The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-06-19
JONES WANTS
FIFTY MILLIONS
FOR THE WEST
Washington Senator Asks for
Money to Complete Western
Reclamation Projects
MOULTON AND SUMMERS BUSY
If Jones Measure is Passed Kenne.
wick High Line Project Has !.
Excellent Chance

While no definite information h:
been received from M. M. Multol
press dispatches of the last few da,
indicate that affairs in Washingto
are not unfavorable to the Kennewic
High Line project.
Writing in today's Spokesman-Re
view, Ashmun Brown, the Washing
ton correspondent, says:
"M. M .Moulton of Kennewick am
Representative Summers today con
ferred with Director Davis of the re
clamation service over the Kennewicl
high line project, afterward statine
that negotiations are progressing il
a satisfactory manner.
Major F. R. Jeffrey, just returned
from overseas, was present at the
conference. Major Jeffrey, who is
MIR. Moulton's law partner, will be
discharged from the army at an early
date at Camp Mead, Md, and there
after will join Messrs. Moulton and
Summers in their efforts in behalf of
reclamation projects"
What is regarded here as the most
favorable development of the week,
is the senate irrigation committees
approval of an amendment to the
sundry civil bill appropriating $780,
100000 for the improvement and
amendment of existing reclamation
projects in the West, proposed by
Senator Wesley l.. Jones. Approval.
by the irrigation committee. of the
senate is regarded as giving the
amendment an excellent start on its
progress toward final passage and is
believed to insure its enactment.
OF this proposed amendment the
Yakima Republic says: i
"R. K. Tiffany, project manager,
says that he does not know the pro-
visions of the Jones amendment, but
takes it for granted the Yakima re-
clamation work will profit by it. The
Yakima project extends from Lake
Keechelus to the Columbia River and
has four uncompleted units which will
add 100000 acres to the arabic land
Of the state.
The Kittitas, Roza, Mckee and
kennewick units may profit by the
passage of the bill, which appropri-
ates money only for the projects that
are already in existence and are re-
,ognized successes.
"A small appropriation for the
Aennewick unit is contained in the
'undry civil bill, but it is not suf-
icient for any great increase in the :
anal at that point"
The small appropriation referred !,
Q above is included in the 1868, 900
tenn in the sundry civil bill for con-
lnulng work on the Yakima project.
With this appropriation spread over
ne entire Yakima project the sum :
et aside for the local project would
e too small to be of any great con-
sequence.
Should the Jones amendment go :
aru there is undoubtedly good
nance that the local project would
= one OF the first western projects 4
= receive consideration because it is
eaoy Tor work to be started and the
isestments of actual settlers on the
rolect are being jeopardized by the z
overnment's continued delay in
iaklng good its early promises to
ulld this project.
IN recent letter to the Courier
eporter, Congressman Summers
ays ne has had numerous confer e1
lces with Director Davis regarding ds
= hennewick project and that the bl
los' favorable proposition the direc- it.
: suggests is that in the event of III
. passage of the Mondell bill, there FL
made here combination district, wi
: part covering the developed lands in
- ~. 'ne other part coming strictly of
!, ,,'in the province of the Mondell lie
- ~'.. ...ai st.
!, ne Mondell bill is a nationwide
! samatlon and land settlement bill a
;0o ,aen a. calls for an appropriation of wi
''0,Ooo'oOO. The plan suggested by of