Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26

greatest good to the greatest number
but use 1t. AS he says in his address,
there is enough water power on the
American continent to turn every wheel
on the American continent, but much
Of 1t is going to waste. His idea is to
use it: Use it on the best terms pos
sible, but use it.
Mr.. Pinchot, Just as earnest and just
as honest as Secretary Ballinger, urges
conservation, short leases and the hold
Ing back of permits to cut lumber or to
use water power until absolutely salts
factory terms are obtained. I think if
the newspapers would recognize the
fact that these two men are working
toward the same end, though by some
what different methods, it would great
ly aid and facilitate their work.
would look upon 1t as "A calamity il
either one should be eliminated from
the service or if either one should come
absolutely to the views Of the other,
but these two men, properly working
together, should, and think will,
evolve a system that will be as near
right as human ingenuity can devise.
Does California Injustice
"The other features of the Irrigation
congress were largely the development
of irrigation from the standpoint. first,
as to the law; second. geology; third,
hydraulic engineering. Very able
papers were presented upon each of
these subjects. I felt that from the
of the law the principal adj
dress Of A. c. Campbell Of the depart
ment of justice was unsatisfactory in
that he failed to recognize the depth,
length and breadth of the California
doctrine, and because of his failure to
do so was inclined to cast aspersions
upon it. 1 desired very much to an
sWer him upon this point, but the late
ness of the hour and the fact that
could not cite all of the authorities
that l would desire to cite Offhand,
caused me to refrain from doing SO. I
shall attempt to take up that end Of it
at the next congress and attempt to
put that body right as to the true in
and working capacity of the
California doctrine, as / look upon it as
the greatest doctrine ever evolved by !
people of the Anglo-SaXOn race for the |
irrigation OF arid' lands.
Mr.. Campbell of the department of
Justice, in the paper just referred to, |
assumed because we had disregarded |
the common law Of England as a pre- |
2edent in the matter of irrigation law |
that we had committed a serious Of |
tense. He failed to consider, however, |
hat England, in evolving her common |
aW and our own eastern states in de- |
velOping the same never had the neCes- !
lily u II lSdllllE lllt anu ldluSs tOtl- !
sequently never evolved any doctrine of !
aw applicable thereto.
The recent congress was attended |
by four delegates from Los Angeles. !
F. G. Finkle, Frank Olmstead, F. e.
lrask and mystelf, the three former be-
ing eminent biologists and hydraulic
engineers. There were approximately
900 delegates in attendance at all times,
Every man keen student of all mat
erS pertaining to irrigation They had
gathered there from all over the west,
very man at his own expense; every
nan there solely for the purpose of
earning what he could Of the matters
o which the congress was devoted
There was q great deal of talk among
he delegates about the Los Angeles
queduct and a manifest desire to sec
/, and it seemed TO be the consensus
f opinion that the congress would meet
n Los Angeles about the time of the {
of the aqueduct."
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