The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-10-27
GOVERNOR GOOD|NG
ON RECLAMATION
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR UNI.
TED STATES SENATOR, TELLS
OF DAHO'S NEEDS.

In his talk Saturday to a Moscow
laudience, Governor Frank R. Goodinf
touched on the reclamation needs O.
lthewest. He said:
Another important matter that ]
want to discuss with you this evening
Is the reclamation of our arid lands
| believe the first duty of a govern
ment should be that of home building
for the foundation Of every government
rests upon the home.
| believe that I can be a factor in
bringing about a greater interest on
the part of our government in the re-
clamatiOn of our lands, for I have a
knowledge of that great work that can
only be acquired by years of expert
ence. In 1889 Mrs. Gooding and I were
lhomesteaders on the desert lands of
the Snake River valley; built my own
bitches and irrigated my own land, and
know something of the hardships and
|privations of pioneer life. AS Gov
|ernor of this State l had much to do
with great irrigation projects under
the Carey Act, and it was under this
law that Idaho accomplished more
than all the other arid states combin-
ed. Under the Carey Act in Idaho we
constructed the largest irrigation can
al in the world with the exception of
those built by the British government
in India.
We have got to show the East that
they are interested in the West and
that the question of reclamation is not
a local question. The East is under
the impression that there are still mil
lions of acres left in the public land
states for the hOmesteader. 1t is true
that 81 per cent OF all the lands in the
United States are still in the hands of
the government, but there is not
single homestead of 100 acres that can
states where It is safe for man to |
take his family and hope to make a
living. It is only through reclamation
hat new lands can be brought into
productiveness in America We have
reached the peak of agricultural
crops in this country and never again
in proportion to our population will
we grow as much farm produce as
we did a year and two years ago
when the farmers of the country an
,wered the call for more bread for
,ur boys and the armies of Europe.
This government has got to hurry if
t is going to come anywhere near
'eeding it's own people. At the rate
he government is proceeding in the
reclamation of our arid lands, it will
AXE 24O years to reclaim the TWEEN
" million acres of land that is left {
md that there is water available to
.eclaim in the arid states of this
Union. | don't believe we can afford {
O wait that long to bring into pro- (
uctiveness these arid lands. In or
or to feed our own people this coun- {
nv must not only reclaim its arid
ands but it's swamp lands and it's {
ut-over lands. If l am elected to s
he United States Senate, am go i
ng to dedicate my life's work in a /
arge way to agriculture and live J
took and reclamation for, after all, t
believe these questions are vital to c
he people of the patton today
1 am for the reclamation of our
ands because I want to see the boys l
tho answered their country's call q
iven a preference right in making e
his bigger and better country by y
uilding homes on our public lands. /
am for the reclamation of our lands
arid, swamp and cut-over, because !
want to give the young men whom n
e have educated in our schools and s
ur agricultural colleges an oppor p
unity to secure homes here on Amer a
an soil. Hundreds of thousands of
lem are leaving this country to find I
ONES in foreign countries. These t
oung men are the best we have t
hey are the flower of the country, a
nd it is the duty of this government n
, give them an opportunity to re-
ain citizens of the greatest coun-
y on earth. I am for the reclama- p
on of our arid lands here in Idaho Q
ecause I know we are losing q mil +
on dollars a day from waters that a
re wasting into the ocean. If all /
lie surplus waters of this state were 2
,servoired, including the peak years l
hen the flood is high, it should be
,ne, we have room in the Snake
iver valley alone for two million d
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