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 Uncompabgre 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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