East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-08-04
HOW IRRIGATION HELPS BUSINESS

Cv OME information gathered wide sources showing
the benefits that to business by the opening OF
land by reason of irrigation projects developed by
the national recently submitted in adj
address had to do with both the benefits secured produc
9n n the form q crops and also With The goods used The
Of the United States proed from the buying of the people
during speech IN behalf Of the smith -McNary bll
Consider the Salt River Roosevelt project Arizona The
Salt River project according to the figures furnished up to
June &c. 1921 has cost 62S of which $4,000 600
round numberhave been repaid to the government Last
merely into Arizona but into the valley Of the Salt
River proect7935 loaded freight of goods wares and
went to other portions state speaking less
than carload lots but Irepeat that during the 1920 there
shipped into the Salt River project in Arizona 1885
loads and from the state of Wisconsin alone there shipped
merchandise to be used and paid for by the people residing
he state of Minnesota furnished in 1920 to the Salt River
load lots do speak of shipments of less thar carload lots
do speak of shipments of carload lots other points
than to the Salt River project
when refer the Salt River project the pur
poses Of this address valley which city
Phoenix is situated and about 100000 irrigated in
he state of Ohio in 1920 furnished 225 carloads of mer
chanse of various kinds to be used by the people who reside
the Salt River valley repeat for the third time am not
dress referring to merchandise carload lots otherwise ship
ped other points in the state speaking simply solely
only carload lots going into the Salt River valley where
the Salt River project is located.
1.-The of North Dakota not manufacturing state
an agricultural state so well represented here furnished one
carload of products from within her borders to the people
of merchandise to be used and paid for by the people
siding within the Salt River project Maine where the sunlight
sautes the American flag upon the American coast fur
nshed three carload lots of merchandise in 1920 shipped into
the Salt River project California out by the gates of sunset
furnished 1920 the citizens of the Salt River valley 1897
goods and merchandise and doubt some
these shipments from the Atlantic coast into California
the Panama Canal and thence ansshpped into the
Salt River project
missouri that politically stormtossed state during the
furnished the Salt River project with 2 carloads of mer
chanse Oregon 502 carloads 1920 and Texas sent to the
Salt River project 98l carloads whilst the saddle bags of the
Traveller brought the Salt River project in the same
carloads of fine and merchandise West Virginia
furnished Is carloads Massachusetts, 12 and New York 81
carloads.
at would require a bold flight of the imagination to stand
estimate the number of carloads OF merchandise that
shipped into each and of the irrigation projects
80 number They would reach of thousands So
peat the senior from Oregon Mr MNar wrote
well wrote the penultmae paragraph OF hi rat
port on the McNary Smith bill, wherein he said:
The North and East should welcome the opportunity to
sist upbudg of the West and South especially when
they would add to their prosperity thereby. "