The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-15


and deep-felt interest In the reclama
ton OF arit lands by the Federal
| Government. desire to do so now.
There Is no more effective lnstru-
ment for the making Of homes thnn
the United States Reclamation Ser
vice. and no government bureau,
while ] was president. had reached n
higher standard Of efficiency integ-
rlty and devotion to the public wei.
fare"
This important bureau of the gov-
ernment so highly praised by Ameri-
cas- foremost citizen will be repre-
sented at the Pueblo Congress, Sept.
26-30 by the director. +. H. Newell
and statistic!an C. ]. Blanchard.
Private Irrigation Is to be discuss
ed by three ex.presldents OF tho
ConGross: Hon. Frank c. Goudy Of
California. Di George G. Pardee, OF
California and Hon. George e. Bars
tow of Texas and the second vice
president OF the Congress Major r.
w. Young Of Utah
Pueblo. Colo, Sept. l5-Glfford Pin
chot former Forester is to speak at
y
Irrigation Congress Sept 2G.30. Mr..
Pinchot has announced his title
'The Actual Battle. This announce
ment has caused considerable dis
cussion as To the nature of his ad-
dress. -
, Mr.. Pinchot's Views are well known
on .conservation,as is his work In the
forestry bureau which won from Col
Roosevelt I'm his Denver conservation
speech the following praise "The
Forest Service has enemies because II
Is effective Some of its best work
has been met by the flcrcest opposI-
tion. For example II has done a real
work by blocking the road against
the grabbers Of waterpower, and again
by standing like a rock against the
demands OF bogus mining concerns TO
exploit the National forests have
always done my best to help the
genuine miner.
THE cry is otter heard that the
National Forests enclose great areas
Of public agricultural land which are
thus put beyond tho reach of settle
ment This statement seems plausible
only until the facts are known"
Associate Forester A. +. Potter
viii address the Congress on "The
Segregation OF Agricultural Lands In
Forest Reserves"
Pueblo, Colo, Sept i5--What is to
he done with the Roosevelt Poll
eies|' This Is one OF the questions
which looms largo before the dele.
gates 20 the Eighteenth National Ir-
rigation Congress at Pueblo Sept. &c |
80
'Conservatlon versus conservation |
promises TO become one OF the major |
questions before the Irrigation Con-
gress' states Arthur Hooker, secre. |
tary of the Congress- "There are con-
and conservationlsts. At |
the coming meeting the lines promise |
to be sharply drawn between those |
who favor Federal control OF natural |
recources and those who advocate
state control and supervision of their
development or prefer to leave this
to private enterprise"
AT the last meeting of the House of |
Governors, Governor Shafroth OF
Colorado ably supported the states
rights doctrine, and this has many |
supporters in Colorado and the other
public land states.
Judge Frank II. Short of Califor-
MIA win speak on Water Equities
and the Control Of the states over
Irrigation, Conservation and he De-
velopment of their Resources" and
there will not lack supporters on
either side.
Pueblo, Colo, Sept. 15--The states to
whom the reclamation OF swamp and
ovedflow lands IL OF Importance are
planning to be well represented at
the Pueblo meeting of the National Ir-
rigation Congress Sept. $3.50. when
this subject will receive considerable
attention ftt
The meeting OF the Congress at
Spokane last yanr adotatad the fol- |