Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-07-26

production Oh IOOO supplies.
"0f course, we are but nine out of q
committee of II, said Mr.. Eagan. but
we nine, other than the two western
members who were familiar with the
necessity and benefits of reclamation,
will go back converted to the idea of ir
rigation and hope TO be instrumental in
bringing out west the other members OF
the house, or at least goodly numper,
that they may in like manner view the
good that has been accomplished and
which may still be be brought to pass"
Personel of Party.
The congressional committee which
has been engaged in visiting these gov
ernment projects throughout the west
consists OF James W. Good. of Iowa,
chairman, William r Wood Of Indiana,
Louis c. Cramton of Michigan. Burton
L. French of Idaho, Joseph W. Byrnes
of Tennessee, John NJ. Evans of Mon
tana. John ]. Eagan of New Jersey and
James +. Ryrnes Of South Carolina.
Congressman y. j. Sinnott of Oregon,
chairman OF the committee on public
lands, was also member "f the com
mittee but left the party Sunday at
Billings. With the party is Arthur L.
Davis, director of the United States re-
clamation service. and his assistant, j. Is.
Beatile c. p Williams, construction ell
gineer of the western division with head
quarters at Denver met the party IN
this city.
EThe party came here from Billings
after inspecting the Huntey project sun
day. travelling in a special train of three
cars of which one was the car assigned
to the committee. one the private car of
John H. Carroll. of the Great Northern
and one the private ear of of Division
Superintendent. Fred Wear.
See Sun River Project
The party iwll leave by rail this fore
noon for Fort Shaw where the members
will enter automobiles and will make the
trip over the Fort Shaw and Fairfield
units of the Sun river project today
(Mondayl returning 10 the city in time
to catch Great Northern train f3 Mon
day evening for Glacier park Tuesday
will be devoted to trip through the park
after which the committee will leave for
the Milk river reclamation project aud
then return east.
Congressman Evans will accompany
the committee as far as the Milk river
project and will return to his home at
Missoula after an absence from there OF |
a year He states that although he has
nice home in that city he has occut
pied it but three weeks in the past eight
years.
Glad to Get Home.
When seen Sunday evening Congress I
man Evans expressed his pleasure at
getting, back to his home state and said !
that those portions of the state through !
which the committee had travelled so far I
had looked very good the ranges and /
fields being green and the crops through !
the Yellowstone country and up through /
the Judith Basin appearing very excel |
lent.
Congressman Evans talks in an op-
timistic vein regarding the good accom- /
plshed in this trip and is satisfied that /
the eastern members have been convert
ed to the plan of government irrigation.
He said:
THE committee has been out 30 days. /
1t has visited reclamation works III
Colorado. Nevada, California.
Oregon, Washington. Idaho. Wyoming
and Montana. Its purpose in particular
was to look into reclamation projects
and incidentally to inquire into the ma
tional parks.
Revelation to M Members.
Congress has been spending millions
of dollars every year upon reclamation
and national parks and the committee
sary to investigate how the money was
being spent and if necessary to provide
additional funds.
THE committee consists Of 21 men,
,nly two of whom are from states west of
the Missouri river, so most of the mem
bers are only theoretically acquainted
with reclamation work. The inspection
mas been a revelation to the members
from the eastern states.
Congress consists of 435 men, only
about 40 of whom come from the arid
and states and the Pacific coast. 1t is
therefore exceedingly important that we
furnish all available information to men
who know nothing about the question
If irrigation.
With Different Viewpoint.
while I cannot speak authoritativaly
IN the subject | am confident that every
nan on the committee will 60 back to
with an entirely different
'iewpoint on this subject Of irrigation
md reclamation. All the committee now