Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1911-01-13
TWENTY MILLIONS
President Approves Report d
Army Engineers.
AMOUNTS SUBJECT TO CHANeE

Ing Needed Leelslation--vast SUM
to Be Spent In West Within Next
Five Years.
Washington, ,Nse s. President
Taft has approved the report of the
special board of army engineers rec
ommending the apportionment of the
new $20,0OO,000 fund, provided by con
gress. among the following projects in
the west:
Salt river. Arizona, s495,000; Yuma,
Arizona and California. s1,20O,O0O;
uncompahgre, Colorado, s1.500,0oO;
Grand valley, Colorado, 81, 100000 Pay.
ette-Boise, Idaho, 100000: Milk riv.
er. Montana, s1,0O0,O00; North Platte,
Wyoming and Nebrasa, $4,000. 900;
Truckee- Carson, Nevada. $1,i9S, 900;
Rio Grande, New Mexico and Texas,
$4,5O0,000: Umatilla, Oregon, ss25. GOO;
Klamath, Oregon and California, $780,.
900; Strawberry valley, Utah. s2.a72..
900; Sunnyside and Yakima, Washing.
ton, s1,25O,000 and s665,O00 respective.
ly; total, $20.0G0O0D.
The $20,000,0V0 Is to be spent within
the next five years and the interest
on the loan is to be charged against
the projects.
Amounts May Be Changed Later.
In his letter 10 the secretary Of the
interior approving the report OF tna
engineers, PRESIDENT Taft says:
Il hereby approve the report Of the
board of engineers in respect OF the
reclamation projects to which they
have made allotla ,nts from the $40.
100000 loans, but this approval, so tar
as the amounts OF the allotments are
concerned, is not final and absolute,
but Is intended to be subject to
change by adjustment and nodlfioa
tion Of the amounts as may be neees
sary for the intelligent and proper
prosecution of the work. You are au.
thoriaed to call upon the secretary oi
the treasury to issue the certificates
of Indebtedness needed to furnish the
funds In accordance with the allot
ment recon mended by the board and
approved by me as the same shall be
needed from time TO time in pursuance
of the term OF the act When con.
gress recon venes In Janu shall
submit a m essage to the two houses,
the report announclng
my approval OF the same ana urging
the adoption of the enabling legisla.
tive measu res recommended by the
board"
Boards Report Comprehensive.
In its co mprehensive report on the
reclamation work in general the engt
neers' boar says, in part:
Modern irrigation being q relative
ly new art In this country much free
dom was llowed local engineers In
the design of minor structures. While
this was a wise policy in the early
stages Of tn Is work, 1t has resulted 10
some comp Heated and unnecessarily
expensive s tructures. With the pres
ent knowle dge OF the comparative
merits of tn e different types it ia be.
ieved that standard designs of the
simplest, sa tisfactory type should be
adopted for all minor structures.
'The mos uncertain feature OF near.
y all of the projects Is the water sup
ply. This Is under state control and
n the pros ecution Of its work the
service bears the same
'elatien to the state as q private in.
iividual or corporation Where the
Fater right have oeen adiudicatsd
he rights Of the, United States are
veil define d, but elsewhere they are
nd may prove to be mate
tally differ ent from that assumed. II
s recomm ended that wherever pos.
ible, steps be taken TO secure an ear
y adiudica ton Of water rights on all
rejects VII ere such adjudication has
lot yet bee made aud that pending
uch action, expe-iiiture be kept with
D the prob able rights Of the United
Itates."