The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-09-28
STATE RIGHTS"
PEOPLE LOSING
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reclaim new lands and make It possible
for them to be utilized for the home
maker. Some OF these speculators have
hled pretended claims on a large number
OF the streams In some of the states, thus
retarding and often obstructing legitima e
enterprises and in some Instances such
filings have been used to eXtort money
from good faith enterprises all OF which
could have been prevented by a few lines
of wholesome legislation. compelling the
person making such filing TO diligently
proceed with the work of construction
and defining what would constitute dill
gence under such circumstances and pro-
viding a penalty that party failing to
do so much work in each limited period
should forfeit all rights and all claims
under such filings and that parties should
have no right OF renewing such filings
In other words, limit such filings as home
stead rights are limited under the fed
eral law.
Again, no adequate provision hag been
made I'm many of the states for protect
ing and enforcing the decreed priorities.
Great wrongs and irreparable injury have
been permitted because our legislature has
not seen fit to enact a code OF laws capa-
BILE Of being vigorously enforced and maxi
ing IL the duty of either the governor or
the state engineer to so enforce such
laws.
"On the other hand our courts are
sometimes presided over by men who
seem 10 have very little appreciation OF
the value OF a water right and who have
upon misleading statements. or upon
statements not sufficient TO warrant the
granting OF a temporary or permanent
writ OF Injunction. which orders have
deprived people OF the use of water TO
which they were lawfully entitled under
such DEGREES until the case could be
removed TO our supreme court for cor
rection. In spite of ali these things in
spite OF lack OF proper protection, irri-
CATION by private enterprise has made
wonderful strides. and Its growth and
development have done more to make
this part OF the west wealthy and pros
porous than all other enterprises com
bned
Now that the reclamation OF lands In
the arid section is being largely under
taken by and through the instrumentaI
ity of irrigation districts. the people Of
this section Of the country must see to
II that In the issuing and floating of such
securities among people In other sections
of the country, they are duly and prop- |
erly safeguarded.
THE construction of system of
waterworks for irrigation purposes
should not be authorized until the same
has been thoroughly investigated and aD- |
proved by the state engineer or his rep !
resentatives. No investor in irrigation
district bonds should be misled and SO |
far as The banks and large corporations |
dealing in such bonds are concerned. they |
always have the means OF acquiring full |
Information rs TO what is behind an ir- |
rigation security before they purchase
tHc same. HHu III any OF rnem are duped |
or misled, II will be because they have |
not exercised good business judgment in |
properly advising themselves.
Get Full Information.
First, as TO whether there is a water
supply ample to the lands proposed to
be covered by such system,
Second. as to whether the land pro
posed 10 be reclaimed is fertile and ca
pablo Of being reduced TO AGRICULTURAL
purposes.
Third. whether the cost OF the system
Is excessive: that is, whether IL is so
great as 40 be beyond the ability of the
farmers who will operate the lands under
such system TO meet and paw
"On the other hand speaking for the
preservation Of the integrity and honesty
of the people Of the arid section, I de-
sire to admonish all present. al this great
congress. that IL is our duty TO see to
II that proper safeguards are thrown
around the creation of irriga ton districts
and for that matter the creation of irri-
CATION companies. so that the investing
public may not he misied or duped Into
purchasing worthless securities We all
snow that many INSCRIPTIONS men have
made fortunes by selling broadcast
throughout the land mining bonds and
stocks supposed TO be based upon good
security. We all know that rranv 60
allied land and irrigation companies have
erpetratcd swindles that ought TO shame
very American citizen, by buying IN
arge tracts Of worthless lands and send
nS out glowing prospectuses that have
,aused many wage carncrs, many school
cachers. many clerks and other neonis
WIN small salaries or small incomes IN