Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-04-17
EAGLE RIVER, WISCONSIN, APRIL II, 1924
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OIL AND WATER


Such time as the senate OF the United States has
recently to matters oInef IMAM Cne o1y
OF IL Las oevoLeu party 70 Tue WaIely
mess of tue reclamation projects. Nne million govern
nent collars or Une eauouts burning noles IN their
pants pocKetsanu Won De happy TILL they We spent
All this in the face of the tragic disaster in which
the Federal hecla1aaLlon system mas eliminated
Inc reclanlaton ploJecCs were Launched with mgn
hope ploIse. IauaaDe II not allogelel
practical was 70 open W settlement and TO
nrovoe homes ana reasonable assurance Of profitable
livelihood Tor Lnooe seLLle upon tnem
instead been brought upon nunoreos Oh
settlersrn OF tnelr lives, tnelr pocketoooKs tner
faith.
Mistakes wrong estimates red tape, distant manage
ment PROMISES are IN Jne litter MOI SIN
gle eight projects was kept Wltnn the
costs originally Of Mistakes In the es
Inmates puLtg projects into operation ran tne
up way Jty to SIX hundred ana 1lICy
Yet rather than lose the savings they had invested
the settlers the pyrandlng OF these COSTS
until IN many cases all hopes Of geILng prol Oh Tue
farms or paying nave vanished In numer
payments nave stopped altogetner ano one
OF settlers tonOWed anOIner into bankruptcy
taullnes are nopelessy waiting to be turned OF
their tie problem OF starting life all over
again. banners WAC lave lent them money cannon
aIIord the land With all the accumulated
carrying char geS and 0eDtS.
lesson has not been brought nome TO
Washington Like the gooa pork barrel the recama
ton tund seems dip with vote hungry lin
gers but there may be back that; voters who
been broke by paJelnansm not always grateful
Long pages IN the congressional RECORD tell OF sena
tora plans 10 boost appropriations Tor the
proJecUs through the funds given them as
adequate and now need as mucn more; new proJectS
OF thousands OF acres OF good
range to be given the water cure
three hundred thousand dollars more to complete
dam brdge that cost S4OU,000 an increase
from SoUUO 9o5vUO for the operation of another r
CATION SYSTEM rejection of proposal to reduce the ap
preparation project from 81 08O 900 to $780,
co., hearty acceptance for the Mnldoka
project $3oUUUO to SI,U40UO0; jump from Sl55,
100000 for the NeWanas project; and proposal
to increase the Strawberry Valley project appropriation
from $4,000 to $l,540UOO.
These are few items from two days debate-wat-
cry items rnIngnng in Senates oily WTangle.
NO expects the Government to be economical bat
it is high stop taking about increasing the acre
age Federal irrigation-Ine Country Gentleman.
SLUSHi
In recent magazine professional librarian gives
list of books suitable for small rural libraries VI the
near-agricuIture More specifically there is
poultry, gardening and one on forestry. Farm
crops SoilS livestock, management and such small
concerns are sWeetly ignored
At that the poultry book recommended is not by an
authority; the book forestry-so-caled- by high
self-advertsed; the garden book by wealthy
who makes gardening hobby. Books like Lewis Fro
ductive Poultry husDandry Baleys Manual of Gar
dening passed tor this thnly diluted agrlcul
tural wash
1t is time that the small rural libraries had good
long shelves full of live books farm topics and country
life 1t is time the public understood that there is now
available glorious literature in this field repete with
technical information and full of good reading But in
particular is it time for those librarians who
advise rural libraries know that three soshy books by
dawding diletantes do not meet the needs of
munity where tne citizens read at al-Ihe Country
Gentleman