The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1909-07-26
sAl.l.lN0ER WILL
(Coacluded From First faer.)

(Coacisded From First rAsr.)
project 10 q government enterprise
and the Twin Falls project was un'
dertaken under the Carey act b,
semi-private means.
On the Ninidoka tract water has
been promised again and again nj
specified periods and only . portion
Is receiving water. In the same local
ity the Twin Falls lands are rich ID
crops, the settlers prosperous and
getting rich. while their irrigated
lands are making of Twin Falls one
Of the most substantial Of interior
cities Of the West.
lA~k II RunSla l3lansrtl.
As to the Minidoka project. Il II
asserted that settlers have entered
on lands which comprise q large per,
centaxe Of the tract Il was originally
intendcd to reclaim. but which are
under the proposed fourth aud NTH
lifts. on the south side Of the river
In Cassia county. Idaho. II is now
declared that none Of these land.
will receive water for years to come.
Lack Of funds. % Il Ii announced by
the reclamation oGacers. will prevent
the building OF additional canals re-
Quired to irriGate the higher lands
and the settlers will be forced to lose
their rights or hang on and scratch
for . living while neiEhbors but a
few miles away are growing wealthy.
For irriEating $4,000 acres OF Min.
idoka lands under the gravity sys.
ten proposed BY the governmeut. the
original estimate Vas SIS an acre.
Fihy-threc thousand edition acres
under . pumping system we're to be
trrtgated At an estimated cost OF
$3.50 per acre. Later Il Was found
that the cost under the gravity sys-
TEN would not b leas than S3s an
acre and under the pumping system
not less than o30 an acre. Then, too,
u the settlers did not live up to the
letter OF the Law they forfeited their
claims or sold to Others when not
able TO mako their payments. The
price VAS raised to $50 an acre under
that section OF the canal where -:
was the estimated cost.
Politics and civil service In the en-
Gineertng branch OF the Reclamation
Service are declared to b. esponsible
for the failure OF the government 10
complete irrigation works within the
time promised and for errors in cs-
Inmates.
Political pressure, II ID asserted.
has brought about the approval Of
too many projects for the funds
available for the work. Estimstes
have been made Of the amount ueces-
sary To complete the government
projects now under way and are
placed at SIS. $50 500. TO oif,st this
Il 10 estimated that the revenucs
from projects already completed vim
provide only about $4,000 for
reclamation work during 1910. This
amount. II II asserted. would not
complete the Payette project Alone.
Oaly oS2, 600 o. Hand.
The total receipts Of the reclama.
tion fund. actual and estimated. for
With S5O.73I.oo0 already allotted.
leaving only $4,000 on hand Tor
other and newer projects.
II these figures, which have been
compiled by promoters OF private en-
terprises ostensibiy from government
reports, are correct. there seems to
be little likelihood Of the government
taxing up any new projects In Ore |
500 or any other State In the near
future.
A. TO the complaint AGAINST the en-.
ginoerins service, II II asserted that
.ne government 10 putting young men
less out OF school. who receive from
the government SIS or $50 Q month,
on the Character OF work for which |
pIivste companies pay engineers |
rom $500 . month up. While the
young men employed are bright and
'oon gain experience. Il b further
VIC tnat 20 soon a. they become of |
,alue In their profession they are en-
tce9 away from government employ
y the higher salaries paid BY the pTi.
'ate concerns. The government IL
compelled TO draft engineers from
'aw material continually and young
nSn are entering the service almost
olely for the experience.
James A. GARFIELD. ex-Secretary of
ne Interior. Ia . report OF February,
S0s. said:
10 Es.d fos New Projects.
That portion Of fund derived II
rom receipts during the past year
nd recently made available for ex.
enditure during the calendar year OF
sos. Will be needed for niiing con.
acts already entered into and for
aymsnt Of expenses In Connection
'ith work In hand a. we'll as Tor
lsintenance and operation. There
now but little opportunity TO use
70 reclamation fund for entirely
ew projects. a. each OF the vorks
ready begun and partly completed
demanding all and possibly more
onsy than can be had In the near
'ture. In fact. II may be said tbat
ON now on the most di6lcult uues-
On TO be solved In this Connection
not what new work to take uD.
u rather what part OF the work ri.
aGy begun can be safely deferred
III funds are available"
Inese are some OF the many thinRs
1t Will be brought to the Attention
secretary Ballinger during hIs
esent visit to the semi-arid dis
cts OF Oregon and Idaho. II In sur.
SEQ there will be offered 10 him
UNFAIRLY much matter tending IN
Itain the Secretary's position re-
rang the work Of Chief Engineer
welI. Men who know the new Sec. y
ary are predicting that there viii It
. great shake-up In reclamation )
cles after the Inspections BY NJ
.iinger are completed. 81
alex HcPherson. director of the !
IN Falls project and also inter.