The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1908-10-29

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II Gently gave away AMI was oblig
ed not to speak further. but could moi
resist the tenn tation to go to a few
9laees .Jward the Close Of ths cam
paisn, yari Gu arly Faiioa, AMI tru5f
that you will indulge M if speak onl,
in a conversational tone, as that tn
least affects my voice.
Il ta c great interest N this com
nuniiy; J may say that take m r,
interest t than IN any 9TH com
mlnty in the state, for feel that her,
is being worked out a great problem
that involves much to the state, thai
involves much to the nation, that in
volv 5, not simply the material Ivan
cement of this commun ty, but involve!
great questions: the social Importance
the relation of man to tn land TO pre-
vent monopoly IN land; the building W
0f homes by the govefnm Mt of strug'
| cling hom S ekers; the advancpm mi
vi their interest in every way that r..
ates To soil velopm nt; to earnestly
develop and to indus str ously develop.
In drawing up the Reclamation Act,
we had in view all these III ngs no,
simply the turning over of the land for
cultivation, but the development upon
the earth under the highest state OF
cultivation; under an intensified cult
vation in the highest form of American
citizenship. And so am interested in
this problem. ! must say that when
the Reclamation Act vas first passed,
my individual idea was that the money
Of the government to be appropriated
to work in tn state, should be applied
in the first instance rather to the ex-
tension ard the enlargement and the
development of existing systems Of
irrigation. distributed among the val
leys Of the four great rivers Of this
state, rather than to apply to one great
government scheme, involving land al
most exclusively under government
ownership. But deferred to the
wisdom OF the Reclamation Service in
that particular. tn y found here a
great body of land, not. perhaps. SO
favored as some of the land that had
already been taken up and was requir-
ing moisture, but still body Of land
capable of .developm mt, aud capable
of being controlled in one great body,
and they felt the call to make that
great experiment in this State.
~ am aware that this enterprise has
been attended with many difficulties,
with perhaps excess We difficulties.
The enterprise itself was a great one.
II is no wonder that the elements act
ing through storms and foods should
delay the beneficial operations of the
act and in some cases, infiict injury not
only upon the new settler but also up
on the old. II was to be expected that
in undertaking treatment of a great
body of land like this, part of it having
minerals injurious to plant growth,
that there should be a study inaugural
ed, which would take time to complete
and time to reach success; and during
this time many Industrious, energetic
settlers, having but limited means,
would suffer while the experiments
were being made. There is no doubt
of the ultimate success of this enter
prise. Science can accomplish almost
anything upon the face of the earth.
1t can create soil where none exists
and there is no doubt but that in time
we will find this one of the most
fourishing settlements in the United
States. place of comfortable homes,
and of steady American citizenship.
But these excessive difficulties must be
met and can be met only in two ways.
One is by legislation and the 9th r is
by administration. So far as admins
tration is concerned, ii would seem to
be perfectly clear, from the statement
made by committee of the settlers of
this region, to whom | listened with
gr sat instruction and plea 'ure, that
during the first two or three, or FIVE
years, at least, of this enterprise, the
must be ma lie slowly; that.
they must be graduated payments,
increa ng tow ard the end So
that the paym nts W Il CONE upon the
settlers when Their and is und r iull
cultivation and while the land should
best fesponl to this burden.
81 have, therefore, recently written
tu tn Secretary of the Interior, m ,k-
ng az urgent app pcation n tbs be-
malt, meeting the requests in very par
ticular OF all of the committee of set
tiers, whom | met few weeks ago.
An | IN ght add that ! telephoned to
Mr.. Newell, chief OF the Reclamation
; ervce, who was th1n n San Fra s.
co, about to start Tor Hawai-, and that
| urged him to write similar letter TO
the Secretary, which he promised 70
do, nd VII eh have no doubt he did.
Tbs | tier was also fort fed BY a let.
I r rom Mr.. Means. your sup rinten-
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