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With the passage of the national irrigation law, President Roosevelt advocates careful study and cautious advancement for the “development of our arid lands and their settlement.” Irrigation development must also be accompanied by a forest reserve policy for one cannot succeed without the other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-15
Correspondence regarding the formation of the Yuma County Water Users’ Association and their desire for the construction of irrigation works on the lower Colorado River. Secretary of the Interior Ethan Allen Hitchcock responds with the requested information on the cost and character of potential irrigation works.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-05-03
Benjamin Ide Wheeler congratulates President Roosevelt for making the country better through his letter on lynching, the Syracuse speech, and the Miller case decision. Wheeler reviews events in San Francisco politics and is pleased with the California plans related to the National Irrigation Law.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-10-10