The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1909-10-14

Visits The Fernley District But
Fails 70 Show Up in
Fallon.


ment officials arrived in Reno last
night at 1920 O'Clock on No. 4 from
the west, the center of which in promi-
nence, was Hon. R. A. Ballinger, Sec
retary OF the Interior and the mem
ber of the presidents official family
whose name and actions stand the
most prominently t3day in public af-
fairs of the entire cabinet.
The party which remained during
the night at the Riverside, accom-
panying the secretary, consisted of NJ
o. Leighton, photographer of the U. S.
geological service, from Washington;
E. G. Hopson, superintendent of en-
gineers of the reclamation service, Pa
cific jurisdiction, of which this state
is part; L. C. Hill, supervising en-
gineer of the southwest district; T. H.
Means, director of the Carson-Truckee
reclamation project; H. E. Chandler
of Berkeley, engineer in the Federal
service ard legal adviser: S. F. Malt
by, consulting engineer in this investi-
CATION, whose headquarters are at San
Francisco; D. w Hayes, engineer of
construction, connected with the Car
son.Truckee project, and Ballnger's S
private secretary for this tour, D. NJ
Car. With these were two stenogra-
piers.
This visit to Reno by the secretary
is purely incidental to his tour of in.
spection of the reclamation projects
under way throughout Nevada and
California, in the Lake Tahoe section
He desired to see for himself the actual
conditions of the country in which this
stupendous work of conservation of the
resources of this state, particularly, In
the mammoth projects contemplated
for the storage and distribution of its
waters by which the vast areas of this
country may be reclaimed and con-
verted from desert lands into fertile soil
of unlimited agricultural possibilities.
Yesterday was devoted by the secre-
tary to an inspection of the Lake -Ta-
hoe region and the big damsite Jour
nal, Saturday.
The secretary gave out the following
interview while in Reno:
'This is a private inspection l am
now making on my own personal ac-
count, with my own officials, who are
ably assisting me in this endeavor, !"
said the secretary. II just wanted to
see for myself what the physical con-
ditions of this country involved in the
great work of the reclamation service
and conservation of its water sources
are, and know from personal obserya-
tion and not hearsay, what there Is
out here and just how 1t is
''This is my first visit to this section
of the country and find much that in
terests me. found the conditions
in the Lake Tahoe region just as | ex-
pected to find them further than that
you must excuse me from saying more.
l shall not express any opinions or
give out a single statement pertaining
to any conclusions which / may have
arrived at regardipy these matters,
until fully complete my Investigations,
return to Washington and finish my
report to the president.
81 left Washington on June lst and
will not return until November 5th,
and during this absense from the capi-
tol will have Travelled fully $4,000
miles, so have seen much and much
that will assist me in conclusions
reached by the department in these re-
clamation matters.
''As to my attitude toward the True
kee irrigation matter and any sanction
of the Harmon contract, must de-
cline to say anything. | know you
newspaper men are anxious to know
it is your business to find out and !
appreciate your position, but | must
repeat that | shall not say a single
word as to any conclusions reached by
me or my feelings in any particular
features of the case, until my return
to Washington.
However, | will say this much, and
| say it with emphasis there has been
a great deal of misconception in this
whole matter; the public rights shall
be protected, and | can assure you of
that. With the quantities of data at
hand with the department, can much
more intelligenty reach conclusions
after having seen with my own eyes,
just how the land lies and the condi-
tions surrounding such.
Although the secretary did not ex.