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Show I I IRRIGATION Bb ... . , , J NORTHERN PACIFIC ISSUEo ATTRACTIVE FOLDER ON . H IRRIGATION CONGRESS. r Hr Wc arc in receipt of a copy of a H very attractive folder, handsomely H' printed in colors, from the Gdncral H Passenger Department of the Nolh H em Pacific Railway at St. Paul, cx- H ploiting the Seventeenth National lr- H ligation Congrcs, to be held in Spo- H kanc, August 9-14, 1909. m The cover, in colors, is a rcprodu.- M tion of a photograph depicting the cf- M fects of irrigation in one of the many fl' fertile valleys of the northwest, which m the Northern Pacific traverses. Ha'f tones from photographs, liberally sprinkled throughout the publication, show the benefits of irrigation, and it is sufficient to examine these pictures, pic-tures, without perusing the text, to form a good idea of what irrigation means in the arid sections of the country. The City of Spokane is pleasingly illustrated and described and a convenient con-venient list of hotels and lodging houses in that city is included. A map of the territory adjacent to Spokane Spo-kane is shown, together with a map of the entire Northern- Pacific system and its irclation to the sections in which irrigation projects arc cither in active operation, or contcmmplatcd. The excellent facilities afforded bv the Northern Pacific for reaching Spokane are fittingly described, and i roster of representatives through who train accommodations can be secured, is shown. Copies of the folder may bd obtain cd, without charge, by addressing A." M. Clejlland, General Passenger Agent, Nothcn Pacific Railway, ftf. Paul. . |