Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-06-07
Second Days Session Of Con-
ference at Salt Lake Given
Over 10 Addresses by State
Executives Present,
RECLAMATION WORK IS
DEFENDED BY 0DDlE
Nevada Governor Declares
That When People Realize
lis Accomplishments They
VIII Fully Appreciate IT.


salt Lake city. June G.--TO the ud-
dresses of the governors present. the
.eeond davis conference of the west
am governors was given over entirely
,oday. Between sessions, the COVER
nors visited the tabernacle and then
went 10 the state pcnltcntiary. where
hmeheon was served while u prison
hand rendered patriotic music.
Each governor made suggestions
which ne hoped. If put into practice.
would benefit his state and the west
generally. In the national rcclama-
hon service. Governor Oddio, Of Ne
,ada saw "a wise and fruitful de-
parturc n government enterprise
Governor stewart, of Montana, who
arrived here just in time for the af-
iernoon session. pleaded for "a mo,e
efficient forest ranger service. Cos
ernor Caroy. of Wyoming. gave "a his
tory of what the Carey act hats done
for the west Governor Spry, oi
Utah. declared that men acquainted
with the west should be placed Ia
charge Of western reclamation work.
while Governor Ammons, Of Colo
lado. insisted that the states should
De given control OF ihe public do
main
''With respect to the work OF the
Ht0nul reclamation service in the
west. ] think tnat western people who
have come in touch With it and rea-
lie II prodgious importance 90 ma
tional upbplldne feel that 1t has
mo,on Il wiso ana fruitful departure
Ia governmental enterprise said
Governor Dddie.
After due allowance for the ineV-
liable mistakes incident TO The initia-
ton Of a work of this character and
magnitude. and taking into consider
alton the fact that ten or twenty years
must elapsc before the full measure
Of It's fruits will be evidenced there
seems To be no legitimate ground for
contention that the policy Of ma
tional reclamation Is failure.
"Thc land which will be reclaimed
under existing national reclamation
projects Is in excess of 1000. geo
acres sufficient for 90. 600 families.
the cost OF which may reach $780,
900, 600 It is n loan to the west
which the west will repay.
There is one feature in the dispos
al Of land which | think could be
bencficially modified If the settlers
wyncnts wore made very light for
lhe first three Years thereafter in
efpasng us he is allie 10 derive in
ereasing income. there would occur
less hafdshps and fewer failures to
make good on the purt Of cntrymen.'
Lieutenant Governor Fitzgerald
OF Colorado. who Is president of the
Public Domain Development assOcia-
lion. made plea for the organiza-
ton OF branches of. the association IN
each state for the purpose of obtain
ing state control Of the public do
main as far as possible.
True conservation and how to ac-
ecmpllsh it, was the subject of an
address by Governor William Spry, OF
Utah, before the conference. The
governor expressed the opinion that
Inc present conservation policy re-
mrded the development of the west
ern states and withheld from home
slcaders lands which they should be
allowed TO file on.
The movement for the conserNa-
uon Of natural resources Of the ma
hon which had been widely heralded
ana freely discussed has raised vital
question of deepest importance to the
people of the wcst--the most serious
question, in my opinion, that has pre-
ented itself in the history of the
Nest-the public land question, SAID
'oNernor spry, The most important
Pviut IN connection With the nationai
eenserVation policy is the handling ol
pubic lands. our public domain i1
'ie cornerstone of every policy OF
sVi'serVaton that may be launched
una to great extent every theory
siat mas been given the dignity OF q
'S-out has involved primarily the
uahullng Of public lands
Recognizing a disposition on the
Pait OF certain great corporations TO
sVNpic up the timber lands, the ma
'oilal government inaugurated a pol
NV oi Withdrawing from public en-
uy certain timber areas and setting
Neh apart as timber reserves. Per-
a'haiiy ! believe that the motive that
inspired the conservation movement
aas an unselfish one. | believe that
y lfue aim was to preserve as far az
rOssloie the public resources from
"as'e and destruction.
true conservation Of natural re-
,oofees however, is the management
snu handling of the resources with
sne same degree of judgment that
s"afacterizes the successful head of
iamlly or an institution. Conser-
sation OF natural resources involves
le same question with which one
lust grapple in conserving human
Heisy' as in the ordinary affairs Of