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Show Example of Reclamation work For the first time in history there ' will be built,, at The Son Diego 1915 Exposition, a practical reclamation service for exhibition and demonstra-: demonstra-: tion purposes. i A large tract of ground has been sat aside for building a complete reclamation reclama-tion project, and an ajoining tract will ' be ued to demonstrate the benefits ! derived in reclaiming desert land by j irigalion. , J Tnis exhibit is planned for the purpose pur-pose of showing the western home seeker, what the arid states, such as Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, New Mexic., Ar zona, Utah, Washington, Washing-ton, Wyoming and others have to offer as inducements to settlers. Tiie reclamation service to be exiiil- j ited at the exposition will bj large eiiough for practical workir;; i:i ad its details, yet small enough to Le more ' comprehensive to the visitor than ! would a larger plant. The visitor will 'see just how the water is caught and stored in the mountains, how it is distributed dis-tributed in pr -per q u.itiry. without waste, to the deceit lands turning from barren vva te p'aces into green and productive riel is of plenty. Experienced men, who have gained i their knowledge of r -c'.amatiou by-yea! by-yea! s of expenii nee and ;;etu:;i held v.oik. will tell the visitor every detail C.-ntvr.iing the service he ihay ask ior, and the same course will be followed on the acres under cultivation by the use of tde -' aters from toe reclamation seivice. It hao been the belief of iho exposi-i exposi-i tion management th. it in no other way ' could the exposition Le made te c:m-i c:m-i so near taking t.i: visitor to the v.e .t-ern .t-ern s t ites,:,- e-:iiig .-ii-u!:itiojtne most, v ! as by shov. ii . ..ct.i.l conilicivtis ? and workiiv i ii' -iiy monstrated. Pcep.e of the e, and f. reigfners ki.ov. praclitaiiy : oihing abetit the ! more wes em cac-js a.-:d-' from th ?c that constitute the seaboard, especially, especi-ally, and the fact that all the so-called arid states are fabulously rich in re- I ; source and opportunity for the immi- ; : grant, is what the San Diego 1915 Ex- j 1 position is seeking to demonstrate. I 1 |