The daily sentinel., 1914-06-15
RYAN URGES
FORMATION
OF GREAT
DISTRICT
Sir VIM. Willcocks
Famous English
Engineer Here
VISIT PROJECT

rHAT q drainage survey to deter
mine the water plane through
l out the Grand Valley will be
made by the reclamation service was
The declaration made last night by
". A. RYAN, member of the United
States Reclamation commission, who
ir company with Sir William Will
cocks Of Egypt. and d. w. Murphy,
drainage engineer Of the reclamation
yrce, is spending few days in
Visigatiug conditions in this sec
ton, Similar surveys are to be
made on all government projects,
stated Mr. Ryan. The formal au-
thOiiiatOn OF the surveys has not
yet been made, but will be given
BY Secretary Lane without doubt,
thiRks Commissioner Ryan.
sif William Wiilcocks is one of
The foremost irrigation and drainage
Experts Of the world. He planned
and cnled to completion the lar
Esi projects both in India and Egypt
esrins more than a quarter of a
century His headquarters are now
Ia Egypt, hut he is in the United
States for the purpose of making a
report on all the government recla-
nation projects to Secretary Lane.
The report will deal especially with
The drainage problem which has to
0s iaCed in every project.
The greatest need of the Grand
Valley, states Sir William, is drain
ssp Not moment should be de-
a!ed in forming the entire Valley
INTO a drainage district. Every
days delay makes the work that
hnch harder he declared last
asht Each year there is more
water to be drained Off, and the
isha owners are less able to afford
.ae drainage. There is no land in
'le Grand Valley which cannot be
reclaimed, The very fertility of the
Sll mere is what produces the great
tsl damage, when too much water
\ applied these rich salts come to
.lV surface and are deposited by
eaporauon. II the lands are drain
~ irrigation water will eliminate
.atse salts and restore the soil to its
@,slnal fertility. Your land is SO
.ll Of rich salts that when il is
sGOu ~. u Is very, very good, but when
.i - pad IT'S horrid, 1t needs i'm
a'a,ale attention. The great fault
T. we lndiscriminate use of water
tsypt one second foot of water
s 'alss TOT zoo acres OF land when the
s,-ler "'s,ler is similar to what YOU are
sApetleneing here. In hotter weath.
r,v W use second foot to 100 acres
,nnn ",n venture TO say that the same
s1.t ount OF water is applied to &C
ss,' s oi land here at the most and
M. 100 much less acreage. 1t is
Sas va, Woeiully e1travagant use Of
Ier " ., winch Will ruin the entire val.
49, s0ale day unless attention /.
S'en to drainage" w -
co,, .rgeS Drainage.
Ommlssioner RYAN. in daadl,
,sr,,s' uesl' last night urged that tho M.
tbs OH W.. V' the people be brought Il
dltlone reea OF drainage. Similar con.
jee, nave arisen on the Boise nro
ieets 4pu Nv upon other government pro
b. !, ne said. They have been me
forna,g, g problem there through tn,
aresS a,Sn ,S OF drainage districts II,
I'd into va tne entire valley be form
been 4o 10 a drainage district as ha,
II snes me case on other projects
cost ~ =, eases the greatest estima / q,
psr so. A., drainage has not exceeded 3,
hia e I LOT all the land in the ais
neer 5.a ~ the Boise district-the nio
fallps" "a,nase district-the cost I;
The sn,isa lar below the estimate
ID IN aIre a. valley should be inelnd
RYAN drainage district said NJ,
Grand Iun.her INsether with the town n
l,ads aroupd oufI1oP s.dep depends upon thes s
The lands u nn mere for support
viii s sustss go to seep Grand Jnnct,o,
large ar di', The cost ner acra t,,o ~
q n. uistrict is verv low low are are u IN
RON a.asse ssst system means cans Is sasa. aSn'
Such ssssspase for all tima ans 70 saiet ans,
Projects ats'e,y y, may be secured ~ on CONE ION !
1'sr during , % cents an acre ne
L. s p period of ten wears.
A contra" y. ;. May DO It.
Tered into wi. might possibly hs o,
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