Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-05-18
WILL Benefit ALL
THE PARTIES
CONCERNED

The provisions. of the Borah irri-
GATED homestead bill are so reason
able and fair, both to the government
and the settlers, that there should Dc
no obstacle to its passage. / ne pili
nlaces the government lien tor the
cost OF reclamation on the same loot-
ing as the city places a lien on io'
for the cost OF street Improvements.
The difference consists III the 1act
that the government Is the owner
OF the irrigated land, while an indi
yidual owns the city lot, says the
Portland Oregonian.
Bv providing that patent shall not
be given the settler until he has pa1d
| 10 per cent OF the charge Tor building
IRRIGATION works nor until the settler
has put half the land under cultiva-
ton. the bill gives the government
J ample security for the remaining on
per cent This consists not only III the
settlers equity represented by the ~
per cent he has paid but i'll the IN
creased value OF land due 10 building
and cultivation At the same time
the settler is enabled TO borrow
money on mortgage, subject 10 tne
government lien. with which TO com
plete his improvements and buy I'm
Elements for economical farming The
investment of this borrowed adds fur
Their value to the farm and proper
tionately increases the government
security. at the same time adding To
the settlers means OF payment
The passage OF this bill, together
with that of the three year homestead
bill should do much to increase the
number OF settlers coming to the west
and divert the flood OF settlers which
is being attracted to Canada by the
liberal land laws OF that country.
Promoting the full settlement OF land
irrigated by the government will also
increase the sums returned annually
to the reclamation fund and will thus
provide funds for further irrigation
projects Malheur Enterprise.
When asked for an opinion As TO
the merits OF the Borah irrigation
homestead bill. Col T. r. Price, who
is considered an authority on irriga
ton matters, had the following to say
/ of Bill Borah and his bills:
The Borah bill extends a helping
/ hand To the homeSteadcr who Is doing
( his utmost to provide home Tor him
/ self and family. One not familiar with
the situation has little idea OF what
/ this bill means. Heretofore the set
/ tier with nothing but his hands and
I head a. an asset was required by the
laws of the government to move onto
the piece OF land he had chosen, stay
there, wait for the water To make il
OF any value. which IN thousands OF
instances did not appear until long
after his hve-year tenancy had eN.
pired-still he was no nearer the
home base than he was when he first
went to bat. He couldn't dispose OF
any portion OF his land. couldn't
mortgage it. couldn't give or get any
kind OF title to the water of the land
until all the requirements OF the gov
ernment had been met, which includ
ed the 10 years he had to pay for the
water He might possess valuable
z 81. 81 =.
mcrcial asset--was not security for
credit worth a 'tinker's dam Borah
Is a Sagebrusher himsef He knows
what is needed in this western coun
try to bring about a decided change
for the betterment OF the settler aud
those dependent upon his success
Two years ago he secured $20,OO0.0OO
from Uncle Sam for irrigation pur
poses. He will get $20.000.0O0 more
and then some. Why his hearers be
lieve what he says There isn't a
crooked hair i'll his head Crackers
and peSsmlsts may yell their heads
Oft about money wasted to attempt
the reclamation OF what they term
4 the great American desert. 1t don't
discourage Bill Borah-he knows he
has the goods to deliver-kecps ctern-
ally saving wood, and the people of
TINS vast western country will wake
up some day and realize that every
stick IN his woodpile is a bill for the
betterment OF every man, woman and
child III the west"
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