The Dolores star., 1924-01-04

Denver branch) will net as engineer and Miles Can
non is the field commissioner. They will act under
David w. Davis, the commissioner of the bureau
who will have charge of the administration OF the
reclamation work and the organization. MIR. Wey'
mouth and Mr.. Cannon have gone over this plan
with me and are thoroughly in accord with it.
"Mr. Weymouth shall have charge of all engi-
neering work such reconnaissance investlga-
tions, designs, construction and such other work
as may be assigned He will have two assistant
chief engineers with whom to consult and who will
substitute for him in his absence
"As field commissioner, Mr.. Cannon will have
charge of the operation of the reclamation dis
trcts such the delivery of water, land. crop
production, handling and marketing, Improvement
of farm conditions, industrial betterment, colec-
ton of water and other charges, and the settle
ment of lands"
Chairman Campbell of the Advisors committee
after preliminary investigation, says that prac-
tical moratorium will have to be granted by the
government n number of reclamation projects
TO prevent disastrous failure for the present ten
ants.
an my opinion" said Mr.. Campbell, 'it will be
necessary for the government to reconstruct the
fiscal policy of its reclamation service and grant
n new start to a number of projects, probably one
third of them
The Western States Reclamation association re-
centIv met at Salt Lake elected Il. E. Shepherd
president in place of D. w. Davis, resigned. The
annual report of Secretary FRANK L. Brown salu
in part:
"rThose of us who are inclined pessimstically to
view the seeming inability of settlers on govern
mont irrigation projects to pay their just obliga.
tions because of the wide spread between the
cost of living and production and the price OF
farm products have taken the view that a situa-
ton dangerous to expansion has developed through
tba necessity of the appointment by the secretary
,f tho interior of Il fact-fnding commission (Spe-
ioi Advisors commttee), the report of which.
thew believe may blast the hopes for the future.
"put the truth is If we will review the situation
calmly we will agree that the fact-inding commits
sim is really the first great effort the government
bas ever made to look into the development of
these projects which mean personal enriching.
"This factfnding commission, with personnel
which brings confidence, is not to be led on by
the yacaries of guesswork; it will not be swayed
by the narrowness of unsound economic argument.
nor will it be turned in its findings by those en-
thusiasts among us In the west
"rbere have however, been counter-currents.
Tho farmers of the United States. particularly
west of the Mississippi river, have been hard hit.
uony of them and some of their representatives
II, congress are of the opinion that there is already
too much cultivated land in the United States.
"This association cannot depart from its first
announced position of broad and comprehensive
reclamation plan.
Tbe principal reclamation projects are as fol-
lows. Salt River Arizona; Yuma. Arizona-Cal.
ifornio. Grand Valley and Uncompahgre Colo
rado: Boise and Minldoka, Idaho; Milk River and
sun River Montana; Lower Yellowstone, Mon
tana- North Dakota; North Platte. Nebraska New
lands Nevada; Rio Grande, New Mexco-Texas;
Umatllla Oregon; klamath. Oregon n-Callfornia;
Relle Fourche, South Dakota; Strawberry Valley
Utah Yakima, Washington; Shoshone, Wyoming