Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1920-12-10
RECLAMATION BRIGHT PAGE IN
NATIONS HISTORY

d1e1oos Use Of the resources that &
ours.--coal we leave lying ia the min
remains Tor the use Of those who ma
come later On, while the water whie
vows unused 10 the sea Is lost beycn
recialm-we must make our mountaI
west 2 country Of homes for the PEG
pie who need hon1es-and the worl
must Re done 30 that it VIII insure
E1ost 70 the advantage Of society and
the development of the independent,
sef-sustainIng family unit In our cit-
zenshfp.
Fasteners Don't Understand
TO people living In Sections Of the
country where water so plentiful az
often 10 be nuisance and sometimes
serious menace. It may seem nothing
short Of wantonness and vandalism
even 10 suggest considering the use OF
drop Of national park water for either
Irrigation or waterpower But each
section If the United States has an
Individual topography. which must be
studied carefully before righteous
judgment can be given. and there Is a
fundamental law OF necessity under
lying all statues. For instance You
cannot buy the land around a mans
farm and enclose H. leaving this man
no roadway. SO. In the western coun-
try where streams are few, TO put a ,
perpetual ban on using certain nat 4,
ural reservoir or power sites might, in ,
some instances. forever close TO de- d.
velopment great valleys Of priceless .
value 70 the nation. Each case where :
request Ia made for park reservoir or :,
power sites must be tried and decided :.
solely and absolutely on its inherent ;,
merits and the facts.
Has Faith In New President.
The government will protect it's
own property. From what I know of
me character OF Senator Harding and :,
hose no will associate himself with
\ would be a very hard matter during
he coming administrat ton 10 put over =,
my underhand work and hurt ma
ional park. be II east or west north =,
" sosth. and II any prominent west :,
I'm reclamationists had ever enter
aimed the thought of actually DESTROY
ne or desecratlng the real beauties Of ,
ither OF our national parks. the peo-
lie OF the west would be the first to
epudiate the plan, as no one appre- -.
ates more than we that these parks
re among our most valuable assets" =.
West Above sectionalism
III the writer Of Bulletin No IL
ID a better understanding Of our west
n problems. he would not so read
malign the motives Of those who ~,
speak "a western man for secretary -,
the interior.
IT is this very local view. this sec ~.
that we wish to steer clear mia,
when we ask for a western man TO NOR
secretary of the interior. We want chai
man who viii see our country as that
ole. not one who thinks the real the
tied states is bounded by the ATTAIN II
the gulf the st. Lawrence and p Re
'sissippi rivers, and that all the re- ''''
inder is frontier. except few play ','''''
ncs Tor mentioning. -.
In his repeated illusions to the ,on.
that some Mormon settlers would uspa
benefited by the FAN River pro- beco
f. this gentleman also lays him for .
liable OF being understood as TAX brou
the. very un-American attitude Of varic
ling covert appeal to the possible sh
sious prejudices Of his readers. recre
Defends Mormons. ''i-
am not Mormon. but like my
''''''" ~ i-'''''' u O''iiiorh@ heart
low the value of theAIormon peo- Nr
In the June number OF the Ma mess,
Al Geographic. Mr.. Lane says: Thi
sr speak disrespectfully OF the many
non Church. 1t has as law-abid- ing O
steady, Woodworking. kindly large
p Of people as will be found any paved
e this round globe over. Brig ehurc
Young may not have been '"'
bet of Almighty God. but he
ed miracle when he crossed from ,o...-
Missouri river over that desert. -. g.
's ms oana OF Few hundred as tn.
Vers with their pushcarts going though
nto that unknown waste. combii
d the land that lies around Salt the &c
City into garden. club r
might add that these Mormon others
RS referred to particularly by Mr.. address
gave their sons Just as freely 10 in sue
= F. F. as did our people Of the all VIII,
and among those Mormon bows he adv
heroes second to none. est nee
t be that the son Of the sor.h very Re