The daily sentinel., 1913-10-08
GOVERNMENT HAS SPENT NEARLY
AS MUCH IN COLORADO AS SHE
HAS RECEIVED SAYS F. K. LANE
Interior Secretary Denver Address Answers Criticisms of Re-
claTaton Service; HOmeseeker First, WatChWord Of
His Administration; Governor Given Clear Reply
Sentinel special Service.


Denver, Oct. secretary Frank
lin X. Lane clearly outlined the pol
icy of his department in respect TO
public lands and reclamation in his
address to the chamber of commerce
here yesterday. His reply to Govern
or Ammons was clear and convinc-
ing and left no doubt of his intention
to protect the homeseeker to the last
degree.
In introducing Secretary Lane at
the Chamber of Commerce meeting,
Governor Ammons spoke as follows:
What Colorado needs is more
money and more people. The state
has been laboring under difficulties
arising from the attitude of the fed
eral government toward Colorado.
Secretary Lane is Western man.
He has been looking up the situation
here and will undoubtedly prove our
able ally. We want him to see to it
that we get owners for our public
lands and not tenants.
The secretary has human SYM
pathy for us, as he has for the north
west, where he began his career as
a state and empire builder. We will
be able to go ahead with the settle
ment of our state when Secretary
Lane gets back home
Secretary Lane was greeted with
applause amounting to an ovation.
He thanked President Yetter, Gov
ernor Ammons and the Chamber of
Commerce for the warmth of his re-
ception, and spoke in part as fol-
lows:
Il have been warned against Colo
RADIO, against Denver and against
Governor Ammons ever since | got
into office. You in Colorado are
troublesome, as well as unfortunate.
l have held more and longer inter-
views with Colorado people in Wash
! ington and Denver than with those
of any other state. Your delegation
at Washington is a very energetic
one.
You are afflicted with a knowl-
edge of what you want. People of
that sort are sometimes nuisance.
am sorry that l am not sure how
much you are going to get of what
you want from me.
Comes to Find Out What. Colo. Needs
although this is my part of the
country, l didn't come here to bar
gain. 1t has been my purpose on this
trip to find out what we can do for
this region, for the administration
| is particularly desirous of serving
you. We Westerners are very i'm
patient lot; we wouldn't be worthy
pioneers If we were not.
''Why is it that people from all
parts of the earth don't come scurry-
! ing to Colorado? Some of them dc
come, and more of them will. That
is because you have built great
city here. You have had men who
have stood together with common
purpose. You have become so ener-
/ getic that you want every man who
comes near Colorado to show cause
why he shouldn't stop here. The
man who takes no interest in the
progress of his city is valueless tc
himself and his city as we'll
10,OOO,OOO Acres Ready for Rent.
Surely you say, if the govern
ment withdraws all the public lands
homes But let us see what the
one of my men look up this Colorado
land situation quite recently,
1--WE found that there are 19,000,'
600 acres of public land in Colorado
still available for entry. This in
cludes all sorts of public lands, ag'
ricultural and mineral. Why, gentle
men, this is almost enough land Il
make park for Denver.
I'VE have restored 100000 acres
of land since we took office. Ovel
5000, 900 acres Withdrawn for class
ification is also being rapidly restor
ed. Here's another thing: We have
spent in your state for irrigation
purposes within $1,000,000 as mucf
as we have received as revenues from
public lands. So it appears that yol
are getting some of your money back
THE federal government as al
1 many faults as ! an individual, al
though l wouldn't say that it has al
, many as a state government. Gov
ernments get lazy and, for that rea
son, there was slight change mad
at Washington recently. concui
; in everything Governor Ammons ha
said about your having the use O
your own lands, but l don't thinl
, that this state or any other state o.
their people are entitled to any land