Show k I What I rn r r tio 0 n Is Do the Uni United nl States t es NATURE taught M mankind u a 1 splendid lesson on the value of oC Irrigation when she ehe planned the thc rivet river Nile Hy lIy making It Its hunks banks bankst at t regular Intervals and BO so water the surroundIng dry dr land she showed how arid territory could be made fertile mind mindI I a desert u tu 1 region tutu full fullI at 01 I the Creators Creatore gift Ift to man There are arc parts of ot the lite earth where unassisted by b man don not It the soil loll moisture to lo en u tt to 10 become productive Hero IH III where thc the value of ot Ingenuity and enter entel enterprise enterprise prise comes In Water Is going to 10 waste waHle by b millions of DC gallons because It ItIs Itis Is II not guided 1 In the thc right channels It I pours our down from the mountains at III certain lain tain tam reasons of ot the Iho year eur and tears a t I way R through the walls of ot great CUll cun sr t r often It carries death and ile de I sti u ll L lion uon In Its itu train because becQue he ho force cf of mime ihn water IB Is pent petit up UI Instead of or tim tho I sire m being divided and lid Its contents I gently gentl I over oer a wide urea area of ot otral rr ral ie nod and unproductive land Then the Iho man Inan of science comes along SM aM nl is ts s followed follo tI by the engineer and Soc roc we is have a f government commission lon It at t work and the Ihl Is ts told that thal vast of at territory t which are lire use tine less hens I their present pro clIl condition might bo be boIn beIns In Ins fertile and habitable by hy the Ih ox ex expenditure of money on Urn the water watercourses courses of or the country the tho storage In ii reservoirs of ot the water that Is la wasted by natures prodigality at III certain sea new bit ens Oil end nd Its guidance through artificial artl channels to the tho lands which need nned mois molli lure ture The congress nt nl Washington then thon t asti ts to work anti and big engineering eta Cots ure re soon noon Initiated to tu reclaim Urn the Irl ands and and open opell them to lo settlement FhI Is tho the WilY way III In which Irrigation s the character of or wide section of This Is IA why 1111 what has been heon i ns as II the Ibis Great areat American Is h I bourl ere long bug Ion to disappear tram from the Iho map Although Irrigation lute has already done IG l much for Cor certain portions of oC the Iho pst et M it ut Is 18 destined to tu do tb a great deal leal more now that through general 1 ll lion n of oC the i subject the time work worl of oC Irrl R gUIn sail U n societies I Ire fl the of or re reel el t prell Mr tr i 1 lie IIII whole matter r Is la receiving from trona I th government attention lI I we tale with sith Its president whose knowledge of at the west WIRt Is ba bine rl on Intimate hlll acquaintance with lIh 1 t I r lIlu IM I hit V prompt and I ef of acl action il m In n Into force torce r in its h for Irrigating the arid lands am hh blI th I and an t messages has hai re really urged tile We Importance of oC n II broad d policy polly In this direction Th The Irrigation reclamation service I shI the nih hl I lit 18 0 a 11 brunch brand of or the Iho department d of oC mi e is actively at st work anti and nap ri irm ns mire are b while shIle ll there ers involving J th I i lon of et 5 I I r V p most extensive c areas are being brill thought out and brought down to 10 a 1 basis A commission lon of oC civil and electrical engineers und In and forestry recently made a tour lour of at In Inspection In the west In the course of or which Investigations store wern mild made Into the subject of oC land laws water courses the tho needs of oC settlers settlors etc otc anti and this thin In Investigation wilt torn form time basis ot of to 1 bo be submitted to the tho secretary of oC time the Interior The Th vast aRt benefits resulting from Crom Ir II Irrigation ot of these arid justify this the federal ltd and state Mute governments In what hat they are doing In n this direction In or order order order der that the deserts of oC these stolen states may maybe ma mahe maybe be he made to blossom like the hc I rose rORO work must mulct bo be carried on Oil upon a 1 grand scale Ordinary private enterprise Is I not nol equal to the task lURk Improvement of or to 10 o general and anet comprehensive a II character need to 10 be bo planned and carried out differently from Crum private enterprises so 80 that the benefits will be equally die dis distributed to the community as IU a I whole An As an nn example of oC what the tho carrying out of even a n single project of at this i kind moans immune take Inks the case 1181 of ot I II ern era Wyoming where Irrigation works I on Oil the tue l he river me ISTO In iii process of oC construction As All a result of or the work of ot tim tha States government engi engineer neer tho Iho Irrigation service service en ice Ico decided to expend In the development of or the land In this Ihla part purl of ot Wyoming by use tRe of oC the waters of ot the This river contains a 8 natural storage reservoir The Tile Rho phone hone rises In iii the thc Yellowstone National park where wh Io It IL obtains a 11 character that made the Indians call can it Stinking Water Waler It Il rushes through canyons wild nod and It Is Isone Isone isone one of oC the those which III l s to bo ho clammed so si that iho the floods may be lii stored and the waters distributed d systematically y over the parched hod which only need neeti suf sufficient ut moisture to 10 make thorn them fertile When Wh I this project Is worked out an all anarea anarea area aren of oC fully