RECLAIMING THE EARTH 



paternalism, the settlers upon these lands 

 divided into farms of not less than forty nor 

 more than one hundred and sixty acres, and 

 not more than one farm to one person will 

 be required to pay back to the government in 

 proportion to the benefit they receive until the 

 total initial cost of the various irrigation pro- 

 jects has been met. The money will then be 

 used over again for further reclamation and 

 allied purposes. The amount of money each 

 settler pays is small, twenty dollars, in ten 

 annual instalments. The settler must be a 

 settler indeed, an actual bona fide resident 

 upon the land. Only by enforcing this provi- 

 sion with an iron hand can this great project 

 become what it should become, the most im- 

 portant agrarian enterprise of modern days. 

 The situation stood as follows in the autumn 

 of the year 1905: 



PROJECTS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION 



Amount set aside 



State Projects for beginning .Acres 



construction irrigable 



Arizona Salt River $3,600,000 180,000 



Colorado Uncompahgre 2,500,000 125,000 



Idaho Minidoka 1,300,000 60,000 



Nebraska and Wyoming North Platte 3,500,000 100,000 



Nevada Truckee-Carson 2,740,000 100,000 



New Mexico Hondo 280,000 10,000 



South Dakota Belle Fourche 2,100,000 80,000 



Wyoming Shoshone 2,250,000 125,000 



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