Putnam patriot., 1909-10-01
President Taft,s Western Irip.

 West continues to arouse hearty en- thasiasm, while the sqseaking crlti- ! cism of few s0reheads does not re- ceiye attention. The President, ike ] Governor Hughes, of New York, Is en- Tightening the people on the great 1 public questions ef tiie aay-aHd they are glad to be enlightened.
 While almost necessarily speaking as he travels from one city Co another, his addresses are mainly Of a local cha actef. The great national questions he reserves for large places. He obserg ed fast week that he would speak on the topic Of supreme interest, the Con- , sefgatioa of Natural Resources, when he reached Spokane September ss. On September 22d he crossed the Rockies, viewing some Of their natu- raj wonders, before he reached Pueblo. On Sept. 2 he reached Montrose, Cat, and stood on the deepest irriga- the foothills, with not settlement in sight, made the electrical connection which started a flood of water through the Gunnison irrigation tunnel through the Rocky Mountains, which will re- claim 40 600 acres Of arid land. The greatest irrigation project the Uni ted States government has ever under taken was put in operation, and the opening was made the occasion Of a joyous celebration throughout the Gn- l compagre Valley.
 On Sept. 24th The President was at Salt Lake City. Here Clifford Pinchot, the Chief Forester was heartily greeted. It was arranged that the President should preach in the Mormon Temple, I as Roosevelt did four years previous. | His sermon was an appeal for amity between the people, for attribnting the best rather than the worse motives to | the action Of others when possible tc | do so, and not to harbor hatred or ami. mostly.
 1 "A soft answer tnrneth away wrath but griexous words stir up anger, was l the text MT. Taft selected from ths | Book of Proverbs. The sermon was q homely utterance, largely made up oi l relation of stories to give emphasis tt the points.
 On Sept. 2slh MT. Taft was at Spo | kane, where he made his promised | ha ,tf fKf l. administration on the conservation oi natural resources. He said that while he was pledged to the policies of MT | Roosevelt, such pledge did not in | volye him in any obligation to carry out these policies without authofiza. ton from Congress. He added that ht would take every step and exert every possible influence on Congress to have it enact legislation which would best serve the purpose and requirements oi the situation.
 He created much enthusiasm when he announced that he woald urge Con. gress to authorize the Secretary of tho Interior 10 issue SIG, ,000 900 of bonds fol
 
 the completion of irrigation projects on which work has been suspended be cause of lack of funds and failure o the projectors to observe the limitation, of the reclamation iact. Hardship, have been suffered by many settler, through the supension of work, ant Senator Borah, of Idaho, and othel Western Congressmen have told Nil Taft that bond issue was the only way by which justice could be done Mir. Taft declared that Congress did no intend that the government should un dertake projects which could not b, paid for out of the proceeds of publi, land sales, but added that he had beer impressed in his visit to the West witt the necessity for immediate relief.