THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



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this subject, but one of the best if not the 

 best, is the one by T. S. Van Dyke entitled 

 "Mystery and Mastery of Irrigation." 



Mr. Bomar, editor of the Grandfalls 

 New Era, at Grand Fall-, Texas, said upon 

 receiving a copy of this work: 



"I have in my library every book on the 

 subject of irrigation that is obtainable, 

 and that money could buy, and have read 

 them most carefully, but none of them 

 no, not all of them put together have the 

 information in the shape for the farmer 

 and irrigator that this one has. Every 

 irrigator, even if he has only one acre, 

 should have this great work." 



Strong words but fully deserved, as any 

 one who reads the book will admit. 



Mr. Van Dyke is a well-known writer 

 on other subjects, and has achieved quite 

 a reputation for his faithful portrayal (if 

 California boom days, and for his books 

 such as the "Still Hunter, " Rifle, Hod and 

 Gun in California,'' ''Southern California," 

 etc. So he brings to his aid in writing on 

 irrigation subjects, not only a practical 

 knowledge of his theme, but the ready pen 

 of a practical writer who has that rare gift 

 of having the right word for the right 

 place. 



Anyone who thinks of experimenting 

 with irrigation no matter on how small a 

 scale will find Mr. Van Dyke's book of 

 inestimable value. The AGE has on hand 

 a few copies of "Mystery and Maste-y of 

 Irrigation" in galley proof form, which will 

 be sent to anyone upon receipt of the 

 price, $1.50. 



"Brann's Iconoclast is. of the opinion that 

 things are pretty evenly divided in this 

 world after all for the man who has a 

 ''lower-case brain" ia compensated by hav- 

 ing a ''display type mouth." 



lender the authority of congress, which 

 appropriated $20.000 for the purpose, ten 

 officers of the survey will be sent to 

 Alaska to make a report on the geological 

 aspect of the country, wiih a view of as- 

 certaining the most p/actical locations for 

 rails, wagon roads and trails. 



Some of the most important events in 

 connection with precious stones during the 

 year 18 6, according to the United States 

 Geological Survey Report, were the find- 

 ing of sapphires, in large quantities, in 

 Montana, also three small diamonds from 

 the same state; the finding of small dia- 

 monds in Wisconsin, and the conclusions 

 arrived at by scientists as to their origin; 

 the finding of large crystallized beryls, of 

 gem value, in Maine: and the continuation 

 of the output of fine turquoise from the 

 mines in New Mexico. 



Miners of Nevada are prospecting for 

 turquoise mines and there is quite a bit of 

 excitement over the search. Turquoise 

 mines that give evidence of being very val- 

 uable, were found north of the gold camp 

 of cotton, that state, and this i.s what 

 started the prospecting. 



The Minneapolis Tribune thinks that 

 "There are some things even worse than 

 prospect of war and the evolution of the 

 war poet is one of them," and gives as a 

 reason for the "belief" that is in her" the 

 following taken from the Kansas City 

 Journal: 



''Must I leave my wife 



In grief to smother; 

 Who is of my children 

 The devoted mother? 



Must I leave her today 



To the army sent 

 No money to pay 



The landlord's rent? 



0, war of mankind! 



Put up your knife ; 

 For I am resigned 



To stay with my wife." 



We have known for a long time that 

 Kansas had a great many pest, such as 

 cinch bugs,' grasshoppers, cyclones, etc., 

 but we did not think she had anything so 

 bad as the above. We join with the Tri- 

 bune in saying that this "is one of the 

 things that makes us wish there was no 

 such thing as war." 



