The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-08-13
RESOLUT UTION
is ADOP TED
Ten Million Annually for
irrigation Work
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Asked for
Spokane. Aug 13-An annual ap~
proDrlation OF $4,000 900 for a period
OF five years to aid in irrigation work,
Is asked of Congress in resolutions
adopted by the National irritation
congress today. This is perhaps the
most important recommendation i'm
the resolutions adopted, OF which the
following is a synopsis:
That homestc2ders under a govern
ment project shall not he required to
establish a residence before the gov
ernment is prepared TO furnish him
with water.
That the government take measures
TO drain swamp lands In aid of land
reclamation and Of public health.
That the Irrigation congress aid
with other conservation ORGANIZATIONS
to bring about waterway improve
mentS, re-forestatiOn. drainage and
other like projects.
That there be brought about sur
veyS and estimates of reclamation of
submerged lands where the work is
International in character. (This re-
fers 10 Northern Idaho)
That the reservation act be extend
ed to Hawaii
That the states pass laws regulat-
ing cutting of public and private tim
Der
That there should be no political
lines with reference to the use OF
water for irrigation.
That the Mississippi deep water
way be developed.
The committee turned down the res
olution asking a $5.000.000.OO0 bond
Issue after a severe debate In which
some of the Washington delegation
upheld the measure.
No hint of the Ballinger-Pinchot diff
fculty came up in committee.
Professor w. d. Lyman spoke on the
subject Of deep waterways for the in
land empire
Spokane, Aug 1Z-John Wilson
former United States senator from
Washington. and John Farson, mil
lionalre banker of Chicago, today
came to the defense OF Secretary OF
the Interior Ballinger. before the Ma.
tional Irrigation Congress and sue
ceeded in keeping the so-called Bal
linger-Plnchot fued In the public eye.
The forepart of today's session did
not offer, seemingly, the proper open
ing for a continuation of the trouble
until DR. PaTdee rose to question 4
statement made by a speaker Dr.
Pardee warmed to mis- subject TO sucn
an extent that soon he had brought in
his charges against Secretary BallIn'
ger and again accused that official Of
permitting the opening for entry oi
valuable water power sites
This brought Mr.. Farson to his feet,
asking DR.. Pardee If he meant to in
sinuate that the secretary was dis.
honest. With Dr. Pardee's reply that
ne meant no such accusation the in
cident was dropped, only. however
after several other Ballinger sup
porters had taken occasion to demand
specific charges of the Californian.
The afternoon session was hardly
under way when w. w Ferrell OF
Ferrell. Idaho. took the floor and dur.
ing the time allowed for discussion
attacked severely the Washington
Power company, the concern which
supplies power to the city Of Spokane.
At the expiration of his five-mlnute
time allowance there were cries from
all parts of the building for Mr.. Fer
rell TO go on" a vote was taken
and finally the Idaho man was al
lowed to proceed, which he did after
n rough and ready fashion that
brought repeated cheers
To Dynamite Dam,
81 have been a settler in Idaho FOR
20 years" he shouted and there are
many who lived there with me during
that time They have worked hard to
make homes And now, after a quar-.
ter OF a century, the Washington
Power company. one of the many
which threaten our very lives. has
damned up our valley, oyerflowed our
lands. drowned out our crops and
many are about to lose their very
means OF livelihood I'm not an anar
chist and | want to see the Law
obeycd but ] want to say that there
are men in my town who will smash
that dam with dynamite and send a
forty foot wall of water down this
valley and what will happen 10 Spo-
kane will make the Johnstown flood
look like a common shedding of tears
II something Is not done"
The old man trembled with excite
ment as he spoke and cheers and
cries of Good" followed his ont
burst. The chairman'S gayel stopped
him.
Former Secretary Wilson was seem.
ingly In n less belllcose mood He
started reading from a typewriter
manuscript, but 1t became evident as
he proceeded, that he had something
on his mind aside from typewriter
paper suddenly he flung aside the
notes on irrigation with peaceful
homes and deserts that blossom as the
rose.
Is For 8allinger
There may be those chat do wrong
in this land" he said There may
be waited power companies that dis
obey the law. But | want TO say here
that 7 stand for Richard a. Ballinger,
and l shall hear no man say he is dis
honest
-, too, am an early settler. | have
seen suffering, toll. peace and hap
pineSs in this state. but my first time
(shakIn,r bIo rIuonr al Mr. EorroII