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Show IRRIGATION. A Question of Vital Importance to tlie Western Country. From the Denver News. The question of irrigation is one which is not only of vital interest to the western west-ern country, but i9 engaging the serious attention of congress. Whether a broad, comprehensive system of the national government shall be inaugurated, or the power to regulate the matter be left to state control, is a question which is perplexing the mind of national legislators. It would seem that a decision adverse to the latter plan had been reached by the United States sen ate, the committee having control of the fubject deciding against the bill providing provid-ing for the ceding of the public lands in California, Navada and other states for the purpose of aiding irrigation, which was indefinitely postponed, post-poned, and announcing that some other satisfactory plan would be proposed. This action would be heartily heart-ily acquiesced in if the latter proposition is carried out A comprehensive system, sys-tem, by which all the right of the people of the different states and territories are secured, inaugurated and carried "n under federal supervision, will do away with conflicts between states and individual claimant of wuter rights which would necessarily ensue en-sue were each to carry out a system of its own, looking to their own immediate relief and improvement, without regard to the rights of others. But this great work should not be delayed. The quicker water rights are settled and a system inaugurated which will embrace the whole of tho arid or plains country the better. |