The Dolores star., 1923-07-20

very considerable sum has been repaid. The works
erected are many of them of monumental charac-
ter In the main the settlers under these projects
have been prosperous and successful, but a series
Of low prices and high freight rates have created
condition under which many of the settlers find
1t temporarily impossible to meet their payments
With view Of remefying this condition IN act ex-
tending the time Of certain payments under care
iuuy guarded conditions enacted. It is real
lied by all that the time has now arrived when
there should be general study of conditions on
the reclamation projects and n readjustmept of
payments In the light of present conditions In a
manner to enable the Industrious and weI.mean-
Ing settler to meet his obligations at all times and
to place these enterprises on basis of permanpnt
prosperity
According to the experts we have lonr naeae5 ,
federal law providing for the organization of irrro
ton districts projects under the national recIo
nation law, in order to make It possible for the
federal authorities to deal with the settlers md
wafer users collectively instead Of IndIviduoIIv
This is now made possible by the act of NAV II
l922 This act also provides for the conditions nm
der which farm loans can be made on lands n,
reclamation projects, thus meeting long-felt wont
on the pnrt of settlers on such projects
DE- Hubert Week is now secretary of tha ,n+or,o
he Is oolorac" man and has had personal exner,.
ehce with irrigation In recent address delivered
by Secretary Work at the Agricultural danortrnort
motlon-pcture show, he set forth the naeJ ~ aa
and the Interior. In one place he said tb,s.
operation between the Department of Agriculture
Inc interior department and the Department
OF Agriculture are units of great government
not miniature governments In themselves ond
therefore both departments are obIpatad ~ ~
tribute through mutual cooperation to the suocass
1ul administration of the government es n rrboIo
Inc lost motion and time expenditure inc,dant -
dupucatloa or overlapping does not make fo, In
tenslve organization, the lack of which is n oat
ness or the government service One deno-ta..
should not be dependent on another for nm Ino,,.
TAI service because not prepared to do II aIa
Ihht service should be the respopsJbil,tv -, 49,
department best equipped to render itr In nv
other place he said this: A 1n
FARMERS must compete In the markets nrec,so,,,
as other industries do, and the question Of tron'
portatlon is fundamental factor In the n,ro,
ing OF farm products. These are ouestions 49,
TWO departments must study together for .ha
nave to do with the food supply not of tb,s 10y
ana our own people alone but for menv ro., "a -
the future and for other nations as VOL, r. ~
1s no longer any frontier In the Tinted CT
we are all one people, having a common ,n,"res.
and obligation to the government, and 7 shau ', es'
the secretary Of agriculture to lend tba oooa or
noes OF his most scientific, practical. and e1ao.,,
department to appraise soil fertility and ,nor,a.s
IN advance Of our reclamation conm,tr... e's
70 aid our settlers in profitable formJna" anu
concluded thus: hs He
nave not had opportunity to consr,. ,.,
secretary Of agriculture on these limo, t' ".n tne
olscusslng with you. am new to NV aa.'s oeen
wniis hs has been In the far Wes, o., pai 'ineht