 | American Society of Civil Engineers - Civil engineering - 1902 - 644 pages
...settlers who will build homes upon it. To accomplish this object water must be brought within their reach. "The pioneer settlers on the arid public domain chose...mainline canals impracticable for private enterprise. Their irrigation works should be built by the National Government The lands reclaimed by them should... | |
 | Frederick Haynes Newell - Irrigation - 1902 - 572 pages
...it. To accomplish this object water must be brought within their reach. PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. 395 " The pioneer settlers on the arid public domain chose...main-line canals impracticable for private enterprise. These irrigation works should be built by the national government. The lands reclaimed by them should... | |
 | North Dakota Geological Survey - Geological surveys - 1902 - 354 pages
..."The pioneer settlers on the arid public domain chose their homes along streams from which they could divert the water to reclaim their holdings. Such opportunities...main-line canals impracticable for private enterprise. These irrigation works should be built up by the national government. The lands reclaimed by them should... | |
 | Republican Congressional Committee - Campaign literature - 1902 - 398 pages
...irrigation possibilities of the arid region. In his mes'age, 1'resident lioosevelt said on this question: "The pioneer settlers on the arid public domain chose...gone. There remain, however, vast areas of public laud which can be made available for homestead settlement, but only by reservoirs and main-line canals... | |
 | North Dakota Geological Survey - Geology - 1902 - 358 pages
...public domain chose their homes along streams from which they could divert the water to reclaim theirr holdings. Such opportunities are practically gone....main-line canals impracticable for private enterprise. These irrigation works should be built up by the national government. The lands reclaimed by them should... | |
 | North Dakota Geological Survey - Geology - 1902 - 368 pages
...of December f>, 1901, concisely stated the attitude of the general government toward this question : "The pioneer settlers on the arid public domain chose their homes along streams frrm which they could divert the water to reclaim thefr holdings. Such opportunities are practically... | |
 | Benson John Lossing, John Fiske, Woodrow Wilson - United States - 1902 - 554 pages
...streams in flood and plenishing them in drought they make possible the use of waters otherwise wasted. which can be made available for homestead settlement, but only by reservoirs re- and main line canals impracticable for private enterprise. These irrigation works should be built... | |
 | United States. President - 1903 - 448 pages
...settlers who will build homes upon it. To accomplish this object water must be brought within their reach. The pioneer settlers on the arid public domain chose...main-line canals impracticable for private enterprise. These irrigation works should be built by the National Government. The lands reclaimed by them should... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1903 - 914 pages
...settlers who will build homes upon it. To accomplish this object water must be brought within their reach. The pioneer settlers on the arid public domain chose...practically gone. There remain, however, vast areas of publie land which can be made available for homestead settlement, but only by reservoirs and main-line... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - Presidents - 1904 - 214 pages
...settlers who will build homes upon it. To accomplish this object water must be brought within their reach. The pioneer settlers on the arid public domain chose...main-line canals impracticable for private enterprise. These irrigation works should be built by the National Government. The lands reclaimed by them should... | |
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The pioneer settlers on the arid public domain chose their homes along streams from which they could themselves divert the water to reclaim their holdings. Such opportunities are practically gone. There remain, however, vast areas of public land which... 
