremendous.
ut is but a; truisn that if the for
ests are swept away the rainfall quick
ly flows into the streams and is wasted
into the sea. whereas if the trees are
properly preserved upon the watersheds
the rainfall and melting SHOWS are
stored in natures reservoirs and are
gradually fed into the streams for the
cation.
I'VE have not fairly begun to APP
preciate the fully value of our streams
and rivers. We have not fairly begun
to appreciate them to the benefit Of
our agriculture, industry ard COM
merce. The mountains may be con-
verified into electrical power ana carried
hundreds of miles with but little loss
to the initial energy and appropriated
to lighting and heating cities, operat-
ing mines and driving the wheels Of
industry. We have. thousands of miles
of rivers which may be made navig-
able with little expense to the govern
ment compared with the benefits flow
ing from their use in carrying COM
MERGE
"Our rivers are the natural high
ways of commerce and the growing
density of our population and the In
crease of our production make it essen
tial that there should be additional
facilities to insure cheap and ready
Mr. Fairbanks closed his speech by
referring to the prosperity of the coun-
try and speaking of the need of sober
judgment on the part of the people to
avoid thet perils attendant upon such
period as the present.
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold.
A. j Nusbaum, Batesvills, Indiana,
writes: Last year suffered for three
months with summer cold SO dis
tressing that 1t interfered With my bus
mess. had m9ny of the symptoms
of hay fever, and a Doctors prescrip-
ton did not reach my case, and l took
several medicines which seemed to
Only aggravate my case. Fortunately
I insisted upon having Foley's Honey
and Tar in the yellow package, and it
quickly cured mr. My wife. has since
used F,oley's Honey and Tar With the
same success. Mcbride . VIII Drug
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