THE IRRIGATION AGE. 161 



I am fully assured that I know of at least three irrigation enterprises 

 that could be carried to a paying basis very quickly if the necessary 

 capital could be found while building the ditches and reservoirs. One 

 in particular is in this section. It would be necessary to build a dam 

 costing between $7,000 and $8,000. The location is a fine one, the drain- 

 age for supply being large enough at least to irrigate between four and 

 five thousand acres of land. 



Much of the land will produce fruit. There are two small orchards 

 in bearing. Small grains and alfalfa yield in profusion and there is fine 

 summer and winter range near by. 



THE WISE REPRESENTATIVE. 



The following verses contain as much- 

 truth as poetry: 

 We took and we sent him to congress 



To keep this here country in check, 

 An' we reads the Congressional Record, 



An' we know that our member's on deck; 

 For all up an' down in its pages 



That's printed in Washington town 

 He'shollerin' out "Mr. Speaker!'' 



An' the speaker he hollers, "Set down!" 



Now, some folks that's sent by the people 



Way up ter the National hall, 

 Jest sits thar from mornin' till evenin' 



An' never says nuthin' at all. 

 But our man is up ter his business 



He don't make no speeches profoun'; 

 Just jumps up and yells "Mr. Speaker!'' 



Till the speaker he hollers "Set down!" 



That's better, I take it, than talkin' 



The time and his senses away; 

 Than makin' the galleries listen 



Ter folks that heve nothin' ter say, 

 That's better than bill, an' amendments, 



Than rearin' and pitchin aroun'; 

 He jest calls the name of the speaker, 



Then takes his advice an' sets down! 



If twarn't fer the fact that we sent him 



Because it's a good place ter stay, 

 An' told him to say we air livin', 



In silence he'd pocket his pay, 

 His business is jest to remind 'em 



We live in a wide-awake town; 

 He knows when ter yell: "Mr. Speaker!" 



Ah' jest when it's time to eet down! 



Atlanta Constitution- 



