The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1914-10-07
IRRIGATION EXPERT SPEAKS
George II. Maxwell Tells of the Vast
Benefits That viii Follow Pass
age of Newlands Bill.


rector of the National Reclamation
Association, spoke in Fallon Thurs
day evening and Friday afternoon.
His subject was national reclama-
marks correlated largely around the
Newlands-B -Broussard bill, now pend
ing before congress, admittedly, one
of the greatest. If not the greatest
constructive conception within the
history of this country. Mr.. Max
well has been associated with
western interests, interested in the
| reclamation and river conservation
propaganda, for many years. and he
told of the effectiveness of his work
throughout the east
The Newlands- s-Broussard meas
ure contemplates the division of
the United States into zones, which
shall benefit annually by appropri-
alton for ten years, of which Ne
vada, Arizona and parts of Utah,
, California and Oregon, would COM
prise one district which would bene-
fit to the amount of $5.00O,0OO an
nually for ten years.
This comprehensive measure, Mr..
Maxwell assured us, is aimed not
only for the regulation of floods,
the development of wonderful water
power units for utilization by So
ciety and the reclamation of vast
areas of fertile, though now uselesu
swamp lands, but to supplement ma
tional reclamation OF arid lands as
well. For instance, probably the
first work undertaken in this state
under the provisions of the bill, If
enacted would have to do with the
purchase of the great Lahontan
dam, to be owned in perpetuity by
the government, which would oper-
ate it, free of ali cost. to the
Truckee-Carson project for the
double purpose of conserving water
for summer irrigation uses and the
conservation OF the Carson water
sheds annual runoff Thus the.
settlers would be relieved OF the
burden of paying for this $1,000
900 structure and the price of
water rights would thus be lessen
ed correspondingly.
The ultimate object sought by
this bill, Mr.. Maxwell assured us,
was the incorporation into the gov
ernments arid land reclamation
policy of provisions generally
deemed of the most vital Importance
by those economists who have made
a study of the arid lands of the
United States-provision that will
place the federal investments in
impounding structures, diversion
dams and water distribution sys-
TENS in exactly the same category
as the federal investments in canals
locks, and other internal improve
| ments that make for society's well
fare, and with no hope of reward
other than the enlarged uses ac-
corded society
Mr.. Maxwell explained the devil
Gus methods by which the govern
| ment's reclamation policy has
grown. These methods were resort
ed to because the people of the east,
largely unsymapthetic and wholly
out of touch with western condi-
tions, could not enter into the con-
| structive spirit, which is necessary
| If western reclamation of arid lands
is to be a success. The Newlands-
Broussard bill, he said, would so en-
large the governments activities in
the land reclamation, food control
and power development matters that
the benefits would be patent and
eastern objection to western de-
velopment would cease. e
Following Mr.. Maxwell's address
before the chamber of commerce, a
resolution committing the.local COM
mercial body and the business men
of the community was presented and
unanimously carried The resolu-
tion follows:
RESOLUTION OF ENDORSEMENT.
Newlands-B River Regula-
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