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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



The article by Wm. Ham. Hall in this 

 Wm, Ham. , 



Hall on number of THE AGE is one of the most 



"Customs? valuable of recent contributions to irri- 

 gation literature. It goes to the founda- 

 tion of laws and customs. It should be read by 

 everybody, but especially by members of the State 

 Irrigation Commissions and other public men. This 

 article furnishes a lucid sketch of the Civil law on 

 which irrigation rests in the Latin countries and 

 strikingly portrays the disadvantages we labor under 

 in the West in using the Common law of England. 



Mr. Hall's future papers, which will be published in 

 December and January, will give his views of the 

 District system of California and his suggestions for 

 the improvement of our statutes and methods of ad- 

 ministration. These articles are the product of Mr. 

 Hall's patient and life-long study of practical irriga- 

 tion, of engineering, and of the laws, customs and 

 traditions of irrigation in many countries. We ask 

 for them a very careful reading in view of the im- 

 portance of the subject and the high repute of the 

 author. 



VIEW ON THE TONGUE RIVER CANAL, MONTANA. By courtesy Northwest Magazine. 



