The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1922-05-25
,ressman Summers Says
W. Western Men Haven't
Given Up Fight
~ MAKING POLL
or HOUSE MEMBERS
,,.essant Demand for Re
duced Expenditures is
Stumbling Block

=. Courier Reporter is in receipt
i. following letter from Congress
1ohn W. Summers in response to
;nouiry regarding the status OF
c.;th-McNary reclamation bill.
May 20, 1922.
p.ulviuc to your and other inquiries
!; ,.e.rd to the Smith -McNary Bill,
I.h.ll i've you the situation in detail
! 4 exists here today.
~. bill is the outgrowth of three
,..rs d patient labor by our commit
Z. an public lands, committee on ir-
,;,,tion Of arid lands, several western
carnations interested in reclama-
~. and the attorneys of the recla-
nation department.
having been brought to its present
s.,t. Of perfection it was then intro
deed in the house by Mr.. Smith and
il the senate by Mr.. McNary.
The bill as now written provides
a. the reclamation Of dry and swamp
lands.
Cut-over lands have been eliminat-
ID since it is thought the expense of
developing these lands would too near
u equal their final value for them to
come within the practical operations
Of the bill.
The bill authorizes an appropria-
tion Of $s5O0oO,OOO (which would
probably be appropriated and ex-
pended over period Of ten, fifteen
Or twenty years..
This money would be expended in
hsally organized reclamation districts.
Preceding any expenditure by the
United States on account of construc-
ton Of project bonds Of the district
equal in face value to the amount of
tae proposed expenditure shall be duly
Mued and delivered to the United
Shtes. If at any time it should ap-
par to the Secretary that the origin
y bond issue is insufficient to cover
sAe cost Of the proposed work, he may
atAer curtail the work or require the
&rict to issue additional bonds, and
when the total cost of the COM
peRd project has been determined,
~ bonds issued in excess of such cost
shall be cancelled. The bonds shall be
y the form approved by the. secretary
aad shall run for period not exceed
ns ~ years, bear interest at rate
De fixed BY the secretary, not ex-
0solng flve per centum, payable an
nually, and be issued in denominations
q NS, $50, s1OO, $500, and $1,000
anese bonds shall be deposited with
ls Federal Farm Loan Board, an6
snen the project cost is known and
ue value Of all of the property OF
se district subject to assessment fol
- payment Of the bonds shall reach
.''ee the par value of the bonds as
.,u,,O oy the said board, the boarc
''.il oiier the bonds at public or pri
- sale at not less than par under
!. Terms and conditions provided b,
= !" O0ard. The moneys received from
sale OF the bonds shall be credited
4, Vn .ne district contract. Prior :.
=, the bonds the board shall col
~ moneys due thereon, and tn,
4. e !. snail likewise be credited upo,
s district contract.
~. Iae district would not be long in
,.. sso to the government but woul,
= ls - ITS bonds as they fall due. I'm
o,.;sal snls plan the construction of am,
tmSs s' could be expedited and tn
:, ,,aas would all be available for anoth
Il v1ees y within few years.
let - sns construction of every pro
avar q, 8 lar as practical the service
,,t'.e World War, and spanish-America
,l,e tsns s would be utilized. Veteran
of ,a,sA.. asve sixty-day preference rich
.selg.iea ls,setl0n on any part of a proiec
init '''Se Of a privately-owned farr
/. m.sla small committee, of which T =,
rs s,n0er' ma'a has been interviewing tb Il,
our bi1 members individually in behalf 9
hs o,ll aa and are satisfied We sa1,, Are moS
aSls sO0d goo. Roadway in creating favo, ,'o
Recen{l,.