| Show congress could do a good thing by granting the appropriation of proposed by for tho improvement of irrigation of the arid regions nothing has baan done in this direction by our national Bolon sand the sum proposed is small yet it would bo a beginning the thousands of acres of rich lands which could sustain millions of peo pie if converted to agricultural pur hooes ought to prompt our law makers to do something for the redemption of cheso waste tracts experiments should be made in many sections in driving wells at public expense and when it is once ascertained that a flow of water can be obtained the citizens would drive their own wells with an assurance that the work was a sure speculation need to be constructed throughout abo country in order to bring under cultivation largo areas of land that can hardly bo expected to bo taken up by citizens unless atio government does something to make them valuable through a water supply again the waters taking their rise and allowing through the arid regions cause damage to the mississippi valley and every year mildona mil hona of dollars are lost to ano people of this portion ol 01 the country if the upper regions were brought under cultivation it would have a tendency to stay the waters and would lessen the force of the annual floods |
