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large but of very great importance in the development 

 of that State. On the Belle Fourche River there is 

 being planned a large irrigation system irrigating vast 

 tracts of land north of the Black Hills, lands which 

 will form homes for thousands of families. Again 

 we have the same old story that we must go back to 

 the forest reserves to see that the head waters are pro- 

 tected. 



In Oregon we know of the wonderful extent of the 

 forest reserves and of the value of the timber, but 

 even in that State we are asking for better and larger 

 attention to the forest reserves, especially in the Blue 

 Mountain region and particularly on the head waters 

 of the Malheur, Umatilla, and other streams where 

 development to a high degree will be possible. Okla- 

 homa, out on the plains, has, it is true, but little forested 

 area, but even there, are questions of water storage and 

 of the best protection of a little reserve in the Wichita 

 Mountains. In Utah the same is true. There we are 

 studying Utah Lake and the best use of waters which 

 flow through it and out into the Jordan ; also the best 

 use of Bear Lake. Here we come back again to the 

 question, What is Mr. Pinchot going to do with the 

 forest reserves? Mr. Pinchot and the engineers of 

 the Reclamation Service are working hand in hand on 

 all the large projects which look to home-making and 

 upbuilding of the country. 



In Washington the same condition exists. The 

 Palouse project, in that State, is for storage of water 

 at the head of the Palouse River and for taking it out 

 to reclaim a sandy desert above Pasco. This will be 

 made one of the most productive sections in the United 

 States. Last, but not least, we come to Wyoming, the 

 central, the pivotal State of the arid region ; a State of 

 Sfreat elevation. There we must have forest reserves to 



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