Show IRRIGATION BY DV D Dr i m Mead cad chief of tho the bu- bu rt l of oC the of ur agriculture hn has left Washington and andI I I im hI Ih lt west with some plans plan for fur tho time the redemption of time the th dry lands And Amid AIt nil il o lo who I live In the country that nc needs ill Irrigation are arc afraid o of Ii I iii Dr DI il Mead Is hIS 11 one of hOse Chose Illa playful play play- I Io ful o JH who Will pick up a problem tm that people hi have hie e been puzzling lIUZ- lIUZ about and auth gaily ll tu toss loss off n a I In lit the thc present enl cu case e he lie Is going go go- 10 Jog ing lu to erase tho the arid bolt belt cl by br turning nil all ni the rivers livers out on un the the thc plain and let ti glad gfall oll drink up uli all al the wet wot h It wants Then hen he Is going in ind to d Yra lot of wells WU all al over O the sur sur- face fa a Gr of the thie plain ln and permit the peo- peo plc lo pump It t up again He lie dO does nut Include in hl his plan Illan any In Instructions as aM LI what should be do done le with the water U it Is 18 cal caught hl this second time Hint lm hu has bus planned lo tu have ha e Itt it t tain-r tain J i h by then so that It wi will iii stand gland wll without t being hitched or burled I Itis Is a good deal teal the same way war with with- al all the problems that thul the Ea East t for foi th the c West t. t H It will wi nol hot not 4 Strike lH man many p people as a a. smart thing g to spend mone money getting water In large volume lule iBid and 1 then lieu deliberately deliberately atel permit penult it to tu disappear In the thc dry dt ground ro ll with the of If chasing chits chas ing r ft il with wih a it I piece pice of Iron hun piping and corral It again Farmers who have given li cT the tho hc best hiest t years of uC their I lives lives- studying Irrigation and amid its Us re results re- re HUI feel eel that they should hould I sonic some onic U use e of or the water when th they UI are fortunate enough to tn t It- It and K get I the they will wl let let H it I fink Into the earth eel only ti i t s e I oh on condition L IIII Ii Ul It Il gives 0 as aH- aH lf of moIstening the thit roots ur Of growing crops or OI trees a JIM as It Il vanish cs Nt No u temporary eleo release c with wih a asor sort of or Indeterminate 11 sentence to com comO come b back ck again will 1 be hi hI looked ool oh on 1 wit wih favor or a in iii la brush rage brUh land hUIJ It I Is to I bo be hop hoped d that neither l Di Dr Mead nor nOI an any other othel man will wi be hc pel pel- pel to tn Interfere with wih tin the tl IJo progress le of lC Pt the tho reclamation work It 1 Is It so o great greal an au enterprise so much depends depend on oil 01 Its Is Intelligent ent and successful up- up that a any leal IllIc once ence l ce would be In In the he nature of lh 3 trous luus Thieve There arc are some sonic people people ut no man mall many but hut with a n certain Influence who do elu not hot look el very kindly on un th the work wurl of or the reclamation people a as things are arc It now There arc ale man n whose Interests Impel l them theta to lo static in ilk the thc way 3 of I Irrigation I and all tho tIp ex extending ox- ox Tin fur tending of ur the tho productive aIa area I acl activity of a man niami with a ml mistake lalie would pia play Into their hands Ills Ils ex ex- plotting a H new nev scheme and his hiM c r- r tale lain failure allure would be he sl on lodama to lo dama damage o the tho whole work vork uC of of bringing blo blossoms to tn the ho thi wilderness It I Is to tu bo he hoped he lie will wi g go down lute Into the ground to 0 the tho place where whelo he lie reasonably expects the thc water fler to lu come COniC and alI wait vait wai there til tl lii i the tw diverted ertell rivers de descent descend and Justify jutt Justi Justi- jut jut- t fy 3 his expectations b by the simple imle process pro iwo cc cess n of drowning him bite out lie lc owes uwe that much to tu the thc re rest t of the nation And thu rest lest 6 of r f the lie nation owes O that thal Ju much h to him to Drive e yourself Into 1110 Jno the time earth Doctor Doe Doc to tor or 1 and let Irrigation alone |