THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



VOL. XII, 



CHICAGO, NOVEMBER, 1897. 



NO. 2, 



THE PROGRESS OF WESTERN HMERICfl. 



MM.teme.it The cllil " OS '" tb 

 New Price. ment and plans of TlIE IRRI- 

 GATION AGE were made so suddenly and 

 the necessity of issuing a magazine on the 

 first of the month precluded the possibility 

 of making an announcement in the Octo- 

 ber issue. The new arrangement went 

 into effect however with that number. 

 Mr. James E. Forrest,, an experienced 

 newspaper man, has assumed complete 

 control of the business management of THE 

 AGE. The editorial department remains 

 in the charge of George E. Girling as Ed- 

 itor in Chief with a full corps of assist- 

 ants. The magazine will be enlarged 

 from time to time as necessities require. 

 The various departments devoted to prac- 

 tical agriculture by irrigation, news of the 

 development .of the industry, and other 

 feature will be as complete as human ability 

 can make them. Leading articles from the 

 foremost men interested in irrigation will 

 appear in every number. The editors 

 department, the Progress of Western 

 America, will be a monthly reflection of 

 irrigation ard allied interests. 



Each number of THE AGK will be care- 

 fully illustrated. 



INCREASE IN PRICE. 



Beginning with January 1st, 1898, the 

 subscription price of THE IRRIGATION 

 AGE will be $1.50 a year. This is an in- 

 crease of fifty c juts over the present 

 price and is fully w in-anted by the im- 



provement in the size and contents and ap- 

 pearance of the magazine. 



SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. 



Although the price will be increased Jan- 

 uary first those who subscribe previous 

 to that date can do so at the present ex- 

 tremely low rate of One Dollar a Year. 

 This offer is made in order to give our 

 present subscribers an opportunity to re- 

 new and it will also apply on all new sub- 

 scriptions sent in before December 31st, 

 1897. 



To all new subscribers whose names are 

 entered during November, the December 

 issue will be mailed free and they will 

 thus receive thirteen numbers for One 

 Dollar, whereas if the subscriptions are 

 not received until January the cost will 

 be $1.50 for twelve issues. Liberal in- 

 ducements offered clubs of five or ten. 

 Write for terms at once and organize a 

 club. 



The The closing days of the month 



Congress 1 of September witnessed the 

 sessions of the Sixth National Irrigation 

 Congress in Lincoln, Neb. To those who 

 have intelligently followed the birth and 

 growth of irrigation sentiment this last 

 Congress was disappointing in many ways. 

 In the natural sequence of events a move- 

 ment of a popular nature should, with the 

 lapse of time, gain strength in leadership, 

 in the numbers of its followers and in 

 the estimation of those who are openly 



