The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-03-25
BILL IN
DANGER in THE HO|ISE

families have been made banrv
thousands of individuals have been
n'de prosperous, and the material
r!rnes of the country have been en-
hanced to the value of their produc-
tlons from the soil.
WORK OF SENATE COMMITTEE
The senate committee on IRRIGATION
visited thirty-four of the projects un-
der course of construction last sum-
rher. They reported that reasonable
regard for the rights of the settlers
now awaiting the delivery of water
from the projected reclamation works
and the highest consideration of econ
omy unite to require that the work
heretofore undertaken should be COM
pleted as rapidly as possible.
A deep impression was made on the
senate committee by the disposition
Ut the settlers to pay the government
according to the plain intent of the
law, IN nc instance did inquiry fail to
bring forth the emphatic and unani-
nous reply that the government
should be paid in full. In many in
stances the settlers favored such ad
justment of the payments as would
mako their burdens lighter during the
first five years. They said, with evil
dent reason, that the initial invest
ment in improvements and the pur-
chase of implements and stock would
be such on the average as to render it
quite difficult for the farmers to meet
one-tenth of the aggregate charge the
first and second years, whereas after
crops were we'll set and the period of
building and purchasing past, they
could easily meet two-fifths or one
fourth of the total cost any year.
The senate committee recommended
the issuance of certificates Of indebt-
edness rather than bonds because the
loan is to extend but for a short time,
and because it is payable out of a
specific fund. The guaranty by the
government that the amount of in
debtedness will be paid out of the fund
is made for the purpose of obviating
any question as to the resources and
suficiency of the fund to meet the OBJ.
legations about to be created. To those
familiar with the constant and unfail
ing current of cash coming from the
sale of public lands under the variou:
land laws and likewise familiar with
the reclamation act and it's provisions
for repayment into the fund of thu
charges incident to the reclamation
of land no question exists as to tn
reliability of the fund.
EXTENT OF THE PROJECTS.
Tho irrigation projects now unde
construction stretch from North Dako
ia west to the Pacific coast and sOutl
to- the Mexican border. In this vas
empire of agricultural and minera
lands there are millions of acres o
land not included in existing project
waiting for the engineers to turn up
on them producing and life-sus
tanning streams of water. This mus
come in time and the government vii
have the work to do. Upon thes
lands then millions of families o
American citizens will find their home
and live in prosperity from the re
ceipts from the granaries of tn
. world which they will help to store.
The irrigation projects under wa,
the total cost, amount expended, tot
acreage to be irrigated and acreae
irrigated, are:
Salt River, Arizona, $8,64O,OOC
/, $7613,219; 100000; $1,000.
Yuma, California-Arizona, $4,000
600; $3,497 $3.50; 9O,16O; 1000.
Orlando, California, $62O,OOt
s227,727; 1000.
Grand Valley, Colorado, $685., on
' $59, 1893; $4,000.
, Uncompahgre, Colorado, $7OOO,O'
;, So, 1897; 100000; 10000.
: 492; 132,O31; s2,01s.
: Minidoka Idaho, $9,5O0,O0O; 81
492; 132,O31; s2,O1s.
Payette- Boise, Idaho, $3.50
$2,576, 1879; $4,000; 10000.
Garden City, Kansas, $4,000
$375,O5s; 1857; 10,66l.
Huntley, Montana, $955,0o0; 500
65s; 2s,92l; 2s,92l.
Sun River, Montana, $S,2sO,OO
$58s, 222; 275,O00; l4,sll,
Milk River, Montana, $6,AbO,OO
$S29, 9O2; $4,000.
Lower Yellowstone, Montana
D., $2,sO5, 900; $2,752; 64,621; d
3S4.
North Platt, Neb.- Wyo., $780, 90
A 236. O92; $4,000; 6S,960.