Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1909-07-08
,c.,, ,,t;r,,nd from last week.

Continued from last week.
~ snbstantiate these conclusions
~ tbn correct Interpretation OF
%a o. law as to how the charges should
determined, extracts were read
f.om rbe second annual report OF
tLo Reclamation Service. page 81,
sn5 also from the third annual re-
rt nage 81, which in part are as
follows:
~Tbe Secretary is to determine
4bo charges which sheuid be made
rer acre upon the entries and upon
lands in private ownership which
NAV be irrigated. These charges
,re to be determined with a view
of returning to the Reclamation
F1nd the estimated cost of con-
ctruction. This is believed to be
ooe Of the most important safe
cuards Of the law, since it puts the
whole matter of Reclamation upon
stricter basis and guards against
vasteful and useless construction.
Without this provision it would be
almost Impossible E to administer the
law fairly, since it would leave open
the door of other influences than
those Of merit alone. 1t is believed
that this matter Of refunding the
costs should be made at all times
the prime requisite of any project
and that no undertaking should be
begun where it is not reasonably
sure that the cost will be refunded
within a short time"
Third Annual Report, Page 81:
Zone of the most important pro-
visions of the law is contained in
this section, section A, namely, that
requiring these payments Of the
estimated cost Of construction. This
is an effective safeguard against
visionary and Improbable opera
tions and puts the operation under
the law on a sound basis.
The fact that each project must
return its cost cuts out of consider
alton at once a large number Of
dubious or chimerical schemes that
are continually being exploited and
removes the temptation to try ex-
penslve experiments.
Mr.. Meadors further maintained
that the canal system is not COM
pIete as part of the whole project
as provided for in section 4 of the
act IN so much as the drainage and
the fencing of the canal system has
not been done by the government,
and that to require the farmers to
DO this work the cost will be appor-
uoned unequitably; that in all fair
ness and justice the cost Of fencing
and the construction of the drainage
system should come out of the gene
raj fund.
A motion was made that the L.
l. w. u. A. employ a competent
attorney to collect data, to be pre-
Sehted to the Senatorial Committee.
An amendment was offered to
nave the directors meet and take
cnafge Of the Senatorial Committee
"hlle on the project. Motion second
cd as amended and carried.
upon motion the Irrigation Mana
sef' : Robert S. Stockton, presented
Tue Governments position in the
matter relating to the signing for
water, which was in part as follows
lands. " = = AD's
question; What is now the esti.
mated cost Of construction?
Answer; The estimated cost Of
: obstruction as aion made December /, 1906
= y '0O.OOo.oo. There has now beer
spent sl; 81, ,5Oo,O 100000. The canal is 6:
Tb rl,'ss long, extending to Four Mile
~ a.s5e e, = water in the canal. Their,
are are III miles of laterals ready fo
u o'e Dc. delivery of water.
IL + WI what will be the cost of finishin,
ine ! Ia laterals over first cost? ''i'''''
4 The cost will be but little more
the ,,sany asns, instances the weak spots i
WitS sanal cannot be found until tr;e
~ water. We ask you to complet