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Show l ' i . . -. i i - .!..-. ' - .. , , ...... . V . 4 . . ... i 1 s. --?;'-..... i . .... t PRACTICAL mWGATION; CAMPAIGN It is a good indication of the awakening of the Wes t w hen the National Irrigation association-gets do wn to practical - work in the interest of agricultural agricul-tural development-' in the States this side of the Mississippi. ; For years' this' brganliatpn has been condacted along theoretical lines, and the results of Its labor have shown only on paper. But tinder the direction cf its -present officials this body, is being managed' on business principles; and it promises to do great work for Westerners. . Fostered by the' National Na-tional Irrigation .association, -a determined effoit is t e'r. r.ade to- stop wholesale stealing of Govern r.icnt h-nd-5 and to secure the repeal of the desert l.ir.d ac t p.nd cf the commutation clause of the home fttnd ret- .The. move aims to benefit settlers ia the recalled raid areas. ..Prompt advances in the 'h:ir.e of national irrigation are urged. A recent 1 ; f i::-Krd by. the .association concludes as follows: IP day forth the Government should not . " : a hivzie acre fcr settlement until it is fit for : ' -- - -1. Rpealirg the Iaws by which land in . ( ;;:-! i:i large' tracts, and without actual - :- 1 improvement, tha Government should |