Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1914-04-17
THE DENVER
CONFERENCE
AUG0STURA BOOSTERS OBTAIN
SATISFACTORY ACTION
Will INVESTIGATE SOON
DIRECTOR F. Il. NEWELL OF REClA-
NATION BOARD WILLy INyESTl-
GATE THIS PROJECT SOON

Many Of the Star readers being in.
terestsd in the Angostura Irritation
project and the result Of the Denver
conference called by Secretary of the
Interior Lane. the following report
made.by ]. A. Stanley, chairman Of the
irrigation committee. to the CONNER.
ctal Club will be of interest,
"South Dakota was represented AZ the
irrigation conference held at Denver
last week BY thirteen delegates, seven
OF whom were from Fall River and Cus.
ter counties, who were interested in
doing what they could to promote the
Angostura project.
The following delegates were present
besides Governor Byrne: Judge viii.
lam g. Rice. of Deadwood; H. M. Derr,
state engineer, Of Pierre; ]. q. Birdsell,
Edgemont; @. s. Ishsm and O. A. Ny
strom. Buffalo Gap; 8. E. Wilson. F. P.
aesnard. DR.. F. E. Walker, E. H. Mosh.
or and j. A. Stanley, Of Hot Springs;
with Judge Farnsm and another rep
resentattve of the Belle Fourche pro.
jeot.
The day previous to the oonveninR
OF the irrigation conference the dele
gates especially interested in tho An.
gosturs project sought an interview
with the National Reclamation Board.
which was meeting at Denver, Of whom
there were present F.. H. Newell, d.
-sctor; w. A. Ryan, comptroller; A. r.
Davis. chief engineer; and r. P. Walt.
ers. supervising engineer. Our dele.
CATION requested only fifteen or twenty
minutes of the boards time, ss they
are very busy men with great many
projects under construction and in
working order-all with their various
troubles and contentious. Instead OF
limiting the time, when once before the
board, they were most generous and for
an hour and half the board intently
listened to and quizzed the representa-
tives Of this project. The state engi-
neers report was carefully examined
by the board and the facts and figures
thoughtfully considered. After the
conference Mr.. Newell. the director
Of the board. stated that be was much
interested iD what he had learned and
that he would come to Hot springs
soon to look over the project. He
could not definitely ax the date but
promised Mr.. Stanley that he would
wire Q few days in advance Of his com.
Ing 90 that our people might arrange TO
show him over the project.
The delegates consider that they were
most fortunate to have conference
with the reclamation board, whose
meetings are usually held at Washing.
ton. and In fact they do not make 1t q
practice of listening to proposals for
new projects, but as they were in the
west to get In conference with repre-.
sentatives from the western states 40.
cording to the call made By Secretary
Lane. they placed themselves in more
of receptive mood than they can nm.
der ordinary circumstances.
Now II Mr.. Newell makes his prom
ised visit and carefully looks over this
project he can no doubt inform our
people as to the possibility of this pro.
ject being considered within Q reason.
able time-and being competent and
experienced engineer, who has directed
the construction Of the many large
government projects, he is better quail.
fed perhaps than almost any other
man to pass Intelligent judgment upon
the feasibility Of the Angosturs project
Should bis examination result In fs.
vcr OF the project the question is then
upon some method for promoting Il.
Under the present reclamation act
there are no available funds for new
projects s-nor even for the complstion
of those already under construction.
The Denver conference, called By the
Secretary Of the Interior, and rsprs-
sented by sixteen western states, dis
cussed the problem for three days In
an effort to formulate some plan that
might bs acceptable to the Interior De.
partment and congress for raising funds
for new and the old projects. Resolu.
tions were adopted fsvoring the invest.
ment Of postal savings funds in the
bonds Of irrigation districts, and pro.
vtding further for the government tah.
ing bonds Of such districts, regardless