Spokane Meeting Spurs National Irrigation Push
The National Irrigation Congress in Spokane urged rapid federal funding and bond financing to reclaim arid lands and expand water transportation. President Barstow noted broad international interest and emphasized turning arid lands into 25 million more people with vast agricultural gains.
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Great National Irrigation Congress
Spokane
George E. Barstow
Congress
National Irrigation Congress
Farm Land Swindlers Warn would be buyers beware
The Ranch cautions prospective land buyers about fraud in Pacific Northwest farm lands. It urges verification of land quality with trusted agents and experts, noting some lands will not grow fruit and others are fake “apple” or “jack rabbit” properties. It invites landowners to submit descriptions for matchmaking with settlers at no cost.
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Pacific Northwest
National irrigation and home building
The speaker argues permanent homes for Americans and their children as the central issue. National irrigation benefits the United States by enabling landholders to sustain livelihoods, with the aim that the nation leading the world will be defined by its homes. The conservation movement seeks lasting homes for current and future generations.
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United States
Obedience to Law and Its Limits in Washington Lands
The passage condemns actions that bottled up school lands in Washington, blocked water powers development, harassed the Suiattle Indians over orchards planted decades ago, and blocked settlement of unoccupied land. It argues law must be construed and that rigid application benefits the powerful over ordinary people.
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Forester
Pinchot
Ballinger
Department of the Interior
Congress
Garfield
West
Atlantic
Pacific
Mississippi River
Washington
Suiattle
The Ranch Endorsed by Advertisers Editor
A Portland Dairy Supply branch is consolidated with the Seattle Branch and the Ranch address is to be moved to 1016 Western Avenue Seattle Washington. The letter urges continued regular delivery to the Seattle office and praises the publication’s agricultural coverage.
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Portland
de Laval Dairy Supply Co
Seattle
Western Avenue
Washington
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Gifford Pinchot
R. M. Ballinger
Walden
Reese
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