The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-12-09
FORT HALL PROJECT HAS BEEN
CUT BY DIRECTOR
DAWES
OTHER APPROPRIATIONS CUT
PROJECT ENGINEERS SAY WILL
REQUIRE AT LEAST
$7600OO0O

The Fort Hall Irrigation Project,
which Blackfoot and surrounding
territory are vitally interested in,
and for which an appropriation Of
$760,00O.00 was recommended by
the engineers and was asked of con-
gress, has been cut to S300,O00.00.
1t is thought that by dilligent work
on the part of the citizens of this
community enough pressure can be
brought ito bear to put the Fort
Hall project before Congress in it's
original amount, $760,0O0.0O.
While the $3O0,OOO.O0 would no
doubt improve the canals some, it
would not put the dam in the con-
dition it should be. A letter to
your congressman should be written
by each and every person residing in
the valley urging the passage of
this appropriation in its full am
Dunt.
The following dispatch is taken
from the Salt Lake Tribune:
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Many
western appropriations will be
smaller this season than last ii
estimates submitted today by Di-
rector of the Budget Dawes. Where
Congress last year appropriated
S2O,O00,OO0 for irrigation, Director
Dawes recommends 100000 al
the preesnt session. Indian appro
priations generally are cut down al
are most appropriations for mints
and assay offices, for surveyors gen
eral and for the Indian service gen
orally, but "a maternal increase d
recommended for the mint service.
The Strawberry Valley Irrigation
project in Utah, which received
$144,000 last year, is carried in tn
budget at $4,000 which is needed
only for maintenance. The bulge
is practically completed. None o
the assay offices will be abolished
under General Dawes recommenda
tion. He proposes appropriatina
$4,000 for the Salt Lake office, tn
same as last year and asks $3.50
for the Boise assay office, which /
$1,000 less than last years appro
priation. For the Carson mint al
appropriation of $4,000 is asked, "a,
increase of $500 over the appropria
tion for the current year.
Irrigation Cuts Made
Substantial cuts are made in
number of irrigation estimates. Th
Boise project in Idaho is given a.
estimate of s1,30O,OO0 against al
appropriation of $1,57O,O00 las
year, and the Minidoka project
estimated to receive $1,250,00C
where it had 900 lase ses
sion. The King Hill project in Ida
ho, which received 100000 las
session, is estimated to receiv
$450,O00 this year.
In Wyoming the appropriatio
for the Riverton project is recon
mended ITO be increased to- 1,075,00
as aginst an appropriation last ses
sion of $S5O,OOO, but the Shoshon
project estimate is S975,0OO agains
s1,S74,OOO year ago.
The Newlands project in Nevad
is carried in the budget for $915
900. Last year the appropriate
was s1,4S8,O00.
General Dawes asks $55,800 70
the support of the confederate
band of Ute and other Indians 1
Utah, practically the same amour
as was appropriated year ago, an
asks for $4,000 for the education
Indian children in public schools l
Uintah and Duschesne counties 4
Utah. In addition he asks the
s325,OOO of tribal funds be apprt
priated for the general use an
benefit of the confederated Ute
and 100000 of tribal funds for i
rigating lands belonging Ito thet
Indians.
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