Weekly journal-miner., 1910-06-22
Large Tracts in Parker Section May Be
 Reclaimed
Probable That Millions Will Be Invested
 In Work

gently bought lots in Parker, at the government sale. will find it one of the best buys they ever made, since 1t IS likely to be the center of an immense region irrigation from the Colorado river. Los Angeles capitalists now have their eyes on that region for that porpose and bih will shortly be introduced in congress, if it has not already been today, to provide the necessary legal machinery by which this improvement may be made
 4 special dispatch to the Los An geles Times says:
 "Twenty capitalists of Los Angeles and Denver, who nave made fortunes out of irrigation enterprises, are ready to ask congress for permission to irrl- gate lands along the banks of the Col orado river. from which body of water somewhere above Parker, they intend to make water for lands, some of which are Indian reservations and some of which are not
 A. J. Casebeer. ana State Senator J. W. McCreary of the latter state both of whom are attorneys who have made speciality of irrigation matters, are preparing the bill to be presented to congress andthey will be interested an the eompany,wh will expend be- tween s4,9s8,bs0 'ahas6, ,0OO,O0O in put ing water on desert lands. A. j.. Eaton and W. W. Sullivan, E. ". Goodan of Los Angeles; Alexander Meade of Greeley, Colo; A. A. Ed wards of Fort Collins, Colo, and sev- eral Denver men are interested in the project.
 'The bill will be introduced by Sen ator Warren. granting certain rights and privileges to the company to be formed.
 Half a Million Acres.
 It is expected that 50G,OO0 acres will be irrigated, settled and brought un- der cultivation. The bill recites that the Secretary of the Interior is au- thorized in his discretion to allow un- der the general land laws and provide for the reclamation of land the Colo rado river in case where such work can not be done presently by the Re elamation service.
 f'Tne Reclamation Service, as is hac r.la tcraf | m 1T some IndiaA- lands on the east bank of the Colorado river near Parker but it has Ro funds Co do the work with. still it has opposed the taking of water from the Colorado river by others because it held that it may need all the available water for con templated projects.
 The bill meets that case by prov jding that the secretary of the int r. iOr. if he finds that the Reclamation Service for any reason should not carry out any irrigation project it has planned. may contract by such general rule as he may adopt, with any person, corporations, associations or irrigation districts, or any state Ol construct the necessary water works for the irrigation of all or any part of such lands, provided, however that an allotment of five acres oi the irrigable land shall first be mad' to each of the Indians belonging upOI such reservation, and further tna the party or parties undertaking sucI enterprise shall be required to fur nish water rights at the same rat or price for which wa CT is furnished to the consumers to the said Indian for the irrigation of said allote, lands.
 Opened to Entry.
 ''It is further provided that the re mainder of the irrigatable lands i such reservations shall be opened t entry and settlement in tracts no exceeding 160 acres, under the prov isions of the land laws of the Car act and state or territorial regu ations.the settlers to pay the sam amounts per acre as are required b the land laws of the Carey act, sue amounts to be placed to the credit c the Indians to pay for water right
 ''Seetion of the bill grants to tn persons or corporations proposing th construction for the irrigation work authority to locate and eonstruC dams. ditehes or other diversion work