The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1922-06-01
IRRIGATION Of THE
WEST RINGS CASH
REGISTERS Of EAST
Idaho's Governor Asserts That
Water, In the Right Place,
Spells Untold Millions
for U. S.
Points Out Immediate and Di-
rect Benefit to Eastern
States Through the
Prosperity of West
By D. w. DAVIS,

By D. W. DAVIS,
Governor of Idaho and President
Western States Reclamation
Association.
EDIToR'S NoTE-FOr snappy die
ton, for clear reasoning and general
interest the following article by Coy
ernOr D. w. Dapis of Idaho is worthy
the consideration of the most busy
of men. Those whodre seeking a
better economic condition for the ma
ton have suffered many suggestions,
Wise and otherwise, but Governor
Davis, writing from unique per-
spectipe gipes one of the most in
triguing of suggestions.
What has primarily lured men to
the West? What has been the guild
ing desire in the hearts and minds
of those who set their faces toward
the Pacific? Gold-the shining and
precious metal, to be dug from the
mountains or panned in the streams.
Millions of it have been found.
But its value has not compared with
the value of the homes which have
been established by these pioneers
and those who have followed them.
These are permanent investments.
In addition, many more millions have
been produced from the soil than
from mines in the west. And mill
ions of acres still await the magic
hand of enterprise, when water is
impounding dams which will course
through irrigation bitches makes the
desert bloom. This is proven fact.
Where do these millions of dol
lars go? Into the channels of trade,
into the world of commerce. Here
is a concrete example. A man has
been renter in humid section. He
has created the average wealth pos
sible on an acre of humid land. The
profit is small-he divides even that.
The government by impounding wat
er makes it possible for him to take a
farm under government project. This
farm produces, according to statis-
tics, twice the wealth his rented farm
produced. Producing twice the
wealth, he is twice as good custom
er of the eastern or central state
manufacturer and jobber he was in
his old environment.
Our MODERN FARMER.
Step in the home of man who
has fully developed his government
farm. There you will find all of the
common varieties of nationally ad-
vertised goods. He has a piano, a
phonograph, kitchen cabinet. He
buys an automobile made in Detroit,
or Cleveland, or indianapolis. He
buys tires made in Akron, farm i'm
plements made in Moline, separa-
tor made in Waterloo. His family
wears eastern-made clothes. His
purchasing power has been enlarged
with his opportunities.
1t is a most interesting study to
come in contact with the irrigation
farmer. Go back into his life and
note what he has been able to do
since the government gave him his
opportunity to create wealth. He as
sumes a greater share of tax because
of his accumulation of wealth. A
great majority of these men have
paid but small tax shares on person
ality before they wended their way
into the land of opportun-
ity, They now own land.
The manufacturer of the eastern
and central states as well as the job
ber who cannot see the active inter
est which the development of the
west has upon his business is blind
to his opportunity. His additional
receipts through reclamation of land
by the government are truly enorm-
ous. These receipts should be multi
piled by ten in rs years. There is
not a sales manager nor executive
head of any business in all that east
ern territory but who would startle
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