Show i The R mance of Epic orl ork Now Yoi Done by Irrigation HE H Romance of o Reclamation THE T what n a 1 title for COl an nil epic title lulo I I of or empire building In America merita I I rl When hell It II Is IN written It II will bo le ilu great groat Ar ut American epic Infinitely mope soul toul rut 1531 than I iron any airy all light lIht summer or even ell tine the great Annen liau hair novel noel The forthcoming session of oC the tue national Irrigation con congress gross gress 11 11 at ut Sacramento Cal al from Sept 2 10 0 o 7 j Is an air Incident In itt the thu th epic Ilc Tine The tour four our great objects tl ot Ut this congress as UI ted In lu the tire circular me aro to the forests foret store ture tire Iho Hoods floods 18 Ye re e the tine deserts und and multo mimics homes on Olt tine the land Where Whew Is If there thero a n finer Oner anti and line fuller pro gramme of ot human endeavor Home time lime In tho tine future futuro may mayhe he ho a n new American holiday called Roc lice day for fOJ Juno 17 1002 1902 wan wn he hc unto dato of ot the thu passage of o the tire Carcy Curcy tirl reclamation act of oC congress Un Vu Under der the of tiC this tinis net act tho tine mOnel train from tine tho trait sale 1111 or of gOY gay eminent undo were to be lie wet set aside for Cor Corlito or tine lito of lit if tire till great reat J desert ibsen or 01 rather the tine several deserts or on regions by J Ap Approximately ii 11 proximately Is itt on hand ton foi OJ tins this vu vast t work worl Already reclamation projects a re r way IVI Ton ren thousand t men am are Meriting on tin In nit arid a ad ditches ci I l 11 ott than burn O aires arres of o land now II I lit i i y den it ud worthless will viii be by II I Ht engineering works II of or or of turin farm homes homell will III In Inn the Ike no rio riot noI I t hilt but beautiful ben it Li in agricultural t urn I ni I f or of latrine will spring up tn along tint HIP miter beside lide tine tho Im irni Intense i lakes InkoM Increased farm tnt rio products K Ii I ing up UI Into hr to billions hi of or rial ii ri i win Hope I I antI and health Herr i Lb mil tl for tor or human 1 V ill iii hi lit I ni 1 g ted beyond any nil statin s Hi I al onri ion Good Business u cl Move Now N or is ni nt hero i mi 1111 in ii title epic In I fl nil Il I I this Hill tills r it III In not all nil of nf ire not f by hy nil a try rite TIlO or i i to t to 11 work already it i rear I In III I in p rug reas H and ti ad to 10 I a be bs v ti i Ii iii t I I 1111 MII Birs ej re Pine Thu inn I C t I iii S ulc ul uJ nt te 11 ot of th I It e A in arid Id inn uti s In IH Ind I a 0 ed d liy by thu th t hr i ii r d J Intern I at ut I tl t i Ho He In ni ili IN work t iiii nun a U hll IH I It u for tor Uncle Sam that mat th there re Is no current lIue as un to Its continuation until the tine ultimate and onel final Onal acre of thirst cursed soil Hall shall shull bo be watered and anti occupied This may twenty t oarK or 01 more It will wili cost pot perhaps hups Fright Frightful 1 ful tul risk of ot money Not Nol at ut all au The rho United States Stales government IH is not spend spending lug ing In a dollar thai mat will iii be me charged up 1111 lo to profit p roil t mind and nn lews ursa Every g r ur lUI Into I grea t lot i IH is al an nn a in Bufe invent intuit for or till me rio mich the set lists on the lbs burns lundu must pay hal ln dollar drill ii r foi Or dollar r on oil till tile rust com f l of or 10 to their acres cru Not only urn iy will Sri Ii tho t oil rl urn hw hr ro but hut will trill o lu iris hIli IN profits In taxes having Increased the taxable wealth alth of or the country by It II bil bit billions billions lions of dollars 13 III I Is meant not millions It costs about IO to 10 reclaim an ann acre of at land by b giving It a drink when it gets thirsty