The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-08-26
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GOV. COOLING EXALTs IDAHO
The following extract from the
speech of Governor Gooding at the
National Irrigation congress is as
concise and complete a statement
Of the conditions as they exist in
Idaho as has ever been made.
Governor Gooding knows Idaho
by heart. He knows her people, her
mountains, her pains. He knows her
resources and the opportunities she
holds out for the man looking for
better things He also has vocab-
alary or rich English that tells exact
" what he knows of these things and
his speech proves that Governor Bra
dy made no mistake in appointing
Governor Cooling as his personal re
preventative
Governor GoOding Speaks.
Former Governor F. r. Gooding of
Idaho told of the work done in his
state under the Carey Act. He said
frat in five years the land under
ditch in the Twin Falls projects has
come to a point where the best fruit
crops in western states are produced
through irrigation.
Mr.. President, Ladies nd Gentle
mon: I have been asked to tell you
omething about the development OF
Idaho under the Carey act, and what
that law has done for my state. What
shall say on this subject feel viii
be in the nature of a report to this
congress. for this organization has
been the leading spirit in the passage
Of all our national irrigation laws
chat have done so much for the rec
lamation of the arid west.
Idaho feels that she owes this or
~ani7ation a debt of gratitude, for it
IS with your assistance that the eyes
Of the nation have been turned to-
wards the arid west and the people
have learned that the Great American
Desert was a myth, and that in the
arid norton Of America there is a
soil So rich in productiveness that it
cannot be excelled in any part of the
Union
Under the Carey Act Idaho has
entered into contracts for the recla-
nation Of 1.O4S,299 acres of her des-
ert lands.
The last congress, recognizing the
great work Idaho had done in re-
claiming her desert lands. gave the
sfate 1000 600 acres more of Carey
asst lands. which is a million acres
more than has been given to any
other state.
Water Is now available for moe
than 100000 acres of our Carey oct [
land. some of which is fast reaching
high state of cultivation, and IS
selling at 500 to $500 an acre.
Work in Idaho.
The work of reclaiming ldaho's
desert lands under the Carey Act
commenced in earnest when Frar6
9uhl of Sharon, Pa. and his associ-
ates entered into a contract with the
state in January, 1903, for the recia-
nation of 100000 acres of desert
land. known as the Twin Falls South
Side project. Frank Bull can truly
be called the pioneer in Idahos great
work under the Carey act. His sue
,ess on this project cannot be told in
words Where only few years ago
was a desert cities have been built,
end transformation has been
wrought upon the desert that is mar
velous to behold.
Idaho has been especially fortu-
aate in tire mea Nto have taken Up
he great work of reclamation Of her
losert lands. It was a fortunate day
or Idaho when such men as Frank
3uhl of Sharon, Pa, the Kuhn BROTH
,rs OF Pittsburg, Pa, J. G. White &
70. of New York. and Trowbridge &
1iver of Chicago, turned their atten-
ion to the reclamation of our arid
ands, for in the last five years more
las been done in my state in the {
of great canals. dams
.nd. reservoirs than any other place ]
N earth. :
in the last five years we have Jsilt {
n Idaho enough miles of main canals
nd laters to reach half way around