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Show only one grew. before is greater than he who found-eth found-eth a city, "-or words to that effect. Then what is the measure of the glory to him who raises-an alfalfa crop and a peaoh orchard where before ten acres of land would not support one jackrabbit? V. ' " It will be seenthat he who creates a ranch in the desert ,ia no cqmmon genius. "He should stand before be-fore kings, and never before mean men." THE IRRIGATION CONGRESS. Utah is making preparations for a fine representation representa-tion at the Boise Irrigation congress. This is as it should be. In sympathy and good will no one can tell where the boundary line that divides the Vwo States is located. As a matter of friendship this State should do nVbest to make the congress a success.' suc-cess.' As a matter of pride this State should make the best possible showing for itself. And the delegates from this State should be ready for all the questions that may come before that congress; con-gress; some one should be able to give a vivid account ac-count of the first irrigation in Utah and its effects; Some one else should be able to explain the frequent , losses suffered by overirrigation ; some one else - should be able to explain the best methods of irrigation, irri-gation, what land will bear flooding and what lands ghould be irrrigated in furrows from three to six feet Bpart. j , Again, the delegation should be able to carefully ' ' flebate should the question be sprung the basis from which a right adjustment can be made when there are conflicting claims for water between two States. For instance, Nevada has three or four considerable con-siderable rivers that flow north into Idaho and Oregon, Ore-gon, what proportion of those streams can Nevada divert from their channels t -.' ' Again, Snake river is an Idaho river, but there ! are men who contemplate appropriating a part of its waters for uses outside the State of Idaho. On what fcasis can this be justly done? Alfalfa is one great staple of both States, what lands does it flourish on, what not t The, fruit men can tell all about their'or-chards their'or-chards and the treatment of them, which insures best :. results, and the effect of spraying, and what spray is needed for different fruits, and when and how often the spray should be used. "Will any delegate be able to give figures of the tost of irrigated crops and average yields that Eastern East-ern newspaper men may supply data for their papers .fromt It is true that much of the land outside the arid belt is not producing half that it should produce were the waters running through it utilized. Can this fact be explained in a lucid wayf If it could it would take from those States much of the prejudice against Government work in the arid belt that now, through ignorance, is displayed. The sugar beet industry in-dustry will certainly be a theme which the whole congress will want full light upon what lands produce pro-duce the best results? "WTiat is the best means of ir-; ir-; rigation required all about the industry. It will be seen that the delegation that goes from Utah ought not to have any holiday at the congress; that the whole delegation should go both as schoolmasters school-masters and students to impart all the information they can, to absorb all that they can. "He who maketh two blades of grass grow where |