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with eagerness by those of our reach rs who 

 have previously made the acquaintance of 

 Mr. Van Dyke through his former contri- 

 butions to the AGE. One of the most 

 brilliant and fluent of writers on irrigation 

 subjects, his books and articles are as in- 

 teresting as they are instructive and the 

 amateur irrigator will receive from them 

 an education in the art of irrigation, pre- 

 sented in the most attractive form. ''Un- 

 profitable Irrigation Work-." will be the 

 subject discussed by Mr. Van Dyke, and 

 no one, even remotely interested in irri- 

 gation, should fail to read it. 



"Our 

 Boys in 

 Blue" 



Another month has passed 

 away a month of history-mak- 

 ing events. The threats and rumors, the 

 reports and centra-reports have given place 

 to the grim voice of war. The first gun 

 has been fired; suspense has given place to 

 certainity and once more the ''brave boys 

 in blue" have responded to their country's 

 call. The Land of Sunshine in its May 

 editorial says: 



"When the real people of the United 

 States want war when American women 

 begin ,to rise up all over the land (the truest 

 patriots of us all, and the bravest) to send 

 their sons and brothers and lovers forth 

 with their God speed; when the decent 

 pulpit cries to the God of Israel to witness 

 the justice of our cause; when the bravest 

 and best of our American men begin to 

 close their business that they may enlist 

 why then the Lion will be for war. But 

 he has not seen any of these things yet." 



Then if the ''Lion" hasn't seen these 

 things he must have been asleep in the 

 darkest corner of his "den". Forall these 

 things have come to pass. Warriors who 

 have proved their valor on the field of bat- 

 tle; conservative business men who have 

 large interests to leave, have come forward 

 to serve their country; the American wom- 

 en, with many tears, have bid their loved 

 ones good-bye; the pulpits have preached 

 farewell sermons to the regiments as they 

 marched away, commending the justice of 

 their cause. All this, and the "Lion" has 

 not seen it! 



June will mark the opening of 



Various . 



Gatherings the Trans-Mississippi Exposi- 

 tion at Omaha. A number of conventions 

 are to bo held Omaha during the exposi- 

 tion which is to last until October. On 

 June 22 ; 27 the General Federation of 

 Women's Clubs will hold the fourth bien- 

 nial convention at Denver. 

 A Weil In our June number we will 



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'.Vriter present an article entitled 



"The Irrigation District System," written 

 by George H. Maxwell, of San Francisco, 

 Cal. Mr. Maxwell is tile editor of the 

 National Advocate and also of the Cali- 

 fornia Advocate, both of which publica- 

 tions are devoted to the development of 

 irrigation enterprises and the promotion 

 of rural settlement. Therefore he "knows 

 whereof he speaks," ai>d we are more than 

 pleased to present an article to AGE read- 

 ers from one so well qualified to write on 

 this subject. 



