Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1913-06-07
Each Makes Suggestion
Which He Hoped if Put
into Practice Would Benc-
fit His State and the Sec
tiOn Generally
LOAN TO WEST
TO BE REPAID
Plea is Made for Smaller
Payments First Three
Years, Thereby Reducing
Number of Failures on
Part Of Entrvmen
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SALT LAKE CITY, June 6.-The !
second days conference of western gov I
crnors was given over entirely to ad !
dresses. Between the sessions the gov
ernors visited the Tabernacle and then J
went to the state penitentiary, where
luncheon was served while the prison !
band rendered patriotic music.
Each governor at today's session
made suggestions, which he hoped, if {
put into practice. would benefit his
state and west generally.
In the national reclamation service,
Governor Oddie Of Nevada saw a
wise and fruitful departure of a gov
ernment enterprise" Governor Stew
art of Montana pleaded for more eff
cient forest ranger service; Governor
Carey of wyoming gave the history Of
what the Cary act had done for the west;
Governor Spry of Utah declared that
men acquainted with the west should
he placed in charge of reclamation
work. while Governor Ammons of Co
lOrado insisted the states should be
given control Of the public domain
with respect to the work of the ma
tional reclamation service in the west.
I think the western people who come
ia touch with it realize its prodigiOus
Importance in the national upbuifdng
and feel it has proved a wise and fruit
FIJI departure in government enter
prise Said Governor Oddie.
After due allowance for inevitable
mistakes incident TO the initiation of
work of this character and magnitude
aud taking into consideration the fact
that ten or twenty years must elapse
before the full measure of its fruits will
be evidenced, there seems to be no legiti
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the policy of national reclamation is a
failure.
Lands which will be reclaimed under
the national reclamation projects are
in excess of 200, 900 acres and are suffl-
cient for $4,000 families and the cost
NAV reach s150.000, 900 1t is a loan to
the west which the west Will repay
There is one feature of the disposal o.
the land which l think should be modl-
fled. If settlers payments are very
light the first three years, thereafter
increasing as they are able to derive
increasing income there would occur
less hardships and fewer failures 10
make good on the part Of the entry
men,
Lieutenant Governor Fitzgerald of
Colorado. who is president of the pub
lie domain development association
made plea for organization OF
branches of the association in each
state for the purpose of obtaining state
control of public domain as far as
possible
The desire of nation to increase its
population. and the desire of state
to enhance it's richness and make Ter
tile soil out of millions of acres OF par
ren lands We're the forces which in
fluenced Governor Joseph NJ Carey OF
Wyoming, to father the congressional
bill known popularly as the carey
act"
In discussing the act itself, before
the governors today, Governor carey
said:
1T simply means the granting o
lands that are arid-such lands as vii
not produce crops Without artificial ir
rigation-to certain states having with
in their borders large bodies of unap
propriated public lands, on condition
that the states cause the lands to b
reclaimed and settled by actual sett
Iers in tracts not exceeding $50 acre
to each individual.
There are in course of redemption
in all the states probably 100000 acre
under the act We have every falt
that the unfavorabIe conditions Whic
heretofore have been encountered WI
be avoided in the future, and that tn
friction which has risen between IN
state authorities and the authorities c
the United states viii not be found t
exist in the future.
I believe that fully 20,OO0,000 acre
will be redeemed in the arid land re
gions under the act. ] regret that saV
in my own state. l could not find satls
factory information to move in MAJ
ters which has been accomplished
The speaker urged his conferees
use every influence possible to nav
their states take full advantage OF tf
Carey act He said: THE people
the United States should leave nothlr
undone to hurry the time when III
lands are available for settlers al
newcomers. Some of the states Whlt
have taken advantage of the Carey a
have greatly increased their prosperi
and the Individual welfare of their IL
habitants"
How the government policy towa
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