rully acres ot of Und ini will willbe willbe willbe be benefited Although the national and state ex cx In the matter of oC Irrigation cost n a million acres of ot land In each ench state that Ihal provided for Cor tho Irrigation ot ct not less than thun twenty acres of oC each ICO acre tract cultivated II nl Ill by h actual Provision Was WIS afterward made by b amendment that It If n a state failed within ten In years to 10 cause call the tho whole or 01 part of or the lands buds no so segregated id tO t bo be irrIgator Irrigated plus accrued from rom the sales It should he ha held In trust for tor the reclamation of or oth othor othIr othor or Ir land ot of the states have 1110 ed their land hoards boards to 10 make contracts with witt private Individuals or corporations corporation for Cor the establishment of oC Irrigation eye cys I teams One very extensive proJect has hai In this tubs way wn by b Idaho The rime corporation which Is to do cIo the work will expend several million dollar dollars In InI I mild arid land In the valley valloy of oC the them i m Si Sir r I Ii i 1 N I 1 C II IIi i t I 1 CANAL C t 4 i el I i ai Ij I 0 iF 1 on mt tt t I ItI S I c are large It In money which comes conte hack back hurkIn to tnt the treasury tr both bolh directly ann Indi Indirectly To a large extent It comes cornea back directly when the IIII take Inke up tip the tha theland land made valuable by the Irrigation systems Tho rho funds created it tills this way woy furnish the means of oC extending the tha Ir Irrigation to 10 lands yet to 10 bo be re reclaimed reclaimed claimed from tram neu The Tho Carey law passed by b congress In 1894 authorised the of oC tie the l e Interior io o 0 patent to the tree free of oC Jf Jt dit v i IK f fA A CALIFORNIA CAr FORNIA IRRIGATION CANAl the of oC the Interior might ei el either timer ther continue such segregation for tor live years eara the time lands to lo the public domain The law Ill also o provided that thiL no noi i state In In should sell nelt more mort than Ihan acres of af land to lo one person and anti that If IC a II sur Snake river Tho The canals will have a n combined length of ot more than that 1000 mile The rime Shoehorn falls tails lIe are being harnessed and electric railroads are to 10 tobo tobe bo be built buill through the time land to be re reclaimed reclaimed claimed There Is IR no doubt that the tho present outspoken oUI approval of or an 1111 au extended system o of oC Irrigation has hll given tho subject u II tremendous Im Impetus petus retus and ami the hitherto arid regions na of ot the country have assumed an un value In this the eyes eyell of oC the tho land specula speculator la lator lor lorOne I One of oC the Immediate antI logical re 11 results cults ot or the Irrigation crusade Is the tho growth of the Irrigation tumid fund During 1903 It accumulated n at Rt the rate rale of oC about U a n mouth In September r of oC last hul yo year CU r th the treasury held to lo the cred ered credit it of or the reclamation service This enormous amount represents the thlu mm sum u m total received from Crom land sales In Inthe Inthe the lime Irrigated tracts Ot Of the sixteen and territories contributing to this hue total North Dakota stood Moot with 1220 Nevada yielded Iel ted only im Un of or the early drawbacks to the Ih Immediate success ot of Irrigation In thin country scan wim the determination of ot farm era IrM em to seems secure for Cor themselves larger holdings lol than thui they could operate sue suc successfully The Time American lund had long been time tho proud prou owner of ot ninny many acres This The accumulation of nC laud land had hiatt he be become come an nn Inherited characteristic tlc It 11 was only the tho foreign torell p Who wim was WI con content content tent to III establish himself elt on oti a few el acres of II if fertile soil Ills 1118 success as II a 0 r result Milt of or his especially the financial outcome of o his hiM highly methods first then thet In Instructed tho timo mill man of ot too many acres In lit usa 1639 the average size of or an 1111 Irrigated farm Corn arm In California Wall Van va e acres but bul ton toll years later It hint hat de tie to 10 The rho was learning his hili leNson At present the small cumuli tract and Intensive culture are lire becoming the rule rulo everywhere In estimating this the benefit to 10 tobe tobe be derived from Crom Irrigation It must be remembered that Its Ita availability IH in not hot to 10 arid lands 1 California for Instance where the system Is III carried on more extensively than In any nil other state save one Colorado Is by no tIn means an Infertile country naturally There Is in usually rainfall to 10 secure Re ure an arm abundant harvest but bItt Irrigation haJ 1153 been betti found to 10 Increase the this productive productiveness ness to 10 such much an extent that It is ex ox Ct profitable to 10 employ It The Tho plain plains of oC Lombard have Ilave hD ve been rI eel r lf d for tr Kle aiges as the garden Kardell spot nf of o The north Italian rainfall ra Is Ia not far Car Iron from normal hIlt but a notable ex cx excess cess ce of or productiveness has been ob Db obtained tamed by damming dm waters ot of the tha thelo Io lo From rom the present outlook It Is in evi evl evident lent dent th that t Irrigation In Its various form formIs Is I destined to lo a 1 widespread exploitation In this country The Increase of population lation lallon the greater cost of ol the tho arable area and Ind the necessity for husbanding our agricultural resources will cause onu e Intensive firming to displace dl the wasteful methods of oC our forefathers HALE HAL S I |