East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-02-15
$4,000
FOurche . $4,000
Utah. Straw
berry Valley 1,033,0O0
Wash, Y'kiura 1.424,OOO 100000
Wyo. Shoshone 2,922OOO
..S8O18S.OOO S55.TS6.OOO

Total ...... s3O.18S. 900 S55, 900
"In the foregoing table the amounts
in the column approved portion are
the amounts which should be added
to the expenditure made in 1909, plus
the allotments for 1910. The
amounts in the last column are only
approximate estimates. The estimate
for the M'nfd1ka project, above, ap-
plies to the south side only. and does
not include irrigation from Jackson
Lake storage The $4,000. 900 es-
innate for the completed Yakima pro-
ject includes the Kittitas and Benton
units.
"The average annual receipts into
the reclamation fund from 1901 to
1908, inclusive, were s7237.364; the
estimated receipts for 1909 are ST.
771,S09; the estimated receipts for
1910 are $7293,OOO.
Much Money Needed.
Assuming that the receipts from
the sale of public lands. and from re-
payment of building charges, will av-
erage s7,O00,000 per year in future, an
additional annual appropriation of
$1,000 900, under a bond issue or 9TH
erwise. making s14000,00O per an
mum available, would permit of the
completion of the approved portion
of the projects named IL the forego-
ing table in little over two years
THE director and chief engineer Of
the reclamation service advise me that
/, .f,,,, H.,
and wisely expended They also ad-
wise me that, upon continuance of the
same annual addition to the fund the
extensions described could be COM
pleted in four years more.
THE table headed approved por-
ton, covering an estimated expendi-
ture Of s30,13S000 represents the
projects, approved by my predecessor
and myself. The table headed 'ex-
TENSIONS covering an estimated ex-
penditure Of $55,7S6,000, has not been
approved by me; and it is possible
that, in working out the matter when
the work is actually reached, the
amount could be decreased by the
elimination Of some Of the proposed
extensions.
"As recommended in my annual re-
port to the president, / am heartily in
favor Of an early completion Of exist
ing projects, and of prudent exten-
sIons, where such extensions appear
necessary to reclaim arid public lands
and to utilize water supplies created
in connection.
Completion Means Quick Returns.
1.-THE early completion of these pro-
jects will, / hope, result not only in
meeting the wishes OF settlers and
prospective settlers upon the lands,
but secure an early return to the
treasury of the moneys expended in
the construction of the reclamation
work.
''The present receipts in the fund
are not sufficient to enable this de-
partment to conduct the construction
Of these works to the best advantage,
as 1t is hampered by the insufficiency
of moneys to carry forward the con-
struction Of many Of the projects al
ready approved.
II am of the opinion that the sug-
gestion that congress authorize the is
suance Of certificates of Indebtedness
or bonds against the reclamation fund
to an aggregate of not exceeding $780,
100000 or so much thereof as may
be needed would II enacted into law,
enable me to complete within a little
over two years the approved portions
OF existing projects and make the
more necessary extensions. The other
extensions could be left for future
consideration"