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Show H The session of congress just H closed showed inure live, praclicnl H interest in irrigation work for the H West tlmn any previous Congress H in history, and it appears to be H that public men are waking up to H the possibilities of developing the H West through this means, and also H that the development of the West H will benefit every eastern interest. H Although the attempt to secure a H governmental appropriation for H the building of reservoirs urn fin- H ally defeated yet the Senate, by B its vote, has committed itself in H favor of the policy, and the fight H for the recognition of western H rights will be vigorously pushed B in thenext Congress. Moreover, B some very interesting fact: have B been brought to light upon the H subject in the Senate nnd House, B and eastern men learned a good B deal about irrigation. |