The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-12-31

" Itch hAA been zero HtN Fe"e"s IN
q ~e.e IN ,ast evsnca q tse covers.
.>nt.s sasvsuts fSe President
caled ateassCN 20 tie ssct tAet rec
nsmasion aud irrlsat 90 projects had
hersssed Mad value IN irrigated SCI
tons OF the eaaas,y ssee.aee,eee'
asd that In the war lsse scee On
4 rigated lands sloae exceeded IN val
ne siSe. eco. Nce
The President ,atser eallet atteN-
o 10 tue fat ua the law which
ssshoriaed thh weA provided Tor
the return Of rcney appropriated, 80
that In .As Ions M ,essAmsun and
irrigation projects do lot Get the
Government anything.
These facts are dealt Nth more IA
cetail IN the annual repcts ~ ssefe
tary " tie Interior FA'l vhsSs sseeV
IL shows the wisdom OF the isma4
ton and mrigation work. vssrA was
commenced under the Rec,sAssNot
act OF 1904. since that NMN Inv
Government has spent In the htssa
l,orhood OF sise 100000 "a eoesttas
ton work. on a basis OF productivity
he land before work was commcsst&
vas practically valueless. II h NSe
,aiued at half a billion and Ia rststaf
/. rops valued. In round numbers ~
500. e0o.o 600 a year.
From the standpoint OF addins Ais
much taxable property TO The Federal
Government and to the several sseses,
he i1veetment would be A CORD me
we're none OF the tiso, 100000 et or
ginal cos, ever returned.
In addition 70 the ceeation ot snnd
and crop values, above mentioned,
here are sass farms and aastrsns
' ipon the land irrigated by thts o. pro-
Iects. The combintd populs ueh %
he rural and urbar eommui hles Il
in excess Of 10000, this population
sustains sTs schools, 87 eiatvhes
and 247 banks, the bhhks have de.
posits OF $4,000. coo, held ~ Fs4,-
900 depositors.
As Secretary Fall points oa' In hts
report, "i'he reclamation Law IA an1
Que am ong American laws IN tstu,r-
ing thai money expended In cttty'hs
out its provisions be afterwar b. coll
lected from those for whose i,tf.sat
Il has Deen spent" An exampfe ~
how this works oct IL Afforded ~ tie
balance sheet for tAe fscal yea sat-
ing June so, fs2i. THAT sheet sfews
receipts of collections from those wso
have farms In the irrigated dls'tsess.
These collections are under thsse
items az followsi Repayment, ON
construction wort, si,ssl ths
repayment on maintenance OF
operation. t~t,sb7,s4sl i%entais tof
water power, etc., si,4bs,5bi These
three items alone represent faoay.
ments into the public treasury os over
100000 In one year FIRE N IA rfiufs
who are obtaining benefits frohh tAt
irrigation projects.
In eating attention 10 this featNte
OF the ne ciamation Act Secretary Fell
says that he hes heard criticism that
the older States 'eceived no help hpmi
the Covert menl In their develop iant
while the hswsr States OF the veal
and southwest ara being deveisped
at the expense " .ht pubiic tfeamifs
Secretary raft rsfatts the latter ,asfi
of the Statement, by eitint In sab.
stance the facts shown above, std
then recalls that mary Of the midltiy
wesi states were settled through baa
is lands and military land sfanls
and In addition thereto fecel sed prs
ceeds Of puDiie land sales. lie shos !
by tAbuiation that the oidet states ~
the linton received from proceeds a
public land sales In the aggregate
more than tss,o00,e 900, while som.
States OF the middle west were op.
sned up ant practically settied1 N
their entirety through land stahtl
ssd homestead asts.
Secretary Fail aoes not ,ritie Z
this policy, Witch pi svsiisd both b.
fore iss Civf wal snd aaflHs The "a
years fol- owing thu Civil var, bit h
cites fbs hisiosiesi fseofJ 10 hhos
that dst slopt snt N the ssvtfeihtate,
has always fsesived Federal sheouf
az smstt IN the form Of OF lfitht do
natiors % Land. or itsu s%aBisaissA ana
ths. b. point Of historical aeeafiey
the development Of arid and nsni
arid dsfriesi through the reclamation
and irrigation Asts are the OILY IN
stances where Inc money ofishaii,
appropriated ba the Government Il
IA IA saaata "a. taa aallta.a tluu.