г TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRI- HEARINGS BEFORE THE 11 S. Congress. House. COMMITTEE ON HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SIXTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 2913 By Mr. SMITH, of Idaho A BILL TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRI- MAY 20, 23, 25, 26, AND JUNE 2, 1921 WASHINGTON 25 TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES. COMMITTEE ON IRRIGATION OF ARID LANDS, The committee met at 10.30 o'clock a. m., Hon. M. P. Kinkaid (chairman) presiding. There were present before the committee: Hon. Thomas E. Campbell, governor of Arizona; Hon. Louis F. Hart, governor of Washington; Hon. Emmet D. Boyle, governor of Nevada; Hon. Charles R. Mabey, governor of Utah; Hon. D. W. Davis, governor of Idaho; Mr. Delph E. Carpenter, representing Gov. Shoup, of Colorado; Mr. Davis, representing Gov. Mechem, of New Mexico; Mr. Dobson, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Oreg.; Mr. Frank W. Brown, of Idaho, secretary Western States Reclamation Association; Mr. Victor E. Keyes, attorney general of Colorado; Mr. Brimmer, representing Gov. Carey, of Wyoming; William R. King; E. F. Blaine; Mr. Sims Ely, secretary Arizona resource board. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. Gentlemen of the committee, you have been informed that we have met this morning to hear the governors of the Western States in behalf of reclamation, and we will first hear Gov. Davis, of Idaho. The committee desires to hear you, Governor, in behalf of reclamation, what your proposition is. I will say that the chairman of the committee at any rate is not advised specifically whether you want to address yourselves to the Smith bill here or speak in general of the subject of irrigation. But I suppose you want to direct yourselves to that bill more or less, No. 2913. At any rate we will hear you now on whatever line you wish to talk. STATEMENT OF HON. D. W. DAVIS, GOVERNOR OF IDAHO. Gov. DAVIS. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, it was not my thought to discuss the irrigation bill in detail, its features, more than to say-first, I would like to have the record show the governors that are present from the Western States. They are not all in the room, but they intend to be here. We have with us Gov. Campbell, of Arizona; Gov. Hart, of Washington; Gov. Boyle, of Nevada; Gov. Mabey, of Utah; and myself; and then we have representatives of governors of the other States; Judge Carpenter, representing Gov. Shoup, of Colorado; and Mr. Davis, State senator, representing Gov. Mechem, of New Mexico; Mr. Brimmer, representing Gov. Carey, of Wyoming. It is our desire, Mr. Chairman, to come here and give the committee what information they might want from the Western States, to show the committee that we of the Western States are united in asking |