The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-01-15

ing TO public attention of the -eces-
city for preserving the remaining pub
lie domain from further spoilation.
for the maintenance and extension of
our forest and for the en-
actmeut of laws amending the obso
etc statutes so as to retain govern
ment control e that part of the pub
lie domain in which there are valu-
able deposits of coal, oil and phos-
pha'e, and in addition thereto, to pre-
serve control, under conditions favor
able To TIE public. of lands. along zhe
treams in which the fall of water
can be made to generate To power
10 be transmitted in the form of
Electricity many miles To the points
II its use. known as water power"
sites.
In V~estigation into sections of
| public land laws and prosecution of
land frauds have been vigorously N
tinued under my administration as
mad been the withdrawal of coal
lands for classification and valua ion,
and the temporary Withholding OF
power sites.
Since March 4, 1909, temporary
Withdrawals of power sites have been
made on 1O2 stream and these with
drawals therefore cover 22.9 per cent
more treams than were covered by
the Withdrawals made prior to that
date.
The President then recommends
that congress validate by law the
Withdrawals of lands made by the
Secretary of the Interior and also
that lands be class fled according to
their principal value or use.
The President advocates the dis
posal o. agricultural lands, reserving
to the government their mineral val
nes. This. he says. should be lone by
separating the right to mine from
the title to the surface of the land.
Taking up the matter of water pow
ct along streams, President Taft rec
commended that the government re
tain a supervisory power over such
lands and water power. and by pre-
venting their union with other SINH
lar plants maintain competition, and
prevent the formation of a water pow
er trust.
Speaking of the soil, the President
said. Their productive power should
have the emit of our scientists
1880 ~ AAAA ~ ~" "a
improve the old soils. drain wet soils,
ditch swamp soils, levee river over
low soils, grow trees on thin soils.
pasture hillside soils. rotate crops on
Ill soils. discover methods for crop
ping dry land soils. find grasses and
legunes for all soils, fec grain and
mill feeds on the farms where they
originate. that the soils from which
they come may be enriched"
The act by which, in semi-arid
| parts of the public domain. the area
If the homestead has been enlarged
from 100 To 800 acres. has resulted
most beneicially in the extension OF
dry farming and the demonstration
which has been made of the possibili-
~, tn Dugh a variation in the charac-
ter an mode of culture. of raising
substantial crops without the presence
Of such a supply of water as has been
heretofore thought to be necessary
for agriculture.
But there are millions of acres of
completely arid land in the public
domain, which by the establishment
Of reservoirs for the storing of waite
and irrigation may be made much
more fruitful and productive than the
best lands in a climate where the
moisture comes from the clouds.
Also the President recommends that
congress- issue bonds to the amoEnt
OF thirty millions for III completion
of the existing reclamation projects.
After urging upon upon congress