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Show 54 under the in the too aSSUraJ1Ce h and some d i, tions th2.t the bill ,<t2.S issue, ensure defining that nothing else, they of are they will type wou Ld be such "the that that no t12.tter if irribated. 1811ds to be the to con- be ,,27 open for entry dry farming variety and basic in the Senate debates. was wou Ld never of of acres a:pply strictly be Y/8.tered, Lands the 320 coun.tered with the Smoot drafted to never those eur-r-oundd.ng reclamation project 2. parcel a largesse. a t'!1ouS8nc. ye ar s pass, This case lands uhich could those to brought within in which future, be much a act may be It was this consideration which prompted Senator \lilliarn E. Borah of Idaho to press for insertion of the wor-d "ar i d" in the section of t!1e bill describing the 12-11ds entry. VT:'1en Sr.oo t "non.i r r-Lgab.Le ' objected It wit the the wor-d the [;rounds that word and that most western "21 id" .... used, 30rah re- followinga to me th2.t the errt i r e occur-s the explicit enough was congr e asmen did not want spondee. on ava.i Lab.l e for tre WOl"'C_ "non i r-r-Lgab.Le " doe s nave lands in nonirriC2.o1e, 'bu t still they ere and in the northern nor-t i.on of our State peonle rn i gh t Get hold of Land s which are in every ene nonirricable, which they would not have to irrigate, and still they wou l d not be I 2Jn not in favor wor th.Le s s They could be used. not cove r Ld ah o ·\-,rich 2Ye not ar i d lands; situation. )e , of giving 320 acres 27U.S• Apr. 1, 1908, under those circumstances.28 Congress, Senate, 60th Cong. 1st Conp essional Record, C V, 4215. 28Tb·d .:::..J:._. .... , 4216 • sess., |
