The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-29
Secretary of Interior Recon-
mendS Raising Thirty Millions
for Reclamation Projects.
GRAND CANYON MONUMENT
SHOULD Be NATIONAL PARK
More Advanced Government
Policy Is Suggested for Yel-
lOwstOne and Yosemite.

recommendations urging remedial lcgis.
ia'lon oy congress for securing the best
use OF the remaining public lands are
the principal features OF the annual
report Of Secretary OF the Interior Rich
ard y. Ballinger. made public today.
These recommendations include spccifc
sutIority TO classify and scorcgatc lands
into well.deiined divisions according ia
the!r greatest apparent use. lcgislltiou
ueSlgnod 10 conserve coal deposits rs
a public utility and authorizing the
CLASSIFICATION and disposition of all lands
capable Of being used for water power
development under the interior depart
mcnt.
Warm praise is given manufacturers
OF explosives used in coal mining, who
the report says. have made commend
able efforts 10 Increase the safety of
their explosives even beyond tho re-
guircments of geological survey tests.
the wishes of state inspectors and
recommendations of federal engineers
and chemists.
In Favor of Bonds
Secretary BalIiueer favors the is
suance Of certificates Of indebtedness.
or of bonds. not exceeding S30,000.00O
against the reclamation fund for Ger.
tam lines OF irrigation work The re
clamatlon service. saws the secretary.
has been subject TO much must and
TO some mst criticism.
Since the foundation of the govern
ment tho report shows, there has been
which 500, 6,li5.3jI was disbursed prior
to June 30, 1865. With reference to the
reclamation service the secretary of The
interior SAYS.
The act approved June II, 1907 known
as the reclamation act clothes the sccrc-
ton in the construction OF Irrigation
works and the disbursement Of the rec
lsmaiion fund. into which fund had been
pad up TO and includinS. June $o, 1905.
net Investments from which i'm reclaIpa-
tion works on June 81. 1909. amounted 10
the sum OF S45. I6T91S.aI. The cash 10.
ceiPtS from water right charges lo Juus
90, 1909 were: Building charges s2a9,-
Suc2 operation and maintenance
charges. S7o.s25.SS: total. s37o.667io re.
tho dcsirability Of making plans fsr in
advance. II has been found necessary 10
make estimates Of the amounts that VIII
become available before the actual re-
tai receipts in the fund to June 10 1909.
are SaS. $50, 1900 Upon this basis. and
estimated receipts which will become
available before December 81 1910 So
5cS. 0J0 have been allotted for reclana
ticn purposes TO December Il. 1910.
The discro ton imposed by the act also
tics and obligations. which. my, prodcccs.
sors have carried out with the utmost
fidelity 10 the public Eood.
Recommends Bond Issue
some Of the most Important elements
az conservation of tho natural RESOURCES
Of the public domain lie within the pur-
view OF this statute: the dormant power
or stream and food being conserved fOr
tho transformation of the desert into vast
tillabc areas.
give cncoura cement that the fund will he
sufficiently rcplcnlshed To enable an
expeditions completion and extension Of
existing proicct., oT 10 take up any new
sion OF the time of these payments, as
eleven years (Which the lax practically
ElvcS) without interest. In ten annual In
stallments. ought 10 permit any prudent
man 10 meet his payments, unless the
cost of construction is a greater burden
than The lands viii naturally sustain.
In view of thc Importance Of q speedy
Of existing projects aud their
proper extension. and Of the necessity
In 1912 OF an adjuS tment between The
states by which the major portion of the
funds arising from the sale Of public
lands within each state and territory
shall have been expended so FAR as
iorv, and In view CT tho Importance Cf
making a beneficial use Of waters already
or capable OF appropriation
10 which rights may be lost for Honuse.
I believe an urgent appeal should be
made 10 congress TO authorize the i$Su-
ance OF certificates OF Indebtedness. or
OF bonds against tho reclamation lund,
10 an aggregate OF not exceeding sou
06O 900 or so much thereof aS may be
needed. These certificates or bonds
should he sold by the treasurer Of the
United suites from timc 10 time as may
ic required hv Tia" secretary OF tnc IN
terror and III" proceeds placed 10 iIc
credit OF the fund. They should ne r"-
dom lfld ON call within period Of not
len wears after issuance. The
IroconGs should he devoted TO lh: COM
i,ictiun Of feasible existing projects and
tho construction OF any ic2sIolr CMl l"%n- IN
slons thereof, and 80 much thereof as
nrgy, b.. needed should hc devoted 10 the
% new p1oJcctS IN thS states
and territories in which the expenditures
.,lVa not met the requirements 81 sec
nar . of ,hc act Of June IL, 1907. This |
Is a Tpaffrmance Of my reconmrndauvn
In you from the field August :, 1909
Anon go;l1cr amendments. an amend
,,.rt in hermit The assignment OF home
st.ad entries. within projects, allcr en-
T. ir,.p1cn havc completed nye years resi-
Grncn and cultivation ana n'ahe PROOF
thereof. Is recommended
National Parks and Reserves.
r-ndcr thc head OF National Parks |
~ 'l,'r. 'ls,'ore.cryatious " Secretary BaIlinger
says;
N,, insnaction Ol the Yellowstone ana
yoSc roItc national parks during thc past
summer conylncos nc that & me go, aoEGrHi- ,Ii
mont should adopt 2 moi" Idn an@sd H",-
irv respecting thew nliuAt'""'c'' '''
and operation. ,
" (D \ continued eNienson Of roads; roads;
als and sGrgoIgre' rayed for PoS ,6 cnaHid saaGS,
;tmo an. ,oy,rist 10 obtaiu the benNiita OF the
.nn,}c va, beAuties OF these natural play
promyds-thc most wondcriW ~ '"e
""S,I"' 80 1,horr marks have ceased 10 b" cH-
,.,,,i az 10 the operation OF trans
p@r5a,op lines hotels. ana 2tne rGSm c9mGcS 81
H'""T'i s.cnuc0tiuc tucU. aTd the large |
l,Nt.i H. NOS cascs should require The