The Fine land III IH worth a dollar an on nero acre or 01 nothing Ir Ii It Is worth at once from GO to 1 4 IL a i iI iI ii I 7 I ir r t il I Yo f I li J Jc L Iz 2 iu il 1 o f f c r o r V 1 fi 1 t 01 tt r z I t 1 0 J 4 1 1 0 hJ IS if w r I rr t l 1 f 4 iI I y f I cJ 0 c I 1 f 1 I Ix ii r rIft Ift x fn 7 1 J jIt t t f i tf r le fJ I j I E Ji P h 1 f 4 S Wr I il 11 1 f l I I 0 f f ll rr m mO O 1 j r fi II C M 1 jr Tt N I Ij I Ot I Ib II I V I j t it lr j 1 C tr j I i t tL J Il f t IJ I f 1 4 4 7 o o 0 r c Jl I TUI 1 I I tr I i 1 T i n i h i S EC I lt i r rr i 1 j r IL I 1 I li ct 7 Jf r L I ii I I of 1 tI II jt i A IS J Jr L J iW r J I Ir J II 11 i v jt I n W ti t t rr t 1 j I V c I oJ roo 1 i Itt g v t At I rl fr H v b tI li rt fV h 1 1 pJ I HON GEORGE E CHAMBERLAIN R THE DAM DA AN N IRRIGATION IRRIG TION DITCH O slur 20 an alt You dont hart hu to lo tulio lullo a I special p e In to lo nut urn this You Vou Lull tun see ae Ulf at nl atu II u unit the United States Jutes jov gor 10 I hut hat fallen ullen LI lien ii mrs upon II I lorl t ii e ever offered to II a It IN is I hurdly tot foi any one nite on wino who inns has hu vJ lire Id WI and the tho projects to in refrain from using enthusiastic superlatives Rup The Thc superlatives as IlS till the doctor dod r would say ire are Indicated These re ic reclaimed claimed millions of o t reH of our own pos PO c lH lonH w will vii III bo ho w worth more to the United States Stilt than the Philip Philippine Philippine PhilipPine pine archipelago ii many times multiplied anti it Wo We e ate are annexing by engineering an urn Im lm domain ii anita I a within w i I hi in our OUI ou r continental eon inca tn I boi 1 tiers The de crt aio ce daMert only olly as tiny I hI is t l k ti i Ota lI I I Hut ii ii I ruin lUI U lag iii I tin I ii in 01 on nour r them irvin lire are areM it re M i i fed t rl m tire the mountain 1101 til th I ii iv t I i n w iv a c I ing t into eitt I 1 ii r 1 PI P The rite Ih oni In Is t fertile r nt with w it ii it ii I r It I t pro i to n duces more Inure abundantly and anti moro vari variously van arl the tin lh in Inn lands landH of o othe the rich Misa l villey This has hart been tot 1 In In III in tire the considerable spOls litigated irrigated and settled Just as rca 1 oon is ir q an cm plant Is tnt put pUl In inn operation the tine home hun hUl hungry gry 11 rush h In fn nd md develop tire tho tholand land lun They Tiney ate nt e enger ser to tin occupy It II for fill know UH its worth They Tile ate are glad Iati to pay the government for tor tho tine water rl no Ito much couch u It your year until ninth the tho core U is I wiped QUI put They Ihy can enn do It U paying ro 1111 0 Inc I raten ra i es out r itt of or I i nit tU tannin I t 11 i Thul hIl In Iii l tine the lion lOll Hi nl u It i oil t lit H million of ida drs ot of Oi I 1 lo II I gi row MOW ow t e HOMO nOli trot gre IO iv hot in but bitt IlUf liil ittin ll and grease wood or perhaps some sr s buffalo grass Tire The new grass grants tile the alfalfa III in six to ten cuttings an on annually the Ihn wheat tire the and bony berry hen products pay fury for the line land lan l anti and tire the water and rind tit the formers farmers rind and their families live lIc happily ever eer after This Is IB the tine ago of o Our Oil for on years Print past havo inao been heen studying the tire of ot sup strut supplying plying water to patched land lanai aroma Those fell fed rivers going to waste are now IIII holing being their thell raters dimmed and for fOl out nut lOt lut to the tire land ii They rhy do rho d the tire s seas as no good but they tho will reclaim and develop tire tho binds Engineers rue ate now mow nl In ir thu tint not net of transforming Into highly pro plO farms a 11 series of or desert equal in the till u to 10 half B a dozen of our great grent thu teN is III It not lint wonder wonderful ful ull Yet It In is a Il simple problem In inn Hel ul entitle engineering In former Conner years yearn It hat has been i too tine the polio policy of or Ihl United gov gor government O to give 11 u uy ltd Its It I lands lunds to grunt or on I i It in supervision up loll to permit corporations and arnd nile Individual In lo slen the I ire bind Fur FurDie Fo tine the most 1101 pun happily these millions of ot ll lining Hl IU not worth the hl or orthe ortho tine the BI b by gift What a II glen 1011 ous owl on tire the land 1 liens Item II nil hers tiler however have ci rIi I litmus and ami a rid bull bid I i ion I 10 t her profit and to tint thy II I II nt tin th hut but incise lire are nr comparatively Tincry art Rn In lit t n tire Die eyes of n uncle 8 tInn flam m lo to hi hl Iris o OIl i i The Fire people II wain the thi th laud intel 1 plus water turn now no tine thu government IK is 1 them tire thE watered tred d article Murk of ot Chi Chic Chia c a l lisa has visited hilled many of O tire the where tue 1110 un up under der cier or already In optimum um lion says Fire Tho tinner hu AH gem girne on en 1111 little ruin poling or inz nt If runny any 1111 sort sor t ton the tire grout of ot lh Ins in mites ore of or the tine that ave nrc wrought In Inn f f e 1 11 11 t inns In inc I inn t itt a and Ia fa 14 cUb lne tic ic t I 1 n 11 for os Ol of nt procedure 11 IH is du duto uric to 10 its of It I to take l imea 1111 o russian of rut Mil tl ti In broils in In A man v tim lio ho l I ut lit ib Ih t lie hand of ot n U mt rush ly only nul OOOO acres told me mt that ho ire mad had received letters of or Inquiry in regard to tho tine lands under the tine built by his company Thieo of tire taking a ni hundred acres would taken tine the entire tract Mr Mi 11 who rio Is iii a 1 close cloo rind ind In Inn Intelligent observer of ot condi conell conditions ions also 40 I nn nun which guns to 10 how chow that this thin land laud matter IH is In no Henao of at merely merel see sec sectional interest Ho lie says East Shares Benefit Tho best object lesson that I 1 can cant tot tor any one QUO who wino doubts doubt that the tine east cast Is extensively by bytho bytho tho tire building up Ul of tracts Is Iii to visit the Iho railroad freight huell at nt stations on or ai near neal mich luch lands There he ire will see largo large lar n con of or tannin tum annul Im inn bags of or mod areil grain groIn In inn great groat lIt of every description pianos llanos In goodly number building ii iii rig by b tho tire carload wire WIlC woven VOH n fencing wire vino net tret netting ting tin groceries mind mid canned good gOi antI and every everything thing tin mg thai mitt t IB Inn needed lo to tt supply human n both hoUI tire tho and tire tho are aio bought not lot by hy alone but hut by train loads I s ninth and they I ate are o oThus Thus do du Now New Now New Uio Uro south Kouth tint tin middle wont null all manu manufacturing by h tire the opening ot of now nev nU agricultural regions In inn bun tho bunt t sitUate Tho fitt rh net act Is ax irs fn fRI i i emoted 11 ut I front from claM cia a n iii i Ire thu r union moon IK is II from rain tho tire earth It U Ia I a II benevolent nina and nn piece of and 1111 ono one of or tine the lh many mall good oud things about It 11 IH is that tIns iUt of at congi winch which ii turn us u iv riot not pouring flit money nut hey unto Into a II but hut In is Inventing It at n a nur ur of merry many par clint cent To Moot Meet at Sacramento When the tire national meets ut rut with K E I of o an CC pre Ill oliu r deep deeply 1 ly Iy trial ami PI mon area from rom ull uli hi of the lire a tI 45 d gat i II It will wll he be well worth while for lI In every to read need tire the pro into proof of ot thin this convention and enjoy tin lInto in irs the ho r tho of It nu